End Highlands

This feature is exclusive to Java Edition.

 

End Highlands

Structures	End city
Features	Chorus tree End gateway
Blocks	End Stone Chorus Plant Chorus Flower
Climate
Temperature	0.5
Downfall	0.5
Precipitation	No
Colors
Fog color	#a080a0
Grass color	#8EB971
Foliage color	#71A74D
Dry foliage color	#A17448
Water color	#3F76E4

The End highlands is a biome used to generate the outer End islands.

This biome generates as part of the outer islands of the End, forming the hill-tops in the center of each island. This is the only biome where chorus trees naturally generate. End cities also generate here.

The following mobs naturally spawn here:

In Java Edition

Mob	Spawn weight	Group size
Monster category
Enderman	1	4

These music tracks play while the player is in the end highlands:

Name	Identifier
End Highlands	end_highlands

Issues relating to "End Highlands" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

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  An outer island, with fields of chorus trees, the only plant life in the End, stretching into the distance.
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  An end ship.
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  An end city and an end ship.
• 
  A map in the End.
• 
  An End highlands single biome world before 1.18.

• "Around the Block: End Highlands" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, November 12, 2020.

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