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Birch Forest Hills

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Birch Forest Hills

Birch Forest Hills.png: Infobox image for Minecraft biome 'Birch Forest Hills'

Birch Forest Hills Vibrant Visuals.png: Infobox image for Minecraft biome 'Birch Forest Hills'

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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
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. 
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In Bedrock Edition
MobSpawn weightGroup size
Monster category
Creeper1001
Slime[note 1]1001
Spider1001
Zombie952–4
Skeleton801–2
Enderman101–2
Witch51
Zombie Villager52–4
Creature category
Sheep122–3
Chicken102–4
Glow Squid102–4
Pig101–3
Cow82–3
Ambient category
Bat12
  1. ↑ Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks. 
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Sounds

Music

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

Filename
in Minecraft 		Gameplay Soundtrack Title Soundtrack Track preview Weight
piano1.ogg Overworld "Dry Hands" Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 12 3
piano2.ogg Overworld "Wet Hands" Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 13 3
piano3.ogg Overworld "Mice on Venus" Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 11 3
hal1.ogg Overworld "Subwoofer Lullaby" Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 3 3
hal2.ogg Overworld "Living Mice" Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 5 3
hal3.ogg Overworld "Haggstrom" Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 7 3
hal4.ogg Overworld "Danny" Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 21 3
calm1.ogg Overworld "Minecraft" Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 8 3
calm2.ogg Overworld "Clark" Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 14 3
calm3.ogg Overworld "Sweden" Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 18 3
nuance1.ogg Overworld "Key" Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 1 3
nuance2.ogg Overworld "Oxygène" Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 9 3
left_to_bloom.ogg Lush Caves, Meadow, and the Overworld "Left to Bloom" Minecraft: Caves & Cliffs (Original Game Soundtrack) No. 4 3
one_more_day.ogg Lush Caves, Meadow, Snowy Slopes, Frozen Peaks, and the Overworld "One More Day" Minecraft: Caves & Cliffs (Original Game Soundtrack) No. 6 3
comforting_memories.ogg Grove and the Overworld "Comforting Memories" Minecraft: Caves & Cliffs (Original Game Soundtrack) No. 9 3
floating_dream.ogg Lush Caves, Jagged Peaks, and the Overworld "Floating Dream" Minecraft: Caves & Cliffs (Original Game Soundtrack) No. 8 3
aerie.ogg Lush Caves, Forest, Dark Forest, Birch Forest, Old Growth Birch Forest, Jungle, Swamp, Old Growth Taiga "Aerie" Minecraft: The Wild Update (Original Game Soundtrack) No. 2 1
firebugs.ogg Lush Caves, Forest, Dark Forest, Birch Forest, Old Growth Birch Forest, Jungle, Swamp, Old Growth Taiga "Firebugs" Minecraft: The Wild Update (Original Game Soundtrack) No. 1 1
labyrinthine.ogg Lush Caves, Forest, Dark Forest, Birch Forest, Old Growth Birch Forest, Jungle, Swamp, Old Growth Taiga "Labyrinthine" Minecraft: The Wild Update (Original Game Soundtrack) No. 3 1

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

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.

Bedrock Edition

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.
1.21.70
Experiment
Drop 1 2025		Preview 1.21.70.20Added bushes, which can generate in birch forest hills.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
TU31CU191.221.221.22Patch 31.0.1Added birch forest hills, along with many other biomes.

Data history

Java Edition
1.1821w37aPrior to the removal of numerical biome IDs, this biome's numerical ID was 28.

Issues

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

  • 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

Sources