Taiga Hills

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Taiga Hills

👁 Taiga Hills.png: Infobox image for Minecraft biome 'Taiga Hills'

👁 Taiga Hills Vibrant Visuals.png: Infobox image for Minecraft biome 'Taiga Hills'

Climate
Structures	👁 Image Taiga Village‌^{[BE only]} 👁 Image Pillager Outpost‌^{[BE only]}
Features	👁 Image Spruce 👁 Image Pine
Blocks	👁 Image Grass Block 👁 Image Fern 👁 Image Large Fern 👁 Image Sweet Berry Bush 👁 Image Snow
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

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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

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Old

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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

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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

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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
👁 Image Sheep	¹²⁄₆₀	4
👁 Image Pig	¹⁰⁄₆₀	4
👁 Image Chicken	¹⁰⁄₆₀	4
👁 Image Cow	⁸⁄₆₀	4
👁 Image Wolf	⁸⁄₆₀	4
👁 Image Rabbit^{[note 1]}	⁴⁄₆₀	2–3
👁 Image Fox^{[note 2]}	⁸⁄₆₀	2–4
Monster category
👁 Image Spider	¹⁰⁰⁄₅₁₅	4
👁 Image Zombie	⁹⁵⁄₅₁₅	4
👁 Image Zombie Villager	⁵⁄₅₁₅	1
👁 Image Skeleton	¹⁰⁰⁄₅₁₅	4
👁 Image Creeper	¹⁰⁰⁄₅₁₅	4
👁 Image Slime^{[note 3]}	¹⁰⁰⁄₅₁₅	4
👁 Image Enderman	¹⁰⁄₅₁₅	1–4
👁 Image Witch	⁵⁄₅₁₅	1
Ambient category
👁 Image Bat	1	8

↑ 50% of spawned rabbits are brown, 40% are salt and pepper, and 10% are black.
↑ The foxes spawn as red foxes.
↑ Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.

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In **Bedrock Edition**
Mob	Spawn weight	Group size
Monster category
👁 Image Creeper	100	1
👁 Image Slime^{[note 1]}	100	1
👁 Image Spider	100	1
👁 Image Zombie	95	2–4
👁 Image Skeleton	80	1–2
👁 Image Enderman	10	1–2
👁 Image Witch	5	1
👁 Image Zombie Villager	5	2–4
Creature category
👁 Image Pale Wolf	13	4
👁 Image Sheep	12	2–3
👁 Image Cold Chicken	10	2–4
👁 Image Glow Squid	10	2–4
👁 Image Cold Pig	10	1–3
👁 Image Cold Cow	8	2–3
👁 Image Fox	8	2–4
👁 Image Rabbit	4	2–3
Ambient category
👁 Image Bat	1	2

↑ Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.

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Data values

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ID

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Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID
👁 BiomeSprite taiga-hills.png: Sprite image for taiga-hills in Minecraft [No displayed name]	`taiga_hills`	`19`

History

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Java Edition

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Java Edition
1.1	12w01a	Added TaigaHills as a variant with a hilly terrain.
1.7.2	13w36a	Taiga hills now generate with ferns and the new large fern.
1.7.2	13w36a	Taiga hills are now required for the new "Adventuring Time" achievement.
1.8	14w27a	Added rabbits, which spawn in taigas.
1.13	18w16a	Renamed "TaigaHills" to "Taiga Hills".
September 29, 2018		During MINECON Earth 2018, the Minecraft community voted on which biome to update next. Taiga was the most voted biome; therefore, foxes, campfires and sweet berries food sources and plants are to be added to taigas in Java Edition 1.14.^[1]
1.14	18w49a	Added sweet berry bushes, which commonly generate in taiga biomes.
1.14	19w07a	Added foxes, which spawn in taigas with a red fur texture.
1.18	Experimental Snapshot 1	Taiga hills no longer generate naturally.
1.18	21w40a	Taiga hills have been removed.

Bedrock Edition

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Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.9.0	build 1	Added the separated snowless taiga and its variants with hills and mountains because older taigas were all snowy and had ice, along with a large number of other biomes.
v0.13.0	build 1	Added rabbits, which spawn in taigas.
v0.15.0	build 1	Villages built with spruce wood can now generate in taiga biomes. This used to be an exclusive game feature.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0	beta 1.10.0.3	Added pillager outposts, which may generate in taiga biomes.
1.10.0	beta 1.10.0.3	Added sweet berry bushes, which commonly generate in taigas.
1.13.0	beta 1.13.0.1	Added foxes, which can spawn in taigas with a red tone of fur.
1.17.30	beta 1.17.30.23	The taiga hills and taiga mountain biomes no longer generate without add-ons or mods.
1.18.0	?	Snowfall now occurs above Y=160±8 instead of 120±8.
1.21.60	Preview 1.21.60.23	Small ferns now generate more frequently.
		Large ferns now generate less frequently.
		Sweet berry bushes now generate in larger patches.
1.21.60 Experiment Drop 1 2025	Preview 1.21.60.25	Pigs that spawn in taigas are now the cold variant.
1.21.70 Experiment Drop 1 2025	Preview 1.21.70.20	Cows that spawn in taigas are now the cold variant.
1.21.70 Experiment Drop 1 2025	Preview 1.21.70.22	Chickens that spawn in taigas are now the cold variant.
1.21.90	Preview 1.21.90.26	Added semi-humid volumetric fog, cold lighting, and coolish color grading to taiga hills with Vibrant Visuals.

Legacy Console Edition

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Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU1	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added snow-covered taigas.
TU9	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1		Added the taiga hills biome.
TU31	CU19	1.22	1.22	1.22	Patch 3		Added snowless taigas and their mountainous variants, along with many other biomes.
			1.91				Added pillager outposts, which may generate in the taiga biomes.
			1.91				Added sweet berry bushes, which commonly generate in taigas.

Data history

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Java Edition
1.18			21w37a				Prior to the removal of numerical biome IDs, this biome's numerical ID was 19.

Issues

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

Gallery

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👁 A taiga hills biome next to the sea.

A taiga hills biome next to the sea.
👁 Taiga hills in Bedrock Edition.

Taiga hills in Bedrock Edition.
👁 A river in taiga hills.

A river in taiga hills.
👁 A large cliff in a taiga hills biome.

A large cliff in a taiga hills biome.
👁 A taiga hills single biome world.

A taiga hills single biome world.
👁 Taiga hills with ray tracing.

Taiga hills with ray tracing.

References

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↑ "Everything we announced at MINECON Earth 2018!" – Minecraft.net.

Navigation

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Modified hills	👁 Image Giant Spruce Taiga Hills 👁 Image Gravelly Mountains+ 👁 Image Shattered Savanna Plateau 👁 Image Tall Birch Hills
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Health Boost

JE only	👁 Image Luck 👁 Image Bad Luck

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Description

Old

Current

Mobs

Data values

ID

History

Java Edition

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Legacy Console Edition

Data history

Issues

Gallery

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