Old Growth Spruce Taiga Biome – Wiki Guide

This Minecraft tutorial explains the Old Growth Spruce Taiga biome (formerly called the Giant Spruce Taiga) with screenshots.

In Minecraft, you will spawn into worlds with unique weather, animals, and plants. These regions are known as biomes. Let’s explore the Old Growth Spruce Taiga biome in Minecraft.

Background

In Minecraft, the Old Growth Spruce Taiga is a biome in the Overworld. It has lots of spruce trees and ground is covered in coarse dirt and podzol. In this biome, you will also find shallow lakes of water that have blocks of mossy cobblestone showing just above the surface of the water (almost like stepping stones).

Let’s explore the characteristics of the Old Growth Spruce Taiga biome.

Weather

The weather in the Old Growth Spruce Taiga biome has average precipitation.

Trees

In the Old Growth Spruce Taiga biome, you will find spruce trees:

Vegetation

The vegetation found in the Old Growth Spruce Taiga biome consists of dandelions, poppies, ferns, grass, brown mushrooms, red mushrooms and dead bushes:

Item	Description
	Dandelion
	Poppy
	Fern
	Grass
	Brown Mushroom
	Red Mushroom
	Dead Bush

Blocks

In this biome, you will find blocks such as podzol, coarse dirt and mossy cobblestone:

Item	Description
	Podzol
	Coarse Dirt
	Mossy Cobblestone

Other Standard Blocks

If you dig down far enough in the Old Growth Spruce Taiga biome, you will find the standard Minecraft building blocks such as stone, coal ore, iron ore, gold ore, diamond ore, redstone ore, copper ore:

Mobs

In the Old Growth Spruce Taiga biome, there is some wildlife such as cows, pigs, chickens, sheep, foxes and wolves:

Overworld Mobs that Spawn at Night

You will still find the usual Overworld mobs that spawn at night in the Old Growth Spruce Taiga biome, such as creepers, endermen, skeletons, spiders, witches and zombies:

Biome ID for Old Growth Spruce Taiga

Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)

In Minecraft, the Old Growth Spruce Taiga biome has the following Minecraft ID values:

Minecraft ID	Dimension	Platform	Version(s)
minecraft:giant_spruce_taiga	Overworld	Java Edition (PC/Mac)	1.16 – 1.17.1
minecraft:old_growth_spruce_taiga	Overworld	Java Edition (PC/Mac)	1.18 – 1.19.2

See a complete list of Biome IDs that is interactive and searchable.

• Minecraft ID is the biome’s Internal ID that is used in game commands such as /locatebiome command.
• Dimension is the dimension that the biome can be found (such as the Overworld, Nether, or End).
• Platform is the platform that applies.
• Version(s) is the Minecraft version numbers that the Minecraft ID is valid for.

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