Updated 25 October 2026. Facts on this page come from minecraft.wiki, minecraft.net and the live Artemis PvP server; sources are listed at the bottom.
Windswept Forest Biome in Minecraft: Where It Is and What's There
A windswept forest, once called extreme hills plus trees, is the wooded version of windswept hills, with spruce and oak trees on rugged hills. Like windswept hills it has emerald ore, and llamas live here.
Where does the windswept forest generate?
It replaces windswept hills where the climate is more humid, at cold to medium temperatures. It borders taigas, old growth taigas, forests, birch and dark forests, and in cold areas snowy taigas.
What is in a windswept forest?
- Spruce and oak trees in a sparse forest
- Patches of bushes
- Hilly, rugged land without the stony surface of windswept hills
- Emerald ore, extra coal, iron higher up, and infested stone
Mobs and structures
Llamas spawn here with the usual farm animals, and pigs, cows and chickens use their cold variants. Abandoned camps sometimes generate.
How do you find one?
The fastest way to find one in a world with cheats is /locate biome minecraft:windswept_forest, which works on Java and Bedrock (Bedrock uses its own IDs for some biomes, so let tab-complete fill it in). The F3 screen on Java shows the biome you stand in. The search covers a large area but can miss very narrow strips of a biome.
How biomes are placed
Overworld biomes are placed by a few hidden noise values: temperature, humidity, continentalness (how far inland), erosion (how flat) and weirdness. That is why the same neighbours keep showing up together, and why a biome you want is usually found next to its usual partners. Biomes look and work almost the same on Java and Bedrock, with small differences in mobs and structures noted on this page. See all biomes and emeralds.
Tip
It is one of the few places with both emeralds and plenty of wood, so it is a good spot for an early mountain base.
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Frequently asked questions
Does the windswept forest have emeralds?
Yes; it is one of the few biomes with emerald ore.
How do you find a windswept forest?
Use /locate biome minecraft:windswept_forest with cheats on. This is the Java ID; Bedrock uses different IDs for some biomes, so let tab-complete fill it in.
Sources
Every fact on this page was checked against these pages; the wording is ours.