This Minecraft tutorial explains the Old Growth Pine Taiga biome (formerly called Giant Tree Taiga or Mega 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 Pine Taiga biome in Minecraft.
Background
In Minecraft, the Old Growth Pine Taiga is a biome in the Overworld. It has lots of spruce trees and ground is covered in coarse dirt and podzol.
Let’s explore the characteristics of the Old Growth Pine Taiga biome.
Weather
The weather in the Old Growth Pine Taiga biome has average precipitation.
Trees
In the Old Growth Pine Taiga biome, you will find spruce trees (most of which are much taller than average):
Vegetation
The vegetation found in the Old Growth Pine 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 Pine 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 Pine Taiga biome, there is some wildlife such as pigs, chickens, sheep, foxes and rabbits:
Overworld Mobs that Spawn at Night
You will still find the usual Overworld mobs that spawn at night in the Old Growth Pine Taiga biome, such as creepers, endermen, skeletons, spiders, witches and zombies:
Biome ID for Old Growth Pine Taiga
Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)
In Minecraft, the Old Growth Pine Taiga biome has the following Minecraft ID values:
Minecraft ID
Dimension
Platform
Version(s)
minecraft:giant_tree_taiga
Overworld
Java Edition (PC/Mac)
1.16 – 1.17.1
minecraft:old_growth_pine_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.
Old Growth Pine Taiga Seeds
You can use a seed to create a world where you spawn in a Old Growth Pine Taiga biome: