Wooded Hills

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Wooded Hills

👁 Wooded Hills.png: Infobox image for Minecraft biome 'Wooded Hills'

👁 Wooded Hills Vibrant Visuals.png: Infobox image for Minecraft biome 'Wooded Hills'

Climate
Features	👁 Image Oak 👁 Image Birch 👁 Image Oak with Bee Nest 👁 Image Birch with Bee Nest
Blocks	👁 Image Grass Block 👁 Image Leaf Litter 👁 Image Bush 👁 Image Rose Bush 👁 Image Lilac 👁 Image Peony 👁 Image Lily of the Valley
Temperature	0.7
Downfall	0.8
Precipitation	Yes
Colors
Grass color	#79C05A
Foliage color	#59AE30
Dry foliage color	#A36D46
Water color	#3F76E4‌^{[JE only]} #056BD1‌^{[BE only]}
Vibrant Visuals
Atmospherics	Default
Lighting	Default
Volumetric fog	Default
Color grading	Default

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The wooded hills or forest hills biome is a hills variant of the forest that no longer generates since Caves & Cliffs: Part II, and was removed in Java Edition.

Description

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Old

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The wooded hills biome generated as hills inside forests, and sometimes in plains biomes. The biome was similar to forests, with much more hills, cliffs, and floating islands, making it less suitable for survival. Wolves spawned here as well as some bees from bee nests.

Current

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In Bedrock Edition, birch forest hills in older worlds still received updates. When generated through single biome or behavior packs, they can also generate new blocks.

They appear similar to regular forests. Leaf litter covers the ground underneath trees and bushes generate in small patches. Wolves spawned in wooded hills use the woods variant. No forest music tracks play here.

Mobs

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The following mobs naturally spawn here:

In **Java Edition**
Mob	Spawn weight	Group size
Creature category
👁 Image Sheep	¹²⁄₄₅	4
👁 Image Pig	¹⁰⁄₄₅	4
👁 Image Chicken	¹⁰⁄₄₅	4
👁 Image Cow	⁸⁄₄₅	4
👁 Image Wolf	⁵⁄₄₅	4
Monster category
👁 Image Spider	¹⁰⁰⁄₅₁₅	4
👁 Image Zombie	⁹⁵⁄₅₁₅	4
👁 Image Zombie Villager	⁵⁄₅₁₅	1
👁 Image Skeleton	¹⁰⁰⁄₅₁₅	4
👁 Image Creeper	¹⁰⁰⁄₅₁₅	4
👁 Image Slime^{[note 1]}	¹⁰⁰⁄₅₁₅	4
👁 Image Enderman	¹⁰⁄₅₁₅	1–4
👁 Image Witch	⁵⁄₅₁₅	1
Ambient category
👁 Image Bat	1	8

↑ Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.

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In **Bedrock Edition**
Mob	Spawn weight	Group size
Monster category
👁 Image Creeper	100	1
👁 Image Slime^{[note 1]}	100	1
👁 Image Spider	100	1
👁 Image Zombie	95	2–4
👁 Image Skeleton	80	1–2
👁 Image Enderman	10	1–2
👁 Image Witch	5	1
👁 Image Zombie Villager	5	2–4
Creature category
👁 Image Sheep	12	2–3
👁 Image Chicken	10	2–4
👁 Image Glow Squid	10	2–4
👁 Image Pig	10	1–3
👁 Image Cow	8	2–3
👁 Image Woods Wolf	5	4
Ambient category
👁 Image Bat	1	2

↑ Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.

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Data values

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ID

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Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID
👁 BiomeSprite wooded-hills.png: Sprite image for wooded-hills in Minecraft [No displayed name]	`forest_hills`	`18`

History

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Java Edition

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Java Edition
1.1	12w01a	Added ForestHills.
1.3.1	12w19a	Hills in forests are now taller.
1.7.2	13w36a	Forests are now generated with rose bushes, lilacs, and peonies.
		Large oaks no longer naturally generate in forest biomes. Jeb explained it was due to issues in the large tree generator code that caused severe performance issues.^[1]
		Forest hills are now required for the new "Adventuring Time" achievement.
1.8	14w27a	Rabbits are now found in forests.
1.9	15w44a	Large oaks now generate in forest biomes again, thanks to an FPS fix provided by Spooner.^[2]
1.13	18w16a	"ForestHills" has been renamed to "Forest Hills".
1.13	18w19a	"Forest Hills" has now renamed to "Wooded Hills".
1.14	18w43a	Lilies of the valley are now generated in forests.
1.15.2	Pre-Release 1	Normal forests now have bees and bee nests.
1.18	Experimental Snapshot 1	Wooded hills no longer generate naturally.
1.18	21w40a	Wooded hills have been removed.

Bedrock Edition

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Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.1.0		Added biomes, including forest hills.
Bedrock Edition
1.16.0	beta 1.15.0.51	Wolves now spawn in forest and forest hills biomes.
1.16.0	beta 1.16.0.57	Normal forests and forest hills now have bees and bee nests.
1.18	beta 1.18.0.22	The forest hills biome no longer generates naturally.
1.20.80	Preview 1.20.80.21	Wolves that spawn in forests are now the woods variant.
1.21.70 Experiment Drop 1 2025	Preview 1.21.70.20	Added leaf litter, which can generate in forests.
1.21.70 Experiment Drop 1 2025	Preview 1.21.70.20	Added bushes, which can generate in forests.

Legacy Console Edition

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Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU5	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1		Some forest variants have been removed from the base game.
TU14	CU1	1.04	1.00	1.00	Patch 1		Hills in forests are now taller.

Data history

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Java Edition
1.13			pre5				The ID of wooded hills has now be changed from `forest_hills` to `wooded_hills`.
1.18			21w37a				Prior to the removal of numerical biome IDs, this biome's numerical ID was 18.

Issues

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Issues relating to "Forest Hills" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Gallery

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👁 A wooded hills next to a beach.

A wooded hills next to a beach.
👁 A wooded hills biome in Bedrock Edition.

A wooded hills biome in Bedrock Edition.
👁 A wooded hills biome generated inside a plains biome

A wooded hills biome generated inside a plains biome
👁 A wooded hills single biome world.

A wooded hills single biome world.
👁 Wooded hills with ray tracing.

Wooded hills with ray tracing.

References

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Other

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JE only	👁 Image The Void

Unused/removed

Hills	👁 Image Birch Forest Hills 👁 Image Desert Hills 👁 Image Jungle Hills 👁 Image Bamboo 👁 Image Snowy Mountains 👁 Image Taiga Hills 👁 Image Giant Tree 👁 Image Snowy 👁 Image
Modified	👁 Image Dark Forest Hills 👁 Image Desert Lakes 👁 Image Modified Badlands Plateau 👁 Image Wooded 👁 Image Modified Jungle 👁 Image Edge 👁 Image Swamp Hills 👁 Image Taiga Mountains 👁 Image Snowy
Modified hills	👁 Image Giant Spruce Taiga Hills 👁 Image Gravelly Mountains+ 👁 Image Shattered Savanna Plateau 👁 Image Tall Birch Hills
Other	👁 Image Badlands Plateau 👁 Image Deep Warm Ocean 👁 Image Mountain Edge 👁 Image Mushroom Field Shore
BE only	👁 Image Legacy Frozen Ocean

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Joke

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Entities

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Effects

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Health Boost

JE only	👁 Image Luck 👁 Image Bad Luck

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Contents

Description

Old

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Mobs

Data values

ID

History

Java Edition

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Data history

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