How To Find Snow In Minecraft

This article is about the thin comprehend acquired by snowfall. For the full block, see Snow Block. For the atmospheric condition, see Snowfall. For the projectile, see Snowball. For other uses, run into Snow (disambiguation).

Snow ^[a] is a ground cover block that is commonly caused by snowfall.

Obtaining [ ]

Breaking [ ]

In Java Edition, the but way to mine snow is via a shovel enchanted with Silk Touch. Destroying snow with a non-Silk-Bear on shovel yields one snowball per layer. Any other tool, even if enchanted past Silk Touch, destroys the snowfall and drops nothing. Explosions by TNT or creepers too cause snowfall to yield a snowball. Snow can also exist obtained by causing it to driblet into an invalid block space, in which example information technology drops itself.‌^{[ Bedrock Edition only ]} The dropped snow layer also corresponds with how many layers were in the broken snow pile. If in that location are 8 layers of snowfall, a full snow block drops instead.

In Bedrock Edition, using a shovel on snow (left or right click) yields ane-4 snowballs. iv snow balls tin be crafted into a full snow cake, which tin can in plow be crafted into snowfall layers (3 total snow blocks = vi snowfall layers). Snow layers cannot be "mined" with Silk Touch on. Silk Touch on has no event on the number of snowfall assurance acquired when using a shovel. The number of snow balls caused is as follows: 1 snow ball for snow layers 0-two, 2 snow balls for snow layers three-4, three snow balls for snow layers 5-6 and 4 snow balls for snowfall layer 7 and full snowfall blocks.

Block	Snow
Hardness	0.1
Tool
Breaking time^[A]
Default	0.v
Wooden	0.1
Rock	0.05
Atomic number 26	0.05
Diamond	0.05
Netherite	0.05
Gold	0.05

↑ Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded past players with no status furnishings, measured in seconds. For more information, run across Breaking § Speed.

Natural generation [ ]

Snow naturally generates in snowy biomes, cold biomes, and other biomes depending on the meridian and temperature. Only blocks with directly access to the heaven can generate snow layers naturally (with the exception of some snowy villages, which are intentionally fabricated to generate extra snow in areas inaccessible to the sky).^[1]

Snowfall generates where in that location is sky access atop buildings in snowy taiga villages.‌^{[ Bedrock Edition only ]}

Snow generates in multiple layers as function of many snowy plains village structures.

Snow generates exclusively in single layers in Java Edition, only tin can generate in multiple layers in Bedrock Edition.

Snowfall also generates in ancient cities.

Crafting [ ]

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Snow Cake	6

Post-generation [ ]

Atmospheric condition [ ]

In snowy biomes or in cold biomes at higher altitudes, the conditions can produce snowfall instead of pelting. In snowy atmospheric condition, snow generates on random blocks with a complete solid tiptop surface at integer y-values, with a block light level of 9 or less, with the exception of ice and packed ice.

Below are the altitudes at which rain ends and snow begins, depending on the biome. The exact height of the snowfall line is randomized: take taiga for case, the lowest possible snowfall layer forms at y level 153, and the lowest height where snow forms at all locations is y=168, with snow lines ranging between y levels 153 and 168 across dissimilar locations.

Biome	Layer
All snowy biomes	y -64 (All altitudes)
Windswept Gravelly Hills Windswept Hills Stony Shore Windswept Forest	y 113–128
Taiga Old Growth Spruce Taiga	y 153–168
Old Growth Pine Taiga	y 193–208
All others except Dry/Hot Biomes	In a higher place y 320 (not possible)
Frozen Ocean Deep Frozen Ocean	Depends on location

In Bedrock Edition, upwards to two layers of height snowfall can build up during snowfall; in Java Edition, snow creates only one layer.

Snow layers practice not generate if the gamerule doweathercycle has been gear up to false.‌^{[ Bedrock Edition only ]}

Snow golems [ ]

Snow golems generate a trail of snow in snowy, cold, and some medium biomes, or any not-dry biome in Bedrock Edition.

Usage [ ]

Snowfall can be placed just on a solid block that is not ice. In Java Edition, snowfall breaks if its back up block is removed. In Bedrock Edition, snow is affected by gravity and falls if it becomes unsupported, and breaks if it falls onto an unsuitable block. A player can jump up one block and 3 snow layers.

Cover [ ]

If the snow is on a grass block (or mycelium or podzol in Java Edition ^[two]) the ground encompass turns white on the top and around the sides. Snow does not damage tilled and hydrated field areas – it cannot be placed on farmland. A gravity-affected cake like sand or gravel does not fall if snow covers the block below it, only the gravity-afflicted block does replace a snow layer when falling onto it. The texture of the grass block changes to snowy when a unmarried layer of snow is placed on top.^[3] ^[four] Thicker layers of snow causes the grass block to revert to patently dirt when the block receives a random tick, similar to regular grass when covered by an opaque block. A plain dirt cake with a single layer of snow on top gains a snowy texture if grass spreads to it.

In Boulder Edition, if leaves are topped with a layer of snow, particles of snow announced to fall through the leaves from the snowfall layer.

In Bedrock Edition, snow layers tin occupy the same infinite as ane-block flowers, mushrooms, and 1-block ferns and grass, (all the same ii-cake tall plants practice non work)^[5] and can be layered and mined normally. Placing snow on already-existing plant blocks causes snow to announced effectually them, but placing plants into an area where there is snow removes the snow.^[6]

Snowfall layers can exist used to kill nylium.^[7]

Melting [ ]

Snowfall melts if there is a heat block‌^{[ BE & EE only ]}, or cake lite level of 12 or more. In Bedrock Edition, it also melts in dry out biomes, regardless of block light or daylight level. If there are multiple layers, layers melt gradually in Bedrock Edition, but they melt all at once in Java.

Some low-cal sources can melt snow but many cannot. The melt radius is taxicab distance.


Item	Melt radius
Buoy	iii
Campfire	three
Soul Campfire	-
Conduit	3
Glow Lichen	-
Glowstone	3
Jack o'Lantern	3
Lantern	3
Soul Lantern	-
Lava	iii
Redstone Lamp	three
Respawn Anchor one/4 Accuse	-
Respawn Anchor 2/4 Charge	-
Respawn Anchor 3/iv Charge	-
Respawn Anchor 4/iv Charge	3
1 Sea Pickle	-
2 Sea Pickles	-
3 Sea Pickles	-
iv Body of water Pickles	3
Shroomlight	3
Froglight	3
Cease Rod	2
Torch	ii
Soul Torch	-
Redstone Torch	-
Ender Chest	-
Furnace	1
Blast Furnace	1
Smoker	1
Crying Obsidian	-
Magma Block	-
Brewing Stand up	-
Chocolate-brown Mushroom	-
Dragon Egg	-
Redstone Ore	-
End Portal Frame	-
Burn	3
Soul Fire	-
Under Portal	-
Sea Lantern	iii

Foxes [ ]

When a pull a fast one on gets stuck in the snow after missing an attack on prey, it emits particles as it emerges from the snow.

Sounds [ ]

Java Edition:

Subtitles	Source	Description	Resources location	Translation primal	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation altitude
Cake broken	Blocks	In one case the block has broken	`block.snow.pause`	`subtitles.block.generic.interruption`	1.0	0.8	16
None ^{[sound 1]}	Blocks	Falling on the cake with fall harm	`cake.snow.fall`	None ^{[sound 1]}	0.5	0.75	xvi
Cake breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`block.snow.hit`	`subtitles.block.generic.hitting`	0.25	0.5	sixteen
Cake placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	`cake.snow.identify`	`subtitles.block.generic.place`	1.0	0.8	sixteen
Footsteps	Blocks	Walking on the cake	`block.snowfall.step`	`subtitles.cake.generic.footsteps`	0.fifteen	1.0	xvi

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Bedrock Edition: ^{[ needs in-game testing ]}

Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
?	Blocks	In one case the block has broken	`dig.snow`	?	0.viii
?	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	`fall.snow`	?	?
?	Blocks	While the block is in the process of existence cleaved	`hit.snowfall`	?	0.v
?	Blocks	Jumping from the cake	`spring.snow`	?	?
?	Blocks	Falling on the block without autumn damage	`land.snowfall`	?	?
?	Blocks	Walking on the block	`step.snow`	?	?
?	Blocks	When the block is placed	`use.snowfall`	?	0.8

Information values [ ]

ID [ ]

Coffee Edition:

Proper noun	Identifier	Course	Block tags	Translation key
Snow	`snowfall`	Cake & Detail	`inside_step_sound_blocks` `snowfall` `mineable/shovel`	`block.minecraft.snowfall`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID^{[i 1]}	Translation key
Top Snow	`snow_layer`	`78`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`tile.snow_layer.proper noun`

↑ ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.
↑ Available with /give command.
↑ The block'south directly detail form has the same id with the cake.

Block states [ ]

Java Edition:

Proper name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
layers	`ane`	`1` `2` `iii` `4` `5` `6` `7` `8`	The number of layers thick. Each layer adds two pixels to the block height, and each layer after the outset adds ii pixels to the collision box.

Bedrock Edition:

Proper noun	Metadata $.25	Default value	Allowed values	Values for Metadata Bits	Description
height	`0x1` `0x2` `0x4`	`0`	`0` `1` `2` `3` `iv` `v` `half dozen` `7`	`0` `1` `2` `3` `4` `5` `half-dozen` `7`	The number of layers in addition to the bottom layer.
covered_bit	`0x8`	`false`	`true` `fake`	`0` `ane`	True if the snow is covering a institute.

History [ ]

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Coffee Edition Archetype
May 20, 2009					Notch briefly mentioned, "Wintertime is an awesome thought. I tin run into snow and tiles slowly getting covered in a layer of snowfall. Besides, ice on lakes. :D"
May 21, 2009					Notch reveals that snow "on top of topmost tiles" was on his to-do list.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.4					Snowfall has been added to maps only in winter mode. When creating a new save, a map has a 1/4 chance of having worldwide snowfall. When falling on exposed country, a sparse snow layer is created.
v1.0.4					Snow can not fall onto any non solid blocks, and instead falls through them. The exception to this is leaves.
v1.0.5					Agonizing a snowfall layer past whatever ways other than replacing it now causes a snowball to driblet. This includes melting and mining snow or the cake under it.
					A player can at present easily harvest snow by placing a block of h2o. By doing and then, the thespian receives a large amount of snowballs with little effort.
					Snow can now fall onto many non solid blocks including drinking glass, stairs, slabs, doors, signs, and pressure plates.
v1.0.5_01					Snowballs tin at present exist harvested from snowfall but by using with shovels.
v1.0.17					Snowfall can no longer fall on non solid blocks, including leaves. Any snow on top of non solid blocks break given a block update.
v1.2.0		preview			With the removal of Winter Mode, snowfall can no longer regenerate.
Java Edition Beta
ane.5					Stacked snow layers have been added. They practice not generate naturally and cannot be placed. Layers one-3 have no collision, while four-8 all take a half block collision.
					Snow regeneration has now returned as part of the new weather features.^[eight]
					Snow can now occur in chill biomes.
one.vii					The side textures of snowfall layers 1-7 are now aligned to the bottom of the cake instead of the superlative.
one.8		Pre-release			Snow biomes take been temporarily removed as Notch is currently trying to improve them.
one.8		Pre-release			Dropped snow layer items no longer announced larger than normal blocks.
Java Edition
i.0.0		Beta i.nine Prerelease			Snow biomes have been re-added.
i.0.0		Beta i.nine Prerelease			Snow now occurs in tundra biomes, equally well every bit chill biomes.
one.3.1		12w21a			Snowfall has been made available in the artistic inventory.
1.5		13w05a			Snowfall can at present be crafted and is obtainable in Survival fashion.
1.5		13w05a			Stacked snowfall layers at present have correct collisions, and tin can be placed.
?					Single snowfall layers now have collision. Walking on top of them is equivalent to walking atop a full block below them.
?					Single snowfall layers no longer have standoff.
1.8		14w28b			The number of snowballs dropped from snow has been increased from 1-eight to two-9, depending on thickness.
1.xiii		17w47a			The ID of snow has been changed from `snow_layer` to `snowfall`.
					Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 78.
					Layer 1 snowfall now has empty collision instead of solid collision of tiptop 0, allowing entities to once again laissez passer through information technology.
1.14		18w43a			The texture of snow has been changed.
1.14		19w03c			Seven layer high snow now uses right cullface arguments.
one.19		22w13a			Snow now generate equally function of aboriginal cities.
Pocket Edition Blastoff
Pre-release					Added snow to the world generation.
v0.four.0					The model of snow has been changed.
v0.8.0		build 2			Added snow to the Creative way inventory.
v0.12.1		build 1			Stacked snow layers have been added. They can be placed. Layers 1-3 have no standoff, while iv-8 all have a half block standoff.
					Snow is now affected past gravity, so that unsupported snow layers show falling dust particles.
					Snowfall tin can now be placed inside flowers, mushrooms and tall grass.
					Snowfall is now obtained past using a shovel on it. Previously, snow was mined like whatever dirt-type block.
Boulder Edition
1.ii.0		?			Snow layers tin now generate in extreme hills biomes.
1.x.0		beta 1.x.0.3			The texture of snowfall has been changed.
1.16.0		beta ane.15.0.51			Snowfall now drops itself when mined with a Silk Touch shovel.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.0	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added snow.
TU54	CU44	one.52	Patch 24	one.0.iv	Snow can now exist placed on top of upside-down stairs.
TU69	CU57	i.76	Patch 38	one.0.iv	Snow is at present affected by gravity.
		1.90			The texture of snowfall has been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added snowfall.

Issues [ ]

Issues relating to "Snowfall", "Snow layer", or "Acme snowfall" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia [ ]

Snowfall can be stacked to a full block beside a cactus without destroying the cactus.
Snow layers of 2 to 7 thickness foreclose hostile mobs from spawning.
In Spectator mode, a actor positioned at the correct height tin can see the snowy texture of the acme of the grass blocks.