Forest Biome Wiki Guide
This Minecraft tutorial explains the 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 Forest biome in Minecraft.
Background
In Minecraft, the Forest is a biome in the Overworld. It is covered in green grass and has lots of spruce, birch, and oak trees. This is one of the biomes where you can find wolves.
Let’s explore the characteristics of the Forest biome.
Weather
The weather in the Forest biome has average precipitation.
Trees
In the Forest biome, you will find spruce trees, birch trees, and oak trees:
Vegetation
The vegetation found in the Forest biome consists of dandelions, poppies, lilacs, and rose bushes:
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
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Dandelion |
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Poppy |
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Lilac |
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Rose Bush |
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 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 Forest biome, there is some wildlife such as chickens, cows, sheep and wolves:
Overworld Mobs that Spawn at Night
You will still find the usual Overworld mobs that spawn at night in the Forest biome, such as creepers, endermen, skeletons, spiders, witches and zombies:
Biome ID for Forest
Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)
In Minecraft, the Forest biome has the following Minecraft ID values:
| Minecraft ID | Dimension | Platform | Version(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| minecraft:forest | 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)Â is the Minecraft version numbers that the Minecraft ID is valid for.
Forest Seeds
You can use a seed to create a world where you spawn in a Forest biome:
Forest Seeds (Java Edition)