Rhûn

"I have crossed many mountains and many rivers, and trodden many plains, even into the far countries of Rhûn and Harad where the stars are strange."

- Aragorn in The Fellowship of the Ring Rhûn is also known as The East or The Eastlands for it is the most eastern known part of Middle-Earth. It is located to the east of Rhovanion (Wilderland and Mirkwood) and Mordor, south of the Iron hills and Forodwaith, and north of the great desert of Harad. The Red Mountains biome cuts through Rhûn.

Almost nothing is known about these lands, save that they are home to the various nations of Easterlings, such as the Wainriders and Balchoth. Of the five Wizards, three have journeyed to Rhûn. It is recorded that Saruman the White went with Alatar and Pallando the Blue into this land during the beginning of the Third Age, but returned, while the Blue Wizards stayed. Aragorn claims to have gone to Rhûn, but his doings there are unknown.

Upon entering Rhûn, the player gains the achievement "Into the East".

On the slopes of the Red mountains was a forest known as the Wild Wood in which the Avari - a forgotten tribes of elves who had never seen the glory of Valinor - made their home. In future updates the Wild Wood biome will be added to the map, along with the Avari and their structures and content within it.

Rhun Forest
The only sub-biome so far is the Rhûn Forest, which resembles the Minecraft forest biome. It is densely covered with trees, tall grass, and flowers. Birds and rabbits may spawn here. The trees here are mostly oak and there are many larger versions of these trees. The Rhun Forests generate in four patches: The smallest on the Northeastern border of the Sea of Rhun, another on the western side of the Red Mountains, another on an island in the sea of Rhun, and the last in the Far East.

Sea of Rhun
The Sea of Rhun is a large body of water in the northwestern Rhûn., which serves as a border of sorts between it and Wilderland There is an island in this sea near the Eastern shore, which contains both the Rhûn Forest biome, and the regular Rhûn biome. The forests takes up most of the center of the island, while the plain serves as its edge.

Mobs
Though the lands of Rhûn are currently a placeholder biome for now, (as of their addition in Beta 18) but they will eventually be filled with a wide range of Easterling and Dwarven cultures.

Currently, no NPCs spawn here, but the normal Minecraft animals do, as well as boars.

Vegetation
Rhun is mostly a land of wide, grassy plains. The Rhun Forests contain more trees and are heavily forested.