Snowy Taiga Hills

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 Taiga Hills

Structures	Taiga Village‌[BE only] Pillager Outpost‌[BE only]
Features	Spruce Pine
Blocks	Grass Block Snow Fern Sweet Berry Bush Large Fern
Climate
Temperature	-0.5
Downfall	0.4
Precipitation	Yes
Snow accumulation‌[BE only]	0.125-0.5
Colors
Grass color	#80B497
Foliage color	#60A17B
Dry foliage color	#8F7A5A
Water color	#3D57D6‌[JE only]  #245B78‌[BE only]
Vibrant Visuals
Atmospherics	Default
Lighting	Cold
Volumetric fog	Semi-humid
Color grading	Cold

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

Description

Old

Like all other hills biomes, snowy taiga hills featured hillier, more erratic terrain. These hills were somewhat steep, making this variant difficult for survival. Although this was a snowy biome, rivers generated inside snowy taiga hills were not replaced by frozen rivers. Pillager outposts and villages generated in this biome,‌^{[BE only]} however, unlike the regular snowy taiga, igloos didn't generate here.

Current

In Bedrock Edition, snowy taiga hills 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 current snowy taiga. Animals spawn here with their cold variants and wolves use their ashen variant. Unlike regular snowy taigas, trail ruins do not generate. A higher snow accumulation value causes most snow to generate stacked.

With Vibrant Visuals, snowy taiga hills use a coolish humid volumetric fog setting, which slightly fades the distance in an orange tint. Snowy taiga hills have strong cold color grading which tints the environment with an icy blue color, and cold sunlight which appears slightly brighter at dusk and dawn.

Mobs

Snowy taiga hills use the same mob spawning chances as snowy taigas.

The following mobs naturally spawn here:

In Java Edition

Mob	Spawn weight	Group size
Creature category
Sheep	12⁄60	4
Pig	10⁄60	4
Chicken	10⁄60	4
Cow	8⁄60	4
Wolf	8⁄60	4
Rabbit[note 1]	4⁄60	2–3
Fox[note 2]	8⁄60	2–4
Monster category
Spider	100⁄515	4
Zombie	95⁄515	4
Zombie Villager	5⁄515	1
Skeleton	100⁄515	4
Creeper	100⁄515	4
Slime[note 3]	100⁄515	4
Enderman	10⁄515	1–4
Witch	5⁄515	1
Ambient category
Bat	1	8

{ "hasNotes": true, "notes": { "Rabbit": "80% of spawned rabbits are white and 20% are black and white.", "Slime": "Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.", "Fox": "The foxes are snowy foxes." }, "1": { "totalWeight": 60, "mobs": [ { "size": "4", "mob": "Sheep", "weight": 12 }, { "size": "4", "mob": "Pig", "weight": 10 }, { "size": "4", "mob": "Chicken", "weight": 10 }, { "size": "4", "mob": "Cow", "weight": 8 }, { "size": "4", "mob": "Wolf", "weight": 8 }, { "note": "80% of spawned rabbits are white and 20% are black and white.", "mob": "Rabbit", "weight": 4, "notename": "Rabbit", "size": "2-3" }, { "note": "The foxes are snowy foxes.", "mob": "Fox", "weight": 8, "notename": "Fox", "size": "2-4" } ], "category": "passive" }, "2": { "totalWeight": 515, "mobs": [ { "size": "4", "mob": "Spider", "weight": 100 }, { "size": "4", "mob": "Zombie", "weight": 95 }, { "size": "1", "mob": "Zombie Villager", "weight": 5 }, { "size": "4", "mob": "Skeleton", "weight": 100 }, { "size": "4", "mob": "Creeper", "weight": 100 }, { "note": "Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.", "mob": "Slime", "weight": 100, "notename": "Slime", "size": "4" }, { "size": "1-4", "mob": "Enderman", "weight": 10 }, { "size": "1", "mob": "Witch", "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
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
Ashen Wolf	13	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
Snow Fox	8	2–4
Rabbit	4	2–3
Ambient category
Bat	1	8

{ "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": 75, "mobs": [ { "size": "4", "mob": "Ashen 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": "Snow Fox", "weight": 8 }, { "size": "2-3", "mob": "Rabbit", "weight": 4 } ], "category": "creature" }, "3": { "totalWeight": 10, "mobs": [ { "size": "8", "mob": "Bat", "weight": 10 } ], "category": "ambient" } }

Data values

ID

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID
[No displayed name]	cold_taiga_hills	31

History

Java Edition

Bedrock Edition

Legacy Console Edition

Data history

Issues

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

Gallery

• 
  Snowy taiga hills.
• 
  A pillager outpost in snowy taiga hills.
• 
  A village in snowy taiga hills during snowfall, in Bedrock Edition.
• 
  Snowfall in snowy taiga hills in Bedrock Edition.
• 
  A snowy taiga hills single biome world.
• 
  Snowy taiga hills with ray tracing.

See also

• Snowy Taiga
• Snowy Taiga Mountains
• Snowy Plains
• Taiga
• Taiga Hills
• Grove
• Biome/Before 1.18