Lava

Block

minecraft:lava

Lava is a Minecraft block. It generates widely across the Overworld and the Nether.

Tool used to collect

Silk TouchCannot collect

How to obtain Lava

None

Naturally Generated Areas

Overworld × Height (Y)

320630-64

Y=-64 to 312more common deeperEverywhere

Y=0 to 320Everywhere

Nether × Height (Y)

128640

Y=4 to 124Everywhere

Y=10 to 118Everywhere

The wider the bar, the more commonly it generates at that height.

Overworld

✔ Mushroom Fields ✔ Deep Frozen Ocean ✔ Frozen Ocean ✔ Deep Cold Ocean ✔ Cold Ocean ✔ Deep Ocean ✔ Ocean ✔ Deep Lukewarm Ocean ✔ Lukewarm Ocean ✔ Warm Ocean ✔ Stony Shore ✔ Swamp ✔ Mangrove Swamp ✔ Snowy Slopes ✔ Snowy Plains ✔ Snowy Beach ✔ Windswept Gravelly Hills ✔ Grove ✔ Windswept Hills ✔ Snowy Taiga ✔ Windswept Forest ✔ Taiga ✔ Plains ✔ Meadow ✔ Beach ✔ Forest ✔ Old Growth Spruce Taiga ✔ Flower Forest ✔ Birch Forest ✔ Dark Forest ✔ Pale Garden ✔ Savanna Plateau ✔ Savanna ✔ Jungle ✔ Badlands ✔ Desert ✔ Wooded Badlands ✔ Jagged Peaks ✔ Stony Peaks ✔ Frozen River ✔ River ✔ Ice Spikes ✔ Old Growth Pine Taiga ✔ Sunflower Plains ✔ Old Growth Birch Forest ✔ Sparse Jungle ✔ Bamboo Jungle ✔ Eroded Badlands ✔ Windswept Savanna ✔ Cherry Grove ✔ Frozen Peaks ✔ Dripstone Caves ✔ Lush Caves ✕ Deep Dark

Nether

✔ Nether Wastes ✔ Soul Sand Valley ✔ Crimson Forest ✔ Warped Forest ✔ Basalt Deltas

The End

✕ The End ✕ End Highlands ✕ End Midlands ✕ Small End Islands ✕ End Barrens

What you can craft with Lava

None