Dark Forest Hills
This article is about the removed dark forest hills variant. For the existing biome, see Dark Forest.
This page describes content that has been removed from the game.
This feature was present in earlier versions of Java Edition, but has since been removed.
This article describes content that has been officially made unobtainable in Bedrock Edition.
It can still be obtained using third-party software. However, this can cause unexpected behavior such as bugs and crashes.
The dark forest hills biome was a rare variant of the dark forest that no longer generates since Caves & Cliffs: Part II, and was removed in Java Edition.
Dark Forest Hills
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Description
The mountains and cliffs of the dark forest hills broke the leaf canopy, increasing visibility and decreasing the chance of daytime hostile mob spawning, though the hills were steeper compared to other hill biomes. Hills generated near rivers led to cliffs. Small plains biome clearings didn't generate within the dark forest hills variant. The foliage was the same as in regular dark forests, with a high density of dark oak trees, oak trees, birch trees, and huge mushrooms. The ground was covered with different flowers. Woodland mansions also generated here, often with a very high base due to the high elevation.
Although this biome is called 'dark forest hills', it did not actually generate as a 'hills' variant, but as a 'modified' variant of the dark forest, making it slightly rarer.
Mobs
Dark forest hills used the same mob spawning chances as dark forests.
The following mobs naturally spawn here:
| Mob | Spawn weight | Group size |
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| Creature category | ||
 Sheep | 12⁄40 | 4 |
 Pig | 10⁄40 | 4 |
 Chicken | 10⁄40 | 4 |
 Cow | 8⁄40 | 4 |
| Monster category | ||
 Spider | 100⁄515 | 4 |
 Zombie | 95⁄515 | 4 |
 Zombie Villager | 5⁄515 | 1 |
 Skeleton | 100⁄515 | 4 |
 Creeper | 100⁄515 | 4 |
 Slime[note 1] | 100⁄515 | 4 |
 Enderman | 10⁄515 | 1–4 |
 Witch | 5⁄515 | 1 |
| Ambient category | ||
 Bat | 1 | 8 |
- ↑ Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.
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| Mob | Spawn weight | Group size |
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| Creature category | ||
| Sheep | 12 | 2–3 |
| Pig | 10 | 1–3 |
| Chicken | 10 | 2–4 |
| Cow | 8 | 2–3 |
| Monster category | ||
| Spider | 100 | 1 |
| Zombie | 95 | 2–4 |
| Zombie Villager | 5 | 2–4 |
| Skeleton | 80 | 1–2 |
| Creeper | 100 | 1 |
| Slime[note 1] | 100 | 1 |
| Enderman | 10 | 1–2 |
| Witch | 5 | 1 |
| Ambient category | ||
| Bat | 1 | 2 |
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Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID |
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 [No displayed name] | roofed_forest_mutated | 157 |
History
| Java Edition | |||||||
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| 1.7.2 | 13w36a | Roofed Forest M biome added, along with many other biomes. | |||||
| 1.11 | 16w39a | Added woodland mansions, which can rarely generate in Roofed Forest M. | |||||
| 1.13 | 18w16a | Renamed "Roofed Forest M" to "Mutated Roofed Forest". | |||||
| 18w19a | Renamed "Mutated Roofed Forest" to "Dark Forest Hills". | ||||||
| 1.14 | 18w43a | Added lily of the valley that can generate in dark forest hills. | |||||
| 1.18 | Experimental Snapshot 1 | Dark forest hills no longer generate naturally. | |||||
| 21w40a | The dark forest hills biome has been removed. | ||||||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||||
| v0.9.0 | build 1 | Added roofed forest mutated, along with many other biomes. | |||||
| Pocket Edition | |||||||
| 1.1.0 | alpha 1.1.0.0 | Added woodland mansions, which generate in roofed forest mutated. | |||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
| 1.9.0 | beta 1.9.0.0 | Added lily of the valley that can generate in dark forest hills. | |||||
| 1.17.30 Experiment | beta 1.17.30.23 | Dark forest hills no longer generate naturally. | |||||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||||
| Xbox 360 | Xbox One | PS3 | PS4 | PS Vita | Wii U | Switch | |
| TU31 | CU19 | 1.22 | 1.22 | 1.22 | Patch 3 | 1.0.1 | Added roofed forest mutated, along with many other biomes. |
| TU54 | CU44 | 1.52 | 1.52 | 1.52 | Patch 24 | 1.0.4 | Added woodland mansions, which generate in roofed forest mutated. |
Data history
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| 1.13 | pre5 | Changed the ID mutated_roofed_forest to dark_forest_hills. | |||||
| 1.18 | 21w37a | Prior to the removal of numerical biome IDs, this biome's numerical ID was 157. | |||||
Gallery
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A dark forest hills in Bedrock Edition. -
A dark forest hills with bugged trees caused by MCPE-11908. -
A dark forest hills with a floating island. -
Dark forest hills with a lava spring in Java Edition. -
A dark forest hills single biome world. -
Dark forest hills with ray tracing.
See also
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