Windswept Gravelly Hills in Minecraft

This Minecraft tutorial explains the Windswept Gravelly Hills biome (formerly called the Gravelly Mountains) with screenshots.

In Minecraft, you will spawn into worlds with unique weather, animals, and plants. These regions are known as biomes. Let's explore the Windswept Gravelly Hills biome in Minecraft.

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Supported Platforms

The Windswept Gravelly Hills biome is available in the following versions of Minecraft:

Platform	Supported (Version*)
Java Edition (PC/Mac)	Yes
Pocket Edition (PE)	Yes
Xbox 360	Yes
Xbox One	Yes
PS3	Yes
PS4	Yes
Wii U	Yes
Nintendo Switch	Yes
Windows 10 Edition	Yes
Education Edition	Yes

* The version that it was added or removed, if applicable.
NOTE: Pocket Edition (PE), Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch, and Windows 10 Edition are now called Bedrock Edition. We will continue to show them individually for version history.

Background

In Minecraft, the Windswept Gravelly Hills is a biome in the Overworld. It is a mountain range where the tops of the mountains are flatter and made mostly of gravel, stone and grass. There are also small pools of water, oak trees and spruce trees found in this biome.

Let's explore the characteristics of the Windswept Gravelly Hills biome.

Weather

The weather in the Windswept Gravelly Hills biome has average precipitation.

Trees

In the Windswept Gravelly Hills biome, you will find oak trees and spruce trees:

Vegetation

The vegetation found in the Windswept Gravelly Hills biome consists of dandelions, poppies, pumpkins and grass:

Item	Description
	Dandelion
	Poppy
	Pumpkin
	Grass

Blocks

In this biome, you will find blocks such as gravel, grass blocks, stone, diorite and granite:

Item	Description
	Gravel
	Grass Block
	Stone
	Diorite
	Granite

Other Standard Blocks

If you dig down far enough in the Windswept Gravelly Hills biome, you will find the standard Minecraft building blocks such as stone, coal ore, iron ore, gold ore, diamond ore, redstone ore, copper ore:

Mobs

In the Windswept Gravelly Hills biome, there is lots of wildlife such as cows, sheep, pigs, chickens and llamas:

Overworld Mobs that Spawn at Night

You will still find the usual Overworld mobs that spawn at night in the Windswept Gravelly Hills biome, such as creepers, endermen, skeletons, spiders, witches and zombies:

Biome ID for Windswept Gravelly Hills

• Java

Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)

In Minecraft, the Windswept Gravelly Hills biome has the following Minecraft ID values:

Minecraft ID	Dimension	Platform	Version(s)
minecraft:gravelly_mountains	Overworld	Java Edition (PC/Mac)	1.16 - 1.17.1
minecraft:windswept_gravelly_hills	Overworld	Java Edition (PC/Mac)	1.18 - 1.20.3

See a complete list of Biome IDs that is interactive and searchable.

Windswept Gravelly Hills Seeds

You can use a seed to create a world where you spawn in a Windswept Gravelly Hills biome:

Windswept Gravelly Hills Seeds (Java Edition)