Desert Hills
minecraft:desert_hills
Explore Desert Hills for its sand surface / below surface. Follow the material links to plan a building palette, or check the mob conditions before making a resource trip.
Find the exact biome
/locate biome minecraft:desert_hillsRequires cheats. Searches the current dimension; legacy definitions may not generate in your world.
Materials to plan around
Plan around these terrain materials. Check each block's acquisition details before expecting a particular mining drop.
Surface / Below surface
Sand
Explore uses and matching blocks →Make with this material
Foundation
Stone
Explore uses and matching blocks →Make with this material
Mobs to investigate here
These definitions satisfy a complete biome filter. Follow a mob to check its drops, required light, blocks, height and runtime conditions. A matching biome alone does not guarantee a spawn.
- Bat
Check drops and spawn requirements
- Camel
Check drops and spawn requirements
- Camel Husk
Check drops and spawn requirements
- Creeper
Check drops and spawn requirements
- Enderman
Check drops and spawn requirements
- Husk
Check drops and spawn requirements
- Parched
Check drops and spawn requirements
- Phantom
Check drops and spawn requirements
- Rabbit
Check drops and spawn requirements
- Skeleton
Check drops and spawn requirements
- Slime
Check drops and spawn requirements
- Spider
Check drops and spawn requirements
- Witch
Check drops and spawn requirements
- Zombie
Check drops and spawn requirements
Compare another destination
Same desert family; sand is its surface / below surface material.
Technical biome reference
Tags
Climate
Surface Materials
The surface is composed of sand, with sand below, built on a foundation of stone. Water bodies use water. The sea floor uses gravel at a configured depth of 7.
- Top
- sand
- Mid
- sand
- Foundation
- stone
- Sea
- water
- Sea floor
- gravel
- Floor depth
- 7
Noise Type
mountainsGeneration
Desert Hills uses "mountains" terrain noise.