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

{ "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": 40, "mobs": [ { "size": "4", "mob": "Sheep", "weight": 12 }, { "size": "4", "mob": "Chicken", "weight": 10 }, { "size": "4", "mob": "Pig", "weight": 10 }, { "size": "4", "mob": "Cow", "weight": 8 } ], "category": "creature" }, "3": { "totalWeight": 10, "mobs": [ { "size": "2-4", "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	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	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": "4", "mob": "Zombie", "weight": 95 }, { "size": "2", "mob": "Skeleton", "weight": 80 }, { "size": "2-3", "mob": "Enderman", "weight": 10 }, { "size": "1", "mob": "Witch", "weight": 5 }, { "size": "2-4", "mob": "Zombie Villager", "weight": 5 } ], "category": "monster" }, "2": { "totalWeight": 50, "mobs": [ { "size": "2-3", "mob": "Sheep", "weight": 12 }, { "size": "2-4", "mob": "Chicken", "weight": 10 }, { "size": "2-4", "mob": "Glow Squid", "weight": 10 }, { "size": "1-3", "mob": "Pig", "weight": 10 }, { "size": "2-3", "mob": "Cow", "weight": 8 } ], "category": "creature" }, "3": { "totalWeight": 10, "mobs": [ { "size": "2", "mob": "Bat", "weight": 10 } ], "category": "ambient" } }

Sounds

Music

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

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

{
  "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
            }
          ],
          "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/sky_color": "#79a6ff"
  },
  "carvers": [
    "minecraft:cave",
    "minecraft:cave_extra_underground",
    "minecraft:canyon"
  ],
  "downfall": 0.8,
  "effects": {
    "dry_foliage_color": "#7b5334",
    "grass_color_modifier": "dark_forest",
    "water_color": "#3f76e4"
  },
  "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:dark_forest_vegetation",
      "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",
      "minecraft:patch_firefly_bush_near_water"
    ],
    [
      "minecraft:freeze_top_layer"
    ]
  ],
  "has_precipitation": true,
  "temperature": 0.7
}

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.

Videos

History

Java Edition

Bedrock Edition

Legacy Console Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

Issues

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

Gallery

Screenshots

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

Historical screenshots

• 
  A dark forest with a lake
• 
  A dark forest on a lake
• 
  A dark forest bordering a swamp
• 
  Old dark forest biome from above
• 
  A dark forest with ray tracing
• 
  A dark forest single biome world before 1.18
• 
  The Spooky Mansion (seed preset) discountinued in 1.17.40

Mojang images

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

In other media

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

See also

• Forest
• Dark Forest Hills
• Pale Garden

References

External links

• "Around the Block: Dark Forest" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, June 17, 2021.
• "Biome bucket list: Dark Forest" by James Nouch – Minecraft.net, September 17, 2025.