Snowy Beach Biome Wiki Guide
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
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 – 1.19.2 |
See a complete list of Biome IDs that is interactive and searchable.
- Minecraft ID is the biome’s Internal ID that is used in game commands such as /locatebiome command.
- Dimension is the dimension that the biome can be found (such as the Overworld, Nether, or End).
- Platform is the platform that applies.
- Version(s)Â is the Minecraft version numbers that the Minecraft ID is valid for.
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)