Windswept Forest

The windswept forest or extreme hills plus trees biome is a more humid variant of the windswept hills filled with spruce and oak trees.

Generation

Windswept forests generate instead of windswept hills in areas with high humidity. They generate at medium to the coldest temperature ranges, bordering all types of forests and taigas. Commonly, they surround swamp biomes, and near higher temperatures they border windswept savannas. Windswept forests can generate close to, but never border windswept gravelly hills.

A lush cave may also generate under windswept forests due to its high humidity, but when the biome generates far inland, dripstone caves may generate beneath it instead.

Description

Windswept forests lack a stony terrain surface, but generate hilly and rugged terrain just like regular windswept hills.

Spruce and oak trees generate quite often, forming a sparse forest, and bushes occasionally spawn in patches around the biome. This is unlike the other windswept hills biomes, where no‌^{[BE only]} almost no‌^{[JE only]} trees generate.

This biome is one of the few to contain emerald ore, and more coal ore along with iron ore generates at higher altitudes. Infested stone with silverfish may also be found here underground.

Abandoned camps sometimes generate in windswept forests.^{[upcoming: Third Drop 2026]}

Llamas inhabit windswept forests, along with the usual farm animals and hostile mobs. Pigs, cows and chickens appear as cold variants here.

With Vibrant Visuals, windswept forests use a coolish humid volumetric fog setting, which slightly fades the distance in an orange tint. Windswept forests have default coolish color grading tints the environment with a colder blue color, and cold sunlight which is slightly brighter at dusk and dawn.

Mobs

The following mobs, excluding silverfish that spawn from infested blocks, naturally spawn here:

In **Java Edition**
Mob	Spawn weight	Group size
Monster category
Creeper	¹⁰⁰⁄₅₁₅	4
Skeleton	¹⁰⁰⁄₅₁₅	4
Slime^{[note 1]}	¹⁰⁰⁄₅₁₅	4
Spider	¹⁰⁰⁄₅₁₅	4
Zombie	⁹⁵⁄₅₁₅	4
Enderman	¹⁰⁄₅₁₅	1–4
Witch	⁵⁄₅₁₅	1
Zombie Villager	⁵⁄₅₁₅	1
Creature category
Sheep	¹²⁄₄₅	4
Cold Chicken	¹⁰⁄₄₅	4
Cold Pig	¹⁰⁄₄₅	4
Cold Cow	⁸⁄₄₅	4
Llama	⁵⁄₄₅	4–6
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
Sheep	12	2–3
Cold Chicken	10	2–4
Glow Squid	10	2–4
Cold Pig	10	1–3
Cold Cow	8	2–3
Llama	5	4–6
Ambient category
Bat	1	2

↑ Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.

Sounds

Music

These music tracks play while the player is in windswept forests:

Title	Preview	Java Edition		Bedrock Edition
Title	Preview	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
Title	Preview	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

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Translation key
Windswept Forest	`windswept_forest`	`biome.minecraft.windswept_forest`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID
[No displayed name]	`extreme_hills_plus_trees`	`34`

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

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Java Edition

Java Edition
1.7.2	13w36a	Added the Extreme Hills+ biome.
1.13	18w19a	"Extreme Hills+" has been renamed to "Wooded Mountains".
1.13	pre5	The ID `extreme_hills_with_trees` has been changed to `wooded_mountains`.
1.18	21w37a	Prior to the removal of numerical biome IDs, this biome's numerical ID was 34.
	21w40a	Renamed "Wooded Mountains" to "Windswept Forest".
	21w40a	The ID `wooded_mountains` has been changed to `windswept_forest`.
1.20	23w17a	"A Familiar Room" can now be played in the windswept forest.
1.21.5	25w02a	Pigs that spawn in windswept forests are now the cold variant.
	25w05a	Added bushes, which can generate in windswept forests.
	25w05a	Cows that spawn in windswept forests are now the cold variant.
	25w06a	Chickens that spawn in windswept forests are now the cold variant.
Upcoming Java Edition
26.3	snap1	Added abandoned camps, which can generate in windswept forests.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.9.5		Added extreme hills+.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0	beta 1.2.0.2	Added snow layers to extreme hills+.
1.18.0	?	Snowfall now occurs above Y=120±8 instead of 90±8. This change causes most snow to melt in old terrain.
1.21.60 Experiment Drop 1 2025	Preview 1.21.60.25	Pigs that spawn in windswept forests are now the cold variant.
1.21.70 Experiment Drop 1 2025	Preview 1.21.70.20	Added bushes, which can generate in windswept forests.
	Preview 1.21.70.20	Cows that spawn in windswept forests are now the cold variant.
	Preview 1.21.70.22	Chickens that spawn in windswept forests are now the cold variant.
1.21.90	Preview 1.21.90.26	Added semi-humid volumetric fog, coolish color grading and cold lighting to windswept hills with Vibrant Visuals.
26.40 Experiment Drop 3 of 2026	Preview 26.40.27	Added abandoned camps, which can generate in windswept forests.
Upcoming Bedrock Edition
26.50	Preview 26.50.22	All features from the "Drop 3 of 2026" experiment have been fully implemented.

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	Added the Extreme Hills+ biome.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added extreme hills+.

Issues

Issues relating to "Windswept Forest" or "Extreme Hills Plus Trees" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Gallery

Screenshots

A windswept forest with cold cows
An abandoned camp in a windswept forest
A windswept forest single biome world

Historical screenshots

The old mountains and wooded mountains shown side by side
Trees growing in a wooded mountains biome
A wooded mountains single biome world before 1.18
Wooded mountains with ray tracing

External links

"Around the Block: Windswept Forest" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, April 27, 2023.

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

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