Forest

The Forest biome is a common lush biome. It is the most diverse non-ocean biome in the game, having a total of seven variations, and is among the first biomes added to the game.

Description
The forest biome boasts large numbers of oak and birch trees across its mildly hilly terrain. Among the trees, lilacs, rose bushes, and peonies can be found alongside the usual dandelions and poppies. The trees generate densely, but not normally dense enough to allow hostile mob spawning during daylight like the related dark forest biome. Wolves rarely spawn in forests, making this the only other biome aside from taigas where wolves can spawn. Lakes generate relatively frequently, and lava lakes that generate in forests can cause wide-spreading fires due to the density of flammable trees. Forests can generate in patches within other biomes, usually plains; these patches are typically only a couple hundred blocks in size, making forests potentially some of the smallest biomes.

Forests are one of the most preferred biomes for beginners, as they serve as an abundant source of wood and don't have too many dangers aside from the usual hostile mobs. Tamed wolves can help fight against hostile mobs, making them especially useful for when players lack resources for armor. The density of the trees, however, can lead to obstructed night vision and can get a beginner lost very quickly, thus it is recommended to thin out some of the trees before setting up a shelter.

Variants
Along with the regular forest biome, there are six variations, for a total of seven different forest biomes.

Wooded Hills
Wooded Hills (known as ForestHills before 1.13) variants are similar to normal forests, though the terrain is hillier and generally more erratic, making it less suitable for shelter. Wolves may still spawn in the hills.

Birch Forest
Birch Forests, like their name implies, only generate birch trees across their landscapes, making this a great source of birch wood. Otherwise, the terrain is similar to the regular forest biome, and flowers still generate, though wolves will not spawn here or in its variants.

Birch Forest Hills
Birch Forest Hills, like the Wooded Hills biome, feature hiller, rougher terrain, though only birch trees may generate and wolves cannot spawn like the regular birch forest.

Tall Birch Forest
The Tall Birch Forest (known as Birch Forest M before 1.13) features birch trees that generate significantly taller than normal. This makes harvesting wood more difficult, but allows more wood to be collected in the long run.

Tall Birch Hills
Like the other hills biomes, the Tall Birch Hills biome (known as Birch Forest Hills M before 1.13) has hillier, rougher terrain, along with the taller-than-normal birch trees of its non-hill variant.

Flower Forest
The uncommon Flower Forest variant has less trees than the regular forest biome, but boasts countless numbers of flowers across its landscape. Every type of flower, except for sunflowers and blue orchids, generates in this biome; in fact, allium flowers only generate in this biome. The vast numbers of flowers makes this biome an excellent source of dye. The terrain here is somewhat more erratic than the regular forest biome, comparable to the wooded hills biome. Wolves do not spawn here, but rabbits can.