This Minecraft tutorial explains the Windswept Gravelly Hills biome (formerly called the Gravelly Mountains) with screenshots.
In Minecraft, you will spawn into worlds with unique weather, animals, and plants. These regions are known as biomes. Let’s explore the Windswept Gravelly Hills biome in Minecraft.
Background
In Minecraft, the Windswept Gravelly Hills is a biome in the Overworld. It is a mountain range where the tops of the mountains are flatter and made mostly of gravel, stone and grass. There are also small pools of water, oak trees and spruce trees found in this biome.
Let’s explore the characteristics of the Windswept Gravelly Hills biome.
Weather
The weather in the Windswept Gravelly Hills biome has average precipitation.
Trees
In the Windswept Gravelly Hills biome, you will find oak trees and spruce trees:
Vegetation
The vegetation found in the Windswept Gravelly Hills biome consists of dandelions, poppies, pumpkins and grass:
Item
Description
Dandelion
Poppy
Pumpkin
Grass
Blocks
In this biome, you will find blocks such as gravel, grass blocks, stone, diorite and granite:
Item
Description
Gravel
Grass Block
Stone
Diorite
Granite
Other Standard Blocks
If you dig down far enough in the Windswept Gravelly Hills biome, you will find the standard Minecraft building blocks such as stone, coal ore, iron ore, gold ore, diamond ore, redstone ore, copper ore:
Mobs
In the Windswept Gravelly Hills biome, there is lots of wildlife such as cows, sheep, pigs, chickens and llamas:
Overworld Mobs that Spawn at Night
You will still find the usual Overworld mobs that spawn at night in the Windswept Gravelly Hills biome, such as creepers, endermen, skeletons, spiders, witches and zombies:
Biome ID for Windswept Gravelly Hills
Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)
In Minecraft, the Windswept Gravelly Hills biome has the following Minecraft ID values:
Minecraft ID
Dimension
Platform
Version(s)
minecraft:gravelly_mountains
Overworld
Java Edition (PC/Mac)
1.16 – 1.17.1
minecraft:windswept_gravelly_hills
Overworld
Java Edition (PC/Mac)
1.18 – 1.19.2
See a complete list of Biome IDs that is interactive and searchable.
Minecraft ID is the biome’s Internal ID that is used in game commands such as /locatebiome command.
Dimension is the dimension that the biome can be found (such as the Overworld, Nether, or End).
Platform is the platform that applies.
Version(s) is the Minecraft version numbers that the Minecraft ID is valid for.
Windswept Gravelly Hills Seeds
You can use a seed to create a world where you spawn in a Windswept Gravelly Hills biome: