Snowy Taiga Mountains

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

Snowy Taiga Mountains

Blocks	Grass Block Snow Grass Fern Sweet Berry Bush Large Fern Spruce Log Spruce Leaves Vines‌ Mushrooms‌
Climate
Temperature	-0.5
Colors
Grass color	#80B497
Foliage color	#60A17B
Water color	#3D57D6‌  #205E83‌

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Description

The very rare snowy taiga mountains featured much steeper terrain than the snowy taiga hills, but not as mountainuous as the windswept hills. Similarly to the taiga mountains, this variant reached high elevations. The steep elevations made this biome difficult for survival. Structures didn't generate here. Although this was a snowy biome, rivers generated inside snowy taiga mountains were not replaced by frozen rivers.

Because snowy taigas were already very rare, this biome variant was the third rarest in the game, behind the modified badlands plateau and the modified jungle edge.

Mobs

Snowy taiga mountains used the same mob spawning chances as snowy taigas. In Java Edition:

Mob	Spawn weight	Group size
Creature category
Sheep	12⁄60	4
Pig	10⁄60	4
Chicken	10⁄60	4
Cow	8⁄60	4
Wolf	8⁄60	4
Rabbit	4⁄60	2–3
Fox	8⁄60	2–4
Monster category
Spider	100⁄515	4
Zombie	95⁄515	4
Zombie Villager	5⁄515	1
Skeleton	100⁄515	4
Creeper	100⁄515	4
Slime	100⁄515	4
Enderman	10⁄515	1–4
Witch	5⁄515	1
Ambient category
Bat	1	8

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In Bedrock Edition:

Mob	Spawn weight	Group size
Creature 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	4⁄60	2–3
Fox	8⁄60	2–4
Monster category
Spider	100⁄495	1
Zombie	95⁄495	2–4
Zombie Villager	5⁄495	2–4
Skeleton	80⁄495	1–2
Creeper	100⁄495	1
Slime	100⁄495	1
Enderman	10⁄495	1–2
Witch	5⁄495	1
Ambient category
Bat	1	2

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Data values

ID

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	[hide]Numeric ID
[No displayed name]	cold_taiga_mutated	158

History

[hide]Java Edition
1.7.2			13w36a				Added cold taiga M.
							Both types of taigas now generate with ferns. and large ferns apart from grass.
1.13			18w16a				Renamed "Cold Taiga M" to "Mutated Cold Taiga"
			18w19a				Renamed "Mutated Cold Taiga" to "Snowy Taiga Mountains".
1.14			18w49a				Sweet berry bushes are now rarely generated in snowy taiga mountains.
			19w07a				Added foxes, which may spawn in snowy taiga mountains and have white fur.
1.18			Experimental Snapshot 1				Snowy taiga mountains no longer generates.
			21w40a				Snowy taiga mountains have been removed.
[hide]Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.9.0			build 1				Added cold taiga mutated, along with many other biomes.
							Added wolves which may spawn in cold taiga mutated.
v0.13.0			build 1				Added rabbits which may spawn in cold taiga mutated.
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				Added sweet berry bushes which rarely generate in snowy taiga mountains.
1.11.0			beta 1.11.0.1				Added patrols which may spawn in snowy taiga hills.
1.13.0			beta 1.13.0.1				Added foxes which may spawn in snowy taiga mountains.
1.18.0			beta 1.18.0.22				Snowy taiga mountains no longer generates naturally.
[hide]Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU31	CU19	1.22	1.22	1.22	Patch 3		Added cold taiga mutated, along with many other biomes.
			1.91				Added sweet berry bushes, which rarely generate in snowy taiga mountains.

Data history

[hide]Java Edition
1.13			17w47a				If numeric IDs for biomes were ever deprecated, it was most likely in this version.
			pre5				Changed the ID mutated_taiga_cold to snowy_taiga_mountains.

Gallery

• 

  Snowy taiga mountains next to a gravelly mountains biome.

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  A village that generated partially inside a snowy taiga mountains biome, with snowfall.

• 

  Snowy taiga mountains next to ice spikes during snowfall, in Bedrock Edition.

• 

  A snowy taiga mountains single biome world.

See also

• Snowy Taiga
• Snowy Taiga Hills
• Snowy Plains
• Taiga
• Taiga Mountains
• Windswept Forest
• Grove
• Biome/Before 1.18