Biomes

The Swift has six biomes. Five cover the surface, and the Echo Den lies deep below them.

Swift Meadows

Swift Meadows
Swift Meadows

Rolling hills of tall sculk grass, sprinkled with Chimebells and Hushblooms, with frosted white willow trees on the rises. This is the heart of the Swift.

BlocksSculk Grass Block, Sculk Grass, Chimebell, Hushbloom, White Willow trees
CreaturesBlubs, Singers, lickers, trills
MonstersSeedlings, nesters, sentinels and groobler sentinels, sprouts
StructuresLullaby Circle, Monarch Court, Illager Soul Excavation

White Willow Grove

White Willow Grove
White Willow Grove

Groves of tall white willows over carpets of teal verdigris moss. Their dark trunks rise to broad, pale canopies hung with long weeping strands. Singers like it here.

BlocksVerdigris Moss, White Willow Log and Leaves, Weeping White Willow, Goldfrond
CreaturesSingers (more common here), blubs, lickers, trills
MonstersSeedlings, nesters, sprouts (common), sentinels
StructuresLullaby Circle, Illager Soul Excavation

Swiftstone Spires

Swiftstone Spires
Swiftstone Spires

Towering red swiftstone hoodoos, terraced mesas and natural arches with mossy caps, over dunes of orange russet grass. The sentinels’ favourite hunting ground.

BlocksSwiftstone, Russet Grass, Blush Sand, Goldfrond
CreaturesLickers, blubs, a few Singers, trills
MonstersSentinels and groobler sentinels (common), seedlings, nesters, sprouts
StructuresHarmonizer Grove, Monarch Court, Illager Soul Excavation

Carapace

Carapace
Carapace

Dunes of blush sand and russet grass around the bones of something enormous: giant ribcages, cracked shell domes and patches of sculk.

BlocksBone Block, Carapace Shell, Blush Sand, Russet Grass, Sculk
CreaturesLickers, a few blubs, trills
MonstersSculk slashers, sculk cubes, nesters, seedlings
StructuresMonstrosity Lair, Monarch Court

Ichor Shallows

Ichor Shallows
Ichor Shallows

Wide basins filled with shimmering, multicoloured ichor. Blubs gather here in big groups to bathe.

BlocksIchor, Blush Sand
CreaturesLots of blubs, trills
MonstersSeedlings, groobler sentinels
StructuresNone

Echo Den

A maze of dark, sculk-lined caverns deep beneath the Swift, reached through sinkholes and caves. There is no light down here except what you bring.

BlocksSculk, Swiftstone
CreaturesNone
MonstersSculk slashers (common), sculk cubes
StructuresNone

A player’s guide to the Swift, our version of the Sift for Minecraft Java Edition. In-game screenshots were taken with the Complementary Reimagined shaders. Fan-made; not an official Minecraft product and not affiliated with Mojang or Microsoft.