Dark Forest

Dark Forest

Structures	Woodland mansion
Features	Huge Mushroom Dark Oak Oak Birch
Blocks	Grass Block Dark Oak Log Dark Oak Leaves Birch Log Birch Leaves Oak Log Oak Leaves Mushroom Blocks Rose Bush Peony Lilac Lily of the Valley Leaf Litter Vines
Climate
Temperature	0.7
Downfall	0.8
Precipitation	Yes
Colors
Grass color	#507A32
Foliage color	#59AE30
Water color	#3F76E4‌[JE only]  #3B6CD1‌[BE only]

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A dark forest is a forested biome with dense leaf canopies that block sunlight, allowing hostile mobs to spawn and hide from the sun during daytime.

Description

Dark forests feature a much higher density of trees compared to other forest biomes, which oftentimes blocks direct view of the sky entirely. Oak, dark oak, and sometimes birch trees generate in these biomes, with leaf litter frequently lying beneath the trees. It is the only place where dark oak trees naturally generate. Bee nests are not generated with trees. Additionally, both types of huge mushrooms generate among the trees, though the red variants are more common. Unlike regular forests, wolves do not spawn in dark forests.

Unique to dark forests (and pale gardens) are woodland mansions, enormous dungeon-like structures that rarely generate within the trees. Woodland mansions are home to the dangerous illager mobs and are one of the only places where said mobs spawn. Mansions contain various rooms and valuable loot.

The dark forest has a unique sky color and atmospheric effects with Vibrant Visuals, which is slightly more gray and faded than other biomes.

Survival in dark forests may be more challenging than in other grassy biomes, as the dense shade provided by the dark oak trees allows hostile mobs to persist even throughout daytime. However, the biome offers plenty of logs, even more so than regular forests.

Dark forests generate in areas with medium temperature and very high humidity values and are usually bordered by birch forests, but they can also border jungles. Dark forests border old growth taigas but not regular taigas.

At higher elevations, dark forests give way to pale gardens, groves, jagged peaks and frozen peaks. In coastal areas they border regular oceans.

Due to their very high humidity value, dark forests are almost guaranteed to have lush caves generate below them; however, if the dark forest generates far inland, dripstone caves may generate under it instead.

Mobs

The following mobs naturally spawn here:

In Java Edition

Mob	Spawn weight	Group size
Monster category
Creeper	100⁄515	4
Skeleton	100⁄515	4
Slime[note 1]	100⁄515	4
Spider	100⁄515	4
Zombie	95⁄515	4
Enderman	10⁄515	1–4
Witch	5⁄515	1
Zombie Villager	5⁄515	1
Creature category
Sheep	12⁄40	4
Chicken	10⁄40	4
Pig	10⁄40	4
Cow	8⁄40	4
Underground water creature category
Glow Squid	1	2–4
Ambient category
Bat	1	8

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In Bedrock Edition

Mob	Spawn weight	Group size
Monster category
Creeper	100	1
Slime[note 1]	100	1
Spider	100	1
Zombie	95	4
Skeleton	80	2
Enderman	10	2–3
Witch	5	1
Zombie Villager	5	2–4
Creature category
Sheep	12	2–3
Chicken	10	2–4
Glow Squid	10	2–4
Pig	10	1–3
Cow	8	2–3
Ambient category
Bat	1	2

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Sounds

Music

These music tracks play while the player is in the Dark Forest

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Translation key
Dark Forest	dark_forest	biome.minecraft.dark_forest

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID
[No displayed name]	roofed_forest	29

Achievements

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other
		Adventuring Time	Discover 17 biomes.	Visit any 17 biomes. Does not have to be in a single world.	40	Silver

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	Adventuring Time	Discover every biome	Visit all of these 54 biomes: Badlands Bamboo Jungle Beach Birch Forest Cherry Grove Cold Ocean Dark Forest Deep Cold Ocean Deep Dark Deep Frozen Ocean Deep Lukewarm Ocean Deep Ocean Desert Dripstone Caves Eroded Badlands Flower Forest Forest Frozen Ocean Frozen Peaks Frozen River Grove Ice Spikes Jagged Peaks Jungle Lukewarm Ocean Lush Caves Mangrove Swamp Meadow Mushroom Fields Ocean Old Growth Birch Forest Old Growth Pine Taiga Old Growth Spruce Taiga Pale Garden Plains River Savanna Savanna Plateau Snowy Beach Snowy Plains Snowy Slopes Snowy Taiga Sparse Jungle Stony Peaks Stony Shore Sunflower Plains Swamp Taiga Warm Ocean Windswept Forest Windswept Gravelly Hills Windswept Hills Windswept Savanna Wooded Badlands The advancement is only for Overworld biomes. Other biomes may also be visited, but are ignored for this advancement.

Video

History

Data history

• 
  Image of a dark forest from Jeb on Instagram.
• 
  A dark forest single biome world before 1.18.
• 
  Shattered terrain in a dark forest.

Issues

Issues relating to "Dark Forest" or "Roofed Forest" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Gallery

Screenshots

• 
  Inside the dark forest biome.
• 
  A dark forest with a lake.
• 
  The sky in a dark forest with Vibrant Visuals.
• 
  A dark forest that failed to generate correctly due to water.
• 
  A dark forest bordering a swamp.
• 
  A woodland mansion in a dark forest.
• 
  Dark oak tree from below.
• 
  Dark forest biome from above.
• 
  Huge red mushroom in dark forest.
• 
  A dark forest in a mountain pass.
• 
  The Forest Glade seed template thumbnail.
• 
  The Spooky Mansion seed template thumbnail, a woodland mansion in a dark forest.
• 
  A dark forest with ray tracing.

Mojang screenshots

• 
  A creeper in a dark forest.
• 
  Ari in a dark forest.

In other media

• 
  Narrator running through a dark forest.
• 
  Mobbo lurking in the biome.
• 
  The crew of Villager News in a dark forest.

See also

• Forest
• Dark Forest Hills
• Pale Garden

References

External links

• "Around the Block: Dark Forest" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, June 17, 2021.
• "Biome bucket list: Dark Forest" by James Nouch – Minecraft.net, September 17, 2025.

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