Taiga Mountains

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

Taiga Mountains

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]  #1E6B82‌[BE only]
Vibrant Visuals
Atmospherics	Default
Lighting	Cold
Volumetric fog	Semi-humid
Color grading	Coolish

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

The terrain in taiga mountains was much steeper than in the regular taiga and taiga hills, with peaks occasionally crossing the snowfall line, making this a more difficult variant among the taiga family. However, it wasn't as mountainous as the windswept hills.

Villages and pillager outposts didn't generate in this biome, though wolves and foxes still spawned.

In Bedrock Edition, taiga mountains 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, except that structures still don't generate. 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.

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

Taiga mountains 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

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

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID
[No displayed name]	taiga_mutated	133

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

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  A taiga mountains biome during sunset.
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  Taiga mountains next to a flower forest.
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  A village generated next to a taiga mountains biome, with a flower forest on the background.
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  Taiga mountains in Bedrock Edition.
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  A taiga mountains single biome world.
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  Taiga mountains with ray tracing.

• Taiga
• Taiga Hills
• Snowy Taiga
• Snowy Taiga Mountains
• Grove
• Windswept Forest
• Mountains
• Biome/Before 1.18

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