Windswept Hills

For the mission in Minecraft Dungeons, see MCD:Windswept Peaks.
Windswept Hills

Mountains.png: Infobox image for Windswept Hills the biome in Minecraft

Windswept Hills Vibrant Visuals.png: Infobox image for Windswept Hills the biome in Minecraft

Features

Floating island
Spruce‌[JE only]
Oak‌[JE only]

Blocks

Grass Block
Oak Log‌[JE only]
Oak Leaves‌[JE only]
Spruce Log‌[JE only]
Spruce Leaves‌[JE only]
Snow
Stone
Emerald Ore
Coal Ore
Iron Ore
Infested Stone
Bush

Climate

Temperature

0.2

Downfall

0.3

Precipitation

Yes

Colors

Grass color


 #8AB689

Foliage color


 #6DA36B

Water color


 #3F76E4‌[JE only]

 #007BF7‌[BE only] 

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Windswept hills, formerly also known as extreme hills or mountains, are cold mountain biomes with shattered terrain covered by grass blocks and stone. Windswept hills generate in areas with high erosion close to swamps, often bordering their wooded and gravelly variants.

Description

Windswept hills generate in areas with high erosion, high PV and high continentalness. The terrain is usually flat, but sometimes hilly and shattered. They generally peak at roughly Y-level 140. Above Y=120±8, rainfall changes to snowfall, and the hills becomes snow-capped, along with water freezing into ice. Despite windswept hill biomes being highland biomes, deep dark doesn't generate under windswept hills biomes.

The grass and leaves are an aqua color. These are the only biomes, besides mountain biomes, where emerald ore is found. Like mountains, infested blocks with silverfish can be generated underground below the sea level. Oak trees and spruce trees occasionally generate here, with a bit of grass, poppies, dandelions and bushes on the ground. Llamas can spawn in these biomes.

Survival in windswept hills can be challenging to beginners, due to the heights often risking heavy fall damage and higher elevations bringing snow and ice, but can be fairly easy once the player has acclimated to the area and found or made a flat-enough space for shelter. Llamas can also serve as useful pack animals when tamed. Water must be protected by light or a roof to prevent it from freezing when above the snowfall line, however, and the player must be aware of their surroundings to avoid falling off steep cliffs, especially when fighting hostile mobs. Care should also be taken when mining in windswept hills, due to infested stone occasionally generating; the player might get swarmed with silverfish if they're not prepared.

Mobs

The following mobs naturally spawn here:

In Java Edition
MobSpawn weightGroup size
Monster category
Creeper100⁄5154
Skeleton100⁄5154
Slime[note 1]100⁄5154
Spider100⁄5154
Zombie95⁄5154
Enderman10⁄5151–4
Witch5⁄5151
Zombie Villager5⁄5151
Creature category
Sheep12⁄454
Cold Chicken10⁄454
Cold Pig10⁄454
Cold Cow8⁄454
Llama5⁄454–6
Underground water creature category
Glow Squid14–6
Ambient category
Bat18
  1. ↑ Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks. 
{ "hasNotes": true, "notes": { "Slime": "Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks." }, "1": { "totalWeight": 515, "mobs": [ { "size": "4", "mob": "Creeper", "weight": 100 }, { "size": "4", "mob": "Skeleton", "weight": 100 }, { "note": "Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.", "mob": "Slime", "weight": 100, "notename": "Slime", "size": "4" }, { "size": "4", "mob": "Spider", "weight": 100 }, { "size": "4", "mob": "Zombie", "weight": 95 }, { "size": "1-4", "mob": "Enderman", "weight": 10 }, { "size": "1", "mob": "Witch", "weight": 5 }, { "size": "1", "mob": "Zombie Villager", "weight": 5 } ], "category": "monster" }, "2": { "totalWeight": 45, "mobs": [ { "size": "4", "mob": "Sheep", "weight": 12 }, { "size": "4", "mob": "Cold Chicken", "weight": 10 }, { "size": "4", "mob": "Cold Pig", "weight": 10 }, { "size": "4", "mob": "Cold Cow", "weight": 8 }, { "size": "4-6", "mob": "Llama", "weight": 5 } ], "category": "creature" }, "3": { "totalWeight": 10, "mobs": [ { "size": "4-6", "mob": "Glow Squid", "weight": 10 } ], "category": "underground" }, "4": { "totalWeight": 10, "mobs": [ { "size": "8", "mob": "Bat", "weight": 10 } ], "category": "ambient" } }
In Bedrock Edition
MobSpawn weightGroup size
Monster category
Creeper1001
Slime[note 1]1001
Spider1001
Zombie952–4
Skeleton801–2
Enderman101–2
Witch51
Zombie Villager52–4
Creature category
Sheep122–3
Cold Chicken102–4
Glow Squid102–4
Cold Pig101–3
Cold Cow82–3
Llama54–6
Ambient category
Bat12
  1. ↑ Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks. 
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Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierTranslation key
BiomeSprite windswept-hills.png: Sprite image for windswept-hills in Minecraft Windswept Hillswindswept_hillsbiome.minecraft.windswept_hills

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID
BiomeSprite windswept-hills.png: Sprite image for windswept-hills in Minecraft [No displayed name]extreme_hills3

Achievements

IconAchievementIn-game descriptionActual requirements (if different)Gamerscore earnedTrophy type (PS)
PS4Other
Adventuring TimeDiscover 17 biomes.Visit any 17 biomes. Does not have to be in a single world.40Silver

Advancements

IconAdvancementIn-game descriptionActual requirements (if different)
Adventuring TimeDiscover every biome The advancement is only for Overworld biomes. Other biomes may also be visited, but are ignored for this advancement.

History

Announcement

September 28, 2019During MINECON Live 2019, the mountains won the community biome vote; additions were improved terrain generation, powder snow, and goats.
October 3, 2020The Caves & Cliffs update was announced at Minecraft Live 2020, showing a sneak peek at goats and the new mountain generation.
March 5, 2021It is announced that the biome renamed to mountains in 1.13 may be renamed back to Extreme Hills.

Java Edition

Java Edition Beta
1.8Pre-releaseAdded extreme hills. Mountains and hills could still generate prior to this, but they were random parts of the terrain and not considered their own biome.
Java Edition
1.112w01aReduced the height of extreme hills.
1.7.213w36aSpruce trees and snow layers now generate in extreme hills.
The surface now contains large stone, dirt and gravel patches.
Extreme hills are now required for the new "Adventuring Time" achievement.
1.1318w19a"Extreme Hills" has been renamed to "Mountains".
1.1721w13aGoats now spawn in mountains, a placeholder until the new mountains are added.
1.18Experimental Snapshot 1Due to the new terrain generator, mountains have become much less common.
Goats no longer spawn in mountains.
experimental snapshot 2"Mountains" have been renamed back to "Extreme Hills".
experimental snapshot 4Increased the extremity of terrain in extreme hills.
21w37aRenamed "Extreme Hills" back to "Mountains".
21w40a"Mountains" has been renamed to "Windswept Hills".
1.2023w17a"A Familiar Room" may now be played in windswept hills.
1.21.525w02aPigs that spawn in windswept hills are now the cold variant.
25w05aAdded bushes, which can generate in windswept hills.
Cows that spawn in windswept hills are now the cold variant.
25w06aChickens that spawn in windswept hills are now the cold variant.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.9.0build 1Added a proper extreme hills biome, along with many other biomes. Mountains and hills could still generate prior to this, but they were random parts of the terrain and not considered their own biome.
Only pine trees now generate (not oak trees as well) in extreme hills. The trees are found only in the wooded variant.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0beta 1.2.0.2Added snow layers to extreme hills.
1.16.200
Experiment
Caves and Cliffs		beta 1.16.200.52Added goats, which currently spawn in extreme hills as a placeholder.
1.16.220
Experiment
Caves and Cliffs		beta 1.16.220.50Goats no longer spawn in the extreme hills biome.
1.21.60
Experiment
Drop 1 2025		Preview 1.21.60.25Pigs that spawn in windswept hills are now the cold variant.
1.21.70
Experiment
Drop 1 2025		Preview 1.21.70.20Added bushes, which can generate in windswept hills.
Cows that spawn in windswept hills are now the cold variant.
Preview 1.21.70.22Chickens that spawn in windswept hills are now the cold variant.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
TU5CU11.001.001.00Patch 11.0.1Added Extreme Hills biome.
TU31CU191.221.221.22Patch 3Added Extreme Hills variant biomes.

Data history

Java Edition
1.13pre5The ID extreme_hills has been changed to mountains.
1.18experimental snapshot 2The ID mountains has been changed back to extreme_hills.
21w37aThe ID extreme_hills has been changed back to mountains.
Prior to the removal of numerical biome IDs, this biome's numerical ID was 3.
21w40aThe ID mountains has been changed to windswept_hills.

Issues

Issues relating to "Windswept Hills" or "Extreme Hills" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Gallery

Screenshots

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  • Windswept hills.
    Windswept hills.
  • An extremely narrow windswept hills biome.
    An extremely narrow windswept hills biome.
  • Mountains with ray tracing.
    Mountains with ray tracing.
  • Another view of a mountains biome before Caves & Cliffs.
    Another view of a mountains biome before Caves & Cliffs.
  • An example of an overhang generated within mountains.
    An example of an overhang generated within mountains.
  • A stacked mountains biome.
    A stacked mountains biome.
  • Mountains and a wooded mountains shown side by side.
    Mountains and a wooded mountains shown side by side.
  • Huge cliffside generated in mountains biome.
    Huge cliffside generated in mountains biome.
  • A tree which generated under a cliff in a mountains biome.
    A tree which generated under a cliff in a mountains biome.
  • Heart-shaped hole in a mountains cliff.
    Heart-shaped hole in a mountains cliff.
  • Large chunk of floating mountains creating some sort of skybridge.
    Large chunk of floating mountains creating some sort of skybridge.
  • A ruined portal in a mountains biome.
    A ruined portal in a mountains biome.
  • Mountains next to a lake.
    Mountains next to a lake.
  • A mountains single biome world before 1.18.
    A mountains single biome world before 1.18.
  • An extreme hills biome before The Update that Changed the World.
    An extreme hills biome before The Update that Changed the World.

Development images

  • The old look of the extreme hills biome.
    The old look of the extreme hills biome.
  • Yet another example.
    Yet another example.
  • First screenshot of spruce trees generating in the biome.
    First screenshot of spruce trees generating in the biome.

See also

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