Stony Peaks

Stony Peaks

Structures	Pillager Outpost
Blocks	Stone Andesite‌[JE only] Calcite Granite‌[JE only] Gravel Emerald Ore Infested Stone
Climate
Temperature	1.0
Downfall	0.3
Precipitation	Yes
Colors
Grass color	#9ABE4B
Foliage color	#82AC1E
Dry foliage color	#927957
Water color	#3F76E4‌[JE only]  #44AFF5‌[BE only]
Vibrant Visuals
Atmospherics	Warmish
Lighting	Warmish
Volumetric fog	Default
Color grading	Warmish

Stony peaks are warmer mountain peak biomes completely made out of stone and calcite strips.

Stony peaks only generate on high mountain peaks in the moderately high temperature range, making them quite rare. Depending on the continentalness, erosion, and weirdness, stony peaks can take on many different shapes; small hilltops not much higher than Y=160, large singular mountain peaks, rings of peaks surrounding a valley, or extreme mountainous terrain with rugged terrain up to the generation limit of Y=256.

Stony peaks are often surrounded by forests and savanna plateaus before the valley biomes like savannas and jungles, although they may border jungles directly.

They never generate close to mangrove swamps or windswept savannas. When near an ocean, the surrounding terrain gets cut off into massive cliffs. River valleys are either deep fjords, or have no river biome and consist of elevated land biomes.

Deep dark is guaranteed below stony peaks, generating up to higher altitudes. Above this, dripstone caves are common, although lush caves may also generate.

The biome does not have any terrain layer blocks and directly exposes stone along with many ores. Strips of calcite are unique to this biome, and gravel replaces some stone. In Java Edition, granite and andesite can continue generating here at much higher altitudes.

Like other mountain peak biomes, emerald ore and infested stone can generate here as well as more iron ore and coal ore, more often exposed to the surface than anywhere else. Pillager outposts generate here, while no passive mobs can spawn.

With Vibrant Visuals, stony peaks use warmish atmospherics, lighting, and color grading similar to jungles, although they use default volumetric fog. This makes the night sky appear slightly less dark, and moonlight is much brighter blue.

The following mobs naturally spawn here:

In Java Edition

Mob	Spawn weight	Group size
Monster category
Spider	100⁄515	4
Zombie	95⁄515	4
Zombie Villager	5⁄515	1
Skeleton	100⁄515	4
Creeper	100⁄515	4
Slime[note 1]	100⁄515	4
Enderman	10⁄515	1–4
Witch	5⁄515	1
Underground water creature category
Glow Squid	1	4–6
Ambient category
Bat	1	8

In Bedrock Edition

Mob	Spawn weight	Group size
Monster category
Creeper	100	1
Slime[note 1]	100	1
Spider	100	1
Zombie	95	2–4
Skeleton	80	1–2
Enderman	10	1–2
Witch	5	1
Zombie Villager	5	2–4
Creature category
Glow Squid	1	2–4

These music tracks play while the player is in stony peaks:

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Translation key
Stony Peaks	stony_peaks	biome.minecraft.stony_peaks

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID
[No displayed name]	stony_peaks	189

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other
		Adventuring Time	Discover 17 biomes.	Visit any 17 biomes. Does not have to be in a single world.	40	Silver

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	Adventuring Time	Discover every biome	Visit all of these 55​[until: Third Drop 2026]/56​[upcoming] biomes: Badlands Bamboo Jungle Beach Birch Forest Cherry Grove Cold Ocean Dark Forest Deep Cold Ocean Deep Dark Deep Frozen Ocean Deep Lukewarm Ocean Deep Ocean Desert Dripstone Caves Eroded Badlands Flower Forest Forest Frozen Ocean Frozen Peaks Frozen River Grove Ice Spikes Jagged Peaks Jungle Lukewarm Ocean Lush Caves Mangrove Swamp Meadow Mushroom Fields Ocean Old Growth Birch Forest Old Growth Pine Taiga Old Growth Spruce Taiga Pale Garden Plains River Savanna Savanna Plateau Snowy Beach Snowy Plains Snowy Slopes Snowy Taiga Sparse Jungle Stony Peaks Stony Shore Sunflower Plains Sulfur Caves Swamp Taiga Warm Ocean Windswept Forest Windswept Gravelly Hills Windswept Hills Windswept Savanna Wooded Badlands The advancement is only for Overworld biomes. Other biomes may also be visited, but are ignored for this advancement.

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

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  A stony peaks single biome world

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  Snowy mountain biomes would generate directly next to hot biomes in early caves and cliffs development - this is why the stony peaks biome was added.
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  Frozen and stony peaks surrounded by cliffs and forests
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  Ditto
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  Ditto
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  Stony peaks near stony shores and jungles
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  Mountains in development
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  Stony peaks at sunset
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  Stony peaks in a savanna

• Mountains
• Savanna Plateau

v t e Biomes
Overworld Landforms Beach Snowy Stony Shore River Frozen Snowy Frozen Peaks Grove Jagged Peaks Snowy Plains Ice Spikes Snowy Slopes Snowy Taiga Cold Taiga Old Growth Pine Old Growth Spruce Windswept Hills Forest Gravelly Dappled Forest​[upcoming: Third Drop 2026] Temperate Birch Forest Old Growth Cherry Grove Dark Forest Pale Garden Forest Flower Meadow Mushroom Fields Plains Sunflower Swamp Warm Badlands Eroded Wooded Desert Jungle Bamboo Sparse Mangrove Swamp Savanna Plateau Windswept Stony Peaks Ocean Frozen Ocean Deep Cold Ocean Deep Ocean Deep Lukewarm Ocean Deep Warm Ocean Caves Deep Dark Dripstone Caves Lush Caves Sulfur Caves
The Nether Basalt Deltas Crimson Forest Nether Wastes Soul Sand Valley Warped Forest
The End JE Central The End Outer End Barrens End Highlands End Midlands Small End Islands BE The End
Other Specialized JE only The Void Unused/removed Hills Birch Forest Hills Desert Hills Jungle Hills Bamboo Snowy Mountains Taiga Hills Giant Tree Snowy Wooded Hills Modified Dark Forest Hills Desert Lakes Modified Badlands Plateau Wooded Modified Jungle Edge Swamp Hills Taiga Mountains Snowy Modified hills Giant Spruce Taiga Hills Gravelly Mountains+ Shattered Savanna Plateau Tall Birch Hills Other Badlands Plateau Deep Warm Ocean Mountain Edge Mushroom Field Shore BE only Legacy Frozen Ocean Proto-biomes Removed Ice Desert Rainforest Seasonal Forest Shrubland Tundra Unimplemented Sky Joke 20w14∞ _generated:id Between Biome For Player With No Time For Nonsense Shapes 24w14potato Arboretum Corruption Fields Hash Wasteland Others Hub The Moon