Minecraft:Old Growth Spruce Taiga: Difference between revisions

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Template:Infobox biome The old growth spruce taiga or redwood taiga mutated is a forested Minecraft:biome covered with tall 2×2 Minecraft:spruce trees that grow leaves all around the trunk. The ground is made of Minecraft:podzol and coarse dirt and covered by mossy cobblestone rocks.

Generation

Old growth spruce taigas generate at moderately low temperature, very high Minecraft:humidity and negative weirdness. They commonly border regular Minecraft:taigas and dark forests. They are often separated by rivers from old growth pine taigas, a variant with mega pine trees that only have some leaves at the top.

Old growth spruce taigas can generate in any type of terrain, near Minecraft:swamps and Minecraft:windswept forests, or near Minecraft:mountains with Minecraft:grove slopes and nearby Minecraft:pale gardens. Due to their very high humidity values, old growth spruce taigas are almost guaranteed to have Minecraft:lush caves generate beneath them.

Description

As the name implies, old growth spruce taigas include trees that have attained a great age, and therefore great height. These spruces grow all over the landscape, while most of them are tall with 2×2 trunks, regular pine and spruce trees can also generate.

Much of the grass blocks are replaced by large swaths of Minecraft:podzol and Minecraft:coarse dirt. Additionally, rocks made of Minecraft:mossy cobblestone frequently generate on the ground and dead bushes generate alongside the sweet berry bushes, ferns, and large ferns. Mushrooms are more common here than in most Overworld biomes.

Minecraft:Trail ruins may generate here, but Minecraft:villages and Minecraft:pillager outposts cannot. Chestnut Minecraft:wolves, Minecraft:foxes and Minecraft:rabbits Template:Only may spawn here. The climate is cold and allows Minecraft:snowfall above layer Y=160±8, which is notably lower than in the old growth pine taiga.

With Minecraft:Vibrant Visuals, old growth spruce taigas use a coolish humid volumetric fog setting, which slightly fades the distance in an orange tint. Old growth spruce taigas have coolish color grading which tints the environment with a colder blue color, and cold sunlight which appears slightly brighter at dusk and dawn.

Mobs

The following mobs naturally spawn here:

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Sounds

Music

These music tracks play while the player is in the old growth spruce taiga.

Filename in Minecraft	Minecraft:Gameplay	Soundtrack Title	Soundtrack	Track preview	Weight
dry_hands.oggTemplate:Only piano1.oggTemplate:Only	Minecraft:The Overworld	"Minecraft:Dry Hands"	Template:Sort	File:Dry hands.ogg	3
wet_hands.oggTemplate:Only piano2.oggTemplate:Only	Minecraft:The Overworld	"Minecraft:Wet Hands"	Template:Sort	File:Wet hands.ogg	3
mice_on_venus.oggTemplate:Only piano3.oggTemplate:Only	Minecraft:The Overworld	"Minecraft:Mice on Venus"	Template:Sort	File:Mice on venus.ogg	3
subwoofer_Lullaby.oggTemplate:Only hal1.oggTemplate:Only	Minecraft:The Overworld	"Minecraft:Subwoofer Lullaby"	Template:Sort	File:Subwoofer lullaby.ogg	3
living_Mice.oggTemplate:Only hal2.oggTemplate:Only	Minecraft:The Overworld	"Minecraft:Living Mice"	Template:Sort	File:Living mice.ogg	3
haggstrom.oggTemplate:Only hal3.oggTemplate:Only	Minecraft:The Overworld	"Minecraft:Haggstrom"	Template:Sort	File:Haggstrom.ogg	3
Danny.oggTemplate:Only hal4.oggTemplate:Only	Minecraft:The Overworld	"Minecraft:Danny"	Template:Sort	File:Danny.ogg	3
minecaft.oggTemplate:Only calm1.oggTemplate:Only	Minecraft:The Overworld	"Minecraft"	Template:Sort	File:Minecraft.ogg	3
Clark.oggTemplate:Only calm2.oggTemplate:Only	Minecraft:The Overworld	"Minecraft:Clark"	Template:Sort	File:Clark.ogg	3
sweden.oggTemplate:Only calm3.oggTemplate:Only	Minecraft:The Overworld	"Minecraft:Sweden"	Template:Sort	File:Sweden.ogg	3
Key.oggTemplate:Only nuance1.oggTemplate:Only	Minecraft:The Overworld	"Key"	Template:Sort	File:Key.ogg	3
Oxygene.oggTemplate:Only nuance2.oggTemplate:Only	Minecraft:The Overworld	"Minecraft:Oxygène"	Template:Sort	File:Oxygene.ogg	3
left_to_bloom.ogg	Minecraft:Lush Caves, Meadow, and Minecraft:the Overworld	"Minecraft:Left to Bloom"	Template:Sort	File:Left to bloom.ogg	3
one_more_day.ogg	Minecraft:The Overworld, further emphasized in Minecraft:Snowy Slopes, Minecraft:Meadow, Minecraft:Forest, Minecraft:Old Growth Taiga, Minecraft:Lush Caves, Minecraft:Desert, Minecraft:Badlands, Minecraft:Eroded Badlands, and Minecraft:Wooded Badlands	"Minecraft:One More Day"	Template:Sort	File:One more day.ogg	3
comforting_memories.ogg	Grove and Minecraft:the Overworld	"Minecraft:Comforting Memories"	Template:Sort	File:Comforting memories.ogg	3
floating_dream.ogg	Minecraft:Lush Caves, Jagged Peaks, and Minecraft:the Overworld	"Minecraft:Floating Dream"	Template:Sort	File:Floating dream.ogg	3
aerie.ogg	Minecraft:Lush Caves, Minecraft:Forest, Minecraft:Dark Forest, Minecraft:Birch Forest, Minecraft:Old Growth Birch Forest, Minecraft:Jungle, Minecraft:Swamp, Minecraft:Old Growth Taiga	"Minecraft:Aerie"	Template:Sort	File:Aerie.ogg	1
firebugs.ogg	Minecraft:Lush Caves, Minecraft:Forest, Minecraft:Dark Forest, Minecraft:Birch Forest, Minecraft:Old Growth Birch Forest, Minecraft:Jungle, Minecraft:Swamp, Minecraft:Old Growth Taiga	"Minecraft:Firebugs"	Template:Sort	File:Firebugs.ogg	1
labyrinthine.ogg	Minecraft:Lush Caves, Minecraft:Forest, Minecraft:Dark Forest, Minecraft:Birch Forest, Minecraft:Old Growth Birch Forest, Minecraft:Jungle, Minecraft:Swamp, Minecraft:Old Growth Taiga	"Minecraft:Labyrinthine"	Template:Sort	File:Labyrinthine.ogg	1

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Achievements

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Advancements

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History

Issues

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Gallery

Screenshots

An old growth spruce taiga Minecraft:single biome world

An old growth spruce taiga Minecraft:single biome world

Historical screenshots

Side-by-side comparison of an old growth tree taiga (left) with an old growth spruce taiga (right)

Side-by-side comparison of an old growth tree taiga (left) with an old growth spruce taiga (right)
Sunset in an old growth spruce taiga

Sunset in an old growth spruce taiga
In Minecraft:Bedrock Edition

In Minecraft:Bedrock Edition
Old growth spruce taiga with a river

Old growth spruce taiga with a river
A comparison of the four different giant tree taiga biomes before 1.18

A comparison of the four different giant tree taiga biomes before 1.18
A giant spruce taiga Minecraft:single biome world before Minecraft:1.18

A giant spruce taiga Minecraft:single biome world before Minecraft:1.18
A giant spruce taiga with Minecraft:ray tracing

A giant spruce taiga with Minecraft:ray tracing

Development images

An old growth spruce taiga on an island

An old growth spruce taiga on an island

External links

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Navigation

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 {{Infobox biome
-| title = Old Growth Spruce Taiga
 | group = Regular
 | 1-1 = Giant Spruce Taiga.png
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 | structures = {{EnvLink|Trail Ruins}}
 | features = {{EnvLink|Spruce}}<br>{{EnvLink|Pine}}<br>{{EnvLink|Mega Spruce}}<br>{{EnvLink|Forest rock}}
-| blocks = {{BlockLink|Grass Block}}<br>{{BlockLink|Podzol}}<br>{{BlockLink|Coarse Dirt}}<br>{{BlockLink|Mossy Cobblestone}}<br>{{BlockLink|Spruce Log}}<br>{{BlockLink|Spruce Leaves}}<br>{{BlockLink|Fern}}<br>{{BlockLink|Large Fern}}<br>{{BlockLink|Dead Bush}}<br>{{BlockLink|Mushrooms}}<br>
+| blocks = {{BlockLink|Grass Block}}<br>{{BlockLink|Podzol}}<br>{{BlockLink|Coarse Dirt}}<br>{{BlockLink|Fern}}<br>{{BlockLink|Large Fern}}<br>{{BlockLink|Dead Bush}}<br>{{BlockLink|Mushrooms}}<br>{{BlockLink|Sweet Berry Bush}}
-{{BlockLink|Sweet Berry Bush}}<br>{{BlockLink|Short Grass}}
+| atmospherics = Default
-|atmospherics = Default
+| lighting = Cold
-|lighting = Cold
+| volumetric = Semi-humid
-|volumetric = Semi-humid
+| colorgrading = Coolish
-|colorgrading = Coolish
 }}
-The '''old growth spruce taiga''' or '''redwood taiga mutated''' is a forested [[Minecraft:biome]] covered with tall [[Minecraft:spruce tree]]s.
+The '''old growth spruce taiga''' or '''redwood taiga mutated''' is a forested [[Minecraft:biome]] covered with tall 2×2 [[Minecraft:spruce tree]]s that grow leaves all around the trunk. The ground is made of [[Minecraft:podzol]] and [[Minecraft:Coarse Dirt|coarse dirt]] and covered by [[Minecraft:Mossy Cobblestone|mossy cobblestone]] rocks.
 == Generation ==
-Old growth spruce taigas generate at very high [[Minecraft:humidity]], moderately low temperature and negative weirdness. They border normal [[Minecraft:taiga]]s, [[Minecraft:dark forest]]s, [[Minecraft:grove]]s, [[Minecraft:swamp]]s, and [[Minecraft:windswept forest]]s. Old growth spruce taigas can border [[Minecraft:snowy taiga]]s, but only do at the tops of a plateau. At higher elevations they transition to [[Minecraft:grove]]s and [[Minecraft:jagged peaks]]. Due to their very high humidity values, old growth taigas are almost guaranteed to have [[Minecraft:lush caves]] generate beneath them; however, if the old growth spruce taiga generated far inland, [[Minecraft:dripstone caves]] may generate under the old growth taiga instead. They are often separated from [[Minecraft:old growth pine taiga]]s by [[Minecraft:river]]s. In coastal areas they border [[Minecraft:cold ocean]]s.
+Old growth spruce taigas generate at moderately low temperature, very high [[Minecraft:humidity]] and negative weirdness. They commonly border regular [[Minecraft:taigas]] and dark forests. They are often separated by [[Minecraft:River|rivers]] from [[Minecraft:Old Growth Pine Taiga|old growth pine taigas]], a variant with mega pine trees that only have some leaves at the top.
+Old growth spruce taigas can generate in any type of terrain, near [[Minecraft:swamps]] and [[Minecraft:windswept forests]], or near [[Minecraft:mountains]] with [[Minecraft:grove]] slopes and nearby [[Minecraft:pale gardens]]. Due to their very high humidity values, old growth spruce taigas are almost guaranteed to have [[Minecraft:lush caves]] generate beneath them.
 == Description ==
-[[File:Mega Spruce Taiga.png|left|thumb|250px|An old growth spruce taiga.]]
+As the name implies, old growth spruce taigas include trees that have attained a great age, and therefore great height. These spruces grow all over the landscape, while most of them are tall with 2×2 trunks, regular pine and spruce trees can also generate.
-Spruce trees are abundant in old growth spruce taigas, and most of them are the large 2×2 trees that grow significantly taller than regular trees. Much of the [[Minecraft:grass block]]s are replaced by large swathes of [[Minecraft:podzol]] and [[Minecraft:coarse dirt]]. Additionally, [[Minecraft:Forest rock|rocks]] made of [[Minecraft:mossy cobblestone]] frequently generate on the ground and [[Minecraft:dead bush]]es generate alongside the [[Minecraft:sweet berry bush]]es, [[Minecraft:fern]]s, [[Minecraft:large fern]]s, and [[Minecraft:short grass]] on the ground. [[Minecraft:Mushroom]]s are more common here than most [[Minecraft:Overworld]] biomes. [[Minecraft:Trail ruins]] may generate here. Chestnut [[Minecraft:wolves]], [[Minecraft:fox]]es and [[Minecraft:rabbit]]s{{only|java|short=1}} may spawn here. As the climate here is cold, [[Minecraft:rain]]fall changes to [[Minecraft:snowfall]] above layer Y=160±8.
+Much of the [[Minecraft:Grass block|grass blocks]] are replaced by large swaths of [[Minecraft:podzol]] and [[Minecraft:coarse dirt]]. Additionally, [[Minecraft:Forest rock|rocks]] made of [[Minecraft:mossy cobblestone]] frequently generate on the ground and [[Minecraft:Dead bush|dead bushes]] generate alongside the [[Minecraft:Sweet berry bush|sweet berry bushes]], [[Minecraft:Fern|ferns]], and [[Minecraft:Large fern|large ferns]]. [[Minecraft:Mushroom|Mushrooms]] are more common here than in most Overworld biomes.
+[[Minecraft:Trail ruins]] may generate here, but [[Minecraft:villages]] and [[Minecraft:pillager outposts]] cannot. Chestnut [[Minecraft:wolves]], [[Minecraft:fox]]es and [[Minecraft:rabbit]]s{{only|java|short=1}} may spawn here. The climate is cold and allows [[Minecraft:snowfall]] above layer Y=160±8, which is notably lower than in the old growth pine taiga.
 With [[Minecraft:Vibrant Visuals]], old growth spruce taigas use a coolish humid [[Minecraft:Fog#Volumetric fog|volumetric fog]] setting, which slightly fades the distance in an orange tint. Old growth spruce taigas have coolish color grading which tints the environment with a colder blue color, and cold sunlight which appears slightly brighter at dusk and dawn.
-There are overall more trees in old growth spruce taigas compared to normal taigas, leading to increased foliage density. This makes wood more abundant, though as a large portion of it grows as part of tall 2×2 spruce trees, it may be more difficult to obtain. Old growth spruce taigas are slightly more difficult for survival than regular taigas for this reason, though aren't so bad once acclimated and strategies are used to clear the tall trees; they may offer more unique views compared to regular taigas as well.
 == Mobs ==
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 == Sounds ==
 === Music ===
-These music tracks play while the player is in the old growth spruce taigas
+These music tracks play while the player is in the old growth spruce taiga.
 {| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%; text-align: center; font-size: smaller" data-description="Music tracks"
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 |{{HistoryLine||1.16.0|dev=beta 1.15.0.51|Wolves can now spawn in Old Growth Tree Taiga biomes.}}
 |{{HistoryLine||1.20.80|dev=Preview 1.20.80.21|Wolves that spawn in old growth spruce taigas are now the chestnut variant.}}
+|{{HistoryLine||?|dev=?|Changed the water color from {{color|#2D6D77}} to the default.}}
 |{{HistoryLine||1.21.60|dev=Preview 1.21.60.23|[[Minecraft:Mushroom]]s now generate in larger and more cohesive patches.|[[Minecraft:Fern]]s now generate more frequently.|[[Minecraft:Sweet berry bush]]es patches now generate.}}
 |{{HistoryLine||1.21.60|exp=Drop 1 2025|dev=Preview 1.21.60.25|[[Minecraft:Pig]]s that spawn in old growth spruce taigas are now the cold variant.}}
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 ==Issues==
-{{issue list|Old Growth Spruce Taiga|Giant Spruce Taiga|Mega Spruce Taiga}}
+{{issue list|Old Growth Spruce Taiga|3=Redwood Taiga Mutated}}
 == Gallery ==
 === Screenshots ===
 <gallery>
-File:MegaTaigaVsMegaSpruce.png|Side-by-side comparison of an old growth tree taiga (left) with an old growth spruce taiga (right).
+File:Old Growth Spruce Taiga single biome.png|An old growth spruce taiga [[Minecraft:single biome]] world
-File:Spruce Taiga Sunset.png|Sunset in an old growth spruce taiga.
+</gallery>
-File:Giant Spruce Tree Taiga.png|In ''[[Minecraft:Bedrock Edition]]''.
-File:MST.png|Old growth spruce taiga.
+==== Historical screenshots ====
-File:Mega Taiga Island.jpg|An old growth spruce taiga on an island.
+<gallery>
-File:Giant Tree Taiga biomes comparison.png|A comparison of the four different giant tree taiga biomes before 1.18.
+File:MegaTaigaVsMegaSpruce.png|Side-by-side comparison of an old growth tree taiga (left) with an old growth spruce taiga (right)
-File:Giant Spruce Taiga single biome.png|A giant spruce taiga [[Minecraft:single biome]] world before [[Minecraft:1.18]].
+File:Spruce Taiga Sunset.png|Sunset in an old growth spruce taiga
-File:Giant Spruce Taiga RTX.png|A giant spruce taiga with [[Minecraft:ray tracing]].
+File:Giant Spruce Tree Taiga.png|In ''[[Minecraft:Bedrock Edition]]''
+File:MST.png|Old growth spruce taiga with a river
+File:Giant Tree Taiga biomes comparison.png|A comparison of the four different giant tree taiga biomes before 1.18
+File:Giant Spruce Taiga single biome.png|A giant spruce taiga [[Minecraft:single biome]] world before [[Minecraft:1.18]]
+File:Giant Spruce Taiga RTX.png|A giant spruce taiga with [[Minecraft:ray tracing]]
+</gallery>
+=== Development images ===
+<gallery>
+File:Mega Taiga Island.jpg|An old growth spruce taiga on an island
 </gallery>
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 *{{BiomeLink|Taiga}}
 *{{BiomeLink|Old Growth Pine Taiga}}
+*{{BiomeLink|Giant Tree Taiga Hills}}
+*{{BiomeLink|Giant Spruce Taiga Hills}}
 *{{BiomeLink|Snowy Taiga}}
 *{{BiomeLink|Grove}}