Taiga



The taiga is a cold forested biome. There are two other closely related families; snowy taigas and old growth taigas.

Description
Taiga biomes are essentially a colder counterpart to the temperate forest biomes. Only spruce trees may grow in taigas, compared to oak and birch trees in forests. Due to the structure of spruce trees, being more tall than wide, the foliage has an aqua tone and is somewhat less dense than in forests, but still dense enough to possibly get players lost. Wolves spawn commonly in all taiga variants, making wolves a common mob here. Rabbits additionally spawn in taigas, though are not often seen due to wolves chasing after them and killing them. Foxes, ferns and sweet berry bushes can also be found in taiga biomes. Villages occasionally generate within the taiga and are appropriately made of spruce wood. Due to the cold climate, rainfall changes to snowfall above layer 150 within taigas; however, this rarely happens outside of amplified worlds, as this biome gets replaced by groves in high mountains and rarely generates in windswept savanna terrain.

Like forest, taigas are one of the most preferred biomes to start out in. The abundance of wood, mild terrain and useful passive mobs make this biome easy for players. Generated villages can also serve as a handy refuge and as a trading post should one be found. Taigas share the same dangers of forests, however; a player can get lost within the trees easily if they don't mark their trails, and the foliage can lead to obstructed vision, especially at night. Taigas are commonly found next to forest biomes as well as the other taigas.

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Removed/unused variants
These variants were removed in 1.18 due to them being only terrain variations of the default taiga and are no longer needed as the biomes no longer control how terrain forms.

Taiga Hills
Taiga Hills, like all other hills biomes in the game, feature steeper terrain compared to the base taiga biome. Villages and outposts do not generate in this biome, though wolves and foxes still spawn.

Taiga hills use the same mob spawning chances as taigas.

Taiga Mountains
The rare Taiga Mountains variant are much steeper than the taiga hills, with peaks occasionally crossing the snowfall line. The steep terrain makes this a more difficult version of the regular taiga. Like the hills, villages and outposts do not generate here, though wolves and foxes still spawn.

Taiga mountains use the same mob spawning chances as taigas.

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