Misty Mountains

The Misty Mountains are the highest mountain range of Middleearth. The name comes from the mist that lays in the air coming from the cold climate.

The Misty Mountains are completely covered under thick snow and consists only of high mountains up to around layer 250.

The mountains are no nice place to travel or live in as the terrain is nearly impassable and full of orcs and wargs, but it's the only region, where mithril can be found.

Misty Mountain Foothills
At the border of the Misty Mountains biome is the Misty Mountain Foothills biome. This region has far smaller mountains, no snow and no mist. While the misty mountains itself have no vegetation, the valleys in the foothills have spruces and larches (but no flowers or herbs).

Population
The mountains are populated by Gundabad orcs and wargs, but also uruks (any kind) are quite often. As in most biomes, they only spawn on dark places like in the night.

Mithril ore
Mithril ore is the most valuable ore and can only be found in the Misty Mountains. It can be found on layer 16 or below and is even rarer than diamond ore.