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New Dog Minecraft
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All spawn biomes for the new Wolves in Minecraft

Where to find your new fluffy friends

Minecraft has just released eight new wolf variants to the game, and they each have their own biome. If you are to find your favorite, then you’ll have to make the trek to their respective spawn biomes.

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Every Wolf spawn in Minecraft

New Wolves Minecraft Badlands
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The above Striped Wolves were the first of the new wolves that I found – and they’re adorable. Unfortunately I didn’t have any bones with, having just started out. But in my quest to get some, I ended up finding the Black Wolves, instead, which are the ones you saw first. I really can’t decide which of the new wolves I love the most.

These new wolf variants don’t just replace the spawns of the classic wolf. They all have their own biome spawns, and a lot of you will still be scratching your heads as to where some of these biomes are, I know I was!

Below is a complete list of where you can find all the new wolves in Minecraft:

  • Pale Wolf (Classic Wold) – Taiga Biome
  • Black Wolf – Old Growth Pine Taiga Biome
  • Chestnut Wolf – Old Growth Spruce Taiga Biome
  • Ashen Wolf – Snowy Taiga Biome
  • Snowy Wolf – Grove Biome
  • Spotted Wolf – Savannah Plateau
  • Woods Wolf – Forest Biome
  • Striped Wolf – Wooded Badlands
  • Rusty Wolf – Sparse Jungle

Out of all these wolves, I think my favorite is the Spotted Wolf, although it’s genuinely impossible to decide. Thankfully I’m one of the handful of people who loves the Savanna biome and Acacia wood, so now I’ll be able to find them in my prefered biome!

Most of these biome spawns aren’t in regular biomes, but in biome variants, or sub-biomes.

For example, the Black Wolf doesn’t just spawn in Taiga biomes, but in Old Growth Pine Taiga biomes, which are pretty difficult to differentiate from the regular Taiga biome. The difference between the Old Growth Pine and Spruce Taigas are simply the shape of their trees.

I’ll be going into detail about all the different biome types to save you some extra searches.

Taiga Biome

Taiga Minecraft
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The Taiga Biome is a major biome, and consists of Spruce trees and ferns. The trees are tall here, and it looks generally less vibrant than a regular Plains or Forest biome.

Old Growth Pine Taiga Biome

Old Growth Pine Minecraft
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The Old Growth Pine Taiga Biome is a Taiga variant. This biome is generally smaller than a Taiga biome, although has taller trees and much more coarse dirt. The tips of these trees resemble arrow heads.

Old Growth Spruce Taiga Biome

Old Growth Spruce Minecraft
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The Old Growth Spruce Taiga Biome resembles the Old Growth Pine Taiga, although the leaves go further down the trunks. That’s it, so maybe the new wolves will be the identifying mark over the biome itself.

Snowy Taiga Biome

Snowy Taiga Minecraft
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The Snowy Taiga Biome can be instantly differentiated by all the snow everywhere, funnily enough.

Grove Biome

Grove Minecraft
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The Grove Biome is a little more interesting. The best way to describe it is a Snowy Taiga with hills. There are frozen lakes, too, and the Spruce trees don’t completely dominate the setting.

Savanna Plateau

Savanna Minecraft
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The Savanna Plateau is identical to a regular Savanna, although villagers and outposts will not spawn here. Horses and llamas will spawn here, so they will be the biggest identifiers.

Forest Biome

Forest Minecraft
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The Forest Biome is simply the classic biomes with Oak or Birch trees in it.

Wooded Badlands

Wooded Badlands Minecraft
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The Wooded Badlands are regular Badland biomes, but covered in bland trees.

Sparse Jungle

Jungle Minecraft
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The Sparse Jungle is a Jungle variant biome where the jungle trees grow in much less volume. They are instantly identifiable, as typical jungles will spawn with an overbearing number of Jungle trees. All this talk of new wolves reminds me of another new Minecraft mob that was recently added – the Bogged.


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Aidan Lambourne
Aidan Lambourne is a contributing writer for PC Invasion, with almost a couple years of experience in the industry. He has written about Roblox extensively, although has keenly covered new releases and indie games. A passionate writer and gamer, he still can't really believe he gets to indulge in both for a career.