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Dark Forest Hills

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Dark Forest Hills

Dark Forest Hills.png: Infobox image for Minecraft biome 'Dark Forest Hills'

Dark Forest Hills Vibrant Visuals.png: Infobox image for Minecraft biome 'Dark Forest Hills'

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The dark forest hills or roofed forest mutated biome is a rare variant of the dark forest that no longer generates since Caves & Cliffs: Part II, and was removed in Java Edition.

Description

Old

The mountains and cliffs of the dark forest hills broke the leaf canopy, increasing visibility and decreasing the chance of daytime hostile mob spawning, though the hills were steeper compared to other hill biomes. Hills generated near rivers led to cliffs. Small plains biome clearings did not generate within the dark forest hills variant. The foliage was the same as in regular dark forests, with a high density of dark oak trees, oak trees, birch trees, and huge mushrooms. The ground was covered with different flowers. Woodland mansions also generated here, often with a very high base due to the high elevation.

Although this biome is called "dark forest hills", it did not actually generate as a "hills" variant, but as a "modified" variant of the dark forest, making it slightly rarer.

Current

In Bedrock Edition, dark forest hills in older worlds still received updates. When generated through single biome or behavior packs, they can also generate new blocks.

It appears exactly the same as regular dark forests, with leaf litter covering the ground beneath trees.

The dark forest hills has a unique darker sky color and atmospheric effects with Vibrant Visuals. Sunlight is also less bright, and volumetric fog is slightly denser with stronger light shafts.

Mobs

Dark forest hills use the same mob spawning chances as dark forests.

The following mobs naturally spawn here:

In Java Edition
MobSpawn weightGroup size
Creature category
Sheep12⁄404
Pig10⁄404
Chicken10⁄404
Cow8⁄404
Monster category
Spider100⁄5154
Zombie95⁄5154
Zombie Villager5⁄5151
Skeleton100⁄5154
Creeper100⁄5154
Slime[note 1]100⁄5154
Enderman10⁄5151–4
Witch5⁄5151
Ambient category
Bat18
  1. ↑ Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks. 
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In Bedrock Edition
MobSpawn weightGroup size
Monster category
Creeper1001
Slime[note 1]1001
Spider1001
Zombie954
Skeleton802
Enderman102–3
Witch51
Zombie Villager52–4
Creature category
Sheep122–3
Chicken102–4
Glow Squid102–4
Pig101–3
Cow82–3
Ambient category
Bat12
  1. ↑ Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks. 
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Sounds

Music

These music tracks play while the player is in the dark forest hills.

Filename
in Minecraft 		Gameplay Soundtrack Title Soundtrack Track preview Weight
piano1.ogg The Overworld "Dry Hands" Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 12 1
piano2.ogg The Overworld "Wet Hands" Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 13 1
piano3.ogg The Overworld "Mice on Venus" Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 11 1
hal1.ogg The Overworld "Subwoofer Lullaby" Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 3 1
hal2.ogg The Overworld "Living Mice" Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 5 1
hal3.ogg The Overworld "Haggstrom" Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 7 1
hal4.ogg The Overworld "Danny" Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 21 1
calm1.ogg The Overworld "Minecraft" Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 8 1
calm2.ogg The Overworld "Clark" Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 14 1
calm3.ogg The Overworld "Sweden" Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 18 1
nuance1.ogg The Overworld "Key" Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 1 1
nuance2.ogg The Overworld "Oxygène" Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 9 1
left_to_bloom.ogg Lush Caves, Meadow, and the Overworld "Left to Bloom" Minecraft: Caves & Cliffs (Original Game Soundtrack) No. 4 1
one_more_day.ogg Lush Caves, Meadow, Snowy Slopes, Frozen Peaks, and the Overworld "One More Day" Minecraft: Caves & Cliffs (Original Game Soundtrack) No. 6 1
comforting_memories.ogg Grove and the Overworld "Comforting Memories" Minecraft: Caves & Cliffs (Original Game Soundtrack) No. 9 1
floating_dream.ogg Lush Caves, Jagged Peaks, and the Overworld "Floating Dream" Minecraft: Caves & Cliffs (Original Game Soundtrack) No. 8 1
aerie.ogg Lush Caves, Forest, Dark Forest, Birch Forest, Old Growth Birch Forest, Jungle, Swamp, Old Growth Taiga "Aerie" Minecraft: The Wild Update (Original Game Soundtrack) No. 2 1
firebugs.ogg Lush Caves, Forest, Dark Forest, Birch Forest, Old Growth Birch Forest, Jungle, Swamp, Old Growth Taiga "Firebugs" Minecraft: The Wild Update (Original Game Soundtrack) No. 1 1
labyrinthine.ogg Lush Caves, Forest, Dark Forest, Birch Forest, Old Growth Birch Forest, Jungle, Swamp, Old Growth Taiga "Labyrinthine" Minecraft: The Wild Update (Original Game Soundtrack) No. 3 1

Data values

ID

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID
BiomeSprite dark-forest-hills.png: Sprite image for dark-forest-hills in Minecraft [No displayed name]roofed_forest_mutated157

History

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.7.213w36aRoofed Forest M biome added, along with many other biomes.
1.1116w39aAdded woodland mansions, which can rarely generate in Roofed Forest M.
1.1318w16aRenamed "Roofed Forest M" to "Mutated Roofed Forest".
18w19aRenamed "Mutated Roofed Forest" to "Dark Forest Hills".
1.1418w43aAdded lily of the valley that can generate in dark forest hills.
1.18Experimental Snapshot 1Dark forest hills no longer generate naturally.
21w40aThe dark forest hills biome has been removed.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.9.0build 1Added roofed forest mutated, along with many other biomes.
Pocket Edition
1.1.0alpha 1.1.0.0Added woodland mansions, which generate in roofed forest mutated.
Bedrock Edition
1.9.0beta 1.9.0.0Added lily of the valley that can generate in dark forest hills.
1.17.30
Experiment
Caves and Cliffs		beta 1.17.30.23Dark forest hills no longer generate naturally.
1.19.40Preview 1.19.40.20Dark forest hills now use the same grass color as Java Edition.[1]
??Changed the water color from
 #3B6CD1 to the default.
1.21.70
Experiment
Drop 1 2025		Preview 1.21.70.20Added leaf litter, which can generate in dark forest hills.
1.21.120Preview 1.21.120.22Added unique darker atmospherics, lighting, and volumetric fog to dark forest hills with Vibrant Visuals.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
TU31CU191.221.221.22Patch 31.0.1Added roofed forest mutated, along with many other biomes.
TU54CU441.521.521.52Patch 241.0.4Added woodland mansions, which generate in roofed forest mutated.

Data history

Java Edition
1.13pre5Changed the ID mutated_roofed_forest to dark_forest_hills.
1.1821w37aPrior to the removal of numerical biome IDs, this biome's numerical ID was 157.
  • A dark forest hills in Bedrock Edition.
    A dark forest hills in Bedrock Edition.
  • A dark forest hills with bugged trees caused by MCPE-11908.
    A dark forest hills with bugged trees caused by MCPE-11908.
  • A dark forest hills with a floating island.
    A dark forest hills with a floating island.
  • Dark forest hills with a lava spring in Java Edition.
    Dark forest hills with a lava spring in Java Edition.
  • A dark forest hills single biome world.
    A dark forest hills single biome world.
  • Standardized Dark Forest Hills in 1.17.1
    Standardized Dark Forest Hills in 1.17.1
  • Dark forest hills with ray tracing.
    Dark forest hills with ray tracing.

References

  1. ↑ MCPE-34936 – Tall birch tree, shattered savanna, badlands plateau, and dark forest biomes have wrong grass color – resolved as "Fixed".

See also

Sources