A birch forest is a lush biome, usually generating near other woodland biomes. There are two variants in the biome family.
Description[]
Birch forest biomes are almost exactly the same as the regular forest biome. The most obvious difference is that the trees generated are different. Birch forest biomes feature birch trees across the landscape. They generate as densely as trees in the regular forest biome. And unlike the regular forest biome, wolves do not spawn here.
Birch forest biomes are rarer than regular forest biome, and usually surrounded by regular forests or dark forests. Regular birch forests are most commonly separated from old growth birch forests or meadows by rivers.
Like forests, birch forests are an excellent starter biome in a Survival world.
The following mobs are naturally spawned here：
| Mob | Spawn weight | Group size |
|---|---|---|
| Monster category | ||
| Creeper | 100⁄515 | 4 |
| Skeleton | 100⁄515 | 4 |
| Slime[note 1] | 100⁄515 | 4 |
| Spider | 100⁄515 | 4 |
| Zombie | 95⁄515 | 4 |
| Enderman | 10⁄515 | 1–4 |
| Witch | 5⁄515 | 1 |
| Zombie Villager | 5⁄515 | 1 |
| Ambient category | ||
| Bat | 1 | 8 |
| Creature category | ||
| Sheep | 12⁄40 | 4 |
| Chicken | 10⁄40 | 4 |
| Pig | 10⁄40 | 4 |
| Cow | 8⁄40 | 4 |
| Underground water creature category | ||
| Glow Squid | 1 | 4–6 |
- ↑ Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.
| Mob | Spawn weight | Group size |
|---|---|---|
| Monster category | ||
| Creeper | 100⁄495 | 1 |
| Slime[note 1] | 100⁄495 | 1 |
| Spider | 100⁄495 | 1 |
| Zombie | 95⁄495 | 2–4 |
| Skeleton | 80⁄495 | 1–2 |
| Enderman | 10⁄495 | 1–2 |
| Witch | 5⁄495 | 1 |
| Zombie Villager | 5⁄495 | 2–4 |
| Creature category | ||
| Sheep | 12⁄50 | 2–3 |
| Chicken | 10⁄50 | 2–4 |
| Glow Squid | 10⁄50 | 2–4 |
| Pig | 10⁄50 | 1–3 |
| Cow | 8⁄50 | 2–3 |
| Ambient category | ||
| Bat | 1 | 2 |
- ↑ Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.
Variants[]
There are two birch forest biome variants (birch forest and old growth birch forest), with two removed variants in previous versions.
Birch Forest[]
This birch forest is the regular birch forest biome, featuring normal birch trees.
Old Growth Birch Forest[]
The old growth birch forest features birch trees, half of which are significantly taller than normal, with their trunks being up to 14 blocks tall. This makes harvesting wood more difficult, but allows more wood to be collected in the long run. Trail ruins generate here.
Sounds[]
Music[]
These music tracks play while the player is in the birch forest or in the old growth birch forest.
Data values[]
ID[]
| Name | Identifier | Translation key |
|---|---|---|
| Birch Forest | birch_forest | biome.minecraft.birch_forest |
| Old Growth Birch Forest | old_growth_birch_forest | biome.minecraft.old_growth_birch_forest |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID |
|---|---|---|
| [No displayed name] | birch_forest | 27 |
| [No displayed name] | birch_forest_mutated | 155 |
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.
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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. | |||
| 1.18 | Experimental Snapshot 1 | The birch forest hills and tall birch hills biomes no longer generate naturally. | |||
| 21w40a | "Tall Birch Forest" has been renamed to "Old Growth Birch Forest". | ||||
The ID tall_birch_forest has been changed to old_growth_birch_forest. | |||||
| The birch forest hills and tall birch hills biomes have been removed. | |||||
| 1.20 | 23w12a | Added trail ruins, which can generate in old growth birch forests. | |||
| 23w17a | "A Familiar Room" can now be played in birch forest and old growth birch forest. | ||||
| 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. | |||
| Caves & Cliffs (experimental) | beta 1.17.30.23 | The birch forest hills and tall birch hills biomes no longer generate naturally. | |||
| 1.19.40 | beta 1.19.40.20 | The old growth birch forest now has a temperature of 0.6 instead of 0.7, and a downfall value of 0.6 instaed of 0.8. | |||
| Old growth birch forests now uses the same grass color as Java Edition.[1] | |||||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||
| TU31 | CU19 | 1.22 | Patch 3 | Added birch and flower forests, along with many other biomes. | |
Gallery[]
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A Birch Forest. -
Another view of the Birch Forest. -
Yet another view of the Birch Forest. -
Old growth birch forest concept art.
See also[]
External Links[]
- Around the Block: Birch Forest – Minecraft.net on February 11, 2021
- ↑ MCPE-34936 — "Tall birch tree, shattered savanna, badlands plateau, and dark forest biomes have wrong grass color" — resolved as "Fixed".