Crimson Forest in Minecraft

This Minecraft tutorial explains the Crimson Forest biome with screenshots.

In Minecraft, you will spawn into worlds with unique weather, animals, and plants. These regions are known as biomes. Let's explore the Crimson Forest which is a new biome that is found in the Nether dimension in Minecraft.

Supported Platforms

The Crimson Forest biome is available in the following versions of Minecraft:

Platform	Supported (Version*)
Java Edition (PC/Mac)	Yes (1.16)
Pocket Edition (PE)	Yes (1.16.0)
Xbox 360	No
Xbox One	Yes (1.16.0)
PS3	No
PS4	Yes (1.16.0)
Wii U	No
Nintendo Switch	Yes (1.16.0)
Windows 10 Edition	Yes (1.16.0)
Education Edition	Yes (1.17.30)

* The version that it was added or removed, if applicable.
NOTE: Pocket Edition (PE), Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch, and Windows 10 Edition are now called Bedrock Edition. We will continue to show them individually for version history.

Background

In Minecraft, the Crimson Forest is a new biome that is found in the Nether dimension and will be introduced in the Nether Update. It is known for its red skies, red landscape, and red tree-like structures. This is the only biome where you can find piglins and hoglins.

Let's explore the characteristics of the Crimson Forest biome.

Weather

Since the Crimson Forest is in the Nether dimension, there is no weather.

Tree-like Structures

In the Crimson Forest biome, you will find a new tree-like structure made out of Crimson Stem for the trunk, Nether Wart Blocks as the leaves, and Shroomlights can be found growing within its leaves.

The trunk of this tree-like structure is basically the Nether's version of a log. What makes this type of tree so unique (compared to Overworld trees such as oak, spruce, birch, jungle, acacia, dark oak) is that any item that you craft out of this type of tree can not be destroyed by fire.

Vegetation

The Crimson Forest biome has a unique set of vegetation such as crimson fungus, warped fungus, crimson roots, and weeping vines:

Item	Description
	Crimson Fungus
	Warped Fungus
	Crimson Roots
	Weeping Vines

Blocks

In the Crimson Forest biome, you will find unique blocks such as crimson nylium, nether wart block, netherrack, shroomlight, crimson stem, and stripped crimson stem:

Item	Description
	Crimson Nylium
	Nether Wart Block
	Netherrack
	Shroomlight
	Crimson Stem
	Stripped Crimson Stem

Mobs

The Crimson Forest biome can be dangerous in Survival Mode and is the only biome where you can find piglins and hoglins:

In the Crimson Forest, you can also find the usual mobs common to the Nether such as ghasts and zombified piglins:

Biome ID for Crimson Forest