Dark Forest in Minecraft

This Minecraft tutorial explains the Dark 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 Dark Forest biome in Minecraft.

Supported Platforms

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

Platform	Supported (Version*)
Java Edition (PC/Mac)	Yes (1.7.2)
Pocket Edition (PE)	Yes
Xbox 360	Yes (TU31)
Xbox One	Yes (CU19)
PS3	Yes (1.22)
PS4	Yes (1.22)
Wii U	Yes (Patch 3)
Nintendo Switch	Yes
Windows 10 Edition	Yes
Education Edition	Yes

* 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 Dark Forest is a biome in the Overworld. It has lots of dark oak trees and is easy to spot because of the large red and brown mushrooms towering through the trees. It is also the biome where you will find Woodland Mansions.

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

Weather

The weather in the Dark Forest biome has average precipitation.

Trees

In the Dark Forest biome, you will find lots of dark oak trees and a few birch and oak trees:

Vegetation

The vegetation found in the Dark Forest biome consists of large brown mushrooms and large red mushrooms and you will find poppies and lilacs growing along the edges of the forest:

Item	Description
	Poppy
	Lilac
	Brown Mushroom
	Red Mushroom

Blocks

In this biome, you will find blocks such as grass blocks:

Item	Description
	Grass Block

Other Standard Blocks

If you dig down far enough in the Dark Forest biome, you will find the standard Minecraft building blocks such as stone, coal ore, iron ore, gold ore, diamond ore, redstone ore, copper ore:

Mobs

In the Dark Forest biome, there is some wildlife such as cows, pigs, sheep and chickens:

Overworld Mobs that Spawn at Night

You will still find the usual Overworld mobs that spawn at night in the Dark Forest biome, such as creepers, endermen, skeletons, spiders, witches and zombies:

Woodland Mansions

In the Dark Forest biome, you can find Woodland Mansions like the one below:

Inside the Woodland Mansion, you will find 3 floors filled with elaborately decorated rooms. The Woodland Mansion is protected by a new type of mob called the illager. These illagers can be found in the top floor of the mansion. There are 3 kinds of illager mobs - vindicator, evoker and vex. All of these mobs are hostile and will attack you.

Biome ID for Dark Forest

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Dark Forest Seeds

You can use a seed to create a world where you spawn in a Dark Forest biome: