The deep dark is a cave biome that generates deep underground in the Overworld under mountainous areas.
Description
The deep dark is an Overworld biome that generates deep underground beneath areas with a low erosion value, especially under jagged peaks, stony peaks, frozen peaks, snowy slopes, groves, cherry groves, meadows and savanna plateaus but also, a little bit less, under badlands, including eroded badlands as an eroded exception, and never generates underneath oceans, rivers, swamps or deserts. The biome is dimly lit; there is almost no glow lichen, with the only natural light sources being sculk catalysts and lava.
This biome is often covered in large patches of sculk blocks surrounded by sculk veins, which include sculk-related blocks such as sculk shriekers, sculk sensors and sculk catalysts. No mobs spawn in this biome (however monster rooms can still spawn mobs[1]), but if a player triggers a sculk shrieker a certain amount of times, the warden may appear, giving the player the Darkness effect.
This is the only biome where ancient cities can generate. Other structures that can be found in the deep dark include monster rooms, strongholds, and amethyst geodes. Mineshafts never generate centered in a deep dark biome, although they may extend into one.
Sounds
Music
This music track plays while the player is in the Deep Dark.
| Filename in Minecraft |
Gameplay | Soundtrack Title | Soundtrack | Track preview | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ancestry.ogg | Deep Dark | "Ancestry" | Minecraft: Caves & Cliffs (Original Game Soundtrack) No. 3 | 1 |
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Translation key |
|---|---|---|
| Deep Dark | deep_dark | biome.minecraft.deep_dark |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID |
|---|---|---|
| [No displayed name] | deep_dark | 190 |
Video
History
| October 3, 2020 | The Deep Dark biome is announced at Minecraft Live 2020. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Java Edition | |||||
| 1.19 | Deep Dark Experimental Snapshot 1 | Added the deep dark biome. | |||
| 22w11a | Added the deep dark biome into normal snapshot. | ||||
| Sculk patches in the deep dark now also replace part of the terrain's walls or ceilings, and are larger in general. | |||||
| Ancient cities in the deep dark from the Experimental Snapshot 1 have not been implemented. | |||||
| 22w13a | Ancient cities now generate inside the deep dark. | ||||
| 22w19a | Mineshafts can no longer intersect the deep dark biome. | ||||
| 1.19.3 | Pre-release 1 | Large copper ores no longer generates in deep dark.[2] | |||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| Wild Update (Experimental) | beta 1.18.30.28 | Added the deep dark biome. | |||
| beta 1.18.30.32 | Ancient cities now generate inside the deep dark. | ||||
| 1.19.0 | beta 1.19.0.20 | Deep dark biome are now available without enabling experimental gameplay. | |||
Issues
Issues relating to "Deep Dark" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Trivia
- The deep dark was originally "going to feel like an underwater biome, but with the water missing" along with "lots of floating jellyfish in the air and ghostly looking blocks." White, orange, teal, and lime green were some of the color themes meant for the deep dark. In these versions, the only source of light would have been bioluminescent blocks.[3]
- If a Buffet world is generated using the Deep Dark as the biome, it appears similar to a plains world, but with Sculk patches present across the world's surface. Sculk Shriekers can spawn anywhere, making the warden a near constant threat. No other mobs will spawn outside of the following exceptions:
- Pillager patrols and phantoms will still spawn naturally.
- Silverfish will spawn via naturally-generated infested stone bricks.
- Bees will spawn via naturally-generated beehives.
Gallery
Screenshots
Deep dark in Minecraft Live 2020.
A amethyst geode in the deep dark.
A mineshaft spreads into the deep dark and they blend together (before snapshot 22w19a).
A dripstone cave intersects the deep dark.
A stronghold intersects the deep dark.
The deep dark as seen during Minecraft Live 2020.
A deep dark biome.
Mining in the deep dark.
A lush cave meets the deep dark.
A fossil in the deep dark.
Concept artwork
Deep dark Concept art with a white color theme.
Another concept art with a white color theme.
Ditto.
The deep dark with "ghostly white" blocks resembling crystals or coral.
Concept art with an orange theme.
Another concept art with an orange theme.
A render with an orange themed deep dark.
A teal themed deep dark with orange incorporated.
Similar to the one before it, but has vines in the background.
Lime green themed deep dark concept art.
See also
References
External Links
- Around the Block: Deep Dark — Minecraft.net on January 5, 2023
- My First Time in the Deep Dark — Minecraft.net on September 1, 2023