Old Growth Spruce Taiga biome in Minecraft
The Old Growth Spruce Taiga is a dense taiga of giant spruces whose long, thick cones of needles rise high above the ground. Podzol, coarse dirt, mossy boulders and plenty of mushrooms cover its floor, and it is one of the best places to gather spruce wood in quantity.
/execute in minecraft:overworld run tp @s 392 110 200 180 25Climate
- Dimension
- Overworld
- Temperature
- 0.25
- Downfall
- 0.8
- Weather
- Rain
How to find an Old Growth Spruce Taiga
/locate biome minecraft:old_growth_spruce_taigaMap by Chunkbase, shown as a companion to this guide. Without your seed, it shows an example world. Results depend on the edition and version you pick.
Old Growth Spruce Taiga in numbers
- Share of the world
- 0.68%of the Overworld surface
- Rarity rank
- 22 / 521 = the rarest
- Distance from spawn
- ~1,500 blocksaverage, 1,000 worlds
- Within 1,000 blocks
- 34.5%of worlds
- Spawn biome
- 0.9%of worlds start here
Taiga31.3%
Old Growth Pine Taiga3.4%
Stony Shore3%// 1,000 random seeds, normal world. Java 26.2 world generation computed with cubiomes, plus the 26.3 Dappled Forest rule. Estimates, not exact 26.3 values.
/execute in minecraft:overworld run tp @s 300 69 208 90 -8Mobs in the Old Growth Spruce Taiga
Structures in the Old Growth Spruce Taiga
A forest of giant spruces
About a third of the trees are giant spruces with 2 × 2 trunks and long, thick cones of leaves. Ordinary spruces and pines grow between them, and fallen spruce trunks cross the ground. Each giant tree turns the soil under it into Podzol, and the rest of the floor mixes podzol, Coarse Dirt and grass. It feels darker and more closed in than the Old Growth Pine Taiga, where the giants keep their leaves only at the top.
Resources on the forest floor
- Mossy boulders. Small rocks of Mossy Cobblestone sit among the trees.
- Mushrooms. The Brown Mushroom in particular grows much more often than in a regular Taiga.
- Berries and plants. A Sweet Berry Bush, Large Ferns and the odd Dead Bush, which drops sticks when broken by hand.
- Spruce wood. A single giant spruce gives dozens of Spruce Logs. Four Spruce Saplings planted in a square grow a new one.
Animals and dangers
A Wolf that spawns here wears a chestnut coat, a variant found only in this biome, and foxes and rabbits roam between the trunks. Pigs, cows and chickens spawn in their cold variants. The tall, thick trees block your view, so a Creeper can get close before you notice it: listen for its hiss and light up the paths you use often. Trail Ruins can be buried here, so keep a Brush in your inventory when you explore.
✓ Checked in Java Edition 26.3 · updated 1 November 2026
Old Growth Spruce Taiga — FAQ
Why is the ground brown in an Old Growth Spruce Taiga?
It is covered with podzol and coarse dirt instead of grass, and every giant spruce turns the soil under it into podzol. Mine podzol with Silk Touch to keep it, otherwise it drops dirt.
How do you grow a giant spruce?
Plant four Spruce Saplings in a 2 × 2 square and use bone meal on one of them. If there is enough room above, they grow into a single giant tree with a 2 × 2 trunk.
Which mobs spawn in the Old Growth Spruce Taiga?
Sheep, Pig, Chicken, Cow, Wolf, Fox, Rabbit, Spider, Skeleton, Creeper, Slime, Zombie, Enderman, Zombie Villager, Witch, Bat and Glow Squid.
Which structures generate in the Old Growth Spruce Taiga?
Abandoned Camp, Mineshaft, Ruined Portal, Stronghold, Trail Ruins and Trial Chambers.
How do you find the Old Growth Spruce Taiga?
With cheats on, /locate biome minecraft:old_growth_spruce_taiga gives the coordinates of the nearest one. Without cheats, a seed map of your world shows where it is.
