Windswept Hills in Minecraft

This Minecraft tutorial explains the Windswept Hills biome (formerly called the Mountains or the Extreme Hills) 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 Hills biome in Minecraft.

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Supported Platforms

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

PlatformSupported (Version*)
Java Edition (PC/Mac) Java Edition (PC/Mac)Yes
Pocket Edition (PE) Pocket Edition (PE)Yes (0.9.0)
Xbox 360 Xbox 360Yes
Xbox One Xbox OneYes
PS3 PS3Yes
PS4 PS4Yes
Wii U Wii UYes
Nintendo Switch Nintendo SwitchYes
Windows 10 Edition Windows 10 EditionYes
Education Edition Education EditionYes

* 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 Hills is a biome in the Overworld. It has towering mountains with waterfalls, lavafalls, and ponds. If you tunnel into mountains, you can find deep caves that are fun to explore.

The Windswept Hills biome has dull green-blue grass.

mountain biome

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

Weather

The weather in the Windswept Hills biome has average precipitation. There is sometimes snow on the tops of the mountains.

Trees

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

oak tree spruce tree

Vegetation

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

Item Description
dandelion Dandelion
poppy Poppy
pumpkin Pumpkin

Blocks

In this biome, you will find blocks such as grass blocks, stone, cobblestone, diorite, andesite, granite and emerald ore:

Item Description
grass block Grass Block
stone Stone
cobblestone Cobblestone
diorite Diorite
andesite Andesite
granite Granite
emerald ore Emerald Ore

Other Standard Blocks

If you dig down far enough in the Windswept 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:

stone coal ore iron ore gold ore diamond ore redstone ore copper ore

Mobs

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

cow pig sheep chicken llama

Overworld Mobs that Spawn at Night

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

creeper enderman skeleton spider witch zombie

Biome ID for Windswept Hills

Windswept Hills Seeds

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