Dappled Forest

Dappled Forest

Structures	Abandoned Camp
Features	Poplar Spruce
Blocks	Brown Mushroom Coarse Dirt Grass Block Leaf Litter Red Shrub Shelf Mushroom
Climate
Temperature	0.6
Downfall	0.6
Precipitation	Yes
Colors
Grass color	#df6827
Foliage color	#e68e30
Dry foliage color	#8c3a04
Water color	#375154
Water fog color	#1E97F2
Vibrant Visuals
Atmospherics	Default
Lighting	Default
Volumetric fog	Default
Color grading	Default

The dappled forest is a woodland biome consisting of poplar trees with red, orange, and yellow leaves, along with the occasional spruce tree. The ground is an orange-brown grass and coarse dirt soil covered by leaf litter, red shrubs, and brown mushrooms.

Generation

Dappled forests generate in moderately cold regions with very low humidity, typically in areas of positive weirdness.

Dappled forests frequently border plains, sunflower plains, cherry groves, ice spikes, and swamps. They can generate in any type of terrain, such as in flatlands near windswept gravelly hills, near cold oceans, or in mountains near frozen peaks.

Their size can range from a microbiome with only a few trees to a large forest stretching hundreds of blocks. Dappled forests are often separated from plains by rivers or valleys.

Description

The dappled forest is a cold biome that consists of poplar trees and red shrubs, of which the former is prevalent enough to cover the majority of the terrain from the sky. The biome's grass color is a saturated orange, which also affects short plants and sugar cane. Biome-tinted leaves like oak and acacia are bright orange. Fallen poplar trees generate commonly, and shelf mushrooms are on all poplar trees.

Other terrain blocks like coarse dirt, brown mushrooms, and leaf litter generate as part of the surface of dappled forests. Spruce trees generate very sparsely throughout.

Tree density is much higher in Bedrock Edition than in Java Edition, sometimes allowing hostile mobs to spawn at daytime.

The biome has default settings for Vibrant Visuals but this is subject to change.^[1] The water color is a very dark blue, almost black, and more opaque than in any other biome. Underwater fog, however, is white and twice as dense.

Abandoned camps generate here, usually with a poplar tree. Cold farm animal variants spawn as well as foxes and rabbits.

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	12⁄52	4
Cold Chicken	10⁄52	4
Cold Pig	10⁄52	4
Cold Cow	8⁄52	4
Fox	8⁄52	2–4
Rabbit	4⁄52	2–4
Underground water creature category
Glow Squid	1	4–6
Ambient category
Bat	1	8

{ "hasNotes": true, "notes": { "Slime": "Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks." }, "1": { "totalWeight": 515, "mobs": [ { "size": "4", "mob": "Creeper", "weight": 100 }, { "size": "4", "mob": "Skeleton", "weight": 100 }, { "note": "Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.", "mob": "Slime", "weight": 100, "notename": "Slime", "size": "4" }, { "size": "4", "mob": "Spider", "weight": 100 }, { "size": "4", "mob": "Zombie", "weight": 95 }, { "size": "1-4", "mob": "Enderman", "weight": 10 }, { "size": "1", "mob": "Witch", "weight": 5 }, { "size": "1", "mob": "Zombie Villager", "weight": 5 } ], "category": "monster" }, "2": { "totalWeight": 52, "mobs": [ { "size": "4", "mob": "Sheep", "weight": 12 }, { "size": "4", "mob": "Cold Chicken", "weight": 10 }, { "size": "4", "mob": "Cold Pig", "weight": 10 }, { "size": "4", "mob": "Cold Cow", "weight": 8 }, { "size": "2-4", "mob": "Fox", "weight": 8 }, { "size": "2-4", "mob": "Rabbit", "weight": 4 } ], "category": "creature" }, "3": { "totalWeight": 10, "mobs": [ { "size": "4-6", "mob": "Glow Squid", "weight": 10 } ], "category": "underground" }, "4": { "totalWeight": 10, "mobs": [ { "size": "8", "mob": "Bat", "weight": 10 } ], "category": "ambient" } }

In Bedrock Edition

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

{ "hasNotes": true, "notes": { "Slime": "Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks." }, "1": { "totalWeight": 495, "mobs": [ { "size": "1", "mob": "Creeper", "weight": 100 }, { "note": "Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.", "mob": "Slime", "weight": 100, "notename": "Slime", "size": "1" }, { "size": "1", "mob": "Spider", "weight": 100 }, { "size": "2-4", "mob": "Zombie", "weight": 95 }, { "size": "1-2", "mob": "Skeleton", "weight": 80 }, { "size": "1-2", "mob": "Enderman", "weight": 10 }, { "size": "1", "mob": "Witch", "weight": 5 }, { "size": "2-4", "mob": "Zombie Villager", "weight": 5 } ], "category": "monster" }, "2": { "totalWeight": 58, "mobs": [ { "size": "2-3", "mob": "Sheep", "weight": 12 }, { "size": "2-4", "mob": "Cold Chicken", "weight": 10 }, { "size": "2-4", "mob": "Glow Squid", "weight": 10 }, { "size": "1-3", "mob": "Cold Pig", "weight": 10 }, { "size": "2-3", "mob": "Cold Cow", "weight": 8 }, { "size": "2-4", "mob": "Fox", "weight": 4 }, { "size": "2-4", "mob": "Rabbit", "weight": 4 } ], "category": "creature" }, "3": { "totalWeight": 10, "mobs": [ { "size": "2", "mob": "Bat", "weight": 10 } ], "category": "ambient" } }

Sounds

Music

Dappled forests re-use the forest music pool in Java Edition and the default Overworld music pool in Bedrock Edition:

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Translation key
Dappled Forest	dappled_forest	biome.minecraft.dappled_forest

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID
[No displayed name]	dappled_forest	195

Biome definition

{
  "attributes": {
    "minecraft:audio/background_music": {
      "default": {
        "max_delay": 24000,
        "min_delay": 12000,
        "sound": "minecraft:music.overworld.forest"
      }
    },
    "minecraft:gameplay/natural_mob_spawns": {
      "argument": {
        "spawn_costs": {},
        "spawns_by_category": {
          "ambient": [
            {
              "type": "minecraft:bat",
              "count": 8,
              "weight": 10
            }
          ],
          "creature": [
            {
              "type": "minecraft:sheep",
              "count": 4,
              "weight": 12
            },
            {
              "type": "minecraft:pig",
              "count": 4,
              "weight": 10
            },
            {
              "type": "minecraft:chicken",
              "count": 4,
              "weight": 10
            },
            {
              "type": "minecraft:cow",
              "count": 4,
              "weight": 8
            },
            {
              "type": "minecraft:rabbit",
              "count": {
                "type": "minecraft:uniform",
                "max_inclusive": 4,
                "min_inclusive": 2
              },
              "weight": 4
            },
            {
              "type": "minecraft:fox",
              "count": {
                "type": "minecraft:uniform",
                "max_inclusive": 4,
                "min_inclusive": 2
              },
              "weight": 4
            }
          ],
          "monster": [
            {
              "type": "minecraft:spider",
              "count": 4,
              "weight": 100
            },
            {
              "type": "minecraft:zombie",
              "count": 4,
              "weight": 95
            },
            {
              "type": "minecraft:zombie_villager",
              "count": 1,
              "weight": 5
            },
            {
              "type": "minecraft:skeleton",
              "count": 4,
              "weight": 100
            },
            {
              "type": "minecraft:creeper",
              "count": 4,
              "weight": 100
            },
            {
              "type": "minecraft:slime",
              "count": 4,
              "weight": 100
            },
            {
              "type": "minecraft:enderman",
              "count": {
                "type": "minecraft:uniform",
                "max_inclusive": 4,
                "min_inclusive": 1
              },
              "weight": 10
            },
            {
              "type": "minecraft:witch",
              "count": 1,
              "weight": 5
            }
          ],
          "underground_water_creature": [
            {
              "type": "minecraft:glow_squid",
              "count": {
                "type": "minecraft:uniform",
                "max_inclusive": 6,
                "min_inclusive": 4
              },
              "weight": 10
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "modifier": "overlay"
    },
    "minecraft:visual/fog_color": "#ccd8e2",
    "minecraft:visual/sky_color": "#7ca3ff",
    "minecraft:visual/water_fog_color": "#375154"
  },
  "carvers": [
    "minecraft:cave",
    "minecraft:cave_extra_underground",
    "minecraft:canyon"
  ],
  "downfall": 0.6,
  "effects": {
    "dry_foliage_color": "#8c3a04",
    "foliage_color": "#e68e30",
    "grass_color": "#df6827",
    "water_color": "#375154"
  },
  "features": [
    [],
    [
      "minecraft:lake_lava_underground",
      "minecraft:lake_lava_surface"
    ],
    [
      "minecraft:amethyst_geode"
    ],
    [
      "minecraft:monster_room",
      "minecraft:monster_room_deep"
    ],
    [],
    [],
    [
      "minecraft:ore_dirt",
      "minecraft:ore_gravel",
      "minecraft:ore_granite_upper",
      "minecraft:ore_granite_lower",
      "minecraft:ore_diorite_upper",
      "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"
    ],
    [
      "minecraft:glow_lichen",
      "minecraft:trees_dappled_forest",
      "minecraft:brown_mushroom_dappled_forest",
      "minecraft:patch_red_shrub",
      "minecraft:patch_grass_forest"
    ],
    [
      "minecraft:freeze_top_layer"
    ]
  ],
  "has_precipitation": true,
  "temperature": 0.6
}

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 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.

History

Announcement

Java Edition

Bedrock Edition

Issues

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

Trivia

• Dappled forests are inspired by trees seen during autumn in Michigan, USA, as well as those found in Sweden.^[2]
• Prior to their introduction, Minecraft Dungeons featured a similar locale through Pumpkin Pastures. Despite common assumptions from fans, these were developed independently.^[3]
• Dappled forests are the only biome where foxes can spawn but wolves can't spawn. As a consequence the biome is ideal for long-term fox farms.

Gallery

Screenshots

• 
  Ice spikes bordering a dappled forest
• 
  A coastline with a dappled forest
• 
  Mountain valleys filled with dappled forests
• 
  A dappled forest valley surrounded by cherry groves, with an abandoned camp
• 
  An abandoned camp in a dappled forest
• 
  The Dappled Forest seed template thumbnail
• 
  A deep lake in a dappled forest
• 
  The dark water color in Fancy graphics
• 
  Overview of a large dappled forest
• 
  Wide view of a dappled forest in Java Edition, showing the lower tree density
• 
  A dappled forest inside a frozen peaks mountain ring
• 
  A village in a small dappled forest, with a larger one in the background
• 
  A tiny dappled forest on the coast
• 
  A dappled forest with windswept gravelly hills on extreme terrain
• 
  A dappled forest single biome world
• 
  A cherry grove bordering a dappled forest

Mojang images

• 
  A dappled forest shown at Minecraft Live – May 2026
• 
  Noor in a dappled forest near a cluster of brown mushrooms
• 
  An abandoned camp at the edge of a dappled forest with shelf mushrooms growing on the side of the fallen tree
• 
  Sunny building in a dappled forest
• 
  Two cold chickens in a dappled forest
• 
  Makena based out of the canopy of the biome
• 
  Noor on a happy ghast over a dappled forest
• 
  Kai riding a pig in a dappled forest
• 
  Efe and Ari riding boats by a dappled forest

In other media

References

See also

• Pumpkin Pastures