A snowy taiga is a snow-covered biome that comprises a forest of spruce trees, ferns and large ferns, usually generating adjacent to or within snowy plains.
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Description[]
Snowy taigas are similar to their snowless varieties, featuring large numbers of spruce trees, rabbits, white-coated foxes and wolves. Aqua-colored plants like tall grass, ferns and sweet berry bushes are less common compared to taigas. Dandelions and poppies 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 temperatures 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.
Igloos may generate here, as can villages and outposts In Bedrock Edition.[1] 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, most of the snow layers are stacked, the water has an unique tone and the leaves of the trees become white as in snowy plains during snowfalls.
Variants[]
Although this biome currently has only a single variant, two removed variants (snowy taiga hills and snowy taiga mountains) could be found in previous versions.
Snowy Taiga[]
| Type |
Snowy |
|---|---|
| Rarity |
Uncommon |
| Temperature |
-0.5 |
| Structures |
Igloos |
| Blocks |
Grass Block |
| Grass color |
|
| Foliage color |
|
| Water color |
This is the standard snowy taiga variant.
In Java Edition:
| Mob | Spawn chance | Group size |
|---|---|---|
| Passive category | ||
| Sheep | 12⁄60 | 4 |
| Pig | 10⁄60 | 4 |
| Chicken | 10⁄60 | 4 |
| Cow | 8⁄60 | 4 |
| Wolf | 8⁄60 | 4 |
| Rabbit[note 1] | 4⁄60 | 2–3 |
| Fox[note 2] | 8⁄60 | 2–4 |
| Hostile category | ||
| Spider | 100⁄516.25 | 4 |
| Zombie | 95⁄516.25 | 4 |
| Zombie Villager | 5⁄516.25 | 1 |
| Skeleton | 100⁄516.25 | 4 |
| Creeper | 100⁄516.25 | 4 |
| Slime[note 3] | 100⁄516.25 | 4 |
| Enderman | 10⁄516.25 | 1–4 |
| Witch | 5⁄516.25 | 1 |
| Spider Jockey | 1⁄516.25 | 1 |
| Chicken Jockey | 0.25⁄516.25 | 1 |
| Ambient category | ||
| Bat | 10⁄10 | 8 |
In Bedrock Edition:
| Mob | Spawn chance | Group size |
|---|---|---|
| Passive category | ||
| Sheep | 12⁄60 | 2–3 |
| Pig | 10⁄60 | 1–3 |
| Chicken | 10⁄60 | 2–4 |
| Cow | 8⁄60 | 2–3 |
| Wolf | 8⁄60 | 4 |
| Rabbit[note 1] | 4⁄60 | 2–3 |
| Fox[note 2] | 8⁄60 | 2–4 |
| Hostile category | ||
| Spider | 100⁄496.25 | 1 |
| Zombie | 95⁄496.25 | 2–4 |
| Zombie Villager | 5⁄496.25 | 2–4 |
| Skeleton | 80⁄496.25 | 1–2 |
| Creeper | 100⁄496.25 | 1 |
| Slime[note 3] | 100⁄496.25 | 1 |
| Enderman | 10⁄496.25 | 1–2 |
| Witch | 5⁄496.25 | 1 |
| Spider Jockey | 1⁄496.25 | 1 |
| Chicken Jockey | 0.25⁄496.25 | 1 |
| Ambient category | ||
| Bat | 10⁄10 | 2 |
Data values[]
ID[]
| Name | Resource location | Translation key |
|---|---|---|
| Snowy Taiga | snowy_taiga | biome.minecraft.snowy_taiga |
| Name | Resource location | Numeric ID |
|---|---|---|
| [No displayed name] | cold_taiga | 30 |
History[]
| Java Edition Alpha | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v1.2.0 | preview | Added taigas, which are snowy biomes with oak trees. | |||
| At this point, all taigas are snowy, and snowy taiga doesn't exist as a separate biome. | |||||
| Java Edition Beta | |||||
| 1.2 | Taigas now generate with spruce trees. | ||||
| 1.6 | Test Build 3 | Tall grass now generates in taiga. | |||
| 1.8 | Pre-release | Due to bugs in the new terrain generator, taigas are no longer snowy and therefore resemble the current snowless taigas. | |||
| Java Edition | |||||
| 1.1 | 11w48a | The bug in Beta 1.8 has been fixed, so taigas again generate with snow. | |||
| 1.7.2 | 13w36a | The default taiga biome now generates without snow. | |||
| A dedicated snowy taiga biome has been added, known as "Cold Taiga" and is now much rarer. | |||||
| Both types of taigas now generate with ferns. | |||||
| 1.13 | 18w16a | Renamed Cold Taiga M to Mutated Cold Taiga. | |||
| 18w19a | Renamed Cold Taiga to Snowy Taiga. | ||||
| Renamed Cold Taiga Hills to Snowy Taiga Hills. | |||||
| Renamed Mutated Cold Taiga to Snowy Taiga Mountains. | |||||
| pre5 | Changed the ID taiga_cold to snowy_taiga. | ||||
Changed the ID taiga_cold_hills to snowy_taiga_hills. | |||||
Changed the ID mutated_taiga_cold to snowy_taiga_mountains. | |||||
| 1.14 | 18w49a | Sweet berry bushes are now rarely found in snowy taigas. | |||
| 19w07a | Added foxes, which spawn in snowy taigas with white fur. | ||||
| 1.18 | Experimental Snapshot 1 | Villages now spawn in snowy taiga biomes. | |||
| Snowy taiga hills and snowy taiga mountains no longer generate. | |||||
| Snowy taigas used to be technically the coldest biomes in the game before the newer mountains. | |||||
| 21w40a | The snowy taiga hills and snowy taiga mountain biomes have been removed. | ||||
| ? | Villages and the pillager outpost no longer generate in snowy taiga. | ||||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
| v0.1.0 | Added biomes, including snowy taigas. | ||||
| v0.9.0 | build 1 | Added snowless taiga and variants, making the snowy taiga much rarer. | |||
| Added wolves, which spawn in snowy taigas. | |||||
| v0.13.0 | build 1 | Added rabbits, which can spawn in snowy taigas. | |||
| v0.15.0 | build 1 | Villages now generate in snowy taigas. | |||
| Pocket Edition | |||||
| 1.0.0 | alpha 0.17.0.1 | Added igloos that now generate in snowy taigas. | |||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | Added pillager outposts, which can generate in snowy taigas. | |||
| Added sweet berry bushes, which rarely generate in snowy taigas. | |||||
| 1.11.0 | beta 1.11.0.1 | Added illager patrols, which can spawn in snowy taigas. | |||
| 1.13.0 | beta 1.13.0.1 | Added foxes, which can spawn in snowy taigas. | |||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||
| TU1 | CU1 | 1.00 | Patch 1 | 1.0.1 | Added (snowy) taigas. |
| TU5 | Biomes overhauled, removing (snowy) taigas. | ||||
| TU9 | Re-added (snowy) taigas. | ||||
| TU31 | CU19 | 1.22 | Patch 3 | Added snowless taiga and variants, making the snowy taiga much rarer. | |
| 1.91 | Added pillager outposts, which can spawn in snowy biomes. | ||||
| Added sweet berry bushes, which rarely generate in snowy taigas. | |||||
An old snowy taiga in Pocket Edition v0.7.0 alpha.
A snowy taiga in Java Edition 1.2.1.
Gallery[]
After a snowfall.
The white fox in natural habitat.
The start of a snowfall.
An igloo.
A snowy plains village bordering a snowy taiga.
An artwork from Mojang Studios.
