Birch Forest Hills

This article is about the removed birch forest hills variant. For the current biome, see Birch Forest.
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The birch forest hills was a hills variant of the birch forest that no longer generates since Caves & Cliffs: Part II, and was removed in Java Edition.

Birch Forest Hills
Birch Forest Hills.png: Infobox image for Birch Forest Hills the biome in Minecraft
Blocks

Grass Block
Birch Log
Birch Leaves
Bee Nest
Rose Bush
Lilac
Peony
Lily of the Valley
Mushrooms‌

Climate

Temperature

0.6

Colors

Grass color


 #88BB67

Foliage color


 #6BA941

Water color


 #3F76E4‌

 #0A74C4‌ 

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Description

Like all hill biomes, the birch forest hills featured hillier terrain than regular birch forests, being identical to them in every other aspect. It was fairly common due to its wide spread.

Mobs

Birch forest hills used the same mob spawning chances as birch forests. In Java Edition:

MobSpawn weightGroup size
Creature category
Sheep12⁄404
Pig10⁄404
Chicken10⁄404
Cow8⁄404
Monster category
Spider100⁄5154
Zombie95⁄5154
Zombie Villager5⁄5151
Skeleton100⁄5154
Creeper100⁄5154
Slime[note 1]100⁄5154
Enderman10⁄5151–4
Witch5⁄5151
Ambient category
Bat18
  1. ↑ Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks. 
{ "hasNotes": true, "notes": { "Slime": "Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks." }, "1": { "totalWeight": 40, "mobs": [ { "size": "4", "mob": "Sheep", "weight": 12 }, { "size": "4", "mob": "Pig", "weight": 10 }, { "size": "4", "mob": "Chicken", "weight": 10 }, { "size": "4", "mob": "Cow", "weight": 8 } ], "category": "passive" }, "2": { "totalWeight": 515, "mobs": [ { "size": "4", "mob": "Spider", "weight": 100 }, { "size": "4", "mob": "Zombie", "weight": 95 }, { "size": "1", "mob": "Zombie Villager", "weight": 5 }, { "size": "4", "mob": "Skeleton", "weight": 100 }, { "size": "4", "mob": "Creeper", "weight": 100 }, { "note": "Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.", "mob": "Slime", "weight": 100, "notename": "Slime", "size": "4" }, { "size": "1-4", "mob": "Enderman", "weight": 10 }, { "size": "1", "mob": "Witch", "weight": 5 } ], "category": "hostile" }, "3": { "totalWeight": 10, "mobs": [ { "size": "8", "mob": "Bat", "weight": 10 } ], "category": "ambient" } }

In Bedrock Edition:

MobSpawn weightGroup size
Creature category
Sheep12⁄402–3
Pig10⁄401–3
Chicken10⁄402–4
Cow8⁄402–3
Monster category
Spider99⁄493.251
Zombie94.25⁄493.252–4
Zombie Villager5⁄493.252–4
Skeleton80⁄493.251–2
Creeper100⁄493.251
Slime[note 1]100⁄493.251
Enderman10⁄493.251–2
Witch5⁄493.251
Ambient category
Bat12
  1. ↑ Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks. 
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Data values

ID

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID
BiomeSprite birch-forest-hills.png: Sprite image for birch-forest-hills in Minecraft [No displayed name]birch_forest_hills28

History

Java Edition
1.7.213w36aAdded birch forest hills, along with many other biomes.
1.1418w43aAdded lilies of the valley, which can generate in birch forest hills.
1.15.2Pre-Release 1Birch forest hills now generate with bee nests.
1.16.220w28aBirch trees now do not spawn correctly in the birch forest hills biome.
20w29aBirch trees now spawn correctly in the birch forest hills biomes.
1.18Experimental Snapshot 1The birch forest hills no longer generates naturally.
21w40aThe birch forest hills biome has been removed.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.9.0build 1Added birch forest hills, along with many other biomes.
Bedrock Edition
1.9.0beta 1.9.0.0Added lilies of the valley, which can be found in birch forest hills.
1.16.0beta 1.16.0.57Bee nests now have a small chance to generate in birch forest hills.
1.17.30
Experiment
Caves and Cliffs		beta 1.17.30.23The birch forest hills biome no longer generates naturally.
Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
TU31CU191.221.221.22Patch 31.0.1Added birch forest hills, along with many other biomes.

Gallery

  • A birch forest hills in Bedrock Edition.
    A birch forest hills in Bedrock Edition.
  • Ditto.
    Ditto.
  • A birch forest hills single biome world.
    A birch forest hills single biome world.
  • Birch forest hills with ray tracing.
    Birch forest hills with ray tracing.

See also

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