Dark Forest Biome – Wiki Guide
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.
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 |
|---|---|
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Poppy |
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Lilac |
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Brown Mushroom |
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Red Mushroom |
Blocks
In this biome, you will find blocks such as grass blocks:
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
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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
Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)
In Minecraft, the Dark Forest biome has the following Minecraft ID values:
| Minecraft ID | Dimension | Platform | Version(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| minecraft:dark_ |
Overworld |  Java Edition (PC/Mac) |
1.16 – 1.19.2 |
See a complete list of Biome IDs that is interactive and searchable.
- Minecraft ID is the biome’s Internal ID that is used in game commands such as /locatebiome command.
- Dimension is the dimension that the biome can be found (such as the Overworld, Nether, or End).
- Platform is the platform that applies.
- Version(s) is the Minecraft version numbers that the Minecraft ID is valid for.
Other Related Tutorials
How to grow a Dark Oak Tree
How to grow a Dark Oak TreeDark Forest Seeds
You can use a seed to create a world where you spawn in a Dark Forest biome:
Dark Forest Seeds (Java Edition)