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"Mountain" redirects here. For the seventh Minecraft novel, see Minecraft: The Mountain.
For the biome formerly named mountains, see Windswept Hills.

Mountains can refer to one of seven mountainous biomes.

Description[]

Mountains are seven related sub-biomes that generate in mountainous terrain in areas with low erosion values. They all can generate pillager outposts (except cherry grove in Bedrock Edition[1]), with the meadow also being able to generate villages and snowy slopes being able to generate igloos. Some of these biomes are the only places where goats can spawn in the game. Like the windswept hills, emerald ores can be found in mountain biomes, especially at higher altitudes, and both coal and iron ores are commonly found in the mountains. Underground, below the sea level, infested block blobs naturally generate in mountain biomes. Deep Dark biomes and Ancient Cities also generates mostly under mountainous biomes, especially under jagged peaks, stony peaks, frozen peaks, snowy slopes, groves, cherry groves, meadows and savanna plateaus but also, to a lesser degree, under badlands, including eroded badlands as an eroded exception.

Variants[]

There are seven sub-biomes that can make up the mountains.

Slopes[]

These are the four biomes that can make up the slopes of mountains. These biomes usually generates in high altitudes beneath the peaks and hilltops but can also generate standalone in plateaus.

Meadow[]

Main article: Meadow

The meadow is a grassy biome filled with patches of flowers and turquoise-green grass and tall grass, where sheep, donkeys and rabbits spawn. All small flowers generate except blue orchids, tulips, lilies of the valley or wither roses. Rarely, a lone oak or birch tree of any size can generate and always has a bee nest. Both pillager outposts and plains villages can generate in this biome, making this the only mountain biome where villages can generate. In Java Edition, unlike most Overworld biomes, sugar canes and pumpkin patches cannot generate here. This biome is mainly next to plains, and separated from cherry groves, regular forests, regular birch forest, or regular taigas by rivers.

Cherry grove[]

Main article: Cherry Grove

Cherry groves are similar to meadows, but featuring pink petals and cherry trees identified by their striking pink leaves that drop petal particles. The cherry trees can generate densely enough create a cover of leaves. Bee nests with bees generate somewhat commonly on the side of the cherry trees. Cherry groves are mainly next to plains and separated from meadows by rivers.

Grove[]

The mountain grove creates a forest of spruce trees on the sides of a mountain, reminiscent of a snowy taiga but the surface is covered with snow layers, snow blocks, dirt and strips of powder snow instead of grass blocks. Rabbits, wolves and red foxes can spawn in this biome. This biome often generates next to snow slopes, snowy plains, snowy taigas, or taigas.

The following mobs can naturally spawn here:

In Java Edition
MobSpawn weightGroup size
Monster category
Creeper1005154
Skeleton1005154
Slime[note 1]1005154
Spider1005154
Zombie955154
Enderman105151–4
Witch55151
Zombie Villager55151
Ambient category
Bat18
Creature category
Sheep[note 2]12604
Chicken[note 2]10604
Pig[note 2]10604
Cow[note 2]8604
Fox[note 2]8602–4
Wolf[note 2]8604
Rabbit[note 2]4602–3
Underground water creature category
Glow Squid14–6
  1. Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.
  2. a b c d e f g Common creature mobs spawn rarely due to the lack of grass blocks
In Bedrock Edition
MobSpawn weightGroup size
Monster category
Creeper1004951
Slime[note 1]1004951
Spider1004951
Zombie954952–4
Skeleton804951–2
Enderman104951–2
Witch54951
Zombie Villager54952–4
Creature category
Glow Squid10342–4
Fox8342–4
Rabbit8342–3
Wolf[note 2]8342–4
  1. Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.
  2. Due to MCPE-147656, wolves rarely spawn.

Snowy slopes[]

The snowy slopes is almost the same as the groves, with the difference being that there are no trees. It is a mostly barren biome covered in snow, multiple layers of snow blocks and strips of powder snow, with steep sides to the north or east also having stone cliffs covered with snow layers. Goats spawn in this biome alongside rabbits. This is the only mountain biome where igloos can generate. This biome generates usually next to groves, snowy plains, or plains. Polar Bears can spawn in this biome‌[BE only].

The following mobs can naturally spawn here:

In Java Edition
MobSpawn weightGroup size
Monster category
Spider1005154
Zombie955154
Zombie Villager55151
Skeleton1005154
Creeper1005154
Slime[note 1]1005154
Enderman105151–4
Witch55151
Ambient category
Bat18
Creature category
Goat591–3
Rabbit492–3
Underground water creature category
Glow Squid14–6
  1. Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.
In Bedrock Edition
MobSpawn weightGroup size
Monster category
Creeper1005351
Slime[note 1]1005351
Spider1005351
Stray965351–2
Zombie955352–4
Skeleton245351–2
Enderman105351–2
Witch55351
Zombie Villager55352–4
Creature category
Glow Squid10242–4
Rabbit8242–3
Goat5241–3
Polar Bear1241–2
  1. Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.

Peaks[]

There are three peak biomes that generate in areas with low erosion, high PV value, and high continentalness value, which means they generate only at the tops of the mountains that are tall enough to generate them. Jagged peaks and frozen peaks often generate on the peaks on different sides of large valleys.

Jagged peaks[]

The jagged peaks biome is more likely to generate in taller and more jagged and pointy peaks that often pass the clouds and can peak at y=255. It is covered by a single layer of snow blocks with stone underneath often exposing ores such as coal, iron and emerald, and just like the snowy slopes, stone cliffs can generate in steep sides to the east or north with only a layer of snow covering them. Only goats spawn in this biome. In Bedrock Edition, rabbits and polar bears also spawn here.

The following mobs can naturally spawn here:

In Java Edition
MobSpawn weightGroup size
Monster category
Spider1005154
Zombie955154
Zombie Villager55151
Skeleton1005154
Creeper1005154
Slime[note 1]1005154
Enderman105151–4
Witch55151
Ambient category
Bat18
Creature category
Goat11–3
Underground water creature category
Glow Squid14–6
  1. Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.
In Bedrock Edition
MobSpawn weightGroup size
Monster category
Creeper1005351
Slime[note 1]1005351
Spider1005351
Stray965351–2
Zombie955352–4
Skeleton245351–2
Enderman105351–2
Witch55351
Zombie Villager55352–4
Creature category
Glow Squid10202–4
Goat5201–3
Rabbit4202–3
Polar Bear1201–2
  1. Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.

Frozen peaks[]

The frozen peaks are covered by snow, snow blocks, with glaciers of packed ice and occasional small blobs of ice. Packed ice cliffs can generate in steep sides to the east or north with only a layer of snow covering them. This biome usually generates in smaller and smoother hills, but it can also generate on taller and more jagged and pointy peaks but less compared to the jagged peaks biome.

Frozen peaks use the same mob spawning chances as jagged peaks.

Stony peaks[]

The stony peaks are a warmer variation of both the jagged peaks and the frozen peaks biomes that generates when a mountain peak is in a region with lukewarm biomes such as savannas, forests and jungles, and it does not generate snowy slopes, groves, meadows or cherry groves in the slopes of the mountain. Instead, savanna plateaus and forests often generate around it. It is mainly covered by stone with large strips of calcite and exposed ores.

The following mobs can naturally spawn here:

In Java Edition
MobSpawn weightGroup size
Underground water creature category
Glow Squid14–6
Ambient category
Bat18
Monster category
Spider1005154
Zombie955154
Zombie Villager55151
Skeleton1005154
Creeper1005154
Slime1005154
Enderman105151–4
Witch55151
In Bedrock Edition
MobSpawn weightGroup size
Monster category
Creeper1004951
Slime[note 1]1004951
Spider1004951
Zombie954952–4
Skeleton804951–2
Enderman104951–2
Witch54951
Zombie Villager54952–4
Creature category
Glow Squid12–4
  1. Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.

Sounds[]

Music[]

These music tracks play while the player is in the Meadow.

Filename
in Minecraft
Gameplay Soundtrack Title Soundtrack Track preview Weight
hal1.ogg The Overworld "Subwoofer Lullaby" Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 3 1
hal2.ogg The Overworld "Living Mice" Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 5 1
hal3.ogg The Overworld "Haggstrom" Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 7 1
hal4.ogg The Overworld "Danny" Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 21 1
left_to_bloom.ogg Lush Caves, Meadow, the Overworld, and Menu screen "Left to Bloom" Minecraft: Caves & Cliffs (Original Game Soundtrack) No. 4 2
one_more_day.ogg Lush Caves, Meadow, Snowy Slopes, Frozen Peaks, the Overworld, and Menu screen "One More Day" Minecraft: Caves & Cliffs (Original Game Soundtrack) No. 6 1

These music tracks play while the player is in the Grove.

Filename
in Minecraft
Gameplay Soundtrack Title Soundtrack Track preview Weight
piano3.ogg The Overworld "Mice on Venus" Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 11 1
calm1.ogg The Overworld "Minecraft" Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 8 1
calm2.ogg The Overworld "Clark" Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 14 1
calm3.ogg The Overworld "Sweden" Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 18 1
nuance1.ogg The Overworld "Key" Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 1 1
nuance2.ogg The Overworld "Oxygène" Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 9 1
wending.ogg Dripstone Caves, Grove, Jagged Peaks, Stony Peaks, and Menu screen "Wending" Minecraft: Caves & Cliffs (Original Game Soundtrack) No. 4 1
infinite_amethyst.ogg Dripstone Caves, Grove, and Menu screen "Infinite Amethyst" Minecraft: Caves & Cliffs (Original Game Soundtrack) No. 5 1
comforting_memories.ogg Grove and the Overworld "Comforting Memories" Minecraft: Caves & Cliffs (Original Game Soundtrack) No. 9 1

These music tracks play while the player is in the Snowy Slopes.

Filename
in Minecraft
Gameplay Soundtrack Title Soundtrack Track preview Weight
hal1.ogg The Overworld "Subwoofer Lullaby" Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 3 1
hal2.ogg The Overworld "Living Mice" Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 5 1
hal3.ogg The Overworld "Haggstrom" Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 7 1
an_ordinary_day.ogg Dripstone Caves, Snowy Slopes, and Menu screen "An Ordinary Day" Minecraft: Caves & Cliffs (Original Game Soundtrack) No. 10 1
stand_tall.ogg Stony Peaks, Snowy Slopes, Jagged Peaks, Frozen Peaks, and Menu screen "Stand Tall" Minecraft: Caves & Cliffs (Original Game Soundtrack) No. 1 1
one_more_day.ogg Lush Caves, Meadow, Snowy Slopes, Frozen Peaks, the Overworld, and Menu screen "One More Day" Minecraft: Caves & Cliffs (Original Game Soundtrack) No. 6 1

These music tracks play while the player is in the Jagged Peaks.

Filename
in Minecraft
Gameplay Soundtrack Title Soundtrack Track preview Weight
piano1.ogg The Overworld "Dry Hands" Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 12 1
piano2.ogg The Overworld "Wet Hands" Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 13 1
piano3.ogg The Overworld "Mice on Venus" Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 11 1
hal1.ogg The Overworld "Subwoofer Lullaby" Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 3 1
hal2.ogg The Overworld "Living Mice" Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 5 1
nuance1.ogg The Overworld "Key" Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 1 1
nuance2.ogg The Overworld "Oxygène" Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 9 1
wending.ogg Dripstone Caves, Grove, Jagged Peaks, Stony Peaks, and Menu screen "Wending" Minecraft: Caves & Cliffs (Original Game Soundtrack) No. 4 1
stand_tall.ogg Stony Peaks, Snowy Slopes, Jagged Peaks, Frozen Peaks, and Menu screen "Stand Tall" Minecraft: Caves & Cliffs (Original Game Soundtrack) No. 1 1
floating_dream.ogg Lush Caves, Jagged Peaks, and the Overworld "Floating Dream" Minecraft: Caves & Cliffs (Original Game Soundtrack) No. 8 1

These music tracks play while the player is in the Frozen Peaks.

Filename
in Minecraft
Gameplay Soundtrack Title Soundtrack Track preview Weight
piano1.ogg The Overworld "Dry Hands" Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 12 1
piano2.ogg The Overworld "Wet Hands" Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 13 1
piano3.ogg The Overworld "Mice on Venus" Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 11 1
hal1.ogg The Overworld "Subwoofer Lullaby" Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 3 1
hal2.ogg The Overworld "Living Mice" Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 5 1
hal3.ogg The Overworld "Haggstrom" Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 7 1
hal4.ogg The Overworld "Danny" Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 21 1
stand_tall.ogg Stony Peaks, Snowy Slopes, Jagged Peaks, Frozen Peaks, and Menu screen "Stand Tall" Minecraft: Caves & Cliffs (Original Game Soundtrack) No. 1 2
one_more_day.ogg Lush Caves, Meadow, Snowy Slopes, Frozen Peaks, the Overworld, and Menu screen "One More Day" Minecraft: Caves & Cliffs (Original Game Soundtrack) No. 6 1

These music tracks play while the player is in the Stony Peaks.

Filename
in Minecraft
Gameplay Soundtrack Title Soundtrack Track preview Weight
piano1.ogg The Overworld "Dry Hands" Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 12 1
piano2.ogg The Overworld "Wet Hands" Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 13 1
piano3.ogg The Overworld "Mice on Venus" Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 11 1
hal1.ogg The Overworld "Subwoofer Lullaby" Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 3 1
hal2.ogg The Overworld "Living Mice" Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 5 1
hal3.ogg The Overworld "Haggstrom" Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 7 1
hal4.ogg The Overworld "Danny" Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 21 1
stand_tall.ogg Stony Peaks, Snowy Slopes, Jagged Peaks, Frozen Peaks, and Menu screen "Stand Tall" Minecraft: Caves & Cliffs (Original Game Soundtrack) No. 1 2
wending.ogg Dripstone Caves, Grove, Jagged Peaks, Stony Peaks, and Menu screen "Wending" Minecraft: Caves & Cliffs (Original Game Soundtrack) No. 4 1

Data values[]

ID[]

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierTranslation key
Meadowmeadowbiome.minecraft.meadow
Grovegrovebiome.minecraft.grove
Snowy Slopessnowy_slopesbiome.minecraft.snowy_slopes
Jagged Peaksjagged_peaksbiome.minecraft.jagged_peaks
Frozen Peaksfrozen_peaksbiome.minecraft.frozen_peaks
Stony Peaksstony_peaksbiome.minecraft.stony_peaks

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID
[No displayed name]meadow186
[No displayed name]grove185
[No displayed name]snowy_slopes184
[No displayed name]jagged_peaks182
[No displayed name]frozen_peaks183
[No displayed name]stony_peaks189

Achievements[]

Icon Achievement In-game description Actual requirements (if different) Gamerscore earned Trophy type (PS4)
PS4 Other
Sound of MusicMake the Meadows come alive with the sound of music from a jukebox.Use a music disc on a jukebox in the Meadow biome.10GBronze

Advancements[]

Icon Advancement In-game description Parent Actual requirements (if different) Resource location
Advancement-plain-rawSound of Music
Make the Meadows come alive with the sound of music from a Jukebox Sweet DreamsWhile in a meadow biome, place down a jukebox and use a music disc on it.adventure/play_jukebox_in_meadows
Advancement-plain-rawLight as a Rabbit
Walk on Powder Snow... without sinking in it Sweet DreamsWalk on powder snow while wearing leather boots.adventure/walk_on_powder_snow_with_leather_boots

History[]

September 28, 2019During MINECON Live 2019, the mountains won the community biome vote; additions were improved terrain generation, powder snow, and goats.
October 3, 2020The Caves & Cliffs update was announced at Minecraft Live 2020, showing a sneak peek at goats and the new mountain generation.
Java Edition
1.18Experimental Snapshot 1Added the meadow, grove, snowy slopes, lofty peaks and snowcapped peaks biomes.
experimental snapshot 2Blue orchids no longer spawn in meadows.
Oaks and Birches can now have a small chance of generating in meadows, oftentimes with a bee nest on them.
Infested stone and emerald ore now generate in the new mountain biomes.
experimental snapshot 3Added the stony peaks biome.
Meadows and peaks are less likely to generate in flat, low elevation areas.
Snow capped peaks and snowy slopes no longer generate with dirt under snow layer.
Pillager outposts now generate in all the new mountain biomes.
Villages now generate in mountain meadows.
Goats now spawn in the new mountain biomes.
experimental snapshot 4Snowy slopes no longer generate with dirt under the surface layer.
Strips of andesite, calcite and granite now generate in stony peaks.
experimental snapshot 5Mountain tops are now more jagged and pointy.
Mountain areas and peak biomes now are slightly larger on average.
Raised the average mountain height.
Fixed an unintentional change from snapshot 4 that made mountains lower and smoother.
experimental snapshot 6Groves and snowy slopes are less likely to generate on mountain peaks.
Groves and snowy slopes start generating lower down in cold areas and higher up in warmer areas.
21w37aStrips of andesite, granite, and gravel no longer generate in stony peaks.[2]
Spruce trees no longer generate in mountain groves.[3]
21w38aSpruce trees once again generate in mountain groves.
21w39aTrees in mountain meadows now always contain a bee nest.
21w40aGoats no longer spawn in the stony peaks biome.
"Lofty Peaks" has been renamed to "Jagged Peaks".
"Snowcapped Peaks" has been renamed to "Frozen Peaks".
The ID lofty_peaks has been changed to jagged_peaks.
The ID snowcapped_peaks has been changed to frozen_peaks.
21w41aThe snowy slopes and jagged peaks surfaces have been fixed to work like they did in the experimental snapshots, where steep sides of the peaks that facing the east or north are exposed stone.[4]
The sky color of jagged peaks and frozen peaks changes from
 #79a6ff
to
 #859dff
.
The sky color of groves changes from
 #79a6ff
to
 #81a0ff
.
The sky color of meadows changes from
 #79a6ff
to
 #7ba4ff
.
The sky color of snowy slopes changes from
 #79a6ff
to
 #829fff
.
The sky color of stone peaks changes from
 #7da2ff
to
 #76a8ff
.
21w44aPowder snow strips are now exposed to the surface, instead of covering by a layer of snow blocks.[5]
1.20
(Experimental)
23w07aAdded cherry groves as an experimental feature.
1.19.4-pre1Pigs can now spawn naturally in cherry groves.
Donkeys no longer spawn naturally in cherry groves.
1.2023w12aCherry groves are now available without using the "Update 1.20" experimental datapack.
23w17a"A Familiar Room" can now be played in meadows, groves, snowy slopes, jagged peaks, frozen peaks, and stoney peaks.
"A Familiar Room", "Bromeliad", and "Echo in the Wind" can now be played in cherry groves.
Bedrock Edition
Caves & Cliffs (experimental)beta 1.16.200.52Added goats, which currently spawn in extreme hills as a placeholder.
beta 1.16.220.50Added the mountain biome variants: mountain meadow, mountain grove, snowy slopes, jagged peaks, and snow capped peaks.
Goats now spawn in the snowy slopes biome.
?The terrain of the new mountains is now cut off at Y=256.
beta 1.17.20.22Goats now spawn only in snowy slopes biome.
beta 1.17.20.23Hostile mobs can now spawn in the new mountains and cave biomes.
beta 1.17.40.20Villages now spawn in meadows.
Meadows now spawn a lone oak or birch tree, often with bee nests.
Infested stone now generates in the new mountain biomes.
Added stony peaks.
Goats now spawn only in snowy slopes, jagged peaks, stony peaks, and snowcapped peaks.
Rabbits can now spawn in meadows and snowy slopes.
Donkeys and sheeps can now spawn in the meadow biome.
Foxes can now spawn in grove biome.
1.18.0beta 1.18.0.20The new mountain biomes can now generate by default without enabling experimental gameplay.
Villagers, rabbits, and foxes spawned in the Frozen and Jagged Peaks biomes now spawn as their respective snowy variants.[6]
Goats now spawn in the jagged peaks and frozen peaks.[7]
beta 1.18.0.24Changed some biome IDs: lofty_peaks to jagged_peaks, mountain_grove to grove, mountain_meadow to meadow, snow_capped_peaks to frozen_peaks.
1.19.40beta 1.19.40.20Grove biome now classified as "Cold" and villagers spawned there will be the snow variant.
Education Edition
1.18.321.18.10.04Added new mountain biomes.

Issues[]

Issues relating to "Mountains", "Meadow", "Snowy Slopes", "Grove", "Frozen Peaks", "Jagged Peaks", or "Stony Peaks" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Gallery[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. MCPE-173323
  2. MC-236816 — "Granite, andesite and gravel strips no longer generate in stony peaks, as well as diorite, granite and andesite strips for stone shores" — resolved as "Works As Intended".
  3. MC-236698 — "Big Spruce Trees don't generate in Groves" — resolved as "Fixed".
  4. MC-237457
  5. MC-238912
  6. MCPE-119561
  7. MCPE-146886

‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎ㅤ8. ↑‎‎‎‎ MCPE-179502

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