Snowy Mountains
This article is about the removed snowy mountains variant. For the current biome, see Snowy Plains. For the current mountains, see Mountains.
This page describes content that has been removed from the game.
This feature was present in earlier versions of Java Edition, but has since been removed.
This article describes content that has been officially made unobtainable in Bedrock Edition.
It can still be obtained using third-party software. However, this can cause unexpected behavior such as bugs and crashes.
The snowy mountains was a hills variant of the snowy plains that no longer generates since Caves & Cliffs: Part II, and was removed in Java Edition.
Snowy Mountains
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Description
These hills were no taller than most other hill biomes in the game, despite the name 'mountains'. As a hills variant, the biome was almost similar to the snowy plains. However, rivers generated inside this biome were not replaced by frozen rivers. No structures generated in this biome, though polar bears, rabbits and strays spawned. Caves frequently generated on the sides of the mountains. In Bedrock Edition, no hostile mobs other than strays and skeletons spawned here.
Mobs
Snowy mountains used the same mob spawning chances as snowy plains.
The following mobs spawned naturally here:
| Mob | Spawn weight | Group size |
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| Creature category | ||
 Rabbit[note 1] | 10⁄11 | 2–3 |
 Polar Bear | 1⁄11 | 1–2 |
| Monster category | ||
 Spider | 100⁄515 | 4 |
 Zombie | 95⁄515 | 4 |
 Stray | 80⁄515 | 4 |
 Creeper | 100⁄515 | 4 |
 Slime[note 2] | 100⁄515 | 4 |
 Skeleton | 20⁄515 | 4 |
 Enderman | 10⁄515 | 1–4 |
 Witch | 5⁄515 | 1 |
 Zombie Villager | 5⁄515 | 1 |
| Ambient category | ||
 Bat | 1 | 8 |
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| Mob | Spawn weight | Group size |
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| Creature category | ||
| Rabbit[note 1] | 4 | 2–3 |
| Polar Bear | 1 | 1–2 |
| Monster category | ||
| Stray | 96 | 1–2 |
| Skeleton | 24 | 1–2 |
| Slime[note 2] | 100 | 1 |
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Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID |
|---|---|---|
 [No displayed name] | ice_mountains | 13 |
History
| Java Edition | |||||||
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| 1.0.0 | Beta 1.9 Prerelease | Added frozen biomes, including ice mountains. | |||||
| 1.3.1 | 12w19a | Changed height scale and height depth of hills biomes, including ice mountains, to make hill biomes slightly taller. | |||||
| 1.7.2 | 13w36a | Ice mountains are now required for the new "Adventuring Time" achievement. | |||||
| 1.13 | 18w19a | Renamed "Ice Mountains" to "Snowy Mountains". | |||||
| 1.18 | Experimental Snapshot 1 | Snowy mountains no longer generate naturally. | |||||
| 21w40a | Removed snowy mountains. | ||||||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||||
| v0.9.0 | build 1 | Added many biomes, including ice mountains. | |||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
| 1.18.0 | beta 1.18.0.22 | Ice mountains no longer generate naturally. | |||||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||||
| Xbox 360 | Xbox One | PS3 | PS4 | PS Vita | Wii U | Switch | |
| TU31 | CU19 | 1.22 | 1.22 | 1.22 | Patch 3 | Added Ice Mountains variant. | |
Data history
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| 1.13 | pre5 | The ID ice_mountains has been changed to snowy_mountains. | |||||
| 1.18 | 21w37a | Prior to the removal of numerical biome IDs, this biome's numerical ID was 13. | |||||
Gallery
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Rivers in snowy mountains are not frozen. -
A village that generated right next to a snowy mountains biome. -
Snowfall in a snowy mountains biome in Bedrock Edition. -
A snowy mountains single biome world. -
Snowy mountains with ray tracing.
See also
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