This is a datapack/mod that adds a lot of fun to the snowy biomes, forgoten in the last update.
What does Snowy expansion brings?
- New colors for grass, sky and water in biomes: Snowy taiga, snowy beach, snowy plains, snowy sloopes
- New trees in snowy biomes.
- 4 new structures, 3 natural, and 1 pillager outpost
- New variants with required texture pack (NEEDS OPTIFIME OR CEM MODS LIKE [ETF] Entity Texture Features)
- Snowy giant creeper, with different loot.
- Giant wolf x2 size spawn near new rocks structures.
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.21.5
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — see the MC Java Mods guides for the full walkthrough.
Verified by MCModsHub
- Downloads as Snowy ExpansionDATAPACK.zip
- Download size: 209 KB
- Download link checked 29 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.