End Highlands

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

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        },
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        {
            "field": "",
            "label": "Climate"
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            "label": "(link to Biome#Temperature article, displayed as Temperature)"
        },
        {
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            "label": "(link to Biome#Downfall article, displayed as Downfall)"
        },
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            "label": "(link to Biome#Precipitation article, displayed as Precipitation)"
        },
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            "field": "",
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The End highlands is a biome used to generate the outer End islands.

Description

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.

Mobs

The following mobs naturally spawn here:

In Java Edition

Mob	Spawn weight	Group size
Monster category
Enderman	1	4

{ "notes": [], "1": { "totalWeight": 10, "mobs": [ { "size": "4", "mob": "Enderman", "weight": 10 } ], "category": "monster" } }

Music

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

Title	Preview	Java Edition		Bedrock Edition
		Weight	Probability	Weight	Probability
The End		1	100%	—	—

Data values

ID

Name	Identifier
End Highlands	end_highlands

Biome definition

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{
  "attributes": {
    "minecraft:gameplay/natural_mob_spawns": {
      "argument": {
        "spawn_costs": {},
        "spawns_by_category": {
          "monster": [
            {
              "type": "minecraft:enderman",
              "count": 4,
              "weight": 10
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "modifier": "overlay"
    }
  },
  "carvers": [],
  "downfall": 0.5,
  "effects": {
    "water_color": "#3f76e4"
  },
  "features": [
    [],
    [],
    [],
    [],
    [
      "minecraft:end_gateway_return"
    ],
    [],
    [],
    [],
    [],
    [
      "minecraft:chorus_plant"
    ]
  ],
  "has_precipitation": false,
  "temperature": 0.5
}

History

Java Edition
1.9			15w31a				Added infinitely generating outer islands, separated from the central island by a gulf of about 1000 blocks.
1.13			18w06a				The outer islands of the End biome are now divided up into four separate biomes: The End - Floating Islands, The End - Medium island, The End - High island, and The End - Barren island.
			18w19a				"The End - High island" has been renamed to "End Highlands."

Data history

Java Edition
1.13			pre5				The biome ID sky_island_high has been changed to end_highlands.
1.18			21w37a				Prior to the removal of numerical biome IDs, this biome's numerical ID was 42.

Issues

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

Gallery

Screenshots

• 
  An outer island, with fields of chorus trees, the only plant life in the End, stretching into the distance
• 
  An end ship
• 
  An end city and an end ship
• 
  A map in the End
• 
  An End highlands single biome world before 1.18
• 
  Chorus plants in a terrain generation anomaly
• 
  Chorus plants on a cliff, with an end ship in the background

External links

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