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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 a snow-covered biome that comprises a forest of spruce trees, ferns and large ferns, 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, 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	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	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	[hide]Translation key
Snowy Taiga	snowy_taiga	biome.minecraft.snowy_taiga

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	[hide]Numeric ID
[No displayed name]	cold_taiga	30

History

[hide]Java Edition
1.7.2			13w36a				Added cold taiga.
							Both types of taigas now generate with ferns. and large ferns apart from grass.
1.13			18w19a				Renamed Cold Taiga to Snowy Taiga.
1.14			18w49a				Sweet berry bushes are now rarely generated in snowy taigas.
			19w07a				Added foxes, which may spawn in snowy taigas and have white fur.
1.18			Experimental Snapshot 1				Villages now spawn in snowy taiga biomes.
							Snowy taigas used to be technically the coldest biomes in the game before the newer mountains.
			?				Villages and the pillager outpost no longer generate in snowy taiga.
1.20			23w12a				Added trail ruins, which can generate in snowy taigas.
			23w17a				"A Familiar Room" can now be played in snowy taiga.
1.20.5			24w10a				Wolves that spawn in snowy taigas are now the ashen variant.
1.21.5			25w02a				Pigs that spawn in snowy taigas are now the cold variant.
			25w05a				Cows that spawn in snowy taigas are now the cold variant.
			25w06a				Chickens that spawn in snowy taigas are now the cold variant.
[hide]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 rarer.
							Added wolves which may spawn in snowy taigas.
v0.13.0			build 1				Added rabbits which may spawn in snowy taigas.
v0.15.0			build 1				Villages now may generate in snowy taigas.
[hide]Pocket Edition
1.0.0			alpha 0.17.0.1				Added igloos which may generate in snowy taigas.
[hide]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 patrols which may spawn in snowy taigas.
1.13.0			beta 1.13.0.1				Added foxes which may spawn in snowy taigas.
1.18.30			Preview 1.18.20.28				Cows, pigs, chickens and sheep no longer spawn in snowy taigas.
			Release				Reverted the animal spawning change made in Preview 1.18.20.28.
1.21.60 Experiment Drop 1 2025			Preview 1.21.60.25				Pigs that spawn in snowy taigas are now the cold variant.
1.21.70 Experiment Drop 1 2025			Preview 1.21.70.20				Cows that spawn in snowy taigas are now the cold variant.
			Preview 1.21.70.22				Chickens that spawn in snowy taigas are now the cold variant.
[hide]Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU1	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added (snowy) taigas.
TU31	CU19	1.22	1.22	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 Alpha v1.2.6.

• 

  A snowy taiga in Java Edition Beta 1.7.3.

• 

  A snowy taiga in Java Edition 1.2.1.

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 taiga_cold to snowy_taiga.

Issues

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

Java Edition

• MC-199419 – Village structures savanna_library_1, snowy_masons_house_1, and taiga_library_1 have workstations that are inaccessible for villagers
• MC-280118 – Firefly bushes generate in snowy_taiga rivers
• MC-176610 – Snowy Tundras spawn strays and polar bears, but Snowy Taigas don't
• MC-200636 – Despite not being an ocean, coastal, swamp, or river biome, snowy taigas have a different water color than other snowy biomes

Bedrock Edition

• No open issues found.

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.

Mojang screenshots

• 

  An extremely small snowy taiga.

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  A spruce cabin in a snowy taiga.

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  Snowfall beginning in a snowy taiga.

In other media

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  An artwork from Mojang Studios.

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  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

External links

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