Snow biome

It has been suggested that this article be moved to Tundra. ^[discuss]
Reason: "Snow biome is referred to in-game as the Tundra by the Angler when giving quests."

See also: Underground Snow

A Snow biome is an area dominated by Snow Blocks and Ice Blocks, and displays a constant snowfall effect. Trees within Snow biomes have a snowy cover on them, and yield Boreal Wood, instead of ordinary Wood ( PC version only). During rain, a Snow biome displays a blizzard instead, where snowfall increases and unique enemies spawn.

Dome shaped hills are commonly found in snow biomes, each one containing a cave that is similar in generation to Crimson Chasms.

Some NPCs will sell different items when situated in a snow biome, including the Merchant, Painter, and Clothier.

At Cavern depths, each Snow biome becomes an Underground Snow biome.

Contents

Snow biome
Characters	Unique Drops		For Sale
Ice Slime At night: Zombie Eskimo During a Blood Moon: Corrupt Penguin In Hardmode at night: Ice Elemental Wolf In Hardmode Blizzards: Ice Golem Critters: Penguin	From Zombie Eskimos: Eskimo armor Zombie Eskimo Banner From Ice Golems: Ice Feather Frost Core Template:Pc icon Frost Staff From Ice Golems on Console Template:Console icon and MobileTemplate:Mobile icon only: Frost Helmet Frost Breastplate Frost Leggings From Ice Elementals: Frost Staff Ice Elemental Banner	From Wolves: Wolf Banner From terrain: Snow Block Ice Block Template:Il2l Template:Il2l Template:Il2l From vegetation: Boreal Wood Shiverthorn From fishing: Atlantic Cod Frost Minnow From any enemy in Hardmode: Template:Il2l	From Merchant: Marshmallow From Clothier: Beanie From Painter: Template:Il2l

Notes

• Player-created Snow biomes are possible by placing Snow Blocks and/or Ice Blocks in an area.
• Water does not turn into ice blocks in a Snow biome. Ice blocks are generated only on world creation.
• Snow biomes are somewhat immune to surface Hallow and Corruption/Crimson spread, since snow blocks cannot be transformed. However, Ice Blocks are affected and will be transformed into Pink Ice Blocks (Hallow), Purple Ice Blocks (Corruption) and Red Ice Blocks (Crimson), which mostly affects the Underground Snow.
• Grass will not grow on Dirt Blocks in a Snow biome.
• From surface to underground, the snow biome will always generate in a shape similar to a trapezoid.
• The Snow biome will always be located on the opposite side of the world as the Jungle. However, unlike the Jungle, it can be located very close to spawn.
• On the Mobile version, the Snow biome (And underground snow) will only be present in about 1 in 3 worlds.

History

• 1.2.4: Snow trees now drop Boreal Wood.

• 1.2.0.3.1: Fixed random crashing when in a snow biome in multiplayer.

• 1.2.0.3: Snow particles will no longer spawn on backwalls.

• 1.2:
  • Now generates in all worlds, instead of only 1/3 of worlds not generated during the Christmas season, and all worlds generated during the Christmas season.
  • Blizzard event.
  • New background.
  • New theme music.
  • Unique enemies.
  • Underground Snow biome added.
  • Snowy trees now drop acorns.
  • Can now be corrupted/hallowed.
  • Ice Blocks added.

• 1.1.1: Introduced.

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