Snowy Taiga Biome – Wiki Guide
This Minecraft tutorial explains the Snowy Taiga biome with screenshots.
In Minecraft, you will spawn into worlds with unique weather, animals, and plants. These regions are known as biomes. Let’s explore the Snowy Taiga biome in Minecraft.
Background
In Minecraft, the Snowy Taiga is a biome in the Overworld. It has lots of spruce trees and dull green grass that are covered in a layer of snow. This is one of the biomes where you can find snowy foxes.
Let’s explore the characteristics of the Snowy Taiga biome.
Weather
The weather in the Snowy Taiga biome has average precipitation (but instead of rain drops, this biome has snow flakes).
Trees
In the Snowy Taiga biome, you will find spruce trees covered in snow:
Vegetation
The vegetation found in the Snowy Taiga biome consists of dandelions, poppies, and ferns:
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
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Dandelion |
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Poppy |
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Fern |
Blocks
In this biome, you will find blocks such as grass blocks that are sometimes covered by a layer of snow:
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
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Grass Block |
Other Standard Blocks
If you dig down far enough in the Snowy Taiga biome, you will find the standard Minecraft building blocks such as stone, coal ore, iron ore, gold ore, diamond ore, redstone ore, copper ore:
Mobs
In the Snowy Taiga biome, there is some wildlife such as snowy foxes, pigs and rabbits:
Overworld Mobs that Spawn at Night
You will still find the usual Overworld mobs that spawn at night in the Snowy Taiga biome, such as creepers, endermen, skeletons, spiders, witches and zombies:
Biome ID for Snowy Taiga
Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)
In Minecraft, the Snowy Taiga biome has the following Minecraft ID values:
| Minecraft ID | Dimension | Platform | Version(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| minecraft:snowy_taiga | Overworld |  Java Edition (PC/Mac) |
1.16 – 1.19.2 |
See a complete list of Biome IDs that is interactive and searchable.
- Minecraft ID is the biome’s Internal ID that is used in game commands such as /locatebiome command.
- Dimension is the dimension that the biome can be found (such as the Overworld, Nether, or End).
- Platform is the platform that applies.
- Version(s) is the Minecraft version numbers that the Minecraft ID is valid for.
Snowy Taiga Seeds
You can use a seed to create a world where you spawn in a Snowy Taiga biome:
Snowy Taiga Seeds (Java Edition)
Snowy Taiga Seeds (Java Edition)