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Template:Infobox biome The windswept gravelly hills or extreme hills mutated biome is a more desolate variant of the Minecraft:windswept hills covered with Minecraft:gravel. It is a relatively rare biome in the Minecraft:Overworld.

Generation

This variant rarely generates in lower Minecraft:humidity values and colder temperature ranges than regular windswept hills and Minecraft:windswept forests. Because of this, windswept gravelly hills often appear next to Minecraft:plains, Minecraft:snowy plains, Minecraft:ice spikes, Minecraft:snowy taigas, and uncommonly Minecraft:forests, Minecraft:sunflower plains, and Minecraft:flower forests. As the biome is a variant of the windswept hills, additional requirements for locating the biome are high PV and high erosion values. On top of that, all windswept hills biomes are more likely to generate in higher Minecraft:continentalness.

Description

File:Windswept Gravelly Hills BE.png

Windswept gravelly hills in Bedrock Edition.

True to its name, windswept gravelly hills contain large amounts of Minecraft:gravel that replace multiple layers Minecraft:stone, Minecraft:grass blocks, and Minecraft:dirt across its landscape.

Due to the gravel replacing most of the grass, vegetation like Minecraft:bushes and Minecraft:trees Template:Only is sparser, making this variant relatively barren. Template:IN, no trees generate here at all as the unused Minecraft:gravelly mountains+ biome serves this purpose, and almost 100% of the biome is covered with gravel, with only a few 1-block wide strips of grass blocks generating inside, allowing far fewer bushes to generate. Underwater, the terrain is similar with only the strips containing the regular lakebed blocks (Minecraft:sand and Minecraft:dirt).

In other aspects, however, windswept gravelly hills resemble their regular counterpart: the terrain is still elevated and full of falling hazards, and generates hilly and shattered in some areas, often resulting in Minecraft:floating islands. Above Y=120±8, rainfall converts to Minecraft:snowfall, and Minecraft:snow begins to cover the ground. Minecraft:Water also begins to freeze into Minecraft:ice starting at that height.

Windswept gravelly hills share their foliage, grass and water color with windswept hills and Minecraft:windswept forests. Minecraft:Emerald ore generates here, but this and other ores are rarely exposed due to the gravel. Underground, occasional Minecraft:infested stone with Minecraft:silverfish can be encountered.

Farm animals spawn their cold variants in this biome when possible, and llamas spawn in herds around the biome.

With Minecraft:Vibrant Visuals, windswept gravelly hills use default environmental settings with a coolish color grading, making the biome appear colder blue. They use cold sunlight, which is slightly brighter at dusk and dawn.

Mobs

The following mobs naturally spawn here:

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Data values

ID

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Achievements

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Advancements

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History

Issues

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Gallery

Screenshots

Windswept gravelly hills cliffside

Windswept gravelly hills cliffside
A windswept gravelly hills Minecraft:single biome world

A windswept gravelly hills Minecraft:single biome world

Historical screenshots

View of the old gravelly mountains

View of the old gravelly mountains
Gravelly mountains near an ocean

Gravelly mountains near an ocean
Gravelly mountains

Gravelly mountains
A gravelly mountains Minecraft:single biome world before Minecraft:1.18.

A gravelly mountains Minecraft:single biome world before Minecraft:1.18.
Gravelly mountains in Bedrock Edition before 1.18. Trees did not generate here.

Gravelly mountains in Bedrock Edition before 1.18. Trees did not generate here.
Gravelly mountains with Minecraft:ray tracing

Gravelly mountains with Minecraft:ray tracing

Navigation

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 {{Infobox biome
-| title = Windswept Gravelly Hills
 | group = Regular
 | 1-1 = Gravelly Mountains.png
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 | watercolor = {{color|#3F76E4}}{{only|java|short=y}}<br>{{color|#0E63AB}}{{only|bedrock|short=y}}
 | structures =
-| blocks = {{BlockLink|Gravel}}<br>{{BlockLink|Grass Block}}<br>{{BlockLink|Snow}}<br>{{BlockLink|Oak Log}}{{only|java|short=1}}<br>{{BlockLink|Oak Leaves}}{{only|java|short=1}}<br>{{BlockLink|Spruce Log}}{{only|java|short=1}}<br>{{BlockLink|Spruce Leaves}}{{only|java|short=1}}<br>{{BlockLink|Stone}}<br>{{BlockLink|Emerald Ore}}<br>{{BlockLink|Coal Ore}}<br>{{BlockLink|Iron Ore}}<br>{{BlockLink|Infested Stone}}<br>{{BlockLink|Bush}}<br>{{BlockLink|Pumpkin}}
+| blocks = {{BlockLink|Gravel}}<br>{{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}}{{only|java|short=1}}<br>{{EnvLink|Oak}}{{only|java|short=1}}
+| features = {{EnvLink|Spruce}}{{only|java|short=1}}<br>{{EnvLink|Oak}}{{only|java|short=1}}
-|atmospherics = Default
+| atmospherics = Default
-|lighting = Cold
+| lighting = Cold
-|volumetric = Default
+| volumetric = Default
-|colorgrading = Coolish
+| colorgrading = Coolish
 }}
-The '''windswept gravelly hills''' or '''extreme hills mutated''' is a slightly altered and more desolate variant of the [[Minecraft:windswept hills]] covered with [[Minecraft:gravel]]. It is a relatively rare biome in the [[Minecraft:Overworld]].
+The '''windswept gravelly hills''' or '''extreme hills mutated''' biome is a more desolate variant of the [[Minecraft:windswept hills]] covered with [[Minecraft:gravel]]. It is a relatively rare biome in the [[Minecraft:Overworld]].
+== Generation ==
+This variant rarely generates in lower [[Minecraft:humidity]] values and colder temperature ranges than regular windswept hills and [[Minecraft:windswept forests]]. Because of this, windswept gravelly hills often appear next to [[Minecraft:plains]], [[Minecraft:snowy plains]], [[Minecraft:ice spikes]], [[Minecraft:snowy taiga]]s, and uncommonly [[Minecraft:forest]]s, [[Minecraft:sunflower plains]], and [[Minecraft:flower forest]]s. As the biome is a variant of the windswept hills, additional requirements for locating the biome are high [[Minecraft:World generation|PV]] and high [[Minecraft:World generation|erosion]] values. On top of that, all windswept hills biomes are more likely to generate in higher [[Minecraft:continentalness]].
 == Description ==
 [[File:Windswept Gravelly Hills BE.png|thumb|Windswept gravelly hills in ''Bedrock Edition''.|left]]
-True to its name, windswept gravelly hills contain large amounts of [[Minecraft:gravel]] that replace the top few layers of [[Minecraft:stone]], [[Minecraft:grass blocks]], and [[Minecraft:dirt]] across its landscape. Due to the gravel replacing most of the grass, [[Minecraft:Spruce|spruce trees]] and [[Minecraft:Oak|oak trees]] generate far less often, along with reduced amounts of [[Minecraft:dandelion]]s, [[Minecraft:poppies]], [[Minecraft:bush]]es, and [[Minecraft:short grass]], making this variant relatively barren. {{IN|be}}, no [[Minecraft:trees]] generate here at all, and almost 100% of the biome is covered with gravel, with only a few 1-block wide strips of grass blocks generating inside, allowing far fewer bushes to generate. Players should be careful when surfacing from underground in this biome, as the top layers of gravel can pose a suffocation hazard.
+True to its name, windswept gravelly hills contain large amounts of [[Minecraft:gravel]] that replace multiple layers [[Minecraft:stone]], [[Minecraft:grass block]]s, and [[Minecraft:dirt]] across its landscape.
+Due to the gravel replacing most of the grass, vegetation like [[Minecraft:bush]]es and [[Minecraft:tree]]s{{only|je|short=1}} is sparser, making this variant relatively barren. {{IN|be}}, no trees generate here at all as the unused [[Minecraft:gravelly mountains+]] biome serves this purpose, and almost 100% of the biome is covered with gravel, with only a few 1-block wide strips of grass blocks generating inside, allowing far fewer bushes to generate. Underwater, the terrain is similar with only the strips containing the regular lakebed blocks ([[Minecraft:sand]] and [[Minecraft:dirt]]).
 In other aspects, however, windswept gravelly hills resemble their regular counterpart: the terrain is still elevated and full of falling hazards, and generates hilly and shattered in some areas, often resulting in [[Minecraft:floating islands]]. Above Y=120±8, rainfall converts to [[Minecraft:snowfall]], and [[Minecraft:snow]] begins to cover the ground. [[Minecraft:Water]] also begins to freeze into [[Minecraft:ice]] starting at that height.
-Windswept gravelly hills share their foliage, grass and water color with windswept hills and [[Minecraft:windswept forests]]. [[Minecraft:Emerald ore]] generates here. On the biome's surface, [[Minecraft:coal ore]] and [[Minecraft:iron ore]] is found frequently exposed to broad daylight. Underground, occasional [[Minecraft:infested stone]] with [[Minecraft:silverfish]] can be encountered. The [[Minecraft:deep dark]] cannot generate beneath windswept gravelly hills, despite being a highland biome.
+Windswept gravelly hills share their foliage, grass and water color with windswept hills and [[Minecraft:windswept forests]]. [[Minecraft:Emerald ore]] generates here, but this and other ores are rarely exposed due to the gravel. Underground, occasional [[Minecraft:infested stone]] with [[Minecraft:silverfish]] can be encountered.
+Farm animals spawn their cold variants in this biome when possible, and [[Minecraft:Llama|llamas]] spawn in herds around the biome.
 With [[Minecraft:Vibrant Visuals]], windswept gravelly hills use default environmental settings with a coolish color grading, making the biome appear colder blue. They use cold sunlight, which is slightly brighter at dusk and dawn.
-Farm animals spawn their cold variants in this biome when possible, and [[Minecraft:Llama|llamas]] generate in herds around the biome.
-This variant rarely generates in lower [[Minecraft:humidity]] values and colder [[Minecraft:temperature]] ranges than regular windswept hills and [[Minecraft:windswept forests]]. Because of this, windswept gravelly hills often appear next to [[Minecraft:plains]], [[Minecraft:snowy plains]], [[Minecraft:ice spikes]], [[Minecraft:snowy taiga]]s, and uncommonly [[Minecraft:forest]]s, [[Minecraft:sunflower plains]], and [[Minecraft:flower forest]]s. As the biome is a variant of the windswept hills, additional requirements for locating the biome are high [[Minecraft:World generation|PV]] and high [[Minecraft:World generation|erosion]] values. On top of that, all windswept hills biomes are more likely to generate in higher [[Minecraft:continentalness]].
 == Mobs ==
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 |{{HistoryLine|||dev=build 10|The amount of [[Minecraft:gravel]] in Exreme Hills M [[Minecraft:biome]]s has been increased.}}
 |{{HistoryLine|bedrock}}
-|{{HistoryLine||1.17.30|exp=Caves and Cliffs|dev=beta 1.17.30.23|Gravelly Mountains+ no longer generate naturally.}}
 |{{HistoryLine||1.17.40|exp=Caves and Cliffs|dev=beta 1.17.40.20|Gravelly Mountains now generate less often.}}
+|{{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 gravelly hills 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 gravelly hills.|[[Minecraft:Cow]]s that spawn in windswept gravelly hills are now the cold variant.}}
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 === Screenshots ===
 <gallery>
-File:ExtremeHillsM.png|View of windswept gravelly hills biome.
+File:Cliff.png|Windswept gravelly hills cliffside
-File:Extreme Hills - M = Big.png|Windswept gravelly hills.
+File:Windswept Gravelly Hills single biome.png|A windswept gravelly hills [[Minecraft:single biome]] world
-File:Cliff.png|Windswept gravelly hills cliffside.
+</gallery>
-File:Gravel Mountains.png|Gravelly windswept hills.
-File:Shattered Windswept Hills.jpg|An extreme windswept hills biome.
+==== Historical screenshots ====
+<gallery>
+File:ExtremeHillsM.png|View of the old gravelly mountains
+File:Extreme Hills - M = Big.png|Gravelly mountains near an ocean
+File:Gravel Mountains.png|Gravelly mountains
 File:Gravelly Mountains single biome.png|A gravelly mountains [[Minecraft:single biome]] world before [[Minecraft:1.18]].
 File:Gravelly Mountains BE.png|Gravelly mountains in ''Bedrock Edition'' before 1.18. Trees did not generate here.
-File:Gravelly Mountains RTX.png|Gravelly mountains with [[Minecraft:ray tracing]].
+File:Gravelly Mountains RTX.png|Gravelly mountains with [[Minecraft:ray tracing]]
 </gallery>
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 *{{BiomeLink|Windswept Forest}}
 *{{BiomeLink|Taiga}}
-*{{BiomeLink|id=Modified gravelly mountains|link=Gravelly Mountains+|text=Gravelly Mountains+}}
+*{{BiomeLink|Gravelly Mountains&plus;}}
+*{{BiomeLink|Mountain Edge}}
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