Jagged Peaks
Jagged Peaks — biome.
Natural resources
The peaks provide stone, snow, frozen springs, ordinary ores, soft disks, extra emeralds, and infested stone. Exposed faces make the resources easy to spot, but the steep relief makes a marked descent route more important than a fast climb.
| Ore generation | Default ores |
|---|---|
| Emerald generation | Extra emeralds |
| Special feature | Frozen springs |
| Infested stone | Present |
Natural generation
Jagged peaks are the coldest high mountain profile: tall stone summits rise above nearby slopes, with snow on the surface and exposed rock on steep faces. The biome is selected as a peak variant during overworld terrain generation rather than as a flat lowland. Its feature list includes caves, lava and water springs, an amethyst geode, monster rooms, the ordinary ore suite, infested stone, glow lichen, and a freeze-top-layer pass.
| Temperature | -0.7 |
|---|---|
| Downfall | 0.9 |
| Precipitation | Yes |
| Surface | Stone and snow |
| Terrain role | High mountain peak |
| Sky color | #859DFF |
| Water color | #3F76E4 |
| Carvers | cave, cave_extra_underground, canyon |
| Feature stages | Lava lakes, amethyst geode, monster rooms, ores, springs, glow lichen, freeze top layer |
Exploration and building
Jagged peaks are strong navigation landmarks and a dramatic source of stone and snow. A shelter on a lower ledge is safer than a flat summit, while bridges between ridges turn the sharp elevation changes into a usable mountain route.
Sounds
The biome selects the dedicated overworld jagged-peaks music track while sharing the normal mountain ambience and weather sounds.
| Background music | music.overworld.jagged_peaks |
|---|---|
| Ambience | Mountain overworld |
Climate and environment
Goats are the defining local creature and spawn in groups of one to three. Common overworld spawns still apply, but the high, cold terrain makes the goat the clearest visual signal that the player has reached the peak biome.
| Water color | #3f76e4 |
|---|---|
| Sky color | #859dff |
| Signature mob | Goat |
| Goat group size | 1–3 |
| Goat spawn weight | 5 |
| Ambient spawn | Bats, groups of 8, weight 10 |
| Underground water spawn | Glow squid, groups of 4–6, weight 10 |
| Hostile spawn weights | Spider 100; zombie 95; zombie villager 5; skeleton 100; creeper 100; slime 100; enderman 10; witch 5 |
| Fire burnout | Increased |
| Weather profile | Cold and snowy |
Data values
The biome uses the `minecraft:jagged_peaks` identifier. Its shared peak profile supplies the climate, generation features, goat spawn, and increased fire burnout; the jagged variant adds its own background music.
| Identifier | minecraft:jagged_peaks |
|---|---|
| Version | Minecraft 26.2 |
| Local source | Jagged Peaksjagged_peaks |
| Climate | Temperature -0.7, downfall 0.9 |
| Resident | Goat |
| Background music | music.overworld.jagged_peaks |
| Fire burnout | Increased |
| Sky color | #859DFF |
| Water color | #3F76E4 |
History
Jagged peaks became the steep, cold summit variant of the mountain family. Its source definition combines snow precipitation, increased fire burnout, the jagged-peaks music track, and a dedicated goat spawn entry.
Trivia
The biome keeps the ordinary hostile spawn table while adding its own weights for goats, bats, glow squids, and the peak-specific atmosphere. Its sky and water colors are explicit biome data rather than renderer defaults.
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See also
References
The biome JSON is the canonical source for climate, carvers, feature stages, colours, spawners, and the jagged-peaks music attribute. The mountain and overworld tags keep the biome in the same generation family as the other high peaks.
| Local source | Jagged Peaksjagged_peaks |
|---|---|
| Biome record | `data/minecraft/worldgen/biome/jagged_peaks.json` |
| Biome key | `net/minecraft/world/level/biome/Biomes.java` |
| Mountain tags | `data/minecraft/tags/worldgen/biome/is_mountain.json`, `is_overworld.json` |
| Worldgen selection | `net/minecraft/world/level/biome/OverworldBiomeBuilder.java` |
| Noise settings | `data/minecraft/worldgen/noise_settings/overworld.json` |
| Surface rules | `net/minecraft/data/worldgen/SurfaceRuleData.java` |
| Background music | `net/minecraft/sounds/SoundEvents.java` |
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Data and provenance
minecraft:jagged_peaks
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Facts
| Temperature | -0.7 |
|---|---|
| Downfall | 0.9 |
| Precipitation | Yes |
| Biome effects | {"waterColor":"#3f76e4","skyColor":"#859dff"} |
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