Bamboo Jungle

A bamboo jungle is a variant of the jungle with dense bamboo growth and large jungle trees. Pandas are abundant in this biome.

The bamboo jungle generates in areas with moderately high temperature, very high humidity and positive weirdness. They typically border sparse jungles, dark forests, deserts, wooded badlands, mangrove swamps and sometimes windswept forests. At higher elevations they transition to regular jungles and stony peaks. They may also be separated from regular jungles by rivers. In coastal areas they border lukewarm oceans.

Due to their very high humidity values, bamboo jungles are almost guaranteed to have lush caves generate below them; however, when the bamboo jungle is generated far inland, dripstone caves may generate under the bamboo jungle instead.

Oaks, jungle trees, and jungle bushes are much sparser in this variant than in the regular jungle, but denser than in the sparse jungle. Jungle trees are always large 2×2 variants; thus cocoa beans from small jungle trees cannot be found here.

Melon patches are as common as in regular variants. Some swaths of grass blocks are replaced with podzol with dense forests of bamboo generating on top. All jungle-exclusive mobs spawn here, and pandas have a higher spawn rate. Jungle pyramids may generate here in Java Edition.

Abandoned camps sometimes generate in bamboo jungles.​^{[upcoming: Third Drop 2026]}

With Vibrant Visuals, bamboo jungles use a strong humid volumetric fog setting similar to jungles, which fades the distance in an orange tint. Bamboo jungles have warmish color grading, which makes the biome look more humid and warm. The night sky appears slightly brighter, and moonlight is colored more vibrant blue.

The following mobs naturally spawn here:

In Java Edition

Mob	Spawn weight	Group size
Monster category
Creeper	100⁄515	4
Skeleton	100⁄515	4
Slime[note 1]	100⁄515	4
Spider	100⁄515	4
Zombie	95⁄515	4
Enderman	10⁄515	1–4
Witch	5⁄515	1
Zombie Villager	5⁄515	1
Creature category
Panda	80⁄170	1–2
Parrot	40⁄170	1–2
Warm Chicken	20⁄170	4
Sheep	12⁄170	4
Warm Pig	10⁄170	4
Warm Cow	8⁄170	4
Underground water creature category
Glow Squid	1	4–6
Ambient category
Bat	1	8

{ "hasNotes": true, "notes": { "Slime": "Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks." }, "1": { "totalWeight": 515, "mobs": [ { "size": "4", "mob": "Creeper", "weight": 100 }, { "size": "4", "mob": "Skeleton", "weight": 100 }, { "note": "Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.", "mob": "Slime", "weight": 100, "notename": "Slime", "size": "4" }, { "size": "4", "mob": "Spider", "weight": 100 }, { "size": "4", "mob": "Zombie", "weight": 95 }, { "size": "1-4", "mob": "Enderman", "weight": 10 }, { "size": "1", "mob": "Witch", "weight": 5 }, { "size": "1", "mob": "Zombie Villager", "weight": 5 } ], "category": "monster" }, "2": { "totalWeight": 170, "mobs": [ { "size": "1-2", "mob": "Panda", "weight": 80 }, { "size": "1-2", "mob": "Parrot", "weight": 40 }, { "size": "4", "mob": "Warm Chicken", "weight": 20 }, { "size": "4", "mob": "Sheep", "weight": 12 }, { "size": "4", "mob": "Warm Pig", "weight": 10 }, { "size": "4", "mob": "Warm Cow", "weight": 8 } ], "category": "creature" }, "3": { "totalWeight": 10, "mobs": [ { "size": "4-6", "mob": "Glow Squid", "weight": 10 } ], "category": "underground" }, "4": { "totalWeight": 10, "mobs": [ { "size": "8", "mob": "Bat", "weight": 10 } ], "category": "ambient" } }

In Bedrock Edition

Mob	Spawn weight	Group size
Monster category
Creeper	100	1
Slime[note 1]	100	1
Spider	100	1
Zombie	95	2–4
Skeleton	80	1–2
Enderman	10	1–2
Witch	5	1
Zombie Villager	5	2–4
Creature category
Panda	40	1–2
Parrot	40	1–2
Ocelot	30	1–2
Sheep	12	2–3
Warm Chicken	10	2–4
Glow Squid	10	2–4
Warm Pig	10	1–3
Warm Cow	8	2–3
Ambient category
Bat	1	2

{ "hasNotes": true, "notes": { "Slime": "Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks." }, "1": { "totalWeight": 495, "mobs": [ { "size": "1", "mob": "Creeper", "weight": 100 }, { "note": "Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.", "mob": "Slime", "weight": 100, "notename": "Slime", "size": "1" }, { "size": "1", "mob": "Spider", "weight": 100 }, { "size": "2-4", "mob": "Zombie", "weight": 95 }, { "size": "1-2", "mob": "Skeleton", "weight": 80 }, { "size": "1-2", "mob": "Enderman", "weight": 10 }, { "size": "1", "mob": "Witch", "weight": 5 }, { "size": "2-4", "mob": "Zombie Villager", "weight": 5 } ], "category": "monster" }, "2": { "totalWeight": 160, "mobs": [ { "size": "1-2", "mob": "Panda", "weight": 40 }, { "size": "1-2", "mob": "Parrot", "weight": 40 }, { "size": "1-2", "mob": "Ocelot", "weight": 30 }, { "size": "2-3", "mob": "Sheep", "weight": 12 }, { "size": "2-4", "mob": "Warm Chicken", "weight": 10 }, { "size": "2-4", "mob": "Glow Squid", "weight": 10 }, { "size": "1-3", "mob": "Warm Pig", "weight": 10 }, { "size": "2-3", "mob": "Warm Cow", "weight": 8 } ], "category": "creature" }, "3": { "totalWeight": 10, "mobs": [ { "size": "2", "mob": "Bat", "weight": 10 } ], "category": "ambient" } }

These music tracks play while the player is in the bamboo jungle:

Title	Preview	Java Edition		Bedrock Edition
		Weight	Probability	Weight	Probability
Home		2	15.38%	2	15.38%
Bromeliad		1	7.69%	1	7.69%
Danny		1	7.69%	1	7.69%
Dry Hands		1	7.69%	1	7.69%
Haggstrom		1	7.69%	1	7.69%
Key		1	7.69%	1	7.69%
Left to Bloom		1	7.69%	1	7.69%
Living Mice		1	7.69%	1	7.69%
Mice on Venus		1	7.69%	1	7.69%
Oxygène		1	7.69%	1	7.69%
Subwoofer Lullaby		1	7.69%	1	7.69%
Wet Hands		1	7.69%	1	7.69%

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier
Bamboo Jungle	bamboo_jungle

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier
[No displayed name]	bamboo_jungle

Java Edition
1.14			18w43a				Added bamboo jungle.
							Added bamboo, which can rarely grow within normal jungles and extensively grow in bamboo jungles.
							Added pandas, which can spawn in jungles.
			18w45a				Bamboo jungle is now required for the "Adventuring Time" advancement.
			19w06a				Jungle pyramids can now generate in bamboo jungles.
1.20			23w17a				"A Familiar Room" and "Bromeliad" can now be played in all type of jungle biomes.
							"Aerie", "Firebugs", and "Labyrinthine" can no longer be played in all types of jungle biomes.
1.20.5			24w11a				Wolves summoned in bamboo jungles using spawn eggs or commands are now the rusty variant instead of the pale variant.
1.21.5			25w02a				Pigs that spawn in bamboo jungles are now the warm variant.
			25w05a				Cows that spawn in bamboo jungles are now the warm variant.
			25w06a				Chickens that spawn in bamboo jungles are now the warm variant.
Upcoming Java Edition
26.3			snap1				Added abandoned camps, which can generate in bamboo jungles.

Bedrock Edition
1.9.0 Experiment Experimental Gameplay			beta 1.9.0.0				Added bamboo jungles, which are available only through Experimental Gameplay.
							Bamboo shoots now rarely generate within jungle biomes.
1.11.0			beta 1.11.0.1				Fully implemented bamboo jungle, no longer under experimental gameplay.
1.17.30 Experiment Caves and Cliffs			beta 1.17.30.23				Bamboo jungle hills no longer generate naturally.
1.21.60			Preview 1.21.60.23				Bamboo now generates in larger and denser patches.
							Trees are now denser.
							Big jungle trees now generate more frequently.
							Jungle bushes are now larger.
1.21.60 Experiment Drop 1 2025			Preview 1.21.60.25				Pigs that spawn in bamboo jungles are now the warm variant.
1.21.70 Experiment Drop 1 2025			Preview 1.21.70.20				Cows that spawn in bamboo jungles are now the warm variant.
			Preview 1.21.70.22				Chickens that spawn in bamboo jungles are now the warm variant.
1.21.90			Preview 1.21.90.26				Added humid volumetric fog, warmish atmospherics, color grading, and lighting to bamboo jungles in Vibrant Visuals.
26.40 Experiment Drop 3 of 2026			Preview 26.40.27				Added abandoned camps, which can generate in bamboo jungles.
Upcoming Bedrock Edition
26.50			Preview 26.50.22				All features from the "Drop 3 of 2026" experiment have been fully implemented.

PlayStation 4 Edition
1.91							Added the bamboo jungle biome.

Java Edition
1.18			21w37a				Prior to the removal of numerical biome IDs, this biome's numerical ID was 168.

Issues relating to "Bamboo Jungle" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

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  A bamboo jungle in Bedrock Edition
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  A bamboo jungle bordering a dark forest
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  A bamboo jungle in an amplified world
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  A mountainous bamboo jungle next to wooded badlands
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  An abandoned camp in a bamboo jungle
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  The Bamboo Forest seed template thumbnail
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  A bamboo jungle single biome world

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  Old view of a bamboo jungle
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  A bamboo jungle single biome world before 1.18
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  A bamboo jungle before 1.18
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  A bamboo jungle next to a desert
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  A bamboo jungle with ray tracing

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  All 3 jungle biomes in close proximity

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  A mobile wallpaper of Zuri chopping down bamboo in a jungle

• Jungle
• Sparse Jungle
• Bamboo Jungle Hills
• Forest
• Dark Forest
• Old Growth Taiga
• Rainforest

• "Around the Block: Bamboo Jungle" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, September 23, 2021.
• "Minecraft: The Great Wild | Jungle" – Minecraft on YouTube, August 4, 2023