A birch forest biome.
Birch Forests are lush temperate biomes, usually generating near other lush biomes. There are four variants in the biome family.
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Description[]
Birch forest biomes are quite hilly, featuring a vast amount of birch trees across the landscape. They generate densely, but not densely enough to cast sufficient shadows to allow hostile mobs to spawn in daytime. Rose bushes, lily of the valleys, lilacs and peonies generate in these biomes commonly, as well as the usual dandelions and poppies.
Like almost every other land biome in the game, water and lava lakes can generate here, which may cause fast-spreading fires due to the density of flammable trees. Like forest, shallow lakes may also generate in here.
The grass and foliage color is turquoise, making them hard to distinguish from rivers, which often run across this biome.
No unique mobs or structures are found in this biome.
These biomes provide a source of wood and animal food, much like the main forest. Building shelter here might be frustrating, due to having to clean up the zone before and because of the reduced block palette that this biome offers compared to other biomes.
Variants[]
There are a total of four distinct birch forest biome variants.
Birch Forest[]
| Type |
Temperate/Lush |
|---|---|
| Rarity |
Common |
| Temperature |
0.6 |
| Blocks |
Grass Block |
| Grass color |
|
| Foliage color |
|
| Water color |
|
Birch Forest is the standard and most common birch forest biome variant, with slightly hilly, forested terrain and normal-height birch trees.
In Java Edition :
| Mob | Spawn chance | Group size |
|---|---|---|
| Passive category | ||
| Sheep | 12⁄40 | 4 |
| Pig | 10⁄40 | 4 |
| Chicken | 10⁄40 | 4 |
| Cow | 8⁄40 | 4 |
| Hostile category | ||
| Spider | 100⁄515 | 4 |
| Zombie | 95⁄515 | 4 |
| Zombie Villager | 5⁄515 | 1 |
| Skeleton | 100⁄515 | 4 |
| Creeper | 100⁄515 | 4 |
| Slime[note 1] | 100⁄515 | 4 |
| Enderman | 10⁄515 | 1–4 |
| Witch | 5⁄515 | 1 |
| Ambient category | ||
| Bat | 10⁄10 | 8 |
- ↑ Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.
In Bedrock Edition :
| Mob | Spawn chance | Group size |
|---|---|---|
| Passive category | ||
| Sheep | 12⁄40 | 2–3 |
| Pig | 10⁄40 | 1–3 |
| Chicken | 10⁄40 | 2–4 |
| Cow | 8⁄40 | 2–3 |
| Hostile category | ||
| Spider | 100⁄495 | 1 |
| Zombie | 95⁄495 | 2–4 |
| Zombie Villager | 5⁄495 | 2–4 |
| Skeleton | 80⁄495 | 1–2 |
| Creeper | 100⁄495 | 1 |
| Slime[note 1] | 100⁄495 | 1 |
| Enderman | 10⁄495 | 1–2 |
| Witch | 5⁄495 | 1 |
| Ambient category | ||
| Bat | 10⁄10 | 2 |
- ↑ Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.
Birch Forest Hills[]
| Type |
Temperate/Lush |
|---|---|
| Rarity |
Common |
| Temperature |
0.6 |
| Blocks |
Grass Block |
Birch Forest Hills features hillier terrain than regular birch forests, being identical to them in every other aspect. It is fairly common due to its wide spread.
Birch forest hills use the same mob spawning chances as birch forests.
Tall Birch Forest[]
| Type |
Medium/Lush |
|---|---|
| Rarity |
Rare |
| Temperature |
0.6[Java Edition only] |
| Blocks |
Grass Block |
The Tall Birch Forest 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. This biome features taller hills compared to those in the birch forest hills, making this variant less suitable for shelter.
Tall birch forests use the same mob spawning chances as birch forests.
Tall Birch Hills[]
| Type |
Medium/Lush |
|---|---|
| Rarity |
Rare |
| Temperature |
0.6[Java Edition only] |
| Blocks |
Grass Block |
Like the other hills biomes, the Tall Birch Hills biome has hillier, rougher terrain, along with the taller-than-normal birch trees of the Tall Birch Forest variant. The hills are steep in this biome, comparable to the mountains biome.
Tall birch hills use the same mob spawning chances as birch forests.
Data values[]
ID[]
| Name | Namespaced ID | Translation key |
|---|---|---|
| Birch Forest | birch_forest | biome.minecraft.birch_forest |
| Birch Forest Hills | birch_forest_hills | biome.minecraft.birch_forest_hills |
| Tall Birch Forest | tall_birch_forest | biome.minecraft.tall_birch_forest |
| Tall Birch Hills | tall_birch_hills | biome.minecraft.tall_birch_hills |
| Name | Namespaced ID | Numeric ID |
|---|---|---|
| [No displayed name] | birch_forest | 27 |
| [No displayed name] | birch_forest_hills | 28 |
| [No displayed name] | birch_forest_mutated | 155 |
| [No displayed name] | birch_forest_hills_mutated | 156 |
History[]
| Java Edition | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.7.2 | 13w36a | Added birch forests and flower forests, along with their variants and many other biomes. | |||
| 1.13 | 18w16a | "Birch Forest M" has been renamed to "Mutated Birch Forest." | |||
| "Birch Forest Hills M" has been renamed to "Mutated Birch Forest Hills." | |||||
| 18w19a | "Mutated Birch Forest" has been renamed to "Tall Birch Forest." | ||||
| "Mutated Birch Forest Hills" have been renamed to "Tall Birch Hills." | |||||
| pre5 | The ID has been changed from mutated_birch_forest to tall_birch_forest.
| ||||
The ID has been changed from mutated_birch_forest_hills to tall_birch_hills. | |||||
| 1.14 | 18w43a | Added lilies of the valley, which can generate in birch forests. | |||
| 1.15.2 | Pre-Release 1 | Birch forests now generate with bee nests. | |||
| Upcoming Java Edition | |||||
| 1.18 | Experimental Snapshot 1 | Removed Tall Birch Forests and Tall Birch Hills. | |||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
| v0.9.0 | build 1 | Added birch and flower forests, along with many other biomes. | |||
| v0.11.0 | build 1 | Added Birch Forest M and Birch Forest Hills M. | |||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.9.0 | beta 1.9.0.0 | Added lilies of the valley, which can be found in birch forests. | |||
| 1.16.0 | beta 1.16.0.57 | Bee nests now have a small chance to generate in birch forest biome and variants. | |||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||
| TU31 | CU19 | 1.22 | Patch 3 | Added birch and flower forests, along with many other biomes. | |
Gallery[]
A Birch Forest.
A picture of the Birch Forest biome with the new textures added in Minecraft 1.14. This picture shows the Birch Forest and a Birch Forest Hills biome in the background.
Another view of the Birch Forest.
Birch Forest Hills.
