Minecraft:Desert Hills

Template:UnobtainableTemplate:Removed feature Template:Infobox biome The desert hills biome is a variant of the Minecraft:desert that no longer generates since Minecraft:Caves & Cliffs: Part II and was removed in Java Edition.

Description

Old

Like all other hills biomes, desert hills featured hillier terrain with occasional overhangs, cliffs, and floating islands. Sand often generated floating here, providing a risk of suffocation when the sand fell down. Desert hills were comprised mostly of Minecraft:sand and Minecraft:sandstone like the rest of the desert, decorated with Minecraft:dead bushes and more Minecraft:sugar cane near water. Unlike the regular desert, desert Minecraft:villages and Minecraft:pillager outposts didn't generate here, but fossils, desert pyramids,Template:Only and desert wells did. Desert hills didn't generate in the thin desert border around a Minecraft:badlands biome.

Current

Template:IN, desert hills in older worlds still received updates. When generated through Minecraft:single biome or Minecraft:behavior packs, they can also generate new blocks.

They appear similar to Minecraft:deserts, with patches of Minecraft:short dry grass and Minecraft:tall dry grass while Minecraft:cactus flowers generate on some cacti, although desert villages still don't generate. Minecraft:Camels uncommonly spawn at daytime, while Minecraft:parched and Minecraft:camel husk jockeys can also spawn at nighttime.

With Minecraft:Vibrant Visuals, desert hills re-use desert atmospherics, the sky is tinted turquoise-green at daytime and much brighter during the night. Moonlight is much more vibrant blue, and the warm color grading temperature tints everything yellow/orange.

Mobs

Desert hills use the same mob spawning chances as deserts.

The following mobs naturally spawn here:

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Sounds

Music

Desert hills use the same music as Minecraft:deserts, in the latest version.

Filename in Minecraft	Minecraft:Gameplay	Soundtrack Title	Soundtrack	Track preview	Weight
hal1.ogg	Minecraft:Overworld	"Minecraft:Subwoofer Lullaby"	Template:Sort	File:Subwoofer lullaby.ogg
hal2.ogg	Minecraft:Overworld	"Minecraft:Living Mice"	Template:Sort	File:Living mice.ogg
hal3.ogg	Minecraft:Overworld	"Minecraft:Haggstrom"	Template:Sort	File:Haggstrom.ogg
hal4.ogg	Minecraft:Overworld	"Minecraft:Danny"	Template:Sort	File:Danny.ogg
nuance1.ogg	Minecraft:Overworld	"Key"	Template:Sort	File:Key.ogg
nuance2.ogg	Minecraft:Overworld	"Minecraft:Oxygène"	Template:Sort	File:Oxygene.ogg
one_more_day.ogg	Minecraft:The Overworld, further emphasized in Minecraft:Snowy Slopes, Minecraft:Meadow, Minecraft:Forest, Minecraft:Old Growth Taiga, Minecraft:Lush Caves, Minecraft:Desert, Minecraft:Badlands, Minecraft:Eroded Badlands, and Minecraft:Wooded Badlands	"Minecraft:One More Day"	Template:Sort	File:One more day.ogg
crescent_dunes.ogg	Minecraft:Desert, Minecraft:Badlands, Minecraft:Eroded Badlands, Minecraft:Wooded Badlands	"Minecraft:Crescent Dunes"	Template:Sort	File:Crescent Dunes.ogg
fireflies.ogg	Minecraft:Desert, the Minecraft:Overworld and Minecraft:Main menu	"Fireflies"	Minecraft: Chase the Skies (Original Game Soundtrack) No. 5	File:Fireflies.ogg

Data values

ID

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History

Gallery

• A desert hills biome.
  A desert hills biome.
• Another desert hills biome.
  Another desert hills biome.
• Desert hills in Bedrock Edition.
  Desert hills in Bedrock Edition.
• A desert pyramid in desert hills in Bedrock Edition.
  A desert pyramid in desert hills in Bedrock Edition.
• A frozen ocean next to desert hills in Bedrock Edition. Note the ocean ruins in an iceberg.
  A frozen ocean next to desert hills in Bedrock Edition. Note the ocean ruins in an iceberg.
• A desert hills Minecraft:single biome world.
  A desert hills Minecraft:single biome world.
• Desert hills with Minecraft:ray tracing.
  Desert hills with Minecraft:ray tracing.

See also

• Template:BiomeLink
• Template:BiomeLink
• Minecraft:Biome/Before 1.18