Giant Tree Taiga Hills in Minecraft

This Minecraft tutorial explains the Giant Tree Taiga Hills biome (also referred to as the Mega Taiga Hills) 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 Giant Tree Taiga Hills biome in Minecraft.

Background

In Minecraft, the Giant Tree Taiga Hills is a biome in the Overworld. It is made up of lots of hills and mountains that are covered in tall spruce trees, coarse dirt and podzol.

Let's explore the characteristics of the Giant Tree Taiga Hills biome.

Weather

The weather in the Giant Tree Taiga Hills biome has average precipitation.

Trees

In the Giant Tree Taiga Hills biome, you will find spruce trees (most of which are much taller than average):

Vegetation

The vegetation found in the Giant Tree Taiga Hills biome consists of dandelions, poppies, ferns, grass and brown mushrooms:

Item	Description
	Dandelion
	Poppy
	Fern
	Grass
	Brown Mushroom

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 Giant Tree Taiga Hills 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

Overworld Mobs that Spawn at Night

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

Biome ID for Giant Tree Taiga Hills