Giant Tree Taiga Hills

This article is about the removed giant tree taiga hills variant. For the regular biome, see Old Growth Pine Taiga. For the other taigas, see Taiga.
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This feature was present in earlier versions of Java Edition, but has since been removed.
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The giant tree taiga hills was a hills variant of the Old Growth Pine Taiga that no longer generates since Caves & Cliffs: Part II, and has been removed in Java Edition.

Giant Tree Taiga Hills
Giant Tree Taiga Hills.png: Infobox image for Giant Tree Taiga Hills the biome in Minecraft
Structures

Forest rock

Blocks

Grass Block
Podzol
Coarse Dirt
Mossy Cobblestone
Spruce Log
Spruce Leaves
Fern
Large Fern
Dead Bush
Sweet Berry Bush
Mushrooms
Vines

Climate

Temperature

0.3

Colors

Grass color


 #86B87F

Foliage color


 #68A55F

Water color


 #3F76E4


 #286378

Description

Like all other hills biomes, giant tree taiga hills featured elevated, hillier terrain compared to the tegular giant tree taigagiant tree taiga, making the landscape less suitable for shelter. In any other aspect, the giant tree taiga hills generated the same way as the regular giant tree taiga. Podzol, coarse dirt, and rocks all generated on the hills. Wolves, foxes and rabbits‌ spawned here.

Mobs

Giant tree taiga hills used the same mob spawning chances as giant tree taigas. In Java Edition:

MobSpawn weightGroup size
Creature category
Sheep12604
Pig10604
Chicken10604
Cow8604
Wolf8604
Rabbit[note 1]4602–3
Fox[note 2]8602–4
Monster category
Spider1005404
Zombie1005404
Skeleton1005404
Zombie Villager255401
Creeper1005404
Slime[note 3]1005404
Enderman105401–4
Witch55401
Ambient category
Bat18
  1. 50% of spawned rabbits are brown, 40% are salt and pepper, and 10% are black.
  2. The foxes are red foxes.
  3. Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.

In Bedrock Edition:

MobSpawn weightGroup size
Creature category
Sheep12562–3
Pig10561–3
Chicken10562–4
Cow8562–3
Wolf8564
Fox[note 1]8562–4
Monster category
Spider1004951
Zombie954952–4
Zombie Villager54952–4
Skeleton804951–2
Creeper1004951
Slime[note 2]1004951
Enderman104951–2
Witch54951
Ambient category
Bat12
  1. The foxes are red foxes.
  2. Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.

Data values

ID

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID
BiomeSprite giant-tree-taiga-hills.png: Sprite image for giant-tree-taiga-hills in Minecraft [No displayed name]mega_taiga_hills33

History

Java Edition
1.7.2August 7, 2013Jens tweeted the first image of a mega taiga, unofficially dubbed the redwood forest. The name was changed following 1.7's release.
13w36aMega Taiga Hills biome added, along with many other biomes.
1.1318w19aRenamed mega taiga hills to giant tree taiga hills.
1.15pre2Foxes and berry bushes can now spawn in giant tree taiga hills.
1.18Experimental Snapshot 1Giant tree taiga hills no longer generates naturally.
21w40aThe giant tree taiga hills biome has been removed.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.9.0build 1Added mega taiga hills, along with many other biomes.
A block named "grassless dirt" generates in place of the current coarse dirt.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0beta 1.2.0.2Added coarse dirt, which can generate in mega taiga hills.
1.11.0beta 1.11.0.1Added illager patrols, which can spawn in giant tree taiga hills.
1.13.0beta 1.13.0.1Added foxes, which can spawn in giant tree taiga hills.
1.16.0beta 1.15.0.51Wolves can now spawn in giant tree taiga hills.
1.18.0beta 1.18.0.22Giant tree taiga hills no longer generates naturally.
Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
TU31CU191.221.221.22Patch 31.0.1Added mega taiga hills, along with many other biomes.
1.91 Added illager patrols, which can spawn in giant tree taiga hills.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0Added mega taiga hills, along with many other biomes.
1.5.25Added coarse dirt, which can generate in mega taiga hills.

Data history

Java Edition
1.1317w47aIf numeric IDs for biomes were ever deprecated, it was most likely in this version.
pre5Changed the ID redwood_taiga_hills to giant_tree_taiga_hills.

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See also

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