Sparse Jungle biome in Minecraft
The Sparse Jungle is the open side of the jungle: scattered jungle trees, low bushes and grass on rolling ground, without the giant trees or the wall of leaves. It is much easier to cross and to build in, and it has its own residents: wolves with a rusty coat take the place of parrots and pandas.
/execute in minecraft:overworld run tp @s -1064 110 1032 45 25Climate
- Dimension
- Overworld
- Temperature
- 0.95
- Downfall
- 0.8
- Weather
- Rain
How to find a Sparse Jungle
/locate biome minecraft:sparse_jungleMap by Chunkbase, shown as a companion to this guide. Without your seed, it shows an example world. Results depend on the edition and version you pick.
Sparse Jungle in numbers
- Share of the world
- 1.4%of the Overworld surface
- Rarity rank
- 31 / 521 = the rarest
- Distance from spawn
- ~1,250 blocksaverage, 1,000 worlds
- Within 1,000 blocks
- 47.3%of worlds
- Spawn biome
- 2.4%of worlds start here
Bamboo Jungle11.5%
Beach6.2%
Jungle3%// 1,000 random seeds, normal world. Java 26.2 world generation computed with cubiomes, plus the 26.3 Dappled Forest rule. Estimates, not exact 26.3 values.
/execute in minecraft:overworld run tp @s -1064 70 1032 45 0Mobs in the Sparse Jungle
Structures in the Sparse Jungle
What a Sparse Jungle looks like
The trees are those of the Jungle, minus the giants. Regular jungle trees with vines and cocoa pods, low bushes made of a Jungle Log and Oak Leaves, a few large oaks and the odd fallen trunk stand far apart. Between them the ground stays open, covered with short grass and ferns. Melons still grow here, but they are much rarer than in the dense jungle.
With nothing blocking the view, this is the friendliest part of a jungle region. You see mobs coming from afar, and you can clear a building site without felling a forest of giant trees.
Rusty wolves and other animals
The Sparse Jungle is the only jungle biome where wolves spawn naturally, and wolves born in a jungle biome get the rusty coat, a reddish-brown fur you will not see elsewhere. Tame one with bones like any other wolf. Pigs, cows and chickens here use their warm-climate look. Parrots, ocelots and pandas, on the other hand, never spawn in this biome.
What to do here
- Look for an Abandoned Camp. The Sparse Jungle is one of the biomes that can hold an Abandoned Camp.
- Farm cocoa. Collect Cocoa Beans from the trees and plant them on the side of jungle logs: they only grow there.
- Get jungle wood easily. The trees are short and spread out, so chopping them is quick and you rarely need to climb.
- Head deeper for temples. The Jungle Pyramid does not generate here: you need to move into the dense Jungle or the Bamboo Jungle.
✓ Checked in Java Edition 26.3 · updated 1 November 2026
Sparse Jungle — FAQ
What is the difference between a Jungle and a Sparse Jungle?
The Sparse Jungle has no giant jungle trees, far fewer trees overall and rarer melons. Parrots, ocelots and pandas do not spawn there, but wolves do.
How do you get a rusty wolf?
Rusty wolves spawn in jungle biomes, and the Sparse Jungle is the only one where wolves spawn naturally. Tame one with bones like any other wolf.
Which mobs spawn in the Sparse Jungle?
Sheep, Pig, Chicken, Cow, Wolf, Spider, Skeleton, Creeper, Slime, Zombie, Enderman, Zombie Villager, Witch, Bat and Glow Squid.
Which structures generate in the Sparse Jungle?
Abandoned Camp, Mineshaft, Ruined Portal, Stronghold and Trial Chambers.
How do you find the Sparse Jungle?
With cheats on, /locate biome minecraft:sparse_jungle gives the coordinates of the nearest one. Without cheats, a seed map of your world shows where it is.
