Windswept Savanna
| Features |  Acacia Oak
|
|---|---|
| Blocks |  Grass Block Coarse Dirt Stone Short Grass
|
|
Climate | |
| Temperature | 2.0 |
| Downfall | 0.0 |
| Precipitation | No |
|
Colors | |
| Grass color | #BFB755 |
| Foliage color | #AEA42A |
| Dry foliage color | #A38046 |
| Water color | #3F76E4[JE only] #2590A8[BE only] |
|
Vibrant Visuals | |
| Atmospherics | Warmish |
| Lighting | Warmish |
| Volumetric fog | Default |
| Color grading | Warmish |
The windswept savanna or savanna mutated is a shattered and mountainous variant of the savanna that generates in areas with high erosion close to swamps and other windswept biomes. The terrain consists of huge cliffs and floating islands covered with coarse dirt, stone, and savanna vegetation.
Generation
Windswept savannas are the rarest savanna variant and usually span only a small area. They generate where erosion is moderately high and weirdness is positive, often at or near the coast, in temperatures from temperate to hot and in any humidity except very high. Windswept savannas do not necessarily generate alongside other savanna variants and may appear in isolation, even as islands.
Relatively rare biomes such as windswept hills, windswept forests, swamps, mangrove swamps, and sunflower plains can border windswept savannas. Old growth birch forests and sparse jungles are frequent borders, while common biomes like plains, forests, savannas, and deserts also often generate nearby.
The terrain can include extremely steep mountains, enormous overhangs, floating islands, tall waterfalls and lavafalls, and peaks that reach the generation height limit of Y=256. Deep, large lakes may form at the bases of the mountains.
Cave biomes are rarer beneath windswept savannas compared to most biomes, though lush caves occasionally generate underground where humidity is somewhat high.
Description
The terrain is covered with a mixture of grass block patches and coarse dirt patches, with a large amount of exposed stones. Unlike regular savannas, tall grass, villages, and pillager outposts cannot generate in this biome.[1]
Farm animals spawn as warm variants in this biome. Armadillos, horses, and donkeys still appear like in regular savannas, as do hostile zombie horsemen during the nighttime. In Bedrock Edition, llamas also live here.
The giant overhangs often reduce skylight on the terrain similar to caves, allowing hostile mobs to spawn at day.
With Vibrant Visuals, windswept savannas use warmish color grading that tints the environment more orange/yellow. The night sky is slightly brighter and moonlight appears more vibrant blue.
Mobs
The following mobs naturally spawn here:
| Mob | Spawn weight | Group size |
|---|---|---|
| Monster category | ||
 Creeper | 100⁄520 | 4 |
 Skeleton | 100⁄520 | 4 |
 Slime[note 1] | 100⁄520 | 4 |
 Spider | 100⁄520 | 4 |
 Zombie | 95⁄520 | 4 |
 Enderman | 10⁄520 | 1–4 |
 Witch | 5⁄520 | 1 |
 Zombie Horse[note 2] | 5⁄520 | 1 |
 Zombie Villager | 5⁄520 | 1 |
| Creature category | ||
 Sheep | 12⁄52 | 4 |
 Armadillo | 10⁄52 | 2–3 |
 Warm Chicken | 10⁄52 | 4 |
 Warm Pig | 10⁄52 | 4 |
 Warm Cow | 8⁄52 | 4 |
 Donkey | 1⁄52 | 1 |
 Horse | 1⁄52 | 2–6 |
| Underground water creature category | ||
 Glow Squid | 1 | 4–6 |
| Ambient category | ||
 Bat | 1 | 8 |
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| 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 Horse[note 2] | 5 | 1 |
| Zombie Villager | 5 | 2–4 |
| Creature category | ||
| Sheep | 12 | 2–3 |
| Armadillo | 10 | 4 |
| Warm Chicken | 10 | 2–4 |
| Glow Squid | 10 | 2–4 |
| Warm Pig | 10 | 2–3 |
| Warm Cow | 8 | 2–3 |
 Llama | 8 | 4 |
| Donkey | 1 | 1 |
| Horse | 1 | 2–6 |
| Ambient category | ||
| Bat | 1 | 2 |
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Sounds
Music
These music tracks play while the player is in a windswept savanna:
| Title | Preview | Java Edition | Bedrock Edition | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight | Probability | Weight | Probability | ||
| A Familiar Room | 1 | 2.70% | — | — | |
| Below and Above | 1 | 2.70% | 1 | 2.78% | |
| Broken Clocks | 1 | 2.70% | 1 | 2.78% | |
| Clark | 1 | 2.70% | 1 | 2.78% | |
| Comforting Memories | 1 | 2.70% | 1 | 2.78% | |
| Danny | 1 | 2.70% | 1 | 2.78% | |
| Dry Hands | 1 | 2.70% | 1 | 2.78% | |
| Ebb | 2 | 5.41% | 2 | 5.56% | |
| Featherfall | 1 | 2.70% | 1 | 2.78% | |
| Fireflies | 1 | 2.70% | 1 | 2.78% | |
| Floating Dream | 1 | 2.70% | 1 | 2.78% | |
| Haggstrom | 1 | 2.70% | 1 | 2.78% | |
| Home | 2 | 5.41% | 2 | 5.56% | |
| Key | 1 | 2.70% | 1 | 2.78% | |
| komorebi | 1 | 2.70% | 1 | 2.78% | |
| Left to Bloom | 1 | 2.70% | 1 | 2.78% | |
| Lilypad | 1 | 2.70% | 1 | 2.78% | |
| Living Mice | 1 | 2.70% | 1 | 2.78% | |
| Memories | 2 | 5.41% | 2 | 5.56% | |
| Mice on Venus | 1 | 2.70% | 1 | 2.78% | |
| Minecraft | 1 | 2.70% | 1 | 2.78% | |
| Nightly | 2 | 5.41% | 2 | 5.56% | |
| One More Day | 1 | 2.70% | 1 | 2.78% | |
| O's Piano | 1 | 2.70% | 1 | 2.78% | |
| Oxygène | 1 | 2.70% | 1 | 2.78% | |
| Puzzlebox | 1 | 2.70% | 1 | 2.78% | |
| Shores | 2 | 5.41% | 2 | 5.56% | |
| Subwoofer Lullaby | 1 | 2.70% | 1 | 2.78% | |
| Sweden | 1 | 2.70% | 1 | 2.78% | |
| Watcher | 1 | 2.70% | 1 | 2.78% | |
| Wet Hands | 1 | 2.70% | 1 | 2.78% | |
| yakusoku | 1 | 2.70% | 1 | 2.78% | |
In Creative mode, the following tracks can play:
| Title | Preview | Java Edition | Bedrock Edition | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight | Probability | Weight | Probability | ||
| Aria Math | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| Biome Fest | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| Blind Spots | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| Dreiton | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| Haunt Muskie | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| Taswell | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| Key | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| Subwoofer Lullaby | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| Living Mice | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| Haggstrom | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| Minecraft | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| Oxygène | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| Mice on Venus | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| Dry Hands | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| Wet Hands | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| Clark | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| Sweden | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| Danny | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| Left to Bloom | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| One More Day | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| Floating Dream | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| Comforting Memories | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| A Familiar Room | 1 | 3.03% | — | — | |
| Featherfall | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| Watcher | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| Puzzlebox | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| komorebi | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| yakusoku | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| Lilypad | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| Below and Above | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| O's Piano | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| Broken Clocks | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| Fireflies | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Translation key |
|---|---|---|
 Windswept Savanna | windswept_savanna |
biome |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID |
|---|---|---|
| [No displayed name] | savanna_mutated | 163 |
Biome definition
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Achievements
| Icon | Achievement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) | Gamerscore earned | Trophy type (PS) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS4 | Other | |||||
 |  | Adventuring Time | Discover 17 biomes. | Visit any 17 biomes. Does not have to be in a single world. | 40 | Silver |
Advancements
| Icon | Advancement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) |
|---|---|---|---|
  | Adventuring Time | Discover every biome |
|
History
Java Edition
| Java Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.7.2 | 13w36a | Added savanna M, along with its variants and many other biomes. | |||||
| 13w43a | Shattered savannas now generate with new logs and leaves. | ||||||
| 1.13 | 18w16a | Renamed "Savanna M" to "Mutated Savanna". | |||||
| 18w19a | Renamed "Mutated Savanna" to "Shattered Savanna". | ||||||
| 1.14 | 18w47a | Added pillager outposts, which can spawn in savanna biomes. | |||||
| 1.18 | experimental snapshot 5 | Shattered savannas are now less common. | |||||
| Water lakes no longer generate in shattered savannas. | |||||||
| 21w40a | "Shattered Savanna" has been renamed to "Windswept Savanna". | ||||||
| 21w44a | Windswept savanna is now required for the "Adventuring Time" advancement. | ||||||
| Pre-release 6 | The sky color of windswept savanna is changed to #6eb1ff, from #76a9ff. | ||||||
| The base temperature of windswept savanna is changed to 2.0, from 1.1. | |||||||
| 1.20 | 23w17a | "A Familiar Room" can now be played in windswept savannas. | |||||
| 1.20.5 | 23w51a | Armadillos now spawn in all types of savanna. | |||||
| 24w11a | Wolves summoned in windswept savannas using spawn eggs or commands are now the spotted variant instead of the pale variant. | ||||||
| 1.21.5 | 25w05a | Pigs and cows that spawn in windswept savannas are now the warm variant. | |||||
| 25w06a | Chickens that spawn in windswept savannas are now the warm variant. | ||||||
Bedrock Edition
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v0.9.0 | build 1 | Added windswept savannas. | |||||
| v0.11.0 | build 1 | Double tallgrass no longer generates in shattered savannas. | |||||
| v0.15.0 | build 1 | Added horses, which can now spawn in savanna biomes. | |||||
| Pocket Edition | |||||||
| 1.1.0 | alpha 1.1.0.0 | Added llamas, which can now spawn in savanna biomes. | |||||
| 1.1.1 | alpha 1.1.1.0 | Double tallgrass once again generates in shattered savanna biomes. | |||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
| 1.6.0 | beta 1.6.0.1 | Windswept savannas now have incorrect temperature/rainfall values, causing rain and wrong grass/foliage colors.[2] | |||||
| 1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | Added pillager outposts, which can spawn in savanna biomes. | |||||
| 1.11.0 | beta 1.11.0.1 | Added illager patrol which can spawn in savanna. | |||||
| 1.19.40 | Preview 1.19.40.20 | Windswept savannas now have a temperature of 2.0 instead of 1.1, and a downfall of 0.0 instead of 0.5, meaning rainfall no longer occurs. | |||||
| Windswept savannas now uses the same grass color as Java Edition, instead of lush green. | |||||||
| 1.20.60 Experiment | Preview 1.20.60.23 | Armadillos now spawn in windswept savannas. | |||||
| 1.21.60 | Preview 1.21.60.23 | Tall grass no longer generates in windswept savannas. | |||||
| 1.21.60 Experiment | Preview 1.21.60.25 | Pigs that spawn in windswept savannas are now the warm variant. | |||||
| 1.21.70 Experiment | Preview 1.21.70.20 | Cows that spawn in windswept savannas are now the warm variant. | |||||
| Preview 1.21.70.22 | Chickens that spawn in windswept savannas are now the warm variant. | ||||||
| 1.21.90 | Preview 1.21.90.26 | Added warmish atmospherics, lighting, and color grading to windswept savannas with Vibrant Visuals. | |||||
Legacy Console Edition
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xbox 360 | Xbox One | PS3 | PS4 | PS Vita | Wii U | Switch | |
| TU31 | CU19 | 1.22 | 1.22 | 1.22 | Patch 3 | 1.0.1 | Shattered savannas have been added. |
| 1.91 | Added pillager outposts, which can spawn in savanna biomes. | ||||||
Data history
| Java Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.13 | pre5 | Changed the ID mutated_savanna to shattered_savanna. | |||||
| 1.18 | 21w37a | Prior to the removal of numerical biome IDs, this biome's numerical ID was 163. | |||||
Issues
Issues relating to "Windswept Savanna" or "Savanna Mutated" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.
Gallery
Screenshots
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A windswept savanna as seen from below -
A windswept savanna single biome world
Historical screenshots
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A lake that generated within a shattered savanna before 1.18 -
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An old view of a shattered savanna in Bedrock Edition, with a lush green grass and foliage color -
A large shattered savanna biome. Before 1.18, shattered savannas had hardly any lakes -
A shattered savanna biome next to an ocean -
A comparison of the old Bedrock Edition and Java Edition biome colors for shattered savannas -
A village in a shattered savanna -
Old appearance of Bedrock Edition shattered savannas -
A shattered savanna single biome world before 1.18, with mountains passing the terrain generation limit of 128 blocks -
A shattered savanna with ray tracing
Mojang screenshots
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Windswept savannas in contrast with flat terrain
See also
References
- ↑ MC-128686 – Villages and pillager outposts don't spawn in windswept savannas
- ↑ MCPE-34936 – Tall birch tree, shattered savanna, badlands plateau, and dark forest biomes have wrong grass color – resolved as "Fixed".
External links
- "Around the Block: Windswept Savanna" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, February 4, 2023.
