Snowy Slopes

Snowy slopes are snowy biomes that often generate on the sides of mountains. Unlike the snowy plains, this biome is made out of stone covered with one or more layers of snow blocks and occasional powder snow patches.

Snowy slopes generate as mountain slope biomes, similar to meadows and cherry groves, but at higher altitudes and not as plateaus. They can also generate standalone on smaller peaks, sometimes measuring only a few blocks in size.

They can generate in the coldest to medium temperature zones with lower humidity. They often border jagged peaks and frozen peaks as mountain biomes and meadows and cherry groves in valleys, and they are replaced by groves in higher humidity. Snowy slopes can also border medium biomes when they generate on plateaus, like plains, sunflower plains, and flower forests.

In the coldest temperature zones, snowy slopes extend to entire valleys and hills around mountains, replacing snowy plains and ice spikes, and also bordering frozen rivers and frozen oceans with tall cliffs or stony shores. Ice spikes and snowy plains can sometimes generate as thin strips replacing rivers in highland snowy slopes.

Because snowy slopes are mountain biomes, they are almost guaranteed to have deep dark underneath, and commonly also dripstone caves.

Snowy slopes are similar to groves except that no trees generate. It is a mostly barren biome covered in snow, multiple layers of snow blocks and strips of powder snow, with steep sides to the north or east also having stone cliffs covered with snow layers.

Infested stone generates underground as well as emerald ore.

Goats spawn in this biome alongside snowy rabbits and polar bears.‌^{[BE only]} At nighttime, strays may also spawn alongside common hostile mobs.

This is the only mountain biome where igloos can generate. Pillager outposts also generate.

With Vibrant Visuals, snowy slopes use default environmental settings with a coolish color grading, making the biome appear colder blue. They use cold sunlight, which is slightly brighter at dusk and dawn.

The following mobs naturally spawn here:

In Java Edition

Mob	Spawn weight	Group size
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 1]	100⁄515	4
Enderman	10⁄515	1–4
Witch	5⁄515	1
Creature category
Goat	5⁄9	1–3
Rabbit	4⁄9	2–3
Underground water creature category
Glow Squid	1	4–6
Ambient category
Bat	1	8

In Bedrock Edition

Mob	Spawn weight	Group size
Monster category
Creeper	100	1
Slime[note 1]	100	1
Spider	100	1
Stray	96	1–2
Zombie	95	2–4
Skeleton	24	1–2
Enderman	10	1–2
Witch	5	1
Zombie Villager	5	2–4
Creature category
Glow Squid	10	2–4
Rabbit	8	2–3
Goat	5	1–3
Polar Bear	1	1–2

These music tracks play while the player is in snowy slopes:

Title	Preview	Java Edition		Bedrock Edition
		Weight	Probability	Weight	Probability
Nightly		2	22.22%	2	22.22%
An Ordinary Day		1	11.11%	1	11.11%
Haggstrom		1	11.11%	1	11.11%
Living Mice		1	11.11%	1	11.11%
One More Day		1	11.11%	1	11.11%
pokopoko		1	11.11%	1	11.11%
Stand Tall		1	11.11%	1	11.11%
Subwoofer Lullaby		1	11.11%	1	11.11%

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Translation key
Snowy Slopes	snowy_slopes	biome.minecraft.snowy_slopes

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID
[No displayed name]	snowy_slopes	184

September 28, 2019							During MINECON Live 2019, the mountains won the community biome vote; additions were improved terrain generation, powder snow, and goats.
October 3, 2020							The Caves & Cliffs update was announced at Minecraft Live 2020, showing a sneak peek at goats and the new mountain generation.

Java Edition
1.18			Experimental Snapshot 1				Added snowy slopes.
			experimental snapshot 2				Infested stone and emerald ore now generate in snowy slopes.
			experimental snapshot 3				Snowy slopes no longer generate with dirt under snow layer.
							Pillager outposts now generate in snowy slopes.
							Goats now spawn in snowy slopes.
			experimental snapshot 4				Snowy slopes no longer generate with dirt under the surface layer.
			experimental snapshot 6				Snowy slopes are less likely to generate on mountain peaks.
							Snowy slopes start generating lower down in cold areas and higher up in warmer areas.
			21w41a				The snowy slopes surfaces have been fixed to work like they did in the experimental snapshots, where steep sides of the peaks that face the east or north have exposed stone.[1]
							The sky color of snowy slopes has been changed from  #79a6ff to  #829fff.
			21w44a				Powder snow strips are now exposed to the surface, instead of covering by a layer of snow blocks.[2]
							Snowy slopes are now required for the "Adventuring Time" advancement.
1.20			23w17a				"A Familiar Room" can now be played in snowy slopes.

Bedrock Edition
1.16.220 Experiment Caves and Cliffs			beta 1.16.220.50				Added the snowy slopes.
							Goats now spawn in the snowy slopes biome.
1.17.30			beta 1.17.20.23				Hostile mobs can now spawn in snowy slopes.
1.17.40 Experiment Caves and Cliffs			beta 1.17.40.20				Rabbits can now spawn in snowy slopes.
1.18.0			beta 1.18.0.20				Snowy slopes now generate by default without enabling experimental gameplay.
1.21.90			Preview 1.21.90.26				Added cold lighting and coolish color grading to snowy slopes in Vibrant Visuals.

Minecraft Education
1.18.32			1.18.10.04				Added the snowy slopes.

Java Edition
1.18			21w37a				Prior to the removal of numerical biome IDs, this biome's numerical ID was 179.

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

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  A snowy slopes single biome world

• Meadow
• Grove
• Jagged Peaks
• Frozen Peaks
• Cherry Grove
• Snowy Plains

• "Around the Block: Snowy Slopes" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, October 6, 2023.

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