Grove

Grove
Structures	Pillager Outpost
Features	Spruce Tree; Pine
Blocks	Snow; Powder Snow; Snow Block; Dirt; Emerald Ore; Infested Stone
Climate
Temperature	-0.2
Downfall	0.8
Precipitation	Yes
Snow; accumulation‌[BE only]	0.125-0.25
Colors
Grass color	; #80B497
Foliage color	; #60A17B
Dry foliage color	; #8F7A5A
Water color	; #3F76E4‌[JE only]; ; #44AFF5‌[BE only]
Vibrant Visuals
Atmospherics	Default
Lighting	Cold
Volumetric fog	Default
Color grading	Coolish

A grove is a snowy forest biome that often generates on the sides of mountains. Similar to the snowy taiga, it is filled with spruce trees but the ground is covered with snow blocks and occasional powder snow patches.

Generation

Groves usually generate as mountain slope biomes in cold to temperate climates, requiring medium to high humidity. As a result, they are frequently bordered by jagged peaks and frozen peaks in higher mountains.

Groves often border forests, taigas, meadows, birch forests, dark forests, and old growth taigas as the terrain lowers. In frozen climates, snowy taigas frequently border groves.

Very cold climates allow groves to stretch into flatter terrain and valleys, where they can cover thousands of blocks with thin frozen rivers, taigas, or snowy taigas biomes cutting through the valleys. If the humidity decreases, snowy slopes often generate instead.

Similar to other mountain biomes, the deep dark is very common deep underground. At shallower depths, dripstone caves and lush caves frequently generate. Ice caves often generate underground if temperatures are low and weirdness is high.^{[upcoming: Fourth Drop 2026]}

Description

A grove creates a forest of spruce trees on the sides of a mountain, reminiscent of a snowy taiga but the surface is covered snow blocks above a dirt ground, with snow layers on top. All spruce trees grow on a single block of dirt replacing snow blocks, with a slightly lower density than in snowy taigas.

Strips of powder snow occasionally replace snow blocks and the dirt below, where trees do not generate. Fallen trees and dying trees do not generate here.

Rabbits, snowy wolves, and snow foxes can spawn in this biome. Like other mountain biomes, emerald ore and infested stone can generate in stone under the ground. Pillager outposts are the only structures that generate here.

With Vibrant Visuals, groves 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.

Mobs

The following mobs naturally spawn here:

In **Java Edition**
Mob	Spawn weight	Group size
Monster category
Creeper	¹⁰⁰⁄₅₁₅	4
Skeleton	¹⁰⁰⁄₅₁₅	4
Slime^{[note 1]}	¹⁰⁰⁄₅₁₅	4
Spider	¹⁰⁰⁄₅₁₅	4
Zombie	⁹⁵⁄₅₁₅	4
Enderman	¹⁰⁄₅₁₅	1–4
Witch	⁵⁄₅₁₅	1
Zombie Villager	⁵⁄₅₁₅	1
Creature category
Snow Fox	⁴⁄₁₃	2–4
Snowy Wolf	¹⁄₁₃	1
Rabbit	⁸⁄₁₃	2–3
Underground water creature category
Glow Squid	1	4–6
Ambient category
Bat	1	8

↑ Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.

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
Glow Squid	10	2–4
Snow Fox	8	2–4
Rabbit	8	2–3
Snowy Wolf	8	1
Ambient category
Bat	1	8

↑ Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.

Sounds

Music

These music tracks play while the player is in a grove:

Title	Preview	Java Edition		Bedrock Edition
Title	Preview	Weight	Probability	Weight	Probability
Shores		2	14.29%	2	14.29%
Clark		1	7.14%	1	7.14%
Comforting Memories		1	7.14%	1	7.14%
Eld Unknown		1	7.14%	1	7.14%
Endless		1	7.14%	1	7.14%
Infinite Amethyst		1	7.14%	1	7.14%
Lilypad		1	7.14%	1	7.14%
Mice on Venus		1	7.14%	1	7.14%
Minecraft		1	7.14%	1	7.14%
Oxygène		1	7.14%	1	7.14%
pokopoko		1	7.14%	1	7.14%
Sweden		1	7.14%	1	7.14%
Wending		1	7.14%	1	7.14%

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier
Grove	`grove`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier
[No displayed name]	`grove`

Biome definition

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    "minecraft:canyon"
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  "downfall": 0.8,
  "effects": {
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  "features": [
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    [
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      "minecraft:monster_room_deep"
    ],
    [],
    [],
    [
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      "minecraft:ore_gravel",
      "minecraft:ore_granite_upper",
      "minecraft:ore_granite_lower",
      "minecraft:ore_diorite_upper",
      "minecraft:ore_diorite_lower",
      "minecraft:ore_andesite_upper",
      "minecraft:ore_andesite_lower",
      "minecraft:ore_tuff",
      "minecraft:ore_coal_upper",
      "minecraft:ore_coal_lower",
      "minecraft:ore_iron_upper",
      "minecraft:ore_iron_middle",
      "minecraft:ore_iron_small",
      "minecraft:ore_gold",
      "minecraft:ore_gold_lower",
      "minecraft:ore_redstone",
      "minecraft:ore_redstone_lower",
      "minecraft:ore_diamond",
      "minecraft:ore_diamond_medium",
      "minecraft:ore_diamond_large",
      "minecraft:ore_diamond_buried",
      "minecraft:ore_lapis",
      "minecraft:ore_lapis_buried",
      "minecraft:ore_copper",
      "minecraft:underwater_magma",
      "minecraft:disk_sand",
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      "minecraft:disk_gravel",
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    ],
    [
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      "minecraft:patch_pumpkin"
    ],
    [
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  "temperature": -0.2
}

Achievements


Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
		Adventuring Time	Discover 17 biomes.	Visit any 17 biomes. Does not have to be in a single world.	40	Silver

Advancements

Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
Adventuring Time	Discover every biome	Visit all of these 56^{[until: Fourth Drop 2026]}/57^[upcoming] biomes: Badlands Bamboo Jungle Beach Birch Forest Cherry Grove Cold Ocean Dappled Forest Dark Forest Deep Cold Ocean Deep Dark Deep Frozen Ocean Deep Lukewarm Ocean Deep Ocean Desert Dripstone Caves Eroded Badlands Flower Forest Forest Frozen Ocean Frozen Peaks Frozen River Grove Ice Caves Ice Spikes Jagged Peaks Jungle Lukewarm Ocean Lush Caves Mangrove Swamp Meadow Mushroom Fields Ocean Old Growth Birch Forest Old Growth Pine Taiga Old Growth Spruce Taiga Pale Garden Plains River Savanna Savanna Plateau Snowy Beach Snowy Plains Snowy Slopes Snowy Taiga Sparse Jungle Stony Peaks Stony Shore Sunflower Plains Sulfur Caves Swamp Taiga Warm Ocean Windswept Forest Windswept Gravelly Hills Windswept Hills Windswept Savanna Wooded Badlands The advancement is only for Overworld biomes. Other biomes may also be visited, but are ignored for this advancement.
Light as a Rabbit	Walk on Powder Snow... without sinking in it	Walk on powder snow while wearing leather boots.
The Whole Pack	Tame one of each Wolf variant	Tame each of these 9 wolf variants: Ashen Black Chestnut Pale Rusty Snowy Spotted Striped Woods

History

Announcement

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

Java Edition
1.18	Experimental Snapshot 1	Added groves, along with the other new mountain biomes.
	experimental snapshot 2	Infested stone and emerald ore now generate in the new mountain biomes.
	experimental snapshot 3	Pillager outposts now generate in groves.
	experimental snapshot 3	Goats now spawn in groves.
	experimental snapshot 6	Groves are less likely to generate on mountain peaks.
	experimental snapshot 6	Groves start generating lower down in cold areas and higher up in warmer areas.
	21w37a	Prior to the removal of numerical biome IDs, this biome's numerical ID was 178.
	21w37a	Spruce trees no longer generate in groves.^[1]
	21w38a	Spruce trees once again generate in groves.
	21w41a	The sky color of groves has been changed from #79a6ff to #81a0ff.
	21w44a	Powder snow strips are now exposed to the surface, instead of covering by a layer of snow blocks.^[2]
	21w44a	Grove is now required for the "Adventuring Time" advancement.
1.20	23w17a	"A Familiar Room" can now be played in groves.
1.20.5	24w10a	Rabbits, wolves, and foxes are now the only passive mobs spawning in the grove biome.
1.20.5	24w10a	Wolves that spawn in groves are now the snowy variant.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.16.220 Experiment Caves and Cliffs	beta 1.16.220.50	Added the grove.
1.17.30 Experiment Caves and Cliffs	beta 1.17.20.23	Hostile mobs can now spawn in groves.
1.17.40 Experiment Caves and Cliffs	beta 1.17.40.20	Foxes can now spawn in groves.
1.18.0	beta 1.18.0.20	Groves can now generate by default without enabling experimental gameplay.
1.18.0	beta 1.18.0.24	Changed the biome ID `mountain_grove` to `grove`.
1.19.40	Preview 1.19.40.20	The grove is now classified as "Cold".
1.19.40	Preview 1.19.40.20	Villagers spawning in groves are the snowy variant.
1.20.80	Preview 1.20.80.21	Foxes now spawn less frequently in groves.
1.20.80	Preview 1.20.80.21	Rabbits now spawn more frequently in groves.
1.21.90	Preview 1.21.90.26	Added cold lighting and coolish color grading to groves in Vibrant Visuals.
1.21.100	Preview 1.21.100.20	Trees now generate more sparsely.
26.50	Preview 26.50.22	Bats now spawn in groves.

Minecraft Education

Minecraft Education
1.18.32			1.18.10.04				Added the grove.

Issues

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

Gallery

Screenshots

A grove as seen from a frozen river
A grove bordering a snowy taiga. Notice how the grove uses snow blocks as its top layer, while the snowy taiga uses grass blocks with snow layers.
An extremely small grove
A grove single biome world

References

↑ MC-236698 – Big Spruce Trees don't generate in Groves – resolved as "Fixed".
↑ MC-238912

[Slime-1] Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.

[Slime-2] Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.

[3] MC-236698 – Big Spruce Trees don't generate in Groves – resolved as "Fixed".

[4] MC-238912

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