Giant Tree Taiga Hills

Giant Tree Taiga Hills

Features	Spruce Pine Mega Pine Forest rock
Blocks	Grass Block Podzol Coarse Dirt Fern Large Fern Dead Bush Mushrooms Sweet Berry Bush
Climate
Temperature	0.3
Downfall	0.8
Precipitation	Yes
Colors
Grass color	#86B87F
Foliage color	#68A55F
Dry foliage color	#9C754D
Water color	#3F76E4‌[JE only]  #286378‌[BE only]
Vibrant Visuals
Atmospherics	Default
Lighting	Cold
Volumetric fog	Semi-humid
Color grading	Coolish

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The giant tree taiga hills or mega taiga hills biome is a hills variant of the giant tree taiga that no longer generates since Caves & Cliffs: Part II, and has been removed in Java Edition.

Description

Old

Like all other hills biomes, giant tree taiga hills featured elevated, hillier terrain compared to the tegular giant tree taiga, making the landscape less suitable for shelter. In any other aspect, the giant tree taiga hills generated the same way as the regular giant tree taiga. Podzol, coarse dirt, and rocks all generated on the hills. Wolves, foxes and rabbits‌^{[Java Edition only]} spawned here.

Current

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

The appear similar to the regular old growth pine taiga. Cold animal variants spawn as well as black wolf variants. The snowfall height is increased to Y=200±8, covering only the highest mountain peaks in snow. Unlike in regular old growth pine taigas, trail ruins do not generate. No old growth taiga music tracks play, which is different from the giant spruce taiga hills.

With Vibrant Visuals, giant tree taiga hills use a coolish humid volumetric fog setting, which slightly fades the distance in an orange tint. Giant tree 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

Giant tree taiga hills use the same mob spawning chances as old growth pine 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	4⁄60	2–3
Fox	8⁄60	2–4
Monster category
Spider	100⁄540	4
Zombie	100⁄540	4
Skeleton	100⁄540	4
Zombie Villager	25⁄540	1
Creeper	100⁄540	4
Slime	100⁄540	4
Enderman	10⁄540	1–4
Witch	5⁄540	1
Ambient category
Bat	1	8

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In Bedrock Edition

Mob	Spawn weight	Group size
Monster category
Creeper	100	1
Slime	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
Black Wolf	13	2–4
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
Ambient category
Bat	1	8

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Data values

ID

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID
[No displayed name]	mega_taiga_hills	33

History

Reveal

August 7, 2013							Jens tweeted the first image of a mega taiga, unofficially dubbed the redwood forest. The name was changed following 1.7's release.

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.7.2			13w36a				Mega Taiga Hills biome added, along with many other biomes.
1.13			18w19a				Renamed "Mega Taiga Hills" to "Giant Tree Taiga Hills".
1.15			pre2				Foxes and berry bushes can now spawn in giant tree taiga hills.
1.18			Experimental Snapshot 1				Giant tree taiga hills no longer generates naturally.
			21w40a				The giant tree taiga hills biome has been removed.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.9.0			build 1				Added mega taiga hills, along with many other biomes.
							A block named "grassless dirt" generates in place of the current coarse dirt.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0			beta 1.2.0.2				Added coarse dirt, which can generate in mega taiga hills.
1.11.0			beta 1.11.0.1				Added illager patrols, which can spawn in giant tree taiga hills.
1.13.0			beta 1.13.0.1				Added foxes, which can spawn in giant tree taiga hills.
1.16.0			beta 1.15.0.51				Wolves can now spawn in giant tree taiga hills.
1.18.0			beta 1.18.0.22				Giant tree taiga hills no longer generates naturally.
			?				Snowfall now occurs above Y=200±8 instead of 160±8.
1.20.80			Preview 1.20.80.21				Wolves that spawn in giant tree taiga hills are now the black variant.
1.21.60			Preview 1.21.60.23				Mushrooms now generate in larger and more cohesive patches.
							Ferns now generate more frequently.
							Sweet berry bushes patches now generate.
1.21.60 Experiment Drop 1 2025			Preview 1.21.60.25				Pigs that spawn in giant tree taiga hills are now the cold variant.
1.21.70 Experiment Drop 1 2025			Preview 1.21.70.20				Cows that spawn in giant tree taiga hills are now the cold variant.
			Preview 1.21.70.22				Chickens that spawn in giant tree taiga hills 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 giant tree taiga hills in Vibrant Visuals.
1.21.100			Preview 1.21.100.20				Increased the size of the podzol patches generated beneath mega pines.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU31	CU19	1.22	1.22	1.22	Patch 3	1.0.1	Added mega taiga hills, along with many other biomes.
			1.91				Added illager patrols, which can spawn in giant tree taiga hills.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added mega taiga hills, along with many other biomes.
1.5.25							Added coarse dirt, which can generate in mega taiga hills.

Data history

Java Edition
1.13			pre5				Changed the ID redwood_taiga_hills to giant_tree_taiga_hills.
1.18			21w37a				Prior to the removal of numerical biome IDs, this biome's numerical ID was 33.

Issues

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

Gallery

• 
  Giant tree taiga hills in Bedrock Edition.
• 
  Sunset in a giant tree taiga hills biome.
• 
  A comparison of the four different giant tree taiga biomes before 1.18.
• 
  A giant tree taiga hills single biome world.
• 
  Giant tree taiga hills with ray tracing.

See also

• Old Growth Pine Taiga
• Old Growth Spruce Taiga
• Giant Spruce Taiga Hills
• Taiga
• Biome/Before 1.18