Dark Forest

Dark Forest
Structures	Woodland Mansion
Features	Huge Mushroom; Dark Oak; Oak; Birch
Blocks	Grass Block; Leaf Litter; Rose Bush; Peony; Lilac; Lily of the Valley
Climate
Temperature	0.7
Downfall	0.8
Precipitation	Yes
Colors
Grass color	; #507A32
Foliage color	; #59AE30
Dry foliage color	; #7B5334
Water color	; #3F76E4‌[JE only]; ; #3B6CD1‌[BE only]
Vibrant Visuals
Atmospherics	Roofed Forest
Lighting	Roofed Forest
Volumetric fog	Roofed Forest
Color grading	Default

A dark forest or roofed forest is a forested biome with dense leaf canopies that block sunlight, allowing hostile mobs to spawn and hide from the sun during daytime. Dark forests are one of the two biomes that woodland mansions can generate in.

Generation

Dark forests generate at moderate temperatures with very high humidity and are usually bordered by birch forests, but they can also border jungles, bamboo jungles, windswept forests, and old growth taigas.

Less commonly, they border swamps or groves. Dark forests can generate in a wide variety of terrains, including flatlands, plateaus, coasts, cliffs, or mountain valleys. Plateaus and mountain slopes in dark forests are often replaced by the pale garden variant.

Dark forests are one of the only biomes that can never border biomes with villages, though taigas or meadows may generate close.

Because of their high humidities, lush caves frequently generate beneath dark forests.

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 covering the ground. 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 are woodland mansions, enormous dungeon-like structures that rarely generate within the trees. Woodland mansions are home to the dangerous evoker and vindicator mobs and are one of the only places where said mobs spawn. Mansions contain many rooms and valuable loot.

The dark forest has a unique darker sky color and atmospheric effects with Vibrant Visuals. Sunlight is also less bright, and volumetric fog is slightly denser with stronger light shafts.

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

↑ Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.

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	8

↑ Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.

Sounds

Music

These music tracks play while the player is in the dark forest:

Title	Preview	Java Edition		Bedrock Edition
Title	Preview	Weight	Probability	Weight	Probability
Memories		2	8%	2	8%
Shores		2	8%	2	8%
Aerie		1	4%	1	4%
Broken Clocks		1	4%	1	4%
Bromeliad		1	4%	1	4%
Clark		1	4%	1	4%
Comforting Memories		1	4%	1	4%
Danny		1	4%	1	4%
Dry Hands		1	4%	1	4%
Firebugs		1	4%	1	4%
Floating Dream		1	4%	1	4%
Haggstrom		1	4%	1	4%
Key		1	4%	1	4%
Labyrinthine		1	4%	1	4%
Left to Bloom		1	4%	1	4%
Living Mice		1	4%	1	4%
Mice on Venus		1	4%	1	4%
Minecraft		1	4%	1	4%
One More Day		1	4%	1	4%
Oxygène		1	4%	1	4%
Subwoofer Lullaby		1	4%	1	4%
Sweden		1	4%	1	4%
Wet Hands		1	4%	1	4%

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`

Biome definition

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      "minecraft:ore_granite_lower",
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      "minecraft:ore_diorite_lower",
      "minecraft:ore_andesite_upper",
      "minecraft:ore_andesite_lower",
      "minecraft:ore_tuff",
      "minecraft:ore_coal_upper",
      "minecraft:ore_coal_lower",
      "minecraft:ore_iron_upper",
      "minecraft:ore_iron_middle",
      "minecraft:ore_iron_small",
      "minecraft:ore_gold",
      "minecraft:ore_gold_lower",
      "minecraft:ore_redstone",
      "minecraft:ore_redstone_lower",
      "minecraft:ore_diamond",
      "minecraft:ore_diamond_medium",
      "minecraft:ore_diamond_large",
      "minecraft:ore_diamond_buried",
      "minecraft:ore_lapis",
      "minecraft:ore_lapis_buried",
      "minecraft:ore_copper",
      "minecraft:underwater_magma",
      "minecraft:disk_sand",
      "minecraft:disk_clay",
      "minecraft:disk_gravel"
    ],
    [],
    [
      "minecraft:spring_water",
      "minecraft:spring_lava"
    ],
    [
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      "minecraft:forest_flowers",
      "minecraft:flower_default",
      "minecraft:patch_grass_forest",
      "minecraft:brown_mushroom_normal",
      "minecraft:red_mushroom_normal",
      "minecraft:patch_leaf_litter",
      "minecraft:patch_pumpkin",
      "minecraft:patch_sugar_cane",
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  "temperature": 0.7
}

Achievements


Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
		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 56^{[until: Fourth Drop 2026]}/57^[upcoming] biomes: Badlands Bamboo Jungle Beach Birch Forest Cherry Grove Cold Ocean Dappled Forest 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 Caves 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 Sulfur Caves 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.

Videos

History

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.7.2	13w36a	Roofed forest biome added, along with many other biomes.
1.11	16w39a	Added woodland mansions, which can rarely generate in roofed forests.
1.13	18w19a	Renamed "Roofed Forest" to "Dark Forest".
1.13	pre5	Changed the ID `roofed_forest` to `dark_forest`.
1.14	18w43a	Added lily of the valley that can generate in dark forests.
1.18	Experimental Snapshot 1	Plains clearings no longer generate within dark forests.
1.18	21w37a	Prior to the removal of numerical biome IDs, this biome's numerical ID was 29.
1.20	23w17a	"A Familiar Room" may now be played in dark forests.
1.21.5	25w02a	Added leaf litter, which can generate in dark forests.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.9.0	build 1	Added roofed forests, along with many other biomes.
Pocket Edition
1.1.0	alpha 1.1.0.0	Added woodland mansions, which generate in roofed forests.
Bedrock Edition
1.9.0	beta 1.9.0.0	Added lily of the valley that can generate in dark forests.
1.19.40	Preview 1.19.40.20	Dark forests now use the same grass color as Java Edition.^[1]^{[more information needed]}
1.21.70 Experiment Drop 1 2025	Preview 1.21.70.20	Added leaf litter, which can generate in dark forests.
1.21.120	Preview 1.21.120.22	Added unique darker atmospherics, lighting, and volumetric fog to dark forests with Vibrant Visuals.

Legacy Console Edition

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 forests, 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 forests.