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Forest

Biomes

Forest — biome.

Obtaining

Natural generation

Forest is a temperate Overworld biome with oak and birch canopy, grass, flowers, mushrooms, ponds and gentle terrain. Its generation list includes ordinary ores, caves, underground lakes, forest flowers, leaf-litter trees, bushes and sugar cane.

Data: Natural generation
Temperature0.7
Downfall0.8
PrecipitationYes
Sky color#79a6ff
Water color#3f76e4
Main tree featureBirch and oak leaf-litter trees

Exploration and building

Forest materials support early construction and natural landscaping. Oak and birch wood provide building families, while flowers, grass and mushrooms make the biome useful for decoration and dye-related gathering.

Data: Exploration and building
Building familiesOak and birch
Surface paletteGrass, flowers and leaf litter
Useful residentsWolves and bees
Exploration linkOverworld forest tag

Sounds

The biome selects the forest overworld background music with a bounded delay between tracks.

Data: Sounds
Background musicmusic.overworld.forest
Minimum delay12000 ticks
Maximum delay24000 ticks

Climate and environment

The biome's creature table includes sheep, pigs, chickens, cows and wolves. Bats use the ambient group, glow squids spawn in underground water, and the regular hostile night pool remains active.

Data: Climate and environment
Water color#3f76e4
Sky color#79a6ff
Creature spawnsSheep 12, pig 10, chicken 10, cow 8, wolf 5
Ambient spawnsBat 10
Underground waterGlow squid 10
Hostile examplesSpider, zombie, skeleton, creeper, slime, enderman, witch

Data values

The registered biome identifier is `minecraft:forest`. It belongs to the forest and Overworld tags and enables rain because precipitation is present.

Data: Data values
Identifierminecraft:forest
VersionMinecraft 26.2
Local sourceForestforest
Tagsis_forest, is_overworld
Has precipitationYes
Temperature0.7
Downfall0.8
Sky color#79a6ff
Water color#3f76e4
Forest biome visual — Forest surface
Forest surface · Local Minecraft asset
Forest biome visual — Oak log
Oak log · Local Minecraft asset
Forest biome visual — Grass block
Grass block · Local Minecraft asset
Forest biome visual — Flowering azalea
Flowering azalea · Local Minecraft asset
Forest biome visual — Poppy
Poppy · Local Minecraft asset
Forest biome visual — Dandelion
Dandelion · Local Minecraft asset
Forest biome visual — Bee
Bee · Local Minecraft asset
Oak leaves
Canopy · Local Minecraft asset
Birch log
Forest tree material · Local Minecraft asset
Birch leaves
Canopy · Local Minecraft asset

References

Data: References
Local sourceForestforest
Biome definitiondata/minecraft/worldgen/biome/forest.json
Forest tagdata/minecraft/tags/worldgen/biome/is_forest.json
Overworld tagdata/minecraft/tags/worldgen/biome/is_overworld.json
Flower placementdata/minecraft/worldgen/placed_feature/forest_flowers.json
Grass placementdata/minecraft/worldgen/placed_feature/patch_grass_forest.json
Tree featuredata/minecraft/worldgen/configured_feature/trees_birch_and_oak_leaf_litter.json

Navigation

Data and provenance

minecraft:forest

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Facts

Temperature0.7
Downfall0.8
PrecipitationYes
Biome effects{"waterColor":"#3f76e4","skyColor":"#79a6ff"}
Data source418f76e8bfc6d125d60226631f932012efc943c638dd8a5a5e00e6724e344f93

Provenance and publication

Readiness
Pending
Snapshot
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Source set
918feb41c87c05a6f3e94e327fb01a82543180a2376b65610c6f0521456532a5
Entity identifier
minecraft:forest
Digest
418f76e8bfc6d125d60226631f932012efc943c638dd8a5a5e00e6724e344f93
Missing locales
ru, en