Taiga Hills

This article is about the removed taiga hills variant. For the current biome, see Taiga. For the removed taiga mountains biome, see Taiga Mountains.
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This feature was present in earlier versions of Java Edition, but has since been removed.
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Taiga Hills
Taiga Hills.png: Infobox image for Taiga Hills the biome in Minecraft
Structures

Taiga Village
Pillager Outpost

Blocks

Grass Block
Short Grass
Fern
Large Fern
Sweet Berry Bush
Spruce Log
Spruce Leaves
Vines
Mushrooms

Climate

Temperature

0.25

Colors

Grass color


 #86B783

Foliage color


 #68A464

Water color


 #3F76E4


 #236583

The taiga hills was a hills variant of the taiga that no longer generates since Caves & Cliffs: Part II, and was removed in Java Edition.

Description

Like all other hills biomes, taiga hills featured more elevated and hilly terrain, with sharper inclines and more overhangs than the regular taiga, but were identical to them in every other aspect. Villages and pillager outposts didn't generate in this biome‌, though wolves and foxes still spawned.

Mobs

Taiga hills used the same mob spawning chances as 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
Spider1005154
Zombie955154
Zombie Villager55151
Skeleton1005154
Creeper1005154
Slime[note 3]1005154
Enderman105151–4
Witch55151
Ambient category
Bat18
  1. 50% of spawned rabbits are brown, 40% are salt and pepper, and 10% are black.
  2. The foxes spawn as red foxes.
  3. Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.

In Bedrock Edition:

MobSpawn weightGroup size
Creature category
Sheep12602–3
Pig10601–3
Chicken10602–4
Cow8602–3
Wolf8604
Rabbit[note 1]4602–3
Fox[note 2]8602–4
Monster category
Spider1004951
Zombie954952–4
Zombie Villager54952–4
Skeleton804951–2
Creeper1004951
Slime[note 3]1004951
Enderman104951–2
Witch54951
Ambient category
Bat12
  1. 50% of spawned rabbits are brown, 40% are salt and pepper, and 10% are black.
  2. The foxes spawn as red foxes.
  3. Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.

Data values

ID

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID
BiomeSprite taiga-hills.png: Sprite image for taiga-hills in Minecraft [No displayed name]taiga_hills19

History

Java Edition
1.112w01aAdded TaigaHills as a variant with a hilly terrain.
1.7.213w36aTaiga hills now generate with ferns and the new large fern.
Taiga hills are now required for the new "Adventuring Time" achievement.
1.814w27aAdded rabbits, which spawn in taigas.
1.1318w16aRenamed "TaigaHills" to "Taiga Hills".
September 29, 2018During MINECON Earth 2018, the Minecraft community voted on which biome to update next. Taiga was the most voted biome; therefore, foxes, campfires and sweet berries food sources and plants are to be added to taigas in Java Edition 1.14.[1]
1.1418w49aAdded sweet berry bushes, which commonly generate in taiga biomes.
19w07aAdded foxes, which spawn in taigas with a red fur texture.
1.18Experimental Snapshot 1Taiga hills no longer generate naturally.
21w40aTaiga hills have been removed.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.9.0build 1Added the separated snowless taiga and its variants with hills and mountains because older taigas were all snowy and had ice, along with a large number of other biomes.
v0.13.0build 1Added rabbits, which spawn in taigas.
v0.15.0build 1Villages built with spruce wood can now generate in taiga biomes. This used to be a exclusive game feature.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3Added pillager outposts, which may generate in taiga biomes.
Added sweet berry bushes, which commonly generate in taigas.
1.13.0beta 1.13.0.1Added foxes, which can spawn in taigas with a red tone of fur.
1.17.30beta 1.17.30.23The taiga hills and taiga mountain biomes no longer generate without add-ons or mods.
Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
TU1CU11.001.001.00Patch 11.0.1Added snow-covered taigas.
TU9Added the taiga hills biome.
TU31CU191.221.221.22Patch 3Added snowless taigas and their mountainous variants, along with many other biomes.
1.91 Added pillager outposts, which may generate in the taiga biomes.
Added sweet berry bushes, which commonly generate in taigas.

Data history

Java Edition
1.1317w47aIf numeric IDs for biomes were ever deprecated, it was most likely in this version.

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