Minecraft:Dark Forest

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

Generation

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

They can generate at any type of terrain, near Minecraft:swamps and Minecraft:windswept biomes, in flatland, bordering Minecraft:oceans with beaches or cliffs, near plateaus and fjords, or high Minecraft:mountain valleys. Plateaus and mountain slopes in dark forests are replaced by the Minecraft:pale garden variant.

Dark forests are one of the only biomes that can never border biomes with Minecraft:villages.

Due to their very high humidity value, dark forests almost always have Minecraft:lush caves generate below them, unless they generate very far inland.

Description

Dark forests feature a much higher density of trees compared to other forest biomes, which oftentimes blocks direct view of the sky entirely. Minecraft:Oak, Minecraft:dark oak, and sometimes Minecraft:birch trees generate in these biomes, with Minecraft:leaf litter covering the ground. Minecraft:Bee nests are not generated with trees. Additionally, both types of Minecraft: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 Minecraft:woodland mansions, enormous dungeon-like structures that rarely generate within the trees. Woodland mansions are home to the dangerous Minecraft:evoker and Minecraft: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 Minecraft:Vibrant Visuals. Sunlight is also less bright, and volumetric fog is slightly denser with stronger light shafts.

Mobs

The following mobs naturally spawn here:

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Sounds

Music

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

Filename in Minecraft	Minecraft:Gameplay	Soundtrack Title	Soundtrack	Track preview	Weight
piano1.ogg	Minecraft:The Overworld	"Minecraft:Dry Hands"	Template:Sort	File:Dry hands.ogg	1
piano2.ogg	Minecraft:The Overworld	"Minecraft:Wet Hands"	Template:Sort	File:Wet hands.ogg	1
piano3.ogg	Minecraft:The Overworld	"Minecraft:Mice on Venus"	Template:Sort	File:Mice on venus.ogg	1
hal1.ogg	Minecraft:The Overworld	"Minecraft:Subwoofer Lullaby"	Template:Sort	File:Subwoofer lullaby.ogg	1
hal2.ogg	Minecraft:The Overworld	"Minecraft:Living Mice"	Template:Sort	File:Living mice.ogg	1
hal3.ogg	Minecraft:The Overworld	"Minecraft:Haggstrom"	Template:Sort	File:Haggstrom.ogg	1
hal4.ogg	Minecraft:The Overworld	"Minecraft:Danny"	Template:Sort	File:Danny.ogg	1
calm1.ogg	Minecraft:The Overworld	"Minecraft"	Template:Sort	File:Minecraft.ogg	1
calm2.ogg	Minecraft:The Overworld	"Minecraft:Clark"	Template:Sort	File:Clark.ogg	1
calm3.ogg	Minecraft:The Overworld	"Minecraft:Sweden"	Template:Sort	File:Sweden.ogg	1
nuance1.ogg	Minecraft:The Overworld	"Key"	Template:Sort	File:Key.ogg	1
nuance2.ogg	Minecraft:The Overworld	"Minecraft:Oxygène"	Template:Sort	File:Oxygene.ogg	1
left_to_bloom.ogg	Minecraft:Lush Caves, Meadow, and Minecraft:the Overworld	"Minecraft:Left to Bloom"	Template:Sort	File:Left to bloom.ogg	1
one_more_day.ogg	Minecraft:Lush Caves, Meadow, Minecraft:Snowy Slopes, Minecraft:Frozen Peaks, and Minecraft:the Overworld	"Minecraft:One More Day"	Template:Sort	File:One more day.ogg	1
comforting_memories.ogg	Grove and Minecraft:the Overworld	"Minecraft:Comforting Memories"	Template:Sort	File:Comforting memories.ogg	1
floating_dream.ogg	Minecraft:Lush Caves, Jagged Peaks, and Minecraft:the Overworld	"Minecraft:Floating Dream"	Template:Sort	File:Floating dream.ogg	1
aerie.ogg	Minecraft:Lush Caves, Minecraft:Forest, Minecraft:Dark Forest, Minecraft:Birch Forest, Minecraft:Old Growth Birch Forest, Minecraft:Jungle, Minecraft:Swamp, Minecraft:Old Growth Taiga	"Minecraft:Aerie"	Template:Sort	File:Aerie.ogg	1
firebugs.ogg	Minecraft:Lush Caves, Minecraft:Forest, Minecraft:Dark Forest, Minecraft:Birch Forest, Minecraft:Old Growth Birch Forest, Minecraft:Jungle, Minecraft:Swamp, Minecraft:Old Growth Taiga	"Minecraft:Firebugs"	Template:Sort	File:Firebugs.ogg	1
labyrinthine.ogg	Minecraft:Lush Caves, Minecraft:Forest, Minecraft:Dark Forest, Minecraft:Birch Forest, Minecraft:Old Growth Birch Forest, Minecraft:Jungle, Minecraft:Swamp, Minecraft:Old Growth Taiga	"Minecraft:Labyrinthine"	Template:Sort	File:Labyrinthine.ogg	1

Data values

ID

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History

Gallery

Screenshots

• Inside the dark forest biome.
  Inside the dark forest biome.
• The sky in a dark forest with Minecraft:Vibrant Visuals
  The sky in a dark forest with Minecraft:Vibrant Visuals
• A Minecraft:woodland mansion in a dark forest
  A Minecraft:woodland mansion in a dark forest
• The Forest Glade seed template thumbnail
  The Forest Glade seed template thumbnail
• The Spooky Mansion seed template thumbnail, a woodland mansion in a dark forest
  The Spooky Mansion seed template thumbnail, a woodland mansion in a dark forest
• A dark forest Minecraft:single biome world
  A dark forest Minecraft:single biome world

Historical screenshots

• A dark forest with a lake
  A dark forest with a lake
• A dark forest on a lake
  A dark forest on a lake
• A dark forest bordering a Minecraft:swamp
  A dark forest bordering a Minecraft:swamp
• Old dark forest biome from above
  Old dark forest biome from above
• A dark forest with Minecraft:ray tracing
  A dark forest with Minecraft:ray tracing
• A dark forest Minecraft:single biome world before Minecraft:1.18
  A dark forest Minecraft:single biome world before Minecraft:1.18

Mojang images

• Image of a dark forest from Jeb on Instagram
  Image of a dark forest from Jeb on Instagram
• A creeper in a dark forest
  A creeper in a dark forest
• Minecraft:Ari in a dark forest
  Minecraft:Ari in a dark forest
• A dark forest in a mountain pass
  A dark forest in a mountain pass
• Shattered terrain in a dark forest
  Shattered terrain in a dark forest

In other media

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

See also

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External links

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