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Template:Infobox biome Windswept hills or extreme hills are cold mountainous biomes with shattered terrain covered by grass blocks and stone. Windswept hills generate in areas with high erosion close to Minecraft:swamps, often bordering their wooded and gravelly variants.

Generation

Windswept hills generate as Minecraft:mountains in high PV and Minecraft:continentalness, but at far higher erosion. Because of this, the terrain is usually elevated but flat, sometimes hilly and shattered. They generally peak at Y-level 140. Despite windswept hill biomes being highland biomes, Minecraft:deep dark doesn't generate under windswept hills biomes.

Windswept hills generate at medium to the lowest temperature zones at medium humidity. They commonly border Minecraft:windswept forests and Minecraft:windswept gravelly hills as well as Minecraft:windswept savannas at higher temperatures. Large ranges of windswept hills often surround Minecraft:swamps with flatland biomes on the other side, including Minecraft:plains, most Minecraft:forests, Minecraft:taigas, and Minecraft:snowy plains.

Description

In windswept hills, the Minecraft:grass and Minecraft:leaves are an aqua color. These are the only biomes, besides Minecraft:mountain biomes, where Minecraft:emerald ore is found. Like mountains, Minecraft:infested blocks with Minecraft:silverfish can be generated underground below the sea level.

The ground consists of many exposed Minecraft:stone blocks and Minecraft:ores, with some patches of Minecraft:grass blocks in between. Above Y=120±8, rainfall changes to Minecraft:snowfall, and the hills becomes snow-capped, along with Minecraft:water freezing into Minecraft:ice.

Template:IN, Minecraft:oak and Minecraft:spruce trees generate occasionally, while these are exclusive to the windswept forest Template:In. Minecraft:Bushes generate on the sparse grasslands, and Minecraft:llamas can spawn here together with cold Minecraft:animal variants.

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

Mobs

The following mobs naturally spawn here: Template:Spawn table

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Data values

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Achievements

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History

Issues

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Gallery

Screenshots

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Windswept hills.

Windswept hills.
An extremely narrow windswept hills biome.

An extremely narrow windswept hills biome.
Mountains with Minecraft:ray tracing.

Mountains with Minecraft:ray tracing.
Another view of a mountains biome before Minecraft:Caves & Cliffs.

Another view of a mountains biome before Minecraft: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 Minecraft:wooded mountains shown side by side.

Mountains and a Minecraft:wooded mountains shown side by side.
Huge cliffside generated in mountains biome.

Huge cliffside generated in mountains biome.
A Minecraft:tree which generated under a cliff in a mountains biome.

A Minecraft: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 Minecraft:single biome world before Minecraft:1.18.

A mountains Minecraft:single biome world before Minecraft:1.18.
An extreme hills biome before Minecraft:The Update that Changed the World.

An extreme hills biome before Minecraft: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.

External links

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-{{For|other variants|Windswept}}
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 | title = Windswept Hills
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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}}{{only|je|short=1}}<br>{{EnvLink|Oak}}{{only|je|short=1}}
+| features = {{EnvLink|Floating island}}<br>{{EnvLink|Spruce}}{{only|je|short=1}}<br>{{EnvLink|Oak}}{{only|je|short=1}}
-|atmospherics = Default
+| atmospherics = Default
-|lighting = Cold
+| lighting = Cold
-|volumetric = Default
+| volumetric = Default
-|colorgrading = Coolish
+| colorgrading = Coolish
 }}
 '''Windswept hills''' or '''extreme hills''' are cold mountainous biomes with shattered terrain covered by grass blocks and stone. Windswept hills generate in areas with high erosion close to [[Minecraft:swamp]]s, often bordering their [[Minecraft:Windswept Forest|wooded]] and [[Minecraft:Windswept Gravelly Hills|gravelly]] variants.
 == Generation ==
-Windswept hills generate in areas with high [[Minecraft:Biome#Erosion|erosion]], high [[Minecraft:Weirdness|PV]] and high [[Minecraft: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 [[Minecraft:snowfall]], and the hills becomes snow-capped, along with [[Minecraft:water]] freezing into [[Minecraft:ice]]. Despite windswept hill biomes being highland biomes, [[Minecraft:deep dark]] doesn't generate under windswept hills biomes.
+Windswept hills generate as [[Minecraft:mountains]] in high [[Minecraft:Weirdness|PV]] and [[Minecraft:continentalness]], but at far higher [[Minecraft:Biome#Erosion|erosion]]. Because of this, the terrain is usually elevated but flat, sometimes hilly and shattered. They generally peak at Y-level 140. Despite windswept hill biomes being highland biomes, [[Minecraft:deep dark]] doesn't generate under windswept hills biomes.
+Windswept hills generate at medium to the lowest temperature zones at medium humidity. They commonly border [[Minecraft:windswept forest]]s and [[Minecraft:windswept gravelly hills]] as well as [[Minecraft:windswept savanna]]s at higher temperatures. Large ranges of windswept hills often surround [[Minecraft:swamp]]s with flatland biomes on the other side, including [[Minecraft:plains]], most [[Minecraft:forest]]s, [[Minecraft:taiga]]s, and [[Minecraft:snowy plains]].
 == Description ==
-In windswept hills, the [[Minecraft:grass]] and [[Minecraft:leaves]] are an aqua color. These are the only biomes, besides [[Minecraft:mountain]] biomes, where [[Minecraft:emerald ore]] is found. Like [[Minecraft:mountain]]s, [[Minecraft:infested block]]s with [[Minecraft:silverfish]] can be generated underground below the sea level. [[Minecraft:Oak]] [[Minecraft:tree]]s and [[Minecraft:spruce]] trees occasionally generate here, with a bit of [[Minecraft:grass]], [[Minecraft:poppies]], [[Minecraft:dandelion]]s and [[Minecraft:bush|bushes]] on the ground. [[Minecraft:Llama]]s can spawn in these biomes.
+In windswept hills, the [[Minecraft:grass]] and [[Minecraft:leaves]] are an aqua color. These are the only biomes, besides [[Minecraft:mountain]] biomes, where [[Minecraft:emerald ore]] is found. Like mountains, [[Minecraft:infested block]]s with [[Minecraft:silverfish]] can be generated underground below the sea level.
+The ground consists of many exposed [[Minecraft:stone]] blocks and [[Minecraft:ore]]s, with some patches of [[Minecraft:grass block]]s in between. Above Y=120±8, rainfall changes to [[Minecraft:snowfall]], and the hills becomes snow-capped, along with [[Minecraft:water]] freezing into [[Minecraft:ice]].
+{{IN|je}}, [[Minecraft:oak]] and [[Minecraft:spruce]] trees generate occasionally, while these are exclusive to the windswept forest {{in|be}}. [[Minecraft:Bush]]es generate on the sparse grasslands, and [[Minecraft:llama]]s can spawn here together with cold [[Minecraft:animal]] variants.
 With [[Minecraft:Vibrant Visuals]], windswept hills use default environmental settings with a coolish color grading, making the biome appear colder blue. They use cold sunlight, which appears slightly brighter at dusk and dawn.
-[[Minecraft: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. [[Minecraft:Llama]]s can also serve as useful pack animals when tamed. [[Minecraft:Water]] must be protected by light or a roof to prevent it from freezing when above the [[Minecraft:Biome#Precipitation|snowfall line]], however, and the [[Minecraft:player]] must be aware of their surroundings to avoid falling off steep cliffs, especially when fighting [[Minecraft:hostile mob]]s. 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 ==
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 *{{BiomeLink|Taiga}}
 *{{BiomeLink|Mountain Edge}}
-*{{BiomeLink|id=Modified Gravelly Mountains|text=Gravelly Mountains+|link=Gravelly Mountains+}}
+*{{BiomeLink|Gravelly Mountains&plus;}}
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