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.

Taiga Hills

Structures	Taiga Village‌[BE only] Pillager Outpost‌[BE only]
Features	Spruce Pine
Blocks	Grass Block Fern Large Fern Sweet Berry Bush Snow
Climate
Temperature	0.25
Downfall	0.8
Precipitation	Yes
Colors
Grass color	#86B783
Foliage color	#68A464
Dry foliage color	#9A764F
Water color	#3F76E4‌[JE only]  #236583‌[BE only]
Vibrant Visuals
Atmospherics	Default
Lighting	Cold
Volumetric fog	Semi-humid
Color grading	Coolish

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

Description

Old

Like all other hills biomes, taiga hills featured more elevated and hilly terrain, with sharper inclines and more overhangs than the regular taiga, but were identical to them in every other aspect. Villages and pillager outposts generated in this biome,‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]} and wolves and foxes spawned.

Current

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

They appear identical to the current taiga. Cold animal variants spawn here, and wolves use the pale variant. The snowfall height is increased to Y=160±8, covering tall hills in snow, where they appear identical to snowy taigas. Unlike in regular taigas, trail ruins do not generate.

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

Mobs

Taiga hills use the same mob spawning chances as 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": "50% of spawned rabbits are brown, 40% are salt and pepper, and 10% are black.", "Slime": "Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.", "Fox": "The foxes spawn as red 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": "50% of spawned rabbits are brown, 40% are salt and pepper, and 10% are black.", "mob": "Rabbit", "weight": 4, "notename": "Rabbit", "size": "2-3" }, { "note": "The foxes spawn as red 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
Pale 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
Fox	8	2–4
Rabbit	4	2–3
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": 75, "mobs": [ { "size": "4", "mob": "Pale 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 }, { "size": "2-3", "mob": "Rabbit", "weight": 4 } ], "category": "creature" }, "3": { "totalWeight": 10, "mobs": [ { "size": "2", "mob": "Bat", "weight": 10 } ], "category": "ambient" } }

Data values

ID

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID
[No displayed name]	taiga_hills	19

History

Java Edition

Bedrock Edition

Legacy Console Edition

Data history

Issues

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

Gallery

• 
  A taiga hills biome next to the sea.
• 
  Taiga hills in Bedrock Edition.
• 
  A river in taiga hills.
• 
  A large cliff in a taiga hills biome.
• 
  A taiga hills single biome world.
• 
  Taiga hills with ray tracing.

See also

• Taiga
• Taiga Mountains
• Snowy Taiga
• Old Growth Pine Taiga
• Grove
• Biome/Before 1.18

References