Dark Forest Hills Biome – Wiki Guide
This Minecraft tutorial explains the Dark Forest Hills 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 Hills biome in Minecraft.
Background
In Minecraft, the Dark Forest Hills is a biome in the Overworld. It is made up of lots of hills and mountains that are covered in dark oak trees. It and is easy to spot because of the large red and brown mushrooms towering through the trees. Starting in Minecraft 1.18, the Dark Forest Hills is no longer a unique biome, but has become part of the Dark Forest biome.
Let’s explore the characteristics of the Dark Forest Hills biome.
Weather
The weather in the Dark Forest Hills biome has average precipitation.
Trees
In the Dark Forest Hills biome, you will find lots of dark oak trees and a few birch trees:
Vegetation
The vegetation found in the Dark Forest Hills biome consists of large brown mushrooms and large red mushrooms and you will find poppies growing along the edges of the forest:
Item | Description |
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Poppy | |
Brown Mushroom | |
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 Hills 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 Hills biome, there is some wildlife such as pigs and chickens:
Overworld Mobs that Spawn at Night
You will still find the usual Overworld mobs that spawn at night in the Dark Forest Hills biome, such as creepers, endermen, skeletons, spiders, witches and zombies:
Biome ID for Dark Forest Hills
Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)
In Minecraft, the Dark Forest Hills biome has the following Minecraft ID values:
Minecraft ID | Dimension | Platform | Version(s) |
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minecraft:dark_ |
Overworld | Java Edition (PC/Mac) | 1.16 – 1.17.1 |
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.