Snowy Slopes in Minecraft

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

Supported Platforms

The Snowy Slopes biome is available in the following versions of Minecraft:

Platform	Supported (Version*)
Java Edition (PC/Mac)	Yes (1.18)
Pocket Edition (PE)	Yes (1.18.0)
Xbox 360	No
Xbox One	Yes (1.18.0)
PS3	No
PS4	Yes (1.18.0)
Wii U	No
Nintendo Switch	Yes (1.18.0)
Windows 10 Edition	Yes (1.18.0)
Education Edition	Yes (1.18.32)

* 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 Snowy Slopes is a biome in the Overworld that was introduced in the Caves & Cliffs Update: Part II. It is known for its towering mountains made out of snow and powder snow. You can also find lots of goats wandering around this biome and climbing up the peaks of these snowy mountains.

snowy slopes biome

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

Weather

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

Trees

There are no trees in the Snowy Slopes biome.

Vegetation

There is no vegetation in the Snowy Slopes biome.

Blocks

In this biome, you will find blocks such as snow blocks, top snow, powder snow and stone:

Item	Description
	Snow Block
	Snow Layer (Top Snow)
	Powder Snow
	Stone

TIP: Powder snow must be collected with a bucket. When you stand on powder snow, you will begin to sink into the powder snow and experience a freeze effect (where your health hearts will turn blue and you begin to take damage), unless you are wearing leather armor such as leather boots.

Other Standard Blocks

If you dig down far enough in the Snowy Slopes biome, you will find the standard Minecraft building blocks such as stone, coal ore, iron ore, gold ore, diamond ore, redstone ore, copper ore:

stone coal ore iron ore gold ore diamond ore redstone ore copper ore

Mobs

In the Snowy Slopes biome, you can find wildlife such as goats and rabbits wandering around in the mountains or on the frozen lakes:

goat rabbit

Overworld Mobs that Spawn at Night

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

creeper enderman skeleton spider witch zombie