Snowy Mountains

For the current snow-topped mountains, see Frozen Peaks and Jagged Peaks.

This article describes content that has been officially made unobtainable in Bedrock Edition.

It can still be obtained using third-party software. However, this can cause unexpected behavior such as bugs and crashes.

This page describes content that has been removed from Java Edition.

This feature was present in earlier versions of Java Edition, but has since been removed.

Snowy Mountains

Features	Spruce
Blocks	Snow Grass Block Ice
Climate
Temperature	0.0
Downfall	0.5
Precipitation	Yes
Snow accumulation‌[BE only]	0.125-0.25
Colors
Grass color	#80B497
Foliage color	#60A17B
Dry foliage color	#8F7A5A
Water color	#3F76E4‌[JE only]  #1156A7‌[BE only]
Vibrant Visuals
Atmospherics	Default
Lighting	Cold
Volumetric fog	Default
Color grading	Cold

The snowy mountains or ice mountains biome is a hills variant of the snowy plains that no longer generates since Caves & Cliffs: Part II, and was removed in Java Edition.

Description

Old

These hills were no taller than most other hill biomes in the game, despite the name "mountains". As a hills variant, the biome was almost similar to the snowy plains. However, rivers generated inside this biome were not replaced by frozen rivers. No structures generated in this biome, though polar bears, rabbits and strays spawned. Caves frequently generated on the sides of the mountains. In Bedrock Edition, no hostile mobs other than strays, skeletons and slimes spawned here.

Current

In Bedrock Edition, snowy mountains in older worlds still received updates. When generated through single biome or behavior packs, they can also generate new blocks.

They appear similar to the old snowy mountains, with the difference that zombie horsemen and frostbites​^{[upcoming: Fourth Drop 2026]} can spawn at night.

With Vibrant Visuals, snowy mountains use default atmospherics with a strong cold color grading, making the biome appear icy blue. They have cold sunlight, which appears slightly brighter at dusk and dawn.

Mobs

Snowy mountains use the same mob spawning chances as snowy plains.

The following mobs naturally spawn here:

In Java Edition

Mob	Spawn weight	Group size
Creature category
Rabbit[note 1]	10⁄11	2–3
Polar Bear	1⁄11	1–2
Monster category
Spider	100⁄515	4
Zombie	95⁄515	4
Stray	80⁄515	4
Creeper	100⁄515	4
Slime[note 2]	100⁄515	4
Skeleton	20⁄515	4
Enderman	10⁄515	1–4
Witch	5⁄515	1
Zombie Villager	5⁄515	1
Ambient category
Bat	1	8

{ "hasNotes": true, "notes": { "Slime": "Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.", "Rabbit": "80% of spawned rabbits are white and 20% are black and white." }, "1": { "totalWeight": 11, "mobs": [ { "note": "80% of spawned rabbits are white and 20% are black and white.", "mob": "Rabbit", "weight": 10, "notename": "Rabbit", "size": "2-3" }, { "size": "1-2", "mob": "Polar Bear", "weight": 1 } ], "category": "passive" }, "2": { "totalWeight": 515, "mobs": [ { "size": "4", "mob": "Spider", "weight": 100 }, { "size": "4", "mob": "Zombie", "weight": 95 }, { "size": "4", "mob": "Stray", "weight": 80 }, { "size": "4", "mob": "Creeper", "weight": 100 }, { "note": "Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.", "mob": "Slime", "weight": 100, "notename": "Slime", "size": "4" }, { "size": "4", "mob": "Skeleton", "weight": 20 }, { "size": "1-4", "mob": "Enderman", "weight": 10 }, { "size": "1", "mob": "Witch", "weight": 5 }, { "size": "1", "mob": "Zombie Villager", "weight": 5 } ], "category": "hostile" }, "3": { "totalWeight": 10, "mobs": [ { "size": "8", "mob": "Bat", "weight": 10 } ], "category": "ambient" } }

In Bedrock Edition

Mob	Spawn weight	Group size
Monster category
Slime[note 1]	100	1
Stray	96	1–2
Frostbite	?	2–4
Skeleton	24	1–2
Zombie Horse[note 2]	5	1
Creature category
Glow Squid	10	2–4
Rabbit	4	2–3
Polar Bear	1	1–2
Ambient category
Bat	1	2

{ "hasNotes": true, "notes": { "Slime": "Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.", "Zombie Horse": "Always spawns ridden by a zombie with an iron spear." }, "1": { "totalWeight": 225, "mobs": [ { "note": "Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.", "mob": "Slime", "weight": 100, "notename": "Slime", "size": "1" }, { "size": "1-2", "mob": "Stray", "weight": 96 }, { "size": "2-4", "mob": "Frostbite", "weight": "?" }, { "size": "1-2", "mob": "Skeleton", "weight": 24 }, { "note": "Always spawns ridden by a zombie with an iron spear.", "mob": "Zombie Horse", "weight": 5, "notename": "Zombie Horse", "size": "1" } ], "category": "monster" }, "2": { "totalWeight": 15, "mobs": [ { "size": "2-4", "mob": "Glow Squid", "weight": 10 }, { "size": "2-3", "mob": "Rabbit", "weight": 4 }, { "size": "1-2", "mob": "Polar Bear", "weight": 1 } ], "category": "creature" }, "3": { "totalWeight": 10, "mobs": [ { "size": "2", "mob": "Bat", "weight": 10 } ], "category": "ambient" } }

Data values

ID

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID
[No displayed name]	ice_mountains	13

History

Java Edition

Bedrock Edition

Legacy Console Edition

Data history

Issues

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

Gallery

• 
  Rivers in snowy mountains are not frozen.
• 
  A village that generated right next to a snowy mountains biome.
• 
  Snowfall in a snowy mountains biome in Bedrock Edition.
• 
  A snowy mountains single biome world.
• 
  Snowy mountains with ray tracing.

See also

• Snowy Plains
• Ice Spikes
• Snowy Taiga Mountains
• Taiga Mountains
• Mountains
• Biome/Before 1.18