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Every biome ranked for your first base

Where you build your first base decides how easy the next hundred hours will be. Here is every common biome, ranked.

Minecraft screenshot: Every biome ranked for your first base

How we ranked them

We scored each biome on flat building space, wood, food, safety and nearby resources. A great first base has all five within a short walk.

RankBiomeWhy
SPlainsFlat, villages, horses, easy to light up
SCherry groveBeautiful, with wood and flat meadows
AForestEndless wood, but needs clearing
ASavannaFlat, villages, armadillos
BTaigaSpruce wood and berries, a bit hilly
BMushroom fieldsNo hostile mobs, but no trees
CDesertTemples and villages, but little wood or food
CJungleHard to walk through, but great loot
DSnowy peaksBeautiful and terrible for farming
Villa on flat plains
Plains give you room to build big.
Stone manor in a forest
Forests give you endless wood.
Every biome ranked for your first base — Cool Minecraft