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
Poppy
Brown Mushroom
Red Mushroom

Blocks

In this biome, you will find blocks such as grass blocks:

Item Description
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 Version
minecraft:dark_forest_hills 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.

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