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Windswept Gravelly Hills in Minecraft | MinecraftBible

Windswept Gravelly Hills is an extreme hills biome in the Overworld with a temperature rating of 0.2.

What is the Windswept Gravelly Hills biome?

Windswept Gravelly Hills is a Minecraft biome in the overworld dimension, classified as Extreme Hills. Its climate is warm enough for rain but not freezing.

Climate & environment

  • Dimension: overworld
  • Category: Extreme Hills
  • Climate: Cool
  • Humidity: Moderate
  • Temperature: 0.2 (Java internal — impacts freezing, rain vs snow, crop growth)
  • Precipitation: Rain
  • Grass/foliage tint: #7da2ff
  • Biome family: Mountain family

Terrain in Windswept Gravelly Hills

Vegetation in Windswept Gravelly Hills

  • Spruce trees (sparse)

Terrain features of Windswept Gravelly Hills

  • Gravel surface — hazardous mining base
  • Same emerald generation as windswept_hills

Structures that generate in Windswept Gravelly Hills

  • Pillager Outpost

Resource highlights in Windswept Gravelly Hills

  • Only surface-gravel biome at scale
  • Flint from gravel is easy to farm

Mobs that spawn in Windswept Gravelly Hills

Notable blocks in Windswept Gravelly Hills

Related biomes — Mountain family

Biome tags

  • Overworld
  • Extreme Hills
  • Wet Climate
  • Has Typical Mobs
  • Mountain family
  • Cool

Overview

Windswept Gravelly Hills is an Extreme Hills biome in the overworld dimension. Climate: Cool, moderate humidity. Only surface-gravel biome at scale

Step-by-step walkthrough

  1. Watch for the gravel surface — it's the fastest visual confirmation you're inside Windswept Gravelly Hills.
  2. Route toward local structures: Pillager Outpost.
  3. Only surface-gravel biome at scale
  4. Flint from gravel is easy to farm
  5. Temperature reads 0.2 — influences whether water freezes, snow settles, or crops grow.

Pro tips

  • Use the F3 debug screen to confirm you've entered Windswept Gravelly Hills before farming biome-specific resources — visual boundaries can be misleading.
  • Chain travel between related biomes (windswept hills, windswept forest) to reduce backtracking.

Difficulty and time commitment

  • Difficulty: Easy
  • Estimated time per run: 10-30 min

Frequently Asked Questions

What dimension is Windswept Gravelly Hills in?

Windswept Gravelly Hills generates in the Overworld — climate: Cool.

Does it rain or snow in Windswept Gravelly Hills?

Precipitation in Windswept Gravelly Hills: Rain.

How hot is Windswept Gravelly Hills?

Windswept Gravelly Hills has a temperature value of 0.2 (Cool climate), which affects water freezing and precipitation type.

What mobs can I find in Windswept Gravelly Hills?

As a extreme hills-category biome, Windswept Gravelly Hills typically supports mobs like Goat, Llama.

What structures generate in Windswept Gravelly Hills?

Windswept Gravelly Hills can generate: Pillager Outpost. See the Structures section for the full list.

What is worth collecting in Windswept Gravelly Hills?

Only surface-gravel biome at scale

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