Info
Biome A river bisecting a jungle biome. At the top right is a forest. A river running through a mesa biome with mesa plateaus, with a savanna biome in the bottom right. “ In case you  | Desert |
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| Consists of | See Blocks |
| Can generate post-generation | No |
| First appearances | See History |
Trivia
- The desert temple`s basement is 21 blocks by 21 blocks.
- The orange symbols on the outside resemble the Ancient Egyptian symbol for Life, an Ankh.
- Desert temples have a rare chance of generating improperly causing some blocks to be lost or added.
- As there is no light in the lower chamber, mobs can spawn inside and trigger the TNT trap, destroying the chests and loot before any player can reach it. Also, rarely a lava lake might generate next to TNT, potentially setting the trap off as well.
- A desert temple will not generate fully if generated partially on water. When generated on lakes, they are only half-generated.
- The top hole in the temple`s ceiling is almost always generated above ground, so buried temples will be accessible, but fall damage is likely.
- When a desert temple generates above a ravine, it will not have a deeper foundation the way village buildings do; rather, its shaft will be left hanging. There will always be a one-block floor under the TNT.
Videos
Generation
Desert temples naturally generate in desert A river bisecting a jungle biome. At the top right is a forest. A river running through a mesa biome with mesa plateaus, with a savanna biome in the bottom right. “ In case you biomes. Desert temples always generate with their floor at y=64. This may cause the desert temple to be partially buried.
Structure
Desert temples are constructed from sandstone (all 3 variants), orange and blue terracotta Terracotta Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 21 Tool Renewable No Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Experience Smelted: 0.1 Drops Itself Data values Terracotta dec: 172 hex: AC bin: 10101100 Stained Terracotta dec: 159 hex: 9F bin: 10011111 Name Terracotta hardened_clay 
, sandstone slabs Slab Transparency Double slab: No Single slab: Partial (blocks light) Luminance No Blast resistance Wood: 15 Stone: 30 Tools Renewable Stone: Yes Wood: Yes (except Fake Wood) Cobblestone: Yes Stone Brick: Yes Purpur: Yes Quartz: 
, and sandstone stairs Stairs Transparency Partial (blocks light) Luminance No Blast resistance Wood: 15 Stone: 30 Sandstone, Quartz, Red Sandstone: 4 Tools Renewable Cobblestone, Stone Brick, Wood, Purpur: Yes All others: No Stackable Yes (64) Flammable Wood: Yes 
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In the center of the temple`s ground floor is a single block of blue terracotta. Underneath this terracotta is a `booby-trapped` hidden chamber with four chests that can each contain very valuable loot. The trap consists of a stone pressure plate Pressure Plate Transparency Yes Luminance No Blast resistance 2.5 Tools Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable Wooden: No, but catches fire from lava Others: No Drops Itself Data values See Data values Name See Data 
(located directly under the blue terracotta), connected to a 3x3x1 grid of TNT.
Desert temples look yellow on maps Map Type Tools Durability N/A Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) First appearances See History Data values Drawn dec: 358 hex: 166 bin: 101100110 Empty dec: 395 hex: 18B bin: 110001011 Name PCPersonal Computer Drawn: filled_map Empty: map PE Drawn: ? Empty: emptymap This 
, similar to sand and sandstone, but with a distinctive shape.
Loot
Each desert temple chest contains 2 groups of 2–4 and 4 item stacks, with the following distribution:
| Stack Size | Weight | # Items | Chance | # Chests | |||
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| 2–4⃗ | 4⃗ | 2–4⃗ | 4⃗ | ||||
Bone | 4–6 | 1–8 | 25⁄232 | 10⁄50 | 5.216 | 70.9% | 1.4 |
Rotten Flesh | 3–7 | 1–8 | 25⁄232 | 10⁄50 | 5.216 | 70.9% | 1.4 |
Gunpowder | — | 1–8 | — | 10⁄50 | 3.600 | 59.0% | 1.7 |
Sand | — | 1–8 | — | 10⁄50 | 3.600 | 59.0% | 1.7 |
String | — | 1–8 | — | 10⁄50 | 3.600 | 59.0% | 1.7 |
Spider Eye | 1–3 | — | 25⁄232 | — | 0.647 | 29.0% | 3.5 |
Enchanted Book | 1 | — | 20⁄232 | — | 0.259 | 23.7% | 4.2 |
Saddle | 1 | — | 20⁄232 | — | 0.259 | 23.7% | 4.2 |
Golden @@@#@@@Apple(apple.com)###@### (Normal) | 1 | — | 20⁄232 | — | 0.259 | 23.7% | 4.2 |
Gold Ingot | 2–7 | — | 15⁄232 | — | 0.873 | 18.2% | 5.5 |
Iron Ingot | 1–5 | — | 15⁄232 | — | 0.582 | 18.2% | 5.5 |
Emerald | 1–3 | — | 15⁄232 | — | 0.388 | 18.2% | 5.5 |
Nothing | 1 | — | 15⁄232 | — | 0.194 | 18.2% | 5.5 |
Iron Horse Armor | 1 | — | 15⁄232 | — | 0.194 | 18.2% | 5.5 |
Gold Horse Armor | 1 | — | 10⁄232 | — | 0.129 | 12.4% | 8.1 |
Diamond | 1–3 | — | 5⁄232 | — | 0.129 | 6.3% | 15.8 |
Diamond Horse Armor | 1 | — | 5⁄232 | — | 0.065 | 6.3% | 15.8 |
Golden AppleTechnology company (Enchanted) | 1 | — | 2⁄232 | — | 0.026 | 2.6% | 39.0 |
- ↑ All enchantments are equally probable, and any level of the enchantment is equally probable.
- ↑ `Nothing` does not refer to the chance of an empty chest. Instead, it refers to the chance that the random loot generator will not add any loot on a single roll.
Blocks
| Block | Amount |
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Sandstone | 3078 |
Smooth Sandstone | 189 |
Orange Terracotta | 59 |
Chiseled Sandstone | 34 |
Sandstone Stairs | 16 |
TNT | 9 |
Chest | 4 |
Sandstone Slab | 2 |
Blue Terracotta | 1 |
Stone Pressure Plate | 1 |
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History
Issues
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Gallery
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A desert temple containing terracotta.
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The treasure room inside the hidden lower chamber of the temple.
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The 9 TNT rigged under the stone pressure plate.
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A temple generated in a desert village. A well is also visible.
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A temple generated in a normal village.
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A desert temple generated under the sand.
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A desert temple partly generated under the sand with a desert village generating near it.
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What desert temples look like on maps.
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A reconstructed temple with the shaft extending below it.
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The previous temple viewed from a different angle.
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A temple generated on a thin desert caused by a mesa biome being generated next to a plains resulting in the temple being in 3 biomes.
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A perfect naturally-generated double desert temple.
