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Mountains refer to seven mountainous biomes.

Description

These are seven related sub-biomes that generate in mountainous terrain in areas with low erosion values. They all can generate pillager outposts, 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. Just 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. Mountains are cut off at Y=256.

Deep dark biomes generate beneath areas with low erosion values, making them a common occurrence under peak biomes and, to a lesser extent, meadows and groves.

Temperature

Groves, snowy slopes, jagged peaks, and frozen peaks don't always generate in temperatures of -0.450 and below and may generate up to temperatures of 0.200.

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

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

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 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, snowy wolves and snow foxes can spawn in this biome. This biome generates next to snowy slopes, some snowy plains, snowy taigas, taigas, old growth taigas, forests, birch forests, and dark forests.

Snowy slopes

The snowy slopes is almost the same as grove except that no trees generate. 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 next to groves, most snowy plains, ice spikes, plains, sunflower plains, and flower forests. Polar bears can spawn in this biome‌.

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=256. Only goats spawn in this biome. In Bedrock Edition, rabbits and polar bears also spawn here. Jagged peaks generate in temperate, cold, and snowy biome temperature ranges. Jagged peaks generate in negative weirdness. This biome generates next to most plains, sunflower plains, flower forests, most forests, birch forests, dark forests, taigas, old growth taigas, snowy plains, ice spikes, and snowy taigas.

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. Because this biome generates in positive weirdness, 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 generate in temperate, cold, and snowy biome temperature ranges. Frozen peaks generate in positive weirdness. This biome generates next to most plains, sunflower plains, flower forests, most forests, birch forests, dark forests, taigas, old growth taigas, snowy plains, ice spikes, and snowy taigas.

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 the lukewarm biome temperature range. It generates in savannas, some forests, some plains, and jungles, and it doesn't generate snowy slopes, groves, meadows or cherry groves in the slopes of the mountain, instead, savanna plateaus, forests, and jungles often generate around it. It is mainly covered by stone with large strips of calcite and exposed ores. Stony peaks are the second rarest Overworld biome, making up around 0.1% of the Overworld by area.

Badlands biomes generating on mountain peaks

Sometimes, all types of badlands can generate on mountain peaks. This may result in weird and strange generation, since badlands biomes are not mountain biomes. This occurs when badlands and all variants generate on very low erosion. They can generate up to Y=256.

Sometimes, when wooded badlands generate on mountain peaks, their trees may peak up to Y=263.

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	[hide]Translation key
Meadow	meadow	biome.minecraft.meadow
Cherry Grove	cherry_grove	cherry-grove.minecraft.cherry_grove
Grove	grove	biome.minecraft.grove
Snowy Slopes	snowy_slopes	biome.minecraft.snowy_slopes
Jagged Peaks	jagged_peaks	biome.minecraft.jagged_peaks
Frozen Peaks	frozen_peaks	biome.minecraft.frozen_peaks
Stony Peaks	stony_peaks	biome.minecraft.stony_peaks

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	[hide]Numeric ID
[No displayed name]	meadow	186
[No displayed name]	cherry_grove	192
[No displayed name]	grove	185
[No displayed name]	snowy_slopes	184
[No displayed name]	jagged_peaks	182
[No displayed name]	frozen_peaks	183
[No displayed name]	stony_peaks	189

Achievements

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

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	Light as a Rabbit	Walk on Powder Snow... without sinking in it	Walk on powder snow while wearing leather boots.
	Sound of Music	Make the Meadows come alive with the sound of music from a Jukebox	Use a music disc on a jukebox that stands within a meadow biome.

History

September 28, 2019							During MINECON Live 2019, the mountains won the community biome vote; additions were improved terrain generation, powder snow, and goats.
October 3, 2020							The Caves & Cliffs update was announced at Minecraft Live 2020, showing a sneak peek at goats and the new mountain generation.
[hide]Java Edition
1.18			Experimental Snapshot 1				Added the meadow, grove, snowy slopes, lofty peaks and snowcapped peaks biomes.
			experimental snapshot 2				Blue 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 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.
							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 4				Snowy slopes no longer generate with dirt under the surface layer.
							Strips of andesite, calcite and granite now generate in stony peaks.
			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.
			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.
			21w37a				Strips of andesite, granite, and gravel no longer generate in stony peaks.
							Spruce trees no longer generate in mountain groves.
			21w38a				Spruce trees once again generate in mountain groves.
			21w39a				Trees in mountain meadows now always contain a bee nest.
			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 lofty_peaks has been changed to jagged_peaks.
							The ID snowcapped_peaks has been changed to frozen_peaks.
			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.
							The sky color of jagged peaks and frozen peaks has been changed from  #79a6ff to  #859dff.
							The sky color of groves has been changed from  #79a6ff to  #81a0ff.
							The sky color of meadows has been changed from  #79a6ff to  #7ba4ff.
							The sky color of snowy slopes has been changed from  #79a6ff to  #829fff.
							The sky color of stone peaks has been changed from  #7da2ff to  #76a8ff.
			21w44a				Powder snow strips are now exposed to the surface, instead of covering by a layer of snow blocks.
1.19.4 Experiment Update 1.20			23w07a				Added cherry groves as an experimental feature.
			1.19.4-pre1				Pigs can now spawn naturally in cherry groves.
							Donkeys no longer spawn naturally in cherry groves.
1.20			23w12a				Cherry 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.
1.20.5			24w10a				Rabbits, wolves, and foxes are now the only passive mobs spawning in the grove biome.
							Wolves that spawn in groves are now the snowy variant.
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.16.200 Experiment Caves and Cliffs			beta 1.16.200.52				Added goats, which currently spawn in extreme hills as a placeholder.
1.16.220 Experiment Caves and Cliffs			beta 1.16.220.50				Added the mountain biome variants: mountain meadow, mountain grove, snowy slopes, jagged peaks, and snow capped peaks.
							Goats now spawn in the snowy slopes biome.
			beta 1.16.220.52				The terrain of the new mountains is now cut off at Y=256.
1.17.30 Experiment Caves and Cliffs			beta 1.17.20.22				Goats now spawn only in snowy slopes biome.
			beta 1.17.20.23				Hostile mobs can now spawn in the new mountains and cave biomes.
1.17.40 Experiment Caves and Cliffs			beta 1.17.40.20				Villages 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.
1.18.0			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.
							Goats now spawn in the jagged peaks and frozen peaks.
			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.
1.19.40			Preview 1.19.40.20				Grove biome now classified as "Cold" and villagers spawned there are the snow variant.
1.20.80			Preview 1.20.80.21				Foxes now spawn less frequently in groves.
							Rabbits now spawn more frequently in groves.
[hide]Minecraft Education
1.18.32			1.18.10.04				Added 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. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Java Edition

• MC-237077 – Igloo generates inside mountain
• MC-242363 – Grove spruce trees can generate on snow in village houses
• MC-243589 – Parity issue: Trees in the grove biomes generate sparser than in Bedrock Edition
• MC-278965 – Cherry Grove is not part of the #stronghold_biased_to tag
• MC-279627 – Lava springs can generate in the glaciers of frozen peaks biomes
• MC-38027 – River biomes that run through mountains don't have snow at high altitudes

Bedrock Edition

• MCPE-168074 – Using Bone meal in Cherry Grove does not grow Pink Petals
• MCPE-179942 – Pigs dominate animal spawning in cherry groves
• MCPE-194838 – Frozen Peaks, Jagged Peaks & Snowy Slopes replace all water under Y=63 with ice
• MCPE-144297 – Parity issue: Meadow grass color is different from java edition
• MCPE-179502 – Mountains sometimes generate with little to no stone.
• MCPE-152721 – Polar bear spawning in new mountain biomes
• MCPE-168098 – cherry_grove biome in the command autocomplete are not grouped alphabetically
• MCPE-168200 – Top and side colors of the Grass Blocks in the Cherry Grove don't match correctly
• MCPE-168219 – Cherry Grove colour map isn't the same as Java Edition
• MCPE-179177 – Frogs in Stony peaks biome are inconsistent with Java version
• And 1 other open issues.

Gallery

Screenshots

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  Large mountains.

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  A mountains generated right next to a badlands biome in Bedrock Edition.

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  A perspective shot of an updated mountain with the moon above it.

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  A screenshot from a tall mountain peak. Note the elevation.

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  Preview of mountain generation.

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  Preview of mountain generation.

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  A tall birch with bee nest generated in meadow.

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  Jagged peaks and ice spikes.

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  A ruined portal generated in a meadow hill.

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  Meadow showcase from Minecraft.net website.

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  Mountains seen in Minecraft Live 2020.

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  Mountains rising above the clouds.

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  Snowy mountain biomes would generate directly next to hot biomes in early caves and cliffs development - this is why the stony peaks biome was added.

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  Frozen and stony peaks surrounded by cliffs and forests.

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  Frozen and stony peaks surrounded by cliffs and forests.

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  Frozen and stony peaks surrounded by cliffs and forests.

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  A river valley flanked by groves.

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  Extremely huge cliff from Caves & Cliffs development.

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  A small snowy mountain biome.

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  Very large mountains covered in spruce trees and snow.

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  A snowy peak in the distance.

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  A mountaintop sunset.

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  High mountains in the distance.

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  A mountain with several large cave entrances on its side.

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  A lake in a crater surrounded by mountains.

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  Stony peaks near stony shores and jungles.

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  Mountains with taiga slopes.

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  Mountains in development.

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  A jagged peaks biome in java and bedrock.

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  Mountains next to a frozen ocean.

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  A sunset in a mountain valley.

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  A frozen peaks mountaintop.

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  A small patch of greenery surrounded by foreboding peaks.

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  A cabin in a forest surrounded by mountains.

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  The same mountains in java and bedrock.

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  Stony peaks at sunset.

See also

• Meadow
• Grove
• Snowy Slopes
• Jagged Peaks
• Frozen Peaks
• Stony Peaks
• Cherry Grove
• Badlands
• Windswept Hills
• Snowy Taiga
• Windswept Savanna
• Stony Shore
• Flower Forest

External links

• "Around the Block: Meadow" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, April 14, 2022.
• "Around the Block: Frozen Peaks" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, October 11, 2022.
• "Around the Block: Jagged Peaks" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, May 6, 2022.
• "Around the Block: Snowy Slopes" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, October 6, 2023.