Snowy Beach in Minecraft

This Minecraft tutorial explains the Snowy Beach biome 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 Snowy Beach biome in Minecraft.

Background

In Minecraft, the Snowy Beach is a biome in the Overworld. It is a sandy area along a body of water such as an ocean or river, but the sand is covered in a layer of snow.

Let's explore the characteristics of the Snowy Beach biome.

Weather

The weather in the Snowy Beach biome has average precipitation (but instead of rain drops, this biome has snow flakes).

Trees

There are no trees in the Snowy Beach biome.

Vegetation

The vegetation found in the Snowy Beach biome consists of seagrass in the water and sugar canes growing along the edge of the sand (areas where the sand is not covered in snow):

Item	Description
	Seagrass
	Sugar Canes

Blocks

In this biome, you will find blocks such as sand:

Item	Description
	Sand

Other Standard Blocks

If you dig down far enough in the Snowy Beach 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 Snowy Beach biome, such as creepers, endermen, skeletons, spiders, witches and zombies:

Biome ID for Snowy Beach

• Java
• PE
• Xbox
• PS
• Nintendo
• Win10

Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)

In Minecraft, the Snowy Beach biome has the following Minecraft ID values:

Minecraft ID	Dimension	Platform	Version(s)
minecraft:snowy_beach	Overworld	Java Edition (PC/Mac)	1.16 - 1.20.3

See a complete list of Biome IDs that is interactive and searchable.

Minecraft Pocket Edition (PE)

In Minecraft, the Snowy Beach biome has the following Minecraft ID values:

Minecraft ID	Dimension	Platform	Version(s)
minecraft:cold_beach	Overworld	Pocket Edition (PE)	1.19.10 - 1.20.50

See a complete list of Biome IDs that is interactive and searchable.

Minecraft Xbox One

In Minecraft, the Snowy Beach biome has the following Minecraft ID values:

Minecraft ID	Dimension	Platform	Version(s)
minecraft:cold_beach	Overworld	Xbox One	1.19.10 - 1.20.50

See a complete list of Biome IDs that is interactive and searchable.

Minecraft PS4

In Minecraft, the Snowy Beach biome has the following Minecraft ID values:

Minecraft ID	Dimension	Platform	Version(s)
minecraft:cold_beach	Overworld	PS4	1.19.10 - 1.20.50

See a complete list of Biome IDs that is interactive and searchable.

Minecraft Nintendo Switch

In Minecraft, the Snowy Beach biome has the following Minecraft ID values:

Minecraft ID	Dimension	Platform	Version(s)
minecraft:cold_beach	Overworld	Nintendo Switch	1.19.10 - 1.20.50

See a complete list of Biome IDs that is interactive and searchable.

Minecraft Windows 10 Edition

In Minecraft, the Snowy Beach biome has the following Minecraft ID values:

Minecraft ID	Dimension	Platform	Version(s)
minecraft:cold_beach	Overworld	Windows 10 Edition	1.19.10 - 1.20.50

See a complete list of Biome IDs that is interactive and searchable.

Snowy Beach Seeds

You can use a seed to create a world where you spawn in a Snowy Beach biome:

Snowy Beach Seeds (Java Edition)