Desert Hills

This article is about the removed desert hills variant. For related articles, see Desert (disambiguation).
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This feature was present in earlier versions of Java Edition, but has since been removed.
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Desert Hills
Desert Hills.png: Infobox image for Desert Hills the biome in Minecraft
Structures

Desert Pyramid‌[BE only]

Features

Fossil
Desert Well

Blocks

Sand
Sandstone
Cactus
Dead Bush

Climate

Temperature

2.0

Colors

Grass color


 #BFB755

Foliage color


 #AEA42A

Water color


 #3F76E4‌[JE only]

 #1A7AA1‌[BE only] 

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The desert hills were a hills variant of the desert that no longer generates since Caves & Cliffs: Part II, and were removed in Java Edition.

Description

Like all other hills biomes, desert hills featured hillier terrain with occasional overhangs, cliffs, and floating islands. Sand often generated floating here, providing a risk of suffocation when the sand fell down. Desert hills were comprised mostly of sand and sandstone like the rest of the desert. No biome-specific structures other than fossils, desert pyramids,‌[Bedrock Edition only] and desert wells generated within this biome, making this variant overall more difficult and less rewarding. Desert hills didn't generate in the thin desert border around a badlands biome.

Mobs

Desert hills used the same mob spawning chances as deserts.

The following mobs naturally spawned here:

In Java Edition
MobSpawn weightGroup size
Creature category
Rabbit[note 1]12–3
Monster category
Spider100⁄5154
Skeleton100⁄5154
Creeper100⁄5154
Slime[note 2]100⁄5154
Husk80⁄5154
Zombie19⁄5154
Enderman10⁄5151–4
Witch5⁄5151
Zombie Villager1⁄5151
Ambient category
Bat18
  1. ↑ All spawned rabbits are gold.
  2. ↑ Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks. 
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In Bedrock Edition
MobSpawn weightGroup size
Creature category
Rabbit[note 1]12–3
Monster category
Spider1001
Zombie952–4
Zombie Villager52–4
Husk2402–4
Skeleton801–2
Creeper1001
Slime[note 2]1001
Enderman101–2
Witch51
  1. ↑ All spawned rabbits are gold.
  2. ↑ Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks. 
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Data values

ID

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID
BiomeSprite desert-hills.png: Sprite image for desert-hills in Minecraft [No displayed name]desert_hills17

History

Java Edition
1.112w01aAdded DesertHills.
1.2.112w04aAdded desert wells to deserts.
1.3.112w19aHills in deserts are now taller.
1.7.213w36aDesert hills are now required for the new "Adventuring Time" achievement.
1.1016w20aAdded husks, which replace most zombies in deserts.
Added fossils, which may generate in deserts.
1.1318w16a"DesertHills" has been renamed to "Desert Hills".
1.18Experimental Snapshot 1Desert hills no longer generate naturally.
21w40aDesert hills have been removed.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.9.0build 1Added Desert Hills variant, along with many other biomes.
v0.11.0build 1Added desert wells to deserts.
v0.13.0build 1Added rabbits, which can spawn in deserts.
v0.15.0build 1Added husks, which replace most zombies in deserts.
Pocket Edition
1.1.3alpha 1.1.3.0Added fossils, which may generate in deserts.
Bedrock Edition
1.18.0beta 1.18.0.20The desert hills biome no longer generates naturally.

Data history

Java Edition
1.1821w37aPrior to the removal of numerical biome IDs, this biome's numerical ID was 17.

Gallery

  • A desert hills biome.
    A desert hills biome.
  • Another desert hills biome.
    Another desert hills biome.
  • Desert hills in Bedrock Edition.
    Desert hills in Bedrock Edition.
  • A desert pyramid in desert hills in Bedrock Edition.
    A desert pyramid in desert hills in Bedrock Edition.
  • A frozen ocean next to desert hills in Bedrock Edition. Note the ocean ruins in an iceberg.
    A frozen ocean next to desert hills in Bedrock Edition. Note the ocean ruins in an iceberg.
  • A desert hills single biome world.
    A desert hills single biome world.
  • Desert hills with ray tracing.
    Desert hills with ray tracing.

See also

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