Birch Forest Hills

This article describes content that has been officially made unobtainable in Bedrock Edition.

It can still be obtained using third-party software. However, this can cause unexpected behavior such as bugs and crashes.

This page describes content that has been removed from Java Edition.

This feature was present in earlier versions of Java Edition, but has since been removed.

Birch Forest Hills

Features	Birch Birch with Bee Nest
Blocks	Grass Block Bush Rose Bush Lilac Peony Lily of the Valley
Climate
Temperature	0.6
Downfall	0.6
Precipitation	Yes
Colors
Grass color	#88BB67
Foliage color	#6BA941
Dry foliage color	#A37246
Water color	#3F76E4‌[JE only]  #0A74C4‌[BE only]
Vibrant Visuals
Atmospherics	Default
Lighting	Default
Volumetric fog	Default
Color grading	Default

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

Description

Old

Like all hills 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.

Current

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 similarly to the old birch forest hills. Unlike regular birch forests, wildflowers do not generate here, although bushes do.

Mobs

Birch forest hills use the same mob spawning chances as birch forests.

The following mobs naturally spawn here:

In Java Edition

Mob	Spawn weight	Group size
Creature category
Sheep	12⁄40	4
Pig	10⁄40	4
Chicken	10⁄40	4
Cow	8⁄40	4
Monster category
Spider	100⁄515	4
Zombie	95⁄515	4
Zombie Villager	5⁄515	1
Skeleton	100⁄515	4
Creeper	100⁄515	4
Slime[note 1]	100⁄515	4
Enderman	10⁄515	1–4
Witch	5⁄515	1
Ambient category
Bat	1	8

{ "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

Mob	Spawn weight	Group size
Monster category
Creeper	100	1
Slime[note 1]	100	1
Spider	100	1
Zombie	95	2–4
Skeleton	80	1–2
Enderman	10	1–2
Witch	5	1
Zombie Villager	5	2–4
Creature category
Sheep	12	2–3
Chicken	10	2–4
Glow Squid	10	2–4
Pig	10	1–3
Cow	8	2–3
Ambient category
Bat	1	2

{ "hasNotes": true, "notes": { "Slime": "Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks." }, "1": { "totalWeight": 495, "mobs": [ { "size": "1", "mob": "Creeper", "weight": 100 }, { "note": "Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.", "mob": "Slime", "weight": 100, "notename": "Slime", "size": "1" }, { "size": "1", "mob": "Spider", "weight": 100 }, { "size": "2-4", "mob": "Zombie", "weight": 95 }, { "size": "1-2", "mob": "Skeleton", "weight": 80 }, { "size": "1-2", "mob": "Enderman", "weight": 10 }, { "size": "1", "mob": "Witch", "weight": 5 }, { "size": "2-4", "mob": "Zombie Villager", "weight": 5 } ], "category": "monster" }, "2": { "totalWeight": 50, "mobs": [ { "size": "2-3", "mob": "Sheep", "weight": 12 }, { "size": "2-4", "mob": "Chicken", "weight": 10 }, { "size": "2-4", "mob": "Glow Squid", "weight": 10 }, { "size": "1-3", "mob": "Pig", "weight": 10 }, { "size": "2-3", "mob": "Cow", "weight": 8 } ], "category": "creature" }, "3": { "totalWeight": 10, "mobs": [ { "size": "2", "mob": "Bat", "weight": 10 } ], "category": "ambient" } }

Sounds

Music

These music tracks play while the player is in the birch forest hills.

Data values

ID

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID
[No displayed name]	birch_forest_hills	28

History

Java Edition

Bedrock Edition

Legacy Console Edition

Data history

Issues

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

Gallery

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

See also

• Old Growth Birch Forest
• Birch Forest
• Tall Birch Hills
• Biome/Before 1.18