Snowy Mountains

This article is about the removed snowy mountains variant. For the current biome, see Snowy Plains. For the current mountains, see Mountains.
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The snowy mountains was a hills variant of the snowy plains that no longer generates since Caves & Cliffs: Part II, and was removed in Java Edition.

Snowy Mountains
Snowy Mountains.png: Infobox image for Snowy Mountains the biome in Minecraft
Blocks

Snow
Grass Block
Ice
Spruce Log
Spruce Leaves
Vines‌
Mushrooms‌

Climate

Temperature

0.0

Colors

Grass color


 #80B497

Foliage color


 #60A17B

Water color


 #3F76E4‌

 #1156A7‌ 

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Description

These hills were no taller than most other hill biomes in the game, despite the name 'mountains'. As a hills variant, the biome was almost similar to the snowy plains. However, rivers generated inside this biome were not replaced by frozen rivers. No structures generated in this biome, though polar bears, rabbits and strays spawned. Caves frequently generated on the sides of the mountains. In Bedrock Edition, no hostile mobs other than strays and skeletons spawned here.

Mobs

Snowy mountains used the same mob spawning chances as snowy plains. In Java Edition:

MobSpawn weightGroup size
Creature category
Rabbit[note 1]10⁄112–3
Polar Bear1⁄111–2
Monster category
Spider100⁄5154
Zombie95⁄5154
Stray80⁄5154
Creeper100⁄5154
Slime[note 2]100⁄5154
Skeleton20⁄5154
Enderman10⁄5151–4
Witch5⁄5151
Zombie Villager5⁄5151
Ambient category
Bat18
  1. ↑ 80% of spawned rabbits are white and 20% are black and white.
  2. ↑ Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks. 
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In Bedrock Edition:

MobSpawn weightGroup size
Creature category
Rabbit[note 1]4⁄52–3
Polar Bear1⁄51–2
Monster category
Stray96⁄2201–2
Skeleton24⁄2201–2
Slime[note 2]100⁄2201
  1. ↑ 80% of spawned rabbits are white and 20% are black and white.
  2. ↑ Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks. 
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Data values

ID

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID
BiomeSprite snowy-mountains.png: Sprite image for snowy-mountains in Minecraft [No displayed name]ice_mountains13

History

Java Edition
1.0.0Beta 1.9 PrereleaseAdded frozen biomes, including ice mountains.
1.3.112w19aChanged height scale and height depth of hills biomes, including ice mountains, to make hill biomes slightly taller.
1.7.213w36aIce mountains are now required for the new "Adventuring Time" achievement.
1.1318w19aRenamed "Ice Mountains" to "Snowy Mountains".
1.18Experimental Snapshot 1Snowy mountains no longer generate naturally.
1.1821w40aRemoved snowy mountains.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.9.0build 1Added many biomes, including ice mountains.
Bedrock Edition
1.18.0beta 1.18.0.22Ice mountains no longer generate naturally.
Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
TU31CU191.221.221.22Patch 3 Added Ice Mountains variant.

Data history

Java Edition
1.1317w47aIf numeric IDs for biomes were ever deprecated, it was most likely in this version.
pre5The ID ice_mountains has been changed to snowy_mountains.

Gallery

  • Rivers in snowy mountains are not frozen.
    Rivers in snowy mountains are not frozen.
  • A village that generated right next to a snowy mountains biome.
    A village that generated right next to a snowy mountains biome.
  • Snowfall in a snowy mountains biome in Bedrock Edition.
    Snowfall in a snowy mountains biome in Bedrock Edition.
  • A snowy mountains single biome world.
    A snowy mountains single biome world.
  • Snowy mountains with ray tracing.
    Snowy mountains with ray tracing.

See also

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