Wooded 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.

Wooded Hills

Features	Oak Birch Oak with Bee Nest Birch with Bee Nest
Blocks	Grass Block Leaf Litter Bush Rose Bush Lilac Peony Lily of the Valley
Climate
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

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

Old

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

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

The following mobs naturally spawn here:

In Java Edition

Mob	Spawn weight	Group size
Creature category
Sheep	12⁄45	4
Pig	10⁄45	4
Chicken	10⁄45	4
Cow	8⁄45	4
Wolf	5⁄45	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": 45, "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 }, { "size": "4", "mob": "Wolf", "weight": 5 } ], "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
Woods Wolf	5	4
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": 55, "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 }, { "size": "4", "mob": "Woods Wolf", "weight": 5 } ], "category": "creature" }, "3": { "totalWeight": 10, "mobs": [ { "size": "2", "mob": "Bat", "weight": 10 } ], "category": "ambient" } }

Data values

ID

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID
[No displayed name]	forest_hills	18

History

Java Edition

Bedrock Edition

Legacy Console Edition

Data history

Issues

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

Gallery

• 
  A wooded hills next to a beach.
• 
  A wooded hills biome in Bedrock Edition.
• 
  A wooded hills biome generated inside a plains biome
• 
  A wooded hills single biome world.
• 
  Wooded hills with ray tracing.

See also

• Forest
• Plains
• Flower Forest
• Biome/Before 1.18

References