Old Growth Spruce Taiga

Old Growth Spruce Taiga

Structures	Trail ruins
Features	Forest rock
Blocks	Grass Block Podzol Coarse Dirt Mossy Cobblestone Spruce Log Spruce Leaves Fern Large Fern Dead Bush Sweet Berry Bush Mushrooms
Climate
Temperature	0.25
Downfall	0.8
Precipitation	Yes
Colors
Grass color	#86B783
Foliage color	#68A464
Water color	#3F76E4‌  #2D6D77‌

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Old growth spruce taigas are forested biomes covered with tall spruce trees.

Description

As the name implies, an old growth spruce taigas includes trees that have attained a great age, and therefore great height. Spruce grows all over the landscape, and most of them are the large 2×2 trees that grow significantly taller than regular trees. Much of the grass blocks are replaced by large swathes of podzol and coarse dirt. Additionally, rocks made of mossy cobblestone frequently generate on the ground and dead bushes generate alongside the sweet berry bushes, ferns, large ferns and short grass on the ground. Mushrooms are more common here than most Overworldbiomes. Trail ruins may generate here. Chestnut wolves, foxes and rabbits‌ may spawn here. As the climate here is cold, rainfall changes to snowfall above layer Y=160±8.

There are overall more trees in old growth spruce taigas compared to normal taigas, leading to increased foliage density. This makes wood more abundant, though as a large portion of it grows as part of tall 2×2 spruce trees, it may be more difficult to obtain. Old growth spruce taigas are slightly more difficult for survival than regular taigas for this reason, though aren't so bad once acclimated and strategies are used to clear the tall trees; they may offer more unique views compared to regular taigas as well.

These biomes generate at very high humidity, moderately low temperature and negative weirdness. They border normal taigas, dark forests, groves, swamps and windswept forests. Old growth spruce taigas can border snowy taigas, but only do at the tops of a plateau. At higher elevations they transition to groves and jagged peaks. Due to their very high humidity values, old growth taigas are almost guaranteed to have lush caves generate beneath them; however, if the old growth spruce taiga generated far inland, dripstone caves may generate under the old growth taiga instead. They are often separated from old growth pine taigas by rivers. In coastal areas they border cold oceans.

Mobs

The following mobs are naturally spawned here：

In Java Edition

Mob	Spawn weight	Group size
Monster category
Creeper	100⁄515	4
Skeleton	100⁄515	4
Slime[note 1]	100⁄515	4
Spider	100⁄515	4
Zombie	95⁄515	4
Enderman	10⁄515	1–4
Witch	5⁄515	1
Zombie Villager	5⁄515	1
Creature category
Sheep	12⁄60	4
Cold Chicken	10⁄60	4
Cold Pig	10⁄60	4
Cold Cow	8⁄60	4
Fox	8⁄60	2–4
Chestnut Wolf	8⁄60	4
Rabbit	4⁄60	2–3
Underground water creature category
Glow Squid	1	4–6
Ambient category
Bat	1	8

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In Bedrock Edition

Mob	Spawn weight	Group size
Monster category
Creeper	100⁄495	1
Slime[note 1]	100⁄495	1
Spider	100⁄495	1
Zombie	95⁄495	2–4
Skeleton	80⁄495	1–2
Enderman	10⁄495	1–2
Witch	5⁄495	1
Zombie Villager	5⁄495	2–4
Creature category
Sheep	12⁄66	2–3
Cold Chicken	10⁄66	2–4
Glow Squid	10⁄66	2–4
Cold Pig	10⁄66	1–3
Cold Cow	8⁄66	2–3
Fox	8⁄66	2–4
Chestnut Wolf	8⁄66	2–4
Ambient category
Bat	1	2

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Sounds

Music

These music tracks play while the player is in the old growth spruce taigas

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Translation key
Old Growth Spruce Taiga	old_growth_spruce_taiga	biome.minecraft.old_growth_spruce_taiga

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID
[No displayed name]	redwood_taiga_mutated	160

History

Data history

Issues

Issues relating to "Old Growth Spruce Taiga" or "Mega Taiga" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Gallery

Screenshots

• 
  Side-by-side comparison of an old growth tree taiga (left) with an old growth spruce taiga (right).
• 
  Sunset in an old growth spruce taiga.
• 
  In Bedrock Edition.
• 
  Old growth spruce taiga.
• 
  An old growth spruce taiga on an island.
• 
  A comparison of the four different giant tree taiga biomes before 1.18.
• 
  A giant spruce taiga single biome world before 1.18.
• 
  A giant spruce taiga with ray tracing.

See also

• Taiga
• Old Growth Pine Taiga
• Snowy Taiga
• Grove

External links

• "Around the Block: Old Growth Taiga" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, July 28, 2022.

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