Old Growth Spruce Taiga in Minecraft

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.

Supported Platforms

The Old Growth Spruce Taiga biome is available in the following versions of Minecraft:

Platform	Supported (Version*)
Java Edition (PC/Mac)	Yes
Pocket Edition (PE)	Yes
Xbox 360	Yes
Xbox One	Yes
PS3	Yes
PS4	Yes
Wii U	Yes
Nintendo Switch	Yes
Windows 10 Edition	Yes
Education Edition	Yes

* The version that it was added or removed, if applicable.
NOTE: Pocket Edition (PE), Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch, and Windows 10 Edition are now called Bedrock Edition. We will continue to show them individually for version history.

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