Snowy and Taiga Village Types
ChoiceTheorem's Overhauled Village (CTOV) enhances existing villages and introduces new variants, including those found in snowy and taiga biomes. This guide outlines the specific village types you can discover in these cold regions.
Snowy Biome Villages
In biomes tagged for snowy villages, you may encounter several distinct village structures. These include different sizes of the Christmas Village and a unique igloo structure.
- Christmas Village(Large): This is a larger version of the Christmas-themed village.
- Christmas Village(Medium): This is a medium-sized variant of the Christmas-themed village.
- Village Snowy Igloo: This structure specifically generates in snowy village locations and resembles an igloo.
Taiga Biome Villages
Taiga biomes also feature a variety of village types, ranging from standard large villages to fortified versions.
- Taiga Village(Large): This is a large village structure designed for taiga biomes.
- Taiga Fortified Village(Large): This large village variant found in taiga biomes includes fortifications, suggesting a more protected design.
The cold end of the catalogue
Snowy and taiga terrain draws on several entries, including the Alpine Village for high ground and a seasonal Christmas Village that is listed as its own structure rather than a decoration of another type. Standard and (Large) variants exist alongside each other.
They replace vanilla villages
None of the mod's 78 structures has a spacing or separation value, because the mod overrides vanilla village generation rather than placing new builds on a separate grid. There is no search pattern for them; find a village and it is one of these.
Nothing craftable is added
No items, no blocks, no recipes — the mod is 78 builds and nothing more, so everything inside a snowy village comes from vanilla or from the rest of your pack.
Version note
The 1.21.1 build is 3.6.3 and the 1.20.1 build is 3.4.14; both are structure-only.
What to expect on arrival
Cold-biome builds tend to be more enclosed than their temperate counterparts, which matters for two practical reasons: villagers are easier to keep contained, and mob spawning inside a walled settlement is a bigger concern than in an open plains village. Light the interior before you leave rather than after.
Covers the mod’s in-game guide topics: Christmas Village(Large) Village Snowy Igloo Taiga Village(Large) Taiga Fortified Village(Large) Christmas Village(Medium) Village Snowy Igloo