Stony Peaks

Stony peaks are warmer mountain peak biomes completely made out of stone and calcite strips.

Generation

Stony peaks only generate on high mountain peaks in the moderately high temperature range, making them quite rare. Depending on the continentalness, erosion, and weirdness, stony peaks can take on many different shapes; small hilltops not much higher than Y=160, large singular mountain peaks, rings of peaks surrounding a valley, or extreme mountainous terrain with rugged terrain up to the generation limit of Y=256.

Stony peaks are often surrounded by forests and savanna plateaus before the valley biomes like savannas and jungles, although they may border jungles directly.

They never generate close to mangrove swamps or windswept savannas. When near an ocean, the surrounding terrain gets cut off into massive cliffs. River valleys are either deep fjords, or have no river biome and consist of elevated land biomes.

Deep dark is guaranteed below stony peaks, generating up to higher altitudes. Above this, dripstone caves are common, although lush caves may also generate.

Description

The biome does not have any terrain layer blocks and directly exposes stone along with many ores. Strips of calcite are unique to this biome, and gravel replaces some stone. In Java Edition, granite and andesite can continue generating here at much higher altitudes.

Like other mountain peak biomes, emerald ore and infested stone can generate here as well as more iron ore and coal ore, more often exposed to the surface than anywhere else. Pillager outposts generate here, while no passive mobs can spawn.

With Vibrant Visuals, stony peaks use warmish atmospherics, lighting, and color grading similar to jungles, although they use default volumetric fog. This makes the night sky appear slightly less dark, and moonlight is much brighter blue.

Mobs

The following mobs naturally spawn here:

In **Java Edition**
Mob	Spawn weight	Group size
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
Underground water creature category
Glow Squid	1	4–6
Ambient category
Bat	1	8

↑ Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.

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
Glow Squid	1	2–4

↑ Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.

Sounds

Music

These music tracks play while the player is in stony peaks:

Title	Preview	Java Edition		Bedrock Edition
Title	Preview	Weight	Probability	Weight	Probability
Nightly		2	14.29%	2	14.29%
Stand Tall		2	14.29%	2	14.29%
Danny		1	7.14%	1	7.14%
Dry Hands		1	7.14%	1	7.14%
Eld Unknown		1	7.14%	1	7.14%
Endless		1	7.14%	1	7.14%
Haggstrom		1	7.14%	1	7.14%
Living Mice		1	7.14%	1	7.14%
Mice on Venus		1	7.14%	1	7.14%
Subwoofer Lullaby		1	7.14%	1	7.14%
Wending		1	7.14%	1	7.14%
Wet Hands		1	7.14%	1	7.14%

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Translation key
Stony Peaks	`stony_peaks`	`biome.minecraft.stony_peaks`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID
[No displayed name]	`stony_peaks`	`189`

Achievements


Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
		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	Visit all of these 55^{[until: Third Drop 2026]}/56^[upcoming] biomes: Badlands Bamboo Jungle Beach Birch Forest Cherry Grove Cold Ocean Dappled Forest Dark Forest Deep Cold Ocean Deep Dark Deep Frozen Ocean Deep Lukewarm Ocean Deep Ocean Desert Dripstone Caves Eroded Badlands Flower Forest Forest Frozen Ocean Frozen Peaks Frozen River Grove Ice Spikes Jagged Peaks Jungle Lukewarm Ocean Lush Caves Mangrove Swamp Meadow Mushroom Fields Ocean Old Growth Birch Forest Old Growth Pine Taiga Old Growth Spruce Taiga Pale Garden Plains River Savanna Savanna Plateau Snowy Beach Snowy Plains Snowy Slopes Snowy Taiga Sparse Jungle Stony Peaks Stony Shore Sunflower Plains Sulfur Caves Swamp Taiga Warm Ocean Windswept Forest Windswept Gravelly Hills Windswept Hills Windswept Savanna Wooded Badlands The advancement is only for Overworld biomes. Other biomes may also be visited, but are ignored for this advancement.

History

Announcement

September 28, 2019							During MINECON Live 2019, the mountains won the community biome vote; additions were improved terrain generation, powder snow, and goats.
October 3, 2020							The Caves & Cliffs update was announced at Minecraft Live 2020, showing a sneak peek at goats and the new mountain generation.

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.18	experimental snapshot 3	Added stony peaks.
		Pillager outposts now generate in stony peaks.
		Goats now spawn in stony peaks.
	experimental snapshot 4	Strips of andesite, calcite and granite now generate in stony peaks.
	experimental snapshot 5	Mountain tops are now more jagged and pointy.
		Mountain areas and peak biomes now are slightly larger on average.
		Raised the average mountain height.
		Fixed an unintentional change from snapshot 4 that made mountains lower and smoother.
	21w37a	Strips of andesite, granite, and gravel no longer generate in stony peaks.^[1]
	21w44a	Stony peaks are now required for the "Adventuring Time" advancement.
1.20	23w17a	"A Familiar Room" can now be played in stony peaks.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.17.40 Experiment Caves and Cliffs	beta 1.17.40.20	Added the stony peaks.
		Infested stone now generates in stony peaks.
		Goats now spawn in stony peaks.
1.18.0	beta 1.18.0.20	Stony peaks can now generate by default without enabling experimental gameplay.
1.21.90	Preview 1.21.90.26	Added warmish atmospherics, lighting, and color grading to stony peaks with Vibrant Visuals.

Minecraft Education

Minecraft Education
1.18.32			1.18.10.04				Added the stony peaks.

Data history

Java Edition
1.18			21w37a				Prior to the removal of numerical biome IDs, this biome's numerical ID was 182.

Issues

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

Gallery

Screenshots

A stony peaks single biome world

Development images

Snowy mountain biomes would generate directly next to hot biomes in early caves and cliffs development - this is why the stony peaks biome was added.
Frozen and stony peaks surrounded by cliffs and forests
Ditto
Ditto
Stony peaks near stony shores and jungles
Mountains in development
Stony peaks at sunset
Stony peaks in a savanna

References

↑ MC-236816 – Granite, andesite and gravel strips no longer generate in stony peaks, as well as diorite, granite and andesite strips for stone shores – resolved as "Works As Intended".

[Slime-1] Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.

[Slime-2] Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.

[3] MC-236816 – Granite, andesite and gravel strips no longer generate in stony peaks, as well as diorite, granite and andesite strips for stone shores – resolved as "Works As Intended".