Snowy Taiga

Snowy Taiga

Structures	Igloo Taiga village‌ Pillager outpost‌ Trail ruins
Blocks	Grass Block Snow Short Grass Fern Sweet Berry Bush Large Fern Spruce Log Spruce Leaves
Climate
Temperature	-0.5
Downfall	0.4
Precipitation	Yes
Colors
Grass color	#80B497
Foliage color	#60A17B
Water color	#3D57D6‌  #205E83‌

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A snowy taiga is an icy biome that comprises a snow-covered forest of pine and spruce trees, ferns and large ferns, and sweet berry bushes, usually generating adjacent to or within snowy plains.

Description

Snowy taigas are similar to regular taiga, featuring large numbers of spruce trees, ferns, rabbits, snow foxes and ashen wolves. Sweet berry bushes are less common compared to regular taiga. Poppies and dandelions can also still be found. The main distinction are the snow layers that cover almost the entire landscape, save for the ground protected by the leaves of spruce trees. The gelid temperature of the snowy taiga means that any exposed water freezes into ice, though lakes that generate within the taiga are often partially protected by the leaves of the trees, meaning lakes aren't usually completely frozen.

Snowy taigas are most commonly bordered by snowy plains, groves, snowy beaches, and regular taigas, and often separated from snowy plains by rivers.

Igloos and trail ruins may generate here, but villages and pillager outposts cannot in Java Edition^[1], although in Bedrock Edition they can. Villages generated here use the same architecture as normal taiga villages, but all of the roofs are covered by stacked snow. The water in village farms is frozen, leading to the crops uprooting. Villagers wear the snowy plains outfit. Also, in Bedrock Edition, the water has a unique tone, and during snowfall snow layers build up and the leaves of the trees become white. Because of its slightly high humidity, lush caves can possibly generate under snowy taigas, although, when the snowy taiga generate far inland, dripstone caves may generate under the snowy taiga instead.

Mobs

Snowy taigas have the same mob spawning chances as regular taigas. 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
Snow Fox	8⁄60	2–4
Ashen 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
Ashen Wolf	13⁄85	4
Sheep	12⁄85	2–3
Cold Chicken	10⁄85	2–4
Glow Squid	10⁄85	2–4
Pig	10⁄85	1–3
Cold Pig	10⁄85	1–3
Cold Cow	8⁄85	2–3
Snow Fox	8⁄85	2–4
Rabbit	4⁄85	2–3
Ambient category
Bat	1	2

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Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Translation key
Snowy Taiga	snowy_taiga	biome.minecraft.snowy_taiga

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID
[No displayed name]	cold_taiga	30

History

• 
  An old snowy taiga in Pocket Edition v0.7.0 alpha.
• 
  A snowy taiga in Java Edition Alpha v1.2.6. It uses oak trees as spruce trees didn't exist in this version.
• 
  A snowy taiga in Java Edition Beta 1.7.3.
• 
  A snowy taiga in Java Edition 1.2.1.

Data history

Issues

Issues relating to "Snowy Taiga" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Gallery

Screenshots

• 
  After a snowfall.
• 
  The snow fox in natural habitat.
• 
  The start of a snowfall.
• 
  An igloo.
• 
  A snowy plains village bordering a snowy taiga.
• 
  Hilly terrain in a snowy taiga biome.
• 
  More hilly terrain in a snowy taiga biome.
• 
  A snowy taiga that generated bordering a grove. Notice how the snowy taiga uses grass blocks with snow layers as its top layer, while the grove uses snow blocks.
• 
  A snowy taiga single biome world before 1.18.
• 
  A snowy taiga with ray tracing.

Mojang screenshots

• 
  A spruce cabin in a snowy taiga.
• 
  Snowfall beginning in a snowy taiga.
• 
  Shattered terrain in a snowy taiga.

In other media

• 
  An artwork from Mojang Studios.
• 
  A fox resting beside a campfire while an allay and snow golems lurk behind them.

See also

• Taiga
• Old Growth Spruce Taiga
• Snowy Plains
• Grove

References

External links

• "Around the Block: Snowy Taiga" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, May 24, 2023.

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