Windswept Savanna

Windswept Savanna
Features	Acacia; Oak
Blocks	Grass Block; Coarse Dirt; Stone; Short Grass
Climate
Temperature	2.0
Downfall	0.0
Precipitation	No
Colors
Grass color	; #BFB755
Foliage color	; #AEA42A
Dry foliage color	; #A38046
Water color	; #3F76E4‌[JE only]; ; #2590A8‌[BE only]
Vibrant Visuals
Atmospherics	Warmish
Lighting	Warmish
Volumetric fog	Default
Color grading	Warmish

The windswept savanna or savanna mutated is a shattered and mountainous variant of the savanna that generates in areas with high erosion close to swamps and other windswept biomes. The terrain consists of huge cliffs and floating islands covered with coarse dirt, stone, and savanna vegetation.

Generation

Windswept savannas are the rarest savanna variant and usually span only a small area. They generate where erosion is moderately high and weirdness is positive, often at or near the coast, in temperatures from temperate to hot and in any humidity except very high. Windswept savannas do not necessarily generate alongside other savanna variants and may appear in isolation, even as islands.

Relatively rare biomes such as windswept hills, windswept forests, swamps, mangrove swamps, and sunflower plains can border windswept savannas. Old growth birch forests and sparse jungles are frequent borders, while common biomes like plains, forests, savannas, and deserts also often generate nearby.

The terrain can include extremely steep mountains, enormous overhangs, floating islands, tall waterfalls and lavafalls, and peaks that reach the generation height limit of Y=256. Deep, large lakes may form at the bases of the mountains.

Among Overworld surface biomes, windswept savannas have the lowest rate of cave biomes generating underground, though lush caves occasionally generate where humidity is relatively high.

Description

The terrain is covered with a mixture of grass block patches and coarse dirt patches, with a large amount of exposed stones. Unlike regular savannas, tall grass, villages, and pillager outposts cannot generate in this biome.^[1]

Farm animals spawn as warm variants in this biome. Armadillos, horses, and donkeys still appear like in regular savannas, as do hostile zombie horsemen during the nighttime. In Bedrock Edition, llamas also live here.

The giant overhangs often reduce skylight on the terrain similar to caves, allowing hostile mobs to spawn at day.

With Vibrant Visuals, windswept savannas use warmish color grading that tints the environment more orange/yellow. The night sky is slightly brighter and moonlight appears more vibrant blue.

Mobs

The following mobs naturally spawn here:

In **Java Edition**
Mob	Spawn weight	Group size
Monster category
Creeper	¹⁰⁰⁄₅₂₀	4
Skeleton	¹⁰⁰⁄₅₂₀	4
Slime^{[note 1]}	¹⁰⁰⁄₅₂₀	4
Spider	¹⁰⁰⁄₅₂₀	4
Zombie	⁹⁵⁄₅₂₀	4
Enderman	¹⁰⁄₅₂₀	1–4
Witch	⁵⁄₅₂₀	1
Zombie Horse^{[note 2]}	⁵⁄₅₂₀	1
Zombie Villager	⁵⁄₅₂₀	1
Creature category
Sheep	¹²⁄₅₂	4
Armadillo	¹⁰⁄₅₂	2–3
Warm Chicken	¹⁰⁄₅₂	4
Warm Pig	¹⁰⁄₅₂	4
Warm Cow	⁸⁄₅₂	4
Donkey	¹⁄₅₂	1
Horse	¹⁄₅₂	2–6
Underground water creature category
Glow Squid	1	4–6
Ambient category
Bat	1	8

↑ Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.
↑ Always spawns ridden by a zombie with an iron spear unless the difficulty is peaceful.

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 Horse^{[note 2]}	5	1
Zombie Villager	5	2–4
Creature category
Sheep	12	2–3
Armadillo	10	4
Warm Chicken	10	2–4
Glow Squid	10	2–4
Warm Pig	10	2–3
Warm Cow	8	2–3
Llama	8	4
Donkey	1	1
Horse	1	2–6
Ambient category
Bat	1	8

↑ Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.
↑ Always spawns ridden by a zombie with an iron spear.

Sounds

Music

These music tracks play while the player is in a windswept savanna:

Title	Preview	Java Edition		Bedrock Edition
Title	Preview	Weight	Probability	Weight	Probability
A Familiar Room		1	2.70%	—	—
Below and Above		1	2.70%	1	2.78%
Broken Clocks		1	2.70%	1	2.78%
Clark		1	2.70%	1	2.78%
Comforting Memories		1	2.70%	1	2.78%
Danny		1	2.70%	1	2.78%
Dry Hands		1	2.70%	1	2.78%
Ebb		2	5.41%	2	5.56%
Featherfall		1	2.70%	1	2.78%
Fireflies		1	2.70%	1	2.78%
Floating Dream		1	2.70%	1	2.78%
Haggstrom		1	2.70%	1	2.78%
Home		2	5.41%	2	5.56%
Key		1	2.70%	1	2.78%
komorebi		1	2.70%	1	2.78%
Left to Bloom		1	2.70%	1	2.78%
Lilypad		1	2.70%	1	2.78%
Living Mice		1	2.70%	1	2.78%
Memories		2	5.41%	2	5.56%
Mice on Venus		1	2.70%	1	2.78%
Minecraft		1	2.70%	1	2.78%
Nightly		2	5.41%	2	5.56%
One More Day		1	2.70%	1	2.78%
O's Piano		1	2.70%	1	2.78%
Oxygène		1	2.70%	1	2.78%
Puzzlebox		1	2.70%	1	2.78%
Shores		2	5.41%	2	5.56%
Subwoofer Lullaby		1	2.70%	1	2.78%
Sweden		1	2.70%	1	2.78%
Watcher		1	2.70%	1	2.78%
Wet Hands		1	2.70%	1	2.78%
yakusoku		1	2.70%	1	2.78%

In Creative mode, the following tracks can play:

Title	Preview	Java Edition		Bedrock Edition
Title	Preview	Weight	Probability	Weight	Probability
Aria Math		1	3.03%	1	3.13%
Biome Fest		1	3.03%	1	3.13%
Blind Spots		1	3.03%	1	3.13%
Dreiton		1	3.03%	1	3.13%
Haunt Muskie		1	3.03%	1	3.13%
Taswell		1	3.03%	1	3.13%
Key		1	3.03%	1	3.13%
Subwoofer Lullaby		1	3.03%	1	3.13%
Living Mice		1	3.03%	1	3.13%
Haggstrom		1	3.03%	1	3.13%
Minecraft		1	3.03%	1	3.13%
Oxygène		1	3.03%	1	3.13%
Mice on Venus		1	3.03%	1	3.13%
Dry Hands		1	3.03%	1	3.13%
Wet Hands		1	3.03%	1	3.13%
Clark		1	3.03%	1	3.13%
Sweden		1	3.03%	1	3.13%
Danny		1	3.03%	1	3.13%
Left to Bloom		1	3.03%	1	3.13%
One More Day		1	3.03%	1	3.13%
Floating Dream		1	3.03%	1	3.13%
Comforting Memories		1	3.03%	1	3.13%
A Familiar Room		1	3.03%	—	—
Featherfall		1	3.03%	1	3.13%
Watcher		1	3.03%	1	3.13%
Puzzlebox		1	3.03%	1	3.13%
komorebi		1	3.03%	1	3.13%
yakusoku		1	3.03%	1	3.13%
Lilypad		1	3.03%	1	3.13%
Below and Above		1	3.03%	1	3.13%
O's Piano		1	3.03%	1	3.13%
Broken Clocks		1	3.03%	1	3.13%
Fireflies		1	3.03%	1	3.13%

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Translation key
Windswept Savanna	`windswept_savanna`	`biome.minecraft.windswept_savanna`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID
[No displayed name]	`savanna_mutated`	`163`

Biome definition

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Achievements


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

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	Adventuring Time	Discover every biome	Visit all of these 56^{[until: Fourth Drop 2026]}/57^[upcoming] biomes: Badlands Bamboo Jungle Beach Birch Forest Cherry Grove Cold Ocean Dappled Forest 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 Caves 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.

History

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.7.2	13w36a	Added savanna M, along with its variants and many other biomes.
1.7.2	13w43a	Shattered savannas now generate with new logs and leaves.
1.13	18w16a	Renamed "Savanna M" to "Mutated Savanna".
1.13	18w19a	Renamed "Mutated Savanna" to "Shattered Savanna".
1.14	18w47a	Added pillager outposts, which can spawn in savanna biomes.^[verify]
1.18	experimental snapshot 5	Shattered savannas are now less common.
	experimental snapshot 5	Water lakes no longer generate in shattered savannas.
	21w40a	"Shattered Savanna" has been renamed to "Windswept Savanna".
	21w44a	Windswept savanna is now required for the "Adventuring Time" advancement.
	Pre-release 6	The sky color of windswept savanna is changed to #6eb1ff, from #76a9ff.
	Pre-release 6	The base temperature of windswept savanna is changed to 2.0, from 1.1.
1.20	23w17a	"A Familiar Room" can now be played in windswept savannas.
1.20.5	23w51a	Armadillos now spawn in all types of savanna.
1.20.5	24w11a	Wolves summoned in windswept savannas using spawn eggs or commands are now the spotted variant instead of the pale variant.
1.21.5	25w05a	Pigs and cows that spawn in windswept savannas are now the warm variant.
1.21.5	25w06a	Chickens that spawn in windswept savannas are now the warm variant.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.9.0	build 1	Added windswept savannas.
v0.11.0	build 1	Double tallgrass no longer generates in shattered savannas.
v0.15.0	build 1	Added horses, which can now spawn in savanna biomes.^[verify]
Pocket Edition
1.1.0	alpha 1.1.0.0	Added llamas, which can now spawn in savanna biomes.^[verify]
1.1.1	alpha 1.1.1.0	Double tallgrass once again generates in shattered savanna biomes.
Bedrock Edition
1.6.0	beta 1.6.0.1	Windswept savannas now have incorrect temperature/rainfall values, causing rain and wrong grass/foliage colors.^[2]
1.10.0	beta 1.10.0.3	Added pillager outposts, which can spawn in savanna biomes.^[verify]
1.11.0	beta 1.11.0.1	Added illager patrol which can spawn in savanna.^[verify]
1.19.40	Preview 1.19.40.20	Windswept savannas now have a temperature of 2.0 instead of 1.1, and a downfall of 0.0 instead of 0.5, meaning rainfall no longer occurs.
1.19.40	Preview 1.19.40.20	Windswept savannas now uses the same grass color as Java Edition, instead of lush green.^{[more information needed]}
1.20.60 Experiment Armadillo and Wolf Armor	Preview 1.20.60.23	Armadillos now spawn in windswept savannas.
1.21.60	Preview 1.21.60.23	Tall grass no longer generates in windswept savannas.
1.21.60 Experiment Drop 1 2025	Preview 1.21.60.25	Pigs that spawn in windswept savannas are now the warm variant.
1.21.70 Experiment Drop 1 2025	Preview 1.21.70.20	Cows that spawn in windswept savannas are now the warm variant.
1.21.70 Experiment Drop 1 2025	Preview 1.21.70.22	Chickens that spawn in windswept savannas are now the warm variant.
1.21.90	Preview 1.21.90.26	Added warmish atmospherics, lighting, and color grading to windswept savannas with Vibrant Visuals.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU31	CU19	1.22	1.22	1.22	Patch 3	1.0.1	Shattered savannas have been added.
			1.91				Added pillager outposts, which can spawn in savanna biomes.^[verify]

Data history

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Java Edition
1.13			pre5				Changed the ID `mutated_savanna` to `shattered_savanna`.
1.18			21w37a				Prior to the removal of numerical biome IDs, this biome's numerical ID was 163.

Issues

Issues relating to "Windswept Savanna" or "Savanna Mutated" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Gallery

Screenshots

A windswept savanna as seen from below
A windswept savanna single biome world

Historical screenshots

A lake that generated within a shattered savanna before 1.18
A shattered savanna biome, noted by the coarse dirt and exposed stone, bordering a river
An old view of a shattered savanna in Bedrock Edition, with a lush green grass and foliage color
A large shattered savanna biome. Before 1.18, shattered savannas had hardly any lakes
A shattered savanna biome next to an ocean
A comparison of the old Bedrock Edition and Java Edition biome colors for shattered savannas
A village in a shattered savanna
Old appearance of Bedrock Edition shattered savannas
A shattered savanna single biome world before 1.18, with mountains passing the terrain generation limit of 128 blocks
A shattered savanna with ray tracing

Mojang screenshots

Windswept savannas in contrast with flat terrain

References

↑ MC-128686 – Villages and pillager outposts don't spawn in windswept savannas
↑ MCPE-34936 – Tall birch tree, shattered savanna, badlands plateau, and dark forest biomes have wrong grass color – resolved as "Fixed".

External links

"Around the Block: Windswept Savanna" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, February 4, 2023.

[Slime-2] Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.

[Zombie_Horse-3] Always spawns ridden by a zombie with an iron spear unless the difficulty is peaceful.

[Slime-4] Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.

[Zombie_Horse-5] Always spawns ridden by a zombie with an iron spear.

[1] MC-128686 – Villages and pillager outposts don't spawn in windswept savannas

[6] MCPE-34936 – Tall birch tree, shattered savanna, badlands plateau, and dark forest biomes have wrong grass color – resolved as "Fixed".

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