Old Growth Pine Taiga

Old Growth Pine Taiga

Structures	Abandoned Camp Trail Ruins
Features	Spruce Pine Mega Pine Forest Rock
Blocks	Grass Block Podzol Coarse Dirt Fern Large Fern Dead Bush Mushrooms Sweet Berry Bush
Climate
Temperature	0.3
Downfall	0.8
Precipitation	Yes
Colors
Grass color	#86B87F
Foliage color	#68A55F
Dry foliage color	#9C754D
Water color	#3F76E4‌[JE only]  #2D6D77‌[BE only]
Vibrant Visuals
Atmospherics	Default
Lighting	Cold
Volumetric fog	Semi-humid
Color grading	Coolish

The old growth pine taiga or mega taiga is a forested biome filled with large 2×2 spruce trees, with the tall trees being mostly arrow-shaped: a thick trunk with few leaves at the top. The ground is made of podzol and coarse dirt and covered by mossy cobblestone rocks.

Generation

Old growth pine taigas generate at moderately low temperatures where humidity is very high, typically in areas of positive weirdness. They commonly border regular taigas and dark forests. They can also border old growth spruce taigas, a variant with mega spruce trees featuring leaves around the trunk, either directly or separated by a river.

The terrain around old growth pine taigas varies. They may border swamps, windswept forests, pale gardens, or rising groves that give way to mountains.

Because of the high humidities, lush caves are very common beneath old growth pine taigas.

Description

As the name implies, an old growth pine taiga includes trees that have attained a great age, and therefore great height. These pines grow all over the landscape, while most of them are tall with 2×2 trunks, regular pine and spruce trees can also generate.

Much of the grass blocks are replaced by large swaths of podzol and coarse dirt. Additionally, rocks made of mossy cobblestone frequently generate on the ground and dead bushes generate alongside the sweet berry bushes, ferns, and large ferns. Mushrooms are more common here than in most Overworld biomes.

Trail ruins may generate here, but villages and pillager outposts cannot. Black wolves, foxes, and rabbits‌^{[JE only]} may spawn here. The climate is cold and allows snowfall above layer Y=200±8, but this only occurs on top of some trees on mountain slopes. Uniquely to this biome, zombie villagers have the highest spawn rate amongst all biomes.‌^{[JE only]}

Abandoned camps sometimes generate in old growth pine taigas.

With Vibrant Visuals, old growth pine taigas use a coolish humid volumetric fog setting, which slightly fades the distance in an orange tint. Old growth pine taigas have coolish color grading which tints the environment with a colder blue color, and cold sunlight which appears slightly brighter at dusk and dawn.

Mobs

The following mobs naturally spawn here:

In Java Edition

Mob	Spawn weight	Group size
Monster category
Creeper	100⁄540	4
Skeleton	100⁄540	4
Slime[note 1]	100⁄540	4
Spider	100⁄540	4
Zombie	100⁄540	4
Zombie Villager[note 2]	25⁄540	1
Enderman	10⁄540	1–4
Witch	5⁄540	1
Creature category
Sheep	12⁄60	4
Cold Chicken	10⁄60	4
Cold Pig	10⁄60	4
Cold Cow	8⁄60	4
Fox	8⁄60	2–4
Black Wolf	8⁄60	4
Rabbit	4⁄60	2–3
Underground water creature category
Glow Squid	1	4–6
Ambient category
Bat	1	8

{ "hasNotes": true, "notes": { "Slime": "Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.", "Zombie Villager": "Highest chance among all biomes." }, "1": { "totalWeight": 540, "mobs": [ { "size": "4", "mob": "Creeper", "weight": 100 }, { "size": "4", "mob": "Skeleton", "weight": 100 }, { "note": "Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.", "mob": "Slime", "weight": 100, "notename": "Slime", "size": "4" }, { "size": "4", "mob": "Spider", "weight": 100 }, { "size": "4", "mob": "Zombie", "weight": 100 }, { "note": "Highest chance among all biomes.", "mob": "Zombie Villager", "weight": 25, "notename": "Zombie Villager", "size": "1" }, { "size": "1-4", "mob": "Enderman", "weight": 10 }, { "size": "1", "mob": "Witch", "weight": 5 } ], "category": "monster" }, "2": { "totalWeight": 60, "mobs": [ { "size": "4", "mob": "Sheep", "weight": 12 }, { "size": "4", "mob": "Cold Chicken", "weight": 10 }, { "size": "4", "mob": "Cold Pig", "weight": 10 }, { "size": "4", "mob": "Cold Cow", "weight": 8 }, { "size": "2-4", "mob": "Fox", "weight": 8 }, { "size": "4", "mob": "Black Wolf", "weight": 8 }, { "size": "2-3", "mob": "Rabbit", "weight": 4 } ], "category": "creature" }, "3": { "totalWeight": 10, "mobs": [ { "size": "4-6", "mob": "Glow Squid", "weight": 10 } ], "category": "underground" }, "4": { "totalWeight": 10, "mobs": [ { "size": "8", "mob": "Bat", "weight": 10 } ], "category": "ambient" } }

In Bedrock Edition

Mob	Spawn weight	Group size
Monster category
Creeper	100	1
Slime[note 1]	100	1
Spider	100	1
Zombie	95	2–4
Skeleton	80	1–2
Enderman	10	1–2
Witch	5	1
Zombie Villager	5	2–4
Creature category
Black Wolf	13	2–4
Sheep	12	2–3
Cold Chicken	10	2–4
Glow Squid	10	2–4
Cold Pig	10	1–3
Cold Cow	8	2–3
Fox	8	2–4
Ambient category
Bat	1	2

{ "hasNotes": true, "notes": { "Slime": "Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks." }, "1": { "totalWeight": 495, "mobs": [ { "size": "1", "mob": "Creeper", "weight": 100 }, { "note": "Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.", "mob": "Slime", "weight": 100, "notename": "Slime", "size": "1" }, { "size": "1", "mob": "Spider", "weight": 100 }, { "size": "2-4", "mob": "Zombie", "weight": 95 }, { "size": "1-2", "mob": "Skeleton", "weight": 80 }, { "size": "1-2", "mob": "Enderman", "weight": 10 }, { "size": "1", "mob": "Witch", "weight": 5 }, { "size": "2-4", "mob": "Zombie Villager", "weight": 5 } ], "category": "monster" }, "2": { "totalWeight": 71, "mobs": [ { "size": "2-4", "mob": "Black Wolf", "weight": 13 }, { "size": "2-3", "mob": "Sheep", "weight": 12 }, { "size": "2-4", "mob": "Cold Chicken", "weight": 10 }, { "size": "2-4", "mob": "Glow Squid", "weight": 10 }, { "size": "1-3", "mob": "Cold Pig", "weight": 10 }, { "size": "2-3", "mob": "Cold Cow", "weight": 8 }, { "size": "2-4", "mob": "Fox", "weight": 8 } ], "category": "creature" }, "3": { "totalWeight": 10, "mobs": [ { "size": "2", "mob": "Bat", "weight": 10 } ], "category": "ambient" } }

Sounds

Music

These music tracks play while the player is in the old growth pine taiga:

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Translation key
Old Growth Pine Taiga	old_growth_pine_taiga	biome.minecraft.old_growth_pine_taiga

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID
[No displayed name]	mega_taiga	32

Biome definition

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  "attributes": {
    "minecraft:audio/background_music": {
      "default": {
        "max_delay": 24000,
        "min_delay": 12000,
        "sound": "minecraft:music.overworld.old_growth_taiga"
      }
    },
    "minecraft:gameplay/natural_mob_spawns": {
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        "spawn_costs": {},
        "spawns_by_category": {
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              "count": 8,
              "weight": 10
            }
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          "creature": [
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              "type": "minecraft:sheep",
              "count": 4,
              "weight": 12
            },
            {
              "type": "minecraft:pig",
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              "weight": 10
            },
            {
              "type": "minecraft:chicken",
              "count": 4,
              "weight": 10
            },
            {
              "type": "minecraft:cow",
              "count": 4,
              "weight": 8
            },
            {
              "type": "minecraft:wolf",
              "count": 4,
              "weight": 8
            },
            {
              "type": "minecraft:rabbit",
              "count": {
                "type": "minecraft:uniform",
                "max_inclusive": 3,
                "min_inclusive": 2
              },
              "weight": 4
            },
            {
              "type": "minecraft:fox",
              "count": {
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              "weight": 8
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          ],
          "monster": [
            {
              "type": "minecraft:spider",
              "count": 4,
              "weight": 100
            },
            {
              "type": "minecraft:zombie",
              "count": 4,
              "weight": 100
            },
            {
              "type": "minecraft:zombie_villager",
              "count": 1,
              "weight": 25
            },
            {
              "type": "minecraft:skeleton",
              "count": 4,
              "weight": 100
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            {
              "type": "minecraft:creeper",
              "count": 4,
              "weight": 100
            },
            {
              "type": "minecraft:slime",
              "count": 4,
              "weight": 100
            },
            {
              "type": "minecraft:enderman",
              "count": {
                "type": "minecraft:uniform",
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                "min_inclusive": 1
              },
              "weight": 10
            },
            {
              "type": "minecraft:witch",
              "count": 1,
              "weight": 5
            }
          ],
          "underground_water_creature": [
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              "type": "minecraft:glow_squid",
              "count": {
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                "max_inclusive": 6,
                "min_inclusive": 4
              },
              "weight": 10
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "modifier": "overlay"
    },
    "minecraft:visual/sky_color": "#7ca3ff"
  },
  "carvers": [
    "minecraft:cave",
    "minecraft:cave_extra_underground",
    "minecraft:canyon"
  ],
  "downfall": 0.8,
  "effects": {
    "water_color": "#3f76e4"
  },
  "features": [
    [],
    [
      "minecraft:lake_lava_underground",
      "minecraft:lake_lava_surface"
    ],
    [
      "minecraft:amethyst_geode",
      "minecraft:forest_rock"
    ],
    [
      "minecraft:monster_room",
      "minecraft:monster_room_deep"
    ],
    [],
    [],
    [
      "minecraft:ore_dirt",
      "minecraft:ore_gravel",
      "minecraft:ore_granite_upper",
      "minecraft:ore_granite_lower",
      "minecraft:ore_diorite_upper",
      "minecraft:ore_diorite_lower",
      "minecraft:ore_andesite_upper",
      "minecraft:ore_andesite_lower",
      "minecraft:ore_tuff",
      "minecraft:ore_coal_upper",
      "minecraft:ore_coal_lower",
      "minecraft:ore_iron_upper",
      "minecraft:ore_iron_middle",
      "minecraft:ore_iron_small",
      "minecraft:ore_gold",
      "minecraft:ore_gold_lower",
      "minecraft:ore_redstone",
      "minecraft:ore_redstone_lower",
      "minecraft:ore_diamond",
      "minecraft:ore_diamond_medium",
      "minecraft:ore_diamond_large",
      "minecraft:ore_diamond_buried",
      "minecraft:ore_lapis",
      "minecraft:ore_lapis_buried",
      "minecraft:ore_copper",
      "minecraft:underwater_magma",
      "minecraft:disk_sand",
      "minecraft:disk_clay",
      "minecraft:disk_gravel"
    ],
    [],
    [
      "minecraft:spring_water",
      "minecraft:spring_lava"
    ],
    [
      "minecraft:glow_lichen",
      "minecraft:patch_large_fern",
      "minecraft:trees_old_growth_pine_taiga",
      "minecraft:flower_default",
      "minecraft:patch_grass_taiga",
      "minecraft:patch_dead_bush",
      "minecraft:brown_mushroom_old_growth",
      "minecraft:red_mushroom_old_growth",
      "minecraft:brown_mushroom_normal",
      "minecraft:red_mushroom_normal",
      "minecraft:patch_pumpkin",
      "minecraft:patch_sugar_cane",
      "minecraft:patch_firefly_bush_near_water",
      "minecraft:patch_berry_common"
    ],
    [
      "minecraft:freeze_top_layer"
    ]
  ],
  "has_precipitation": true,
  "temperature": 0.3
}

Achievements

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other
		Adventuring Time	Discover 17 biomes.	Visit any 17 biomes. Does not have to be in a single world.	40	Silver

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	Adventuring Time	Discover every biome	Visit all of these 56​[until: Fourth Drop 2026]/57​[upcoming] biomes: Badlands Bamboo Jungle Beach Birch Forest Cherry Grove Cold Ocean Dappled Forest Dark Forest Deep Cold Ocean Deep Dark Deep Frozen Ocean Deep Lukewarm Ocean Deep Ocean Desert Dripstone Caves Eroded Badlands Flower Forest Forest Frozen Ocean Frozen Peaks Frozen River Grove Ice Caves Ice Spikes Jagged Peaks Jungle Lukewarm Ocean Lush Caves Mangrove Swamp Meadow Mushroom Fields Ocean Old Growth Birch Forest Old Growth Pine Taiga Old Growth Spruce Taiga Pale Garden Plains River Savanna Savanna Plateau Snowy Beach Snowy Plains Snowy Slopes Snowy Taiga Sparse Jungle Stony Peaks Stony Shore Sunflower Plains Sulfur Caves Swamp Taiga Warm Ocean Windswept Forest Windswept Gravelly Hills Windswept Hills Windswept Savanna Wooded Badlands The advancement is only for Overworld biomes. Other biomes may also be visited, but are ignored for this advancement.

History

Java Edition

Bedrock Edition

Legacy Console Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

Issues

Issues relating to "Old Growth Pine Taiga" or "Mega Taiga" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Gallery

Screenshots

• 
  An abandoned camp in an old growth pine taiga
• 
  An old growth pine taiga single biome world

Historical screenshots

• 
  Side-by-side comparison of an old growth tree taiga (left) with an old growth spruce taiga (right)
• 
  A sunset in an old growth pine taiga
• 
  Old growth pine taiga
• 
  A bay in an old growth pine taiga.
• 
  A river in an old growth pine taiga
• 
  A comparison of the four different giant tree taiga biomes before 1.18
• 
  A giant tree taiga single biome world before 1.18
• 
  A giant tree taiga with ray tracing

Development images

• 
  The first image released of the old growth pine taiga
• 
  A lake in an old growth pine taiga
• 
  A small lake in an old growth pine taiga

See also

• Taiga
• Old Growth Spruce Taiga
• Giant Tree Taiga Hills
• Giant Spruce Taiga Hills
• Snowy Taiga
• Grove

External links

• "Around the Block: Old Growth Pine Taiga" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, November 2, 2023.