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== History ==
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|{{HistoryHistoryLine||September 28, 2019|link={{Mcnet|everything-we-announced-minecon-live-2019}}|During [[MINECON Live 2019]], the mountains won the community [[biome]] vote; additions were improved terrain generation, powder snow, and goats.}}
|{{HistoryHistoryLine||October 3, 2020|link={{ytl|DWZIfsaIgtE|t=47m30s}}|The [[Caves & Cliffs]] update was announced at [[Minecraft Live 2020]], showing a sneak peek at goats and the new mountain generation.}}
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|{{HistoryHistoryLine||1.18|dev=Experimental Snapshot 1|Added the meadow, grove, snowy slopes, lofty peaks and snowcapped peaks biomes.}}
|{{HistoryHistoryLine|||dev=experimental snapshot 2|[[Blue orchid]]s no longer spawn in meadows.
|[[Oak]]s and [[Birch]]es 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.}}
|{{HistoryHistoryLine|||dev=experimental snapshot 3|Added 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.
|[[Village]]s now generate in mountain meadows.
|[[Goat]]s now spawn in the new mountain biomes.}}
|{{HistoryHistoryLine|||dev=experimental snapshot 4|Snowy slopes no longer generate with dirt under the surface layer.
|[[Strip]]s of [[andesite]], [[calcite]] and [[granite]] now generate in stony peaks.}}
|{{HistoryHistoryLine|||dev=experimental snapshot 5|Mountain 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.}}
|{{HistoryHistoryLine|||dev=experimental snapshot 6|Groves 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.}}
|{{HistoryHistoryLine|||dev=21w37a|Strips of andesite, granite, and gravel no longer generate in stony peaks.<ref>{{bug|MC-236816||Granite, andesite and gravel strips no longer generate in stony peaks, as well as diorite, granite and andesite strips for stone shores|WAI}}</ref>
|Spruce trees no longer generate in mountain groves.<ref>{{bug|MC-236698||Big Spruce Trees don't generate in Groves|Fixed}}</ref>}}
|{{HistoryHistoryLine|||dev=21w38a|Spruce trees once again generate in mountain groves.}}
|{{HistoryHistoryLine|||dev=21w39a|Trees in mountain meadows now always contain a bee nest.}}
|{{HistoryHistoryLine|||dev=21w40a|Goats 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 {{code|lofty_peaks}} has been changed to {{code|jagged_peaks}}.
|The ID {{code|snowcapped_peaks}} has been changed to {{code|frozen_peaks}}.}}
|{{HistoryHistoryLine|||dev=21w41a|The 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]].<ref>{{bug|MC-237457}}</ref>
|The sky color of jagged peaks and frozen peaks has been changed from {{color|#79a6ff}} to {{color|#859dff}}.
|The sky color of groves has been changed from {{color|#79a6ff}} to {{color|#81a0ff}}.
|The sky color of snowy slopes has been changed from {{color|#79a6ff}} to {{color|#829fff}}.
|The sky color of stone peaks has been changed from {{color|#7da2ff}} to {{color|#76a8ff}}.}}
|{{HistoryHistoryLine|||dev=21w44a|[[Powder snow]] [[strip]]s are now exposed to the surface, instead of covering by a layer of [[snow block]]s.<ref>{{bug|MC-238912}}</ref>}}
|{{HistoryHistoryLine||1.19.4|exp=Update 1.20|dev=23w07a|Added cherry groves as an experimental feature.}}
|{{HistoryHistoryLine|||dev=1.19.4-pre1|Pigs can now spawn naturally in cherry groves.
|[[Donkey]]s no longer spawn naturally in cherry groves.}}
|{{HistoryHistoryLine||1.20|dev=23w12a|Cherry groves are now available without using the "Update 1.20" experimental datapack.}}
|{{HistoryHistoryLine|||dev=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.}}
|{{HistoryHistoryLine||1.20.5|dev=24w10a|[[Rabbit]]s, [[wolves]], and [[fox]]es are now the only passive mobs spawning in the grove biome.|Wolves that spawn in groves are now the snowy variant.}}
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|{{HistoryHistoryLine||1.16.200|exp=Caves and Cliffs|dev=beta 1.16.200.52|Added [[goat]]s, which currently spawn in extreme hills as a placeholder.}}
|{{HistoryHistoryLine||1.16.220|exp=Caves and Cliffs|dev=beta 1.16.220.50|Added the mountain biome variants: mountain meadow, mountain grove, snowy slopes, jagged peaks, and snow capped peaks.
|[[Goat]]s now spawn in the snowy slopes biome.}}
|{{HistoryHistoryLine||?|dev=?|The terrain of the new mountains is now cut off at Y{{=}}256.}}
|{{HistoryHistoryLine||1.17.30|exp=Caves and Cliffs|dev=beta 1.17.20.22|[[Goat]]s now spawn only in snowy slopes biome.}}
|{{HistoryHistoryLine|||dev=beta 1.17.20.23|[[Hostile mob]]s can now spawn in the new mountains and cave biomes.}}
|{{HistoryHistoryLine||1.17.40|exp=Caves and Cliffs|dev=beta 1.17.40.20|[[Village]]s 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.
|[[Donkey]]s and [[sheep]]s can now spawn in the meadow biome.
|[[Fox]]es can now spawn in grove biome.}}
|{{HistoryHistoryLine||1.18.0|dev=beta 1.18.0.20|The 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.<ref>{{bug|MCPE-119561}}</ref>
|Goats now spawn in the jagged peaks and frozen peaks.<ref>{{bug|MCPE-146886}}</ref>}}
|{{HistoryHistoryLine|||dev=beta 1.18.0.24|Changed some biome IDs: lofty_peaks to jagged_peaks, mountain_grove to grove, mountain_meadow to meadow, snow_capped_peaks to frozen_peaks.}}
|{{HistoryHistoryLine||1.19.40|dev=Preview 1.19.40.20|Grove biome now classified as "Cold" and villagers spawned there are the snow variant.}}
|{{HistoryHistoryLine||1.20.80|dev=Preview 1.20.80.21|[[Fox]]es now spawn less frequently in groves.|[[Rabbit]]s now spawn more frequently in groves.}}
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|{{HistoryHistoryLine||1.18.32|dev=1.18.10.04|Added new mountain biomes.}}
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== Issues ==
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