Ī search for a valid world spawn biome is not performed for Flat and Old world-types. It is also possible (but rare) for a player to spawn initially underwater and start drowning. The player spawns within a 5-block radius of the point selected in the chosen biome, sometimes resulting in the player spawning outside the intended spawn biome, ending up in a beach, river, or swamp biome.

Patch of taiga next to giant tree taiga.

Small islands in an ocean (islands can also be a forest biome).

Patch of plains next to desert, badlands, or snowy tundra.

Small islands in an ocean (islands are usually a plains biome).

Using add-ons, a rare biome can be designated to cause the player to spawn at a distant location, but the game crashes if the biome does not exist or cannot generate. The algorithm starts searching from coordinate 0,0, continuing outward until an acceptable biome is found for the world spawn point. In Bedrock Edition, when a player creates a new world, the world spawn point is restricted to specific biomes. The world spawn point itself can be changed using the / setworldspawn command.

The world spawn point also determines the center of the permanently loaded spawn chunks.

If there are absolutely no grass blocks, the player spawns directly at the world spawn point, which can even result in players spawning above the Void if there are no blocks at that location. However, if there are no valid spawn points but a grass block that was determined to be an invalid spawn point due to being blocked by a block above it (though the grass block would decay soon after), the game checks the closest two free spaces from below and the player spawns there. Upon spawning, the player is placed on the highest valid spawn point block of the X and Z spawn coordinates, even if this would set the player above the maximum build height. When the player first loads into the world or respawns, the game searches within the world spawn area and tries to place the player on a random grass block. Upon death or return from the End dimension, the player respawns within this area unless the player's individual spawn point changed (by using a bed or respawn anchor, or the / spawnpoint command). This area is 21×21 blocks by default, but can be changed by the spawnRadius gamerule in both single and multiplayer. New players initially spawn within a small area surrounding the world spawn point when the server is not in Adventure mode.

Minecraft will mobs spawn in water