Tall Birch Hills

Tall Birch Hills
Blocks	Grass Block; Birch Log; Birch Leaves; Bee Nest; Rose Bush; Lilac; Peony; Lily of the Valley; Mushrooms‌[BE only]
Climate
Temperature	0.6‌[JE only]; 0.7‌[BE only]
Colors
Grass color	; #88BB67‌[JE only]; ; #79C05A‌[BE only]
Foliage color	; #6BA941‌[JE only]; ; #59AE30‌[BE only]
Water color	; #3F76E4‌[JE only]; ; #0A74C4‌[BE only]

This page describes content that has been removed from the game.

This feature was present in earlier versions of Java Edition, but has since been removed.

This article describes content that has been officially made unobtainable in Bedrock Edition.

It can still be obtained using third-party software. However, this can cause unexpected behavior such as bugs and crashes.

The tall birch hills was a rare variant of the birch forest that no longer generates since Caves & Cliffs: Part II, and was removed in Java Edition.

Description

Like the other hills biomes, the tall birch hills biome had hillier, rougher terrain, along with the taller birch trees of the old growth birch forest variant. The hills were steep in this biome, comparable to the windswept hills biome.

Unlike most hills biomes, this biome used to generate as a 'modified hills' biome, making it much rarer but also bigger in size.

Mobs

Tall birch hills used the same mob spawning chances as birch forests.

The following mobs spawned naturally here:

In **Java Edition**
Mob	Spawn weight	Group size
Creature category
Sheep	¹²⁄₄₀	4
Pig	¹⁰⁄₄₀	4
Chicken	¹⁰⁄₄₀	4
Cow	⁸⁄₄₀	4
Monster category
Spider	¹⁰⁰⁄₅₁₅	4
Zombie	⁹⁵⁄₅₁₅	4
Zombie Villager	⁵⁄₅₁₅	1
Skeleton	¹⁰⁰⁄₅₁₅	4
Creeper	¹⁰⁰⁄₅₁₅	4
Slime^{[note 1]}	¹⁰⁰⁄₅₁₅	4
Enderman	¹⁰⁄₅₁₅	1–4
Witch	⁵⁄₅₁₅	1
Ambient category
Bat	1	8

↑ Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.

In **Bedrock Edition**
Mob	Spawn weight	Group size
Creature category
Sheep	12	2–3
Pig	10	1–3
Chicken	10	2–4
Cow	8	2–3
Monster category
Spider	99	1
Zombie	94.25	2–4
Zombie Villager	5	2–4
Skeleton	80	1–2
Creeper	100	1
Slime^{[note 1]}	100	1
Enderman	10	1–2
Witch	5	1
Ambient category
Bat	1	2

↑ Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.

Data values

ID

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID
[No displayed name]	`birch_forest_hills_mutated`	`156`

History

Java Edition
1.7.2			13w36a				Added Birch Forest Hills M, along with many other biomes.
1.13			18w16a				"Birch Forest Hills M" has been renamed to "Mutated Birch Forest Hills."
1.13			18w19a				"Mutated Birch Forest Hills" has been renamed to "Tall Birch Hills."
1.14			18w43a				Added lilies of the valley, which can generate in tall birch hills.
1.15.2			Pre-Release 1				Tall birch hills now generate with bee nests.
1.18			Experimental Snapshot 1				The tall birch hills no longer generates naturally.
1.18			21w40a				The tall birch hills biome has been removed.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.11.0			build 1				Birch Forest Hills M.
Bedrock Edition
1.9.0			beta 1.9.0.0				Added lilies of the valley, which can be found in tall birch hills.
1.16.0			beta 1.16.0.57				Bee nests now have a small chance to generate in tall birch hills.
1.17.30 Experiment Caves and Cliffs			beta 1.17.30.23				The tall birch hills biome no longer generates naturally.
Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU31	CU19	1.22	1.22	1.22	Patch 3	1.0.1	Added tall birch hills, along with many other biomes.

Data history

Java Edition
1.13			pre5				The ID has been changed from `mutated_birch_forest_hills` to `tall_birch_hills`.
1.18			21w37a				Prior to the removal of numerical biome IDs, this biome's numerical ID was 156.

Gallery

Terrain in tall birch hills can be very rough.
A sunset in a tall birch hills biome in Bedrock Edition.
A comparison of the grass colors in a tall birch hills biome (left), and a regular birch forest (right) in Bedrock Edition.
A very long fallen tree in a tall birch hills biome.
A tall birch hills single biome world.
Tall birch hills with ray tracing.

Navigation

[Slime-1] Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.

[Slime-2] Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.

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Climate
Blocks	Grass Block Birch Log Birch Leaves Bee Nest Rose Bush Lilac Peony Lily of the Valley Mushrooms‌^{[BE only]}
Temperature	0.6‌^{[JE only]} 0.7‌^{[BE only]}
Colors
Grass color	#88BB67‌^{[JE only]} #79C05A‌^{[BE only]}
Foliage color	#6BA941‌^{[JE only]} #59AE30‌^{[BE only]}
Water color	#3F76E4‌^{[JE only]} #0A74C4‌^{[BE only]}