Minecraft:Windswept Forest: Difference between revisions

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The windswept forest or extreme hills plus trees biome is a more humid variant of the Minecraft:windswept hills filled with Minecraft:spruce and Minecraft:oak trees.

Generation

Windswept forests generate instead of windswept hills in areas with high Minecraft:humidity. They generate at medium to the coldest temperature ranges, bordering all types of Minecraft:forests and Minecraft:taigas. Commonly, they surround Minecraft:swamp biomes, and near higher temperatures they border Minecraft:windswept savannas. Windswept forests can generate close to, but never border Minecraft:windswept gravelly hills.

A lush cave may also generate under windswept forests due to its high humidity, but when the biome generates far inland, Minecraft:dripstone caves may generate beneath it instead.

Description

Windswept forests lack a stony terrain surface, but generate hilly and rugged terrain just like regular windswept hills.

Minecraft:Spruce and Minecraft:oak trees generate quite often, forming a sparse forest, and bushes occasionally spawn in patches around the biome. This is unlike the other windswept hills biomes, where noTemplate:Only almost noTemplate:Only trees generate.

This biome is one of the few to contain Minecraft:emerald ore, and more Minecraft:coal ore along with Minecraft:iron ore generates at higher altitudes. Minecraft:Infested stone with Minecraft:silverfish may also be found here underground.

Minecraft:Llamas inhabit windswept forests, along with the usual farm animals and hostile mobs. Minecraft:Pigs, Minecraft:cows and Minecraft:chickens appear as cold variants here.

With Minecraft:Vibrant Visuals, windswept forests use a coolish humid Minecraft:volumetric fog setting, which slightly fades the distance in an orange tint. Windswept forests have default coolish color grading tints the environment with a colder blue color, and cold sunlight which is slightly brighter at dusk and dawn.

Mobs

The following mobs, excluding silverfish that spawn from infested blocks, naturally spawn here:

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Achievements

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History

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Issues

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Gallery

Screenshots

A windswept forest with cold Minecraft:cows

A windswept forest with cold Minecraft:cows
A windswept forest Minecraft:single biome world

A windswept forest Minecraft:single biome world

Historical screenshots

The old mountains and wooded mountains shown side by side

The old mountains and wooded mountains shown side by side
Trees growing in a wooded mountains biome

Trees growing in a wooded mountains biome
A wooded mountains Minecraft:single biome world before Minecraft:1.18

A wooded mountains Minecraft:single biome world before Minecraft:1.18
Wooded mountains with Minecraft:ray tracing

Wooded mountains with Minecraft:ray tracing

External links

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 {{Infobox biome
-| title = Windswept Forest
 | group = Regular
 | 1-1 = Wooded Mountains.png
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 | structures =
 | blocks = {{BlockLink|Grass Block}}<br>{{BlockLink|Snow}}<br>{{BlockLink|Stone}}<br>{{BlockLink|Emerald Ore}}<br>{{BlockLink|Coal Ore}}<br>{{BlockLink|Iron Ore}}<br>{{BlockLink|Infested Stone}}<br>{{BlockLink|Bush}}
-|features={{EnvLink|Floating island}}<br>{{EnvLink|Spruce}}<br>{{EnvLink|Oak}}
+| features = {{EnvLink|Spruce}}<br>{{EnvLink|Oak}}
-|atmospherics = Default
+| atmospherics = Default
-|lighting = Cold
+| lighting = Cold
-|volumetric = Semi-humid
+| volumetric = Semi-humid
-|colorgrading = Coolish}}
+| colorgrading = Coolish
+}}
-The '''windswept forest''' or '''extreme hills plus trees''' is a more humid variant of the [[Minecraft:windswept hills]] biome filled with [[Minecraft:spruce]] and [[Minecraft:oak]] trees.
+The '''windswept forest''' or '''extreme hills plus trees''' biome is a more humid variant of the [[Minecraft:windswept hills]] filled with [[Minecraft:spruce]] and [[Minecraft:oak]] trees.
 == Generation ==
-Windswept forests generate instead of windswept hills in areas with high [[Minecraft:humidity]]. [[Minecraft:Taiga]]s, [[Minecraft:Snowy Taiga|snowy taigas]], [[Minecraft:Dark Forest|dark forests]], [[Minecraft:Windswept Hills|windswept hills]], [[Minecraft:Old Growth Pine Taiga|old growth pine taigas]], [[Minecraft:Old Growth Spruce Taiga|old growth spruce taigas]], [[Minecraft:Swamp|swamps]], [[Minecraft:Forest|forests]], [[Minecraft:birch forest]]s and [[Minecraft:Old Growth Birch Forest|old growth birch forests]] often border windswept forests, with rarer bordering biomes being [[Minecraft:Jungle|jungles]], [[Minecraft:Sparse Jungle|sparse jungles]], [[Minecraft:Bamboo Jungle|bamboo jungles]] and [[Minecraft:plains]]. A [[Minecraft:Lush Caves|lush cave]] may also generate under windswept forests due to its high humidity, but when the biome generates far inland, [[Minecraft:dripstone caves]] may generate beneath it instead.
+Windswept forests generate instead of windswept hills in areas with high [[Minecraft:humidity]]. They generate at medium to the coldest temperature ranges, bordering all types of [[Minecraft:forest]]s and [[Minecraft:taiga]]s. Commonly, they surround [[Minecraft:swamp]] biomes, and near higher temperatures they border [[Minecraft:windswept savanna]]s. Windswept forests can generate close to, but never border [[Minecraft:windswept gravelly hills]].
+A [[Minecraft:Lush Caves|lush cave]] may also generate under windswept forests due to its high humidity, but when the biome generates far inland, [[Minecraft:dripstone caves]] may generate beneath it instead.
 == Description ==
-Windswept forests lack a stony terrain surface, but generate hilly and rugged terrain just like regular windswept hills. [[Minecraft:Tall Grass|Tall grass]] and both [[Minecraft:spruce]] and [[Minecraft:oak]] trees appear more often, forming a sparse forest, and [[Minecraft:Bush|bushes]] occasionally spawn in patches around the biome. [[Minecraft:Dandelion|Dandelions]] and [[Minecraft:Poppy|poppies]] are the only flowers that grow in windswept forests. This biome is one of the few to contain [[Minecraft:Emerald Ore|emerald ore]], and [[Minecraft:Coal Ore|coal ore]] along with [[Minecraft:Iron Ore|iron ore]] often generates exposed to sunlight. [[Minecraft:Infested Block|Infested stone]] with [[Minecraft:silverfish]] may also be found here underground. While the increased wood supply can be useful, the risk of fatal fall damage still exists, especially if this variant generates on the edge of a tall hill.
+Windswept forests lack a stony terrain surface, but generate hilly and rugged terrain just like regular windswept hills.
+[[Minecraft:Spruce]] and [[Minecraft:oak]] trees generate quite often, forming a sparse forest, and [[Minecraft:Bush|bushes]] occasionally spawn in patches around the biome. This is unlike the other windswept hills biomes, where no{{only|be|short=1}} almost no{{only|je|short=1}} trees generate.
-[[Minecraft:Llama|Llamas]] inhabit windswept forests, along with the usual farm animals and [[Minecraft:hostile mobs]]. [[Minecraft:Pigs]], [[Minecraft:cows]] and [[Minecraft:chickens]] appear as cold variants here.
+This biome is one of the few to contain [[Minecraft:emerald ore]], and more [[Minecraft:coal ore]] along with [[Minecraft:iron ore]] generates at higher altitudes. [[Minecraft:Infested stone]] with [[Minecraft:silverfish]] may also be found here underground.
+[[Minecraft:Llama]]s inhabit windswept forests, along with the usual farm animals and hostile mobs. [[Minecraft:Pig]]s, [[Minecraft:cow]]s and [[Minecraft:chicken]]s appear as cold variants here.
 With [[Minecraft:Vibrant Visuals]], windswept forests use a coolish humid [[Minecraft:volumetric fog]] setting, which slightly fades the distance in an orange tint. Windswept forests have default coolish color grading tints the environment with a colder blue color, and cold sunlight which is slightly brighter at dusk and dawn.
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 {{HistoryTable
 |{{HistoryLine|bedrock}}
+|{{HistoryLine||1.18.0|dev=?|[[Minecraft:Snowfall]] now occurs above Y{{=}}120±8 instead of 90±8. This change causes most snow to melt in old terrain.}}
 |{{HistoryLine||1.21.60|exp=Drop 1 2025|dev=Preview 1.21.60.25|[[Minecraft:Pig]]s that spawn in windswept forests are now the cold variant.}}
 |{{HistoryLine||1.21.70|exp=Drop 1 2025|dev=Preview 1.21.70.20|Added [[Minecraft:bush]]es, which can generate in windswept forests.|[[Minecraft:Cow]]s that spawn in windswept forests are now the cold variant.}}
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 == Issues ==
-{{Issue list|Windswept Forest|Wooded Mountains|Extreme Hills+}}
+{{Issue list|Windswept Forest|Extreme Hills Plus Trees}}
 == Gallery ==
 === Screenshots ===
 <gallery>
-File:ExtremeHillsComparison.png|Windswept hills and a windswept forest shown side by side.
+File:Windswept forest 1 21 5.png|A windswept forest with cold [[Minecraft:cows]]
-File:Extreme hills plus.png|Trees growing in a windswept forest biome.
+File:Windswept Forest single biome.png|A windswept forest [[Minecraft:single biome]] world
-File:Wooded Mountains single biome pre-1.18.png|A wooded mountains [[Minecraft:single biome]] world before [[Minecraft:1.18]].
+</gallery>
-File:Windswept forest 1 21 5.png|A windswept forest with cold [[Minecraft:cows]].
-File:Wooded Mountains RTX.png|Wooded mountains with [[Minecraft:ray tracing]].
+==== Historical screenshots ====
+<gallery>
+File:ExtremeHillsComparison.png|The old mountains and wooded mountains shown side by side
+File:Extreme hills plus.png|Trees growing in a wooded mountains biome
+File:Wooded Mountains single biome pre-1.18.png|A wooded mountains [[Minecraft:single biome]] world before [[Minecraft:1.18]]
+File:Wooded Mountains RTX.png|Wooded mountains with [[Minecraft:ray tracing]]
 </gallery>
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 *{{BiomeLink|Windswept Hills}}
 *{{BiomeLink|Windswept Gravelly Hills}}
+*{{BiomeLink|Gravelly Mountains&plus;}}
+*{{BiomeLink|Mountain Edge}}
 *{{BiomeLink|Taiga}}