If the snow is on a grass block (or mycelium or podzol in Java Edition ) the ground cover turns white on the top and around the sides. Snow cover grass block, mycelium or podzol. A player can jump up 1 block and 3 snow layers. In Bedrock Edition, snow is affected by gravity and falls if it becomes unsupported, and breaks if it falls onto an unsuitable block. In Java Edition, snow breaks if its support block is removed. Snow can be placed only on a solid block that is not ice. Snow golems generate a trail of snow in snowy, cold, and some medium biomes, or any non-dry biome in Bedrock Edition. Snow layers do not generate if the gamerule doweathercycle has been set to false. Snow golems In Bedrock Edition, multiple snow layers are built up naturally during snowfall in Java Edition, snowfall creates only one layer. The exact height of the snow line is randomized: take mountains for example, the lowest possible snow layer forms at y level 91, and the lowest height where snow forms at all locations is y=98, with snow lines ranging between y levels 91 and 98 across different locations. In snowy weather, snow generates on random blocks with a complete solid top surface at integer y-values, with a block light level of 9 or less, with the exception of ice and packed ice.īelow are the altitudes at which rain ends and snow begins, depending on the biome. In snowy biomes or in cold biomes at higher altitudes, the weather can produce snow instead of rain. Snow can also be obtained by causing it to drop into an invalid block space, in which case it drops itself. The dropped snow layer also corresponds with how many layers were in the broken snow pile. Explosions by TNT or creepers also cause snow to yield a snowball. Any other tool, even if enchanted by Silk Touch, destroys the snow and drops nothing. Destroying snow with a non-silk-touch shovel yields one snowball per layer. Unlike any other block, the only way to mine snow is via a shovel enchanted with Silk Touch.