Snowy Taiga
Snowy taigas are rare cold biomes, often generating adjacent to or within snowy tundra biomes. The biome family includes three individual biome variants.
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Description[edit]
Snowy taigas are quite similar to their snowless variants, featuring large numbers of spruce trees, sweet berry bushes, rabbits, foxes,[JE & BE only][upcoming: BE 1.13.0] and wolves. 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 terrain is also less flat than regular taigas, being hillier and more reminiscent of forest biomes. The cold temperatures of the snowy taiga means any exposed water will freeze 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. Foxes that spawn here will have a white coat, as to resemble the real-life arctic fox.
Occasionally, igloos may generate within the trees, making snowy taiga variants the only other biomes aside from snowy tundras where igloos may generate.
Survival in snowy taiga biomes can be somewhat difficult, as the copious amounts of snow can overwhelm beginners. This, coupled with hillier terrain compared to regular taigas, can make these biomes tough to survive in compared to other biomes.
Snowy taigas are technically the coldest biomes in the game. Plants like ferns and sweet berry bushes are less common compared to snowless taigas.
Bedrock Edition[edit]
Snowy taigas are one of the only biomes where wolves can only spawn, the other being regular taigas. Most of the snow layers will be stacked, the water has an indigo tone, and during snowfalls, the leaves of the trees become white. Villages and pillager outposts can generate as well.
Villages generated here use the same architecture as normal taiga villages, but all of the roofs are covered by snow. The water in village farms is often frozen, leading to the crops uprooting. Villagers wear the snowy tundra outfit.
Variants[edit]
There are a total of three different snowy taiga biome variants.
Snowy Taiga[edit]
| Type |
Snowy/Icy |
|---|---|
| Rarity |
Rare |
| Temperature |
-0.5 |
| Structures |
Igloos |
| Blocks |
Grass Block |
| Data value |
dec: 30 hex: 1E bin: 11110 |
| Biome ID |
This is the standard and most common snowy taiga variant. Igloos can generate here, as can villages and outposts in Bedrock Edition.
Snowy Taiga Hills[edit]
| Type |
Snowy/Icy |
|---|---|
| Rarity |
Rare |
| Temperature |
-0.5 |
| Structures |
Villages[BE only] |
| Blocks |
Grass Block |
| Data value |
dec: 31 hex: 1F bin: 11111 |
| Biome ID |
Like all other hills biomes, Snowy Taiga Hills feature hillier, more erratic terrain. These hills are somewhat steeper than other hills biomes, making this variant more difficult for survival. Pillager outposts and villages can generate in this biome[BE only], however, unlike the regular snowy taiga, igloos cannot generate here.
Snowy Taiga Mountains[edit]
| Type |
Snowy/Icy |
|---|---|
| Rarity |
Very rare |
| Temperature |
-0.5 |
| Blocks |
Grass Block |
| Data value |
dec: 158 hex: 9E bin: 10011110 |
| Biome ID |
The rare Snowy Taiga Mountains feature much steeper terrain than the hills. Similarly to the taiga mountains, this variant can reach quite high elevations, but the snowy taiga mountains often go higher than regular taiga mountains. The steep elevations make this biome quite difficult for survival. Buildings will also not generate here.
Data values[edit]
| Biome | Namespaced ID |
|---|---|
| Snowy Taiga | snowy_taiga
|
| Snowy Taiga Hills | snowy_taiga_hills
|
| Snowy Taiga Mountains | snowy_taiga_mountains
|
| Biome | Namespaced ID |
|---|---|
| Snowy Taiga | cold_taiga
|
| Snowy Taiga Hills | cold_taiga_hills
|
| Snowy Taiga Mountains | cold_taiga_mutated
|
History[edit]
| Java Edition Alpha | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v1.2.0 | preview | Added biomes, including snowy taigas. | |||
| Java Edition Beta | |||||
| 1.8 | ? | As part of a biome overhaul, taigas are now no longer snowy. | |||
| Java Edition | |||||
| 1.1 | ? | Snow has now been re-added to taigas. | |||
| 1.7.2 | 13w36a | A new snowless taiga biome has now been added, along with variants and many other biomes. | |||
| The snowless taiga has now become the new default taiga, and the old snowy taiga has now been renamed "Cold Taiga" and are now much more rare. | |||||
| 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. | |||||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
| 0.1.0 | Added biomes, including snowy taigas. | ||||
| 0.9.0 | build 1 | Added snowless taiga and variants, making the snowy taiga much rarer. | |||
| Added wolves, which spawn in snowy taigas. | |||||
| 0.13.0 | build 1 | Added rabbits, which can now spawn in snowy taigas. | |||
| 0.15.0 | build 1 | Villages can now generate in snowy taigas. | |||
| Pocket Edition | |||||
| 1.0.0 | alpha 0.17.0.1 | Added igloos that can 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. | |||
| Upcoming Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.13.0 | beta 1.13.0.1 | Added foxes, which can spawn in snowy taigas. | |||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||
| TU5 | CU1 | 1.00 | Patch 1 | Biomes overhauled, removing taigas. | |
| TU9 | (Snowy) taigas have now been re-added. | ||||
| TU31 | CU19 | 1.22 | Patch 3 | Added snowless taiga and variants, making the snowy taiga much rarer. | |
| PlayStation 4 Edition | |||||
| 1.91 | Added pillager outposts, which can spawn in snowy biomes. | ||||
| Added sweet berry bushes, which rarely generate in snowy taigas. | |||||
Gallery[edit]
Another view of snowy taiga mountains.
A large overhang, with a cave and a frozen lake underneath it, that generated as part of snowy taiga mountains.
A snowy tundra village next to a snowy taiga during a blizzard in Bedrock Edition.
See also[edit]
