Snow

This article is about the thin covering resulting from snowfall. For the full, solid block, see Snow Block. For the weather condition, see Snowfall.

Snow

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Type	Block
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool	wooden shovel
First Appearance	Alpha 1.0.4
Gravity	No
Luminance	No
Flammable	{{{flammable}}}
Data Value	78

Snow is a cover block that is found near Ice Plains and Taiga biomes. Snow can be removed like any other block. Placing a light source will cause snow around it to melt and will prevent them from regenerating during snowfall. Snow melts in the same pattern as ice.

If the snow is on a grass block, the grass will turn white. This does not affect grass growth. Snow will not damage tilled and hydrated field areas, nor will it protect those plowed fields from being trampled on. Gravity-affected blocks like sand and gravel will not fall if the block below them has snow on it.

Destroying snow with a shovel yields one snowball, which can then be crafted into snow blocks or be thrown. If it is destroyed with anything other than a shovel, nothing is dropped.

If snow forms on top of a cactus, the cactus will still cause damage when stepped on or touched. Cacti cannot grow if there is snow on top of it.

Snow will not form on top of glass, ice, piston, glowstone, slabs or stairs or any other transparent/light emitting blocks.

Snow melts near light sources (except sunlight), up to 3 blocks from lava and glowstone, 2 blocks from torches, and it won't regrow 2 additional blocks away.

Snow can be collected in large quantities through snow farming.

Snow can be stacked to a full block beside a cactus without destroying it.

Crafting

Ingredients	Input » Output
Snow Blocks	32x32px       32x32px 32x32px 32x32px

Video

Snow/video

Trivia

• The "topSnow" block's thickness is based on its data value.<ref>jebtweet:114980299036827648</ref>
• As of Beta 1.9pre5, the top of Grass' and Snowy Grass' textures were slightly changed.
• A Snow Golem can be used to generate an unlimited amount of snow without the need to explore more land or wait for snowfall.
• The snow and wool sounds are actually slightly different.
• Attempting to place torches on snow will replace the snow with a torch.
• Snow, in a Hell biome, looks thicker than normal.
• Snow on a block of soulsand makes the soulsand act like a normal block
• Snow layers 2-7 prevent hostile mobs from spawning
• Lighting fire to a block of snow created by stacking snow covers will create the same effect as would lighting a hopper, the fire will be invisible

Gallery

• Floating Snow.png

  Floating snow.

• Thicknesses.png

  Various thicknesses of snow. Created using WorldEdit. From the 4th one on, the block looks like a slab. -Note. Now works in 13w05a through Creative or Survival Mode.

• Floatingsnow.png

  Floating snow in 1.0.0, from above.

• Floatingsnowbottom.png

  The previous picture, but shown from another angle.

• SnowAndRainMix.png

  An unusual patch of rain in snowy weather, because of the river being its own biome.

• Snow on lava.png

  Snow naturally generated on lava.

• 2012-06-16 19.25.57.png

  A snow layer generated on no block.

See also

• Snowball
• Snow Block