Birch Forest

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Birch Forest

👁 Birch Forest.png: Infobox image for Minecraft biome 'Birch Forest'

👁 Birch Forest Vibrant Visuals.png: Infobox image for Minecraft biome 'Birch Forest'

Climate
Structures	👁 Image Abandoned Camp^{[upcoming: Third Drop 2026]}
Features	👁 Image Birch 👁 Image Birch with Bee Nest
Blocks	👁 Image Grass Block 👁 Image Bush 👁 Image Wildflowers 👁 Image Rose Bush 👁 Image Lilac 👁 Image Peony 👁 Image Lily of the Valley
Temperature	0.6
Downfall	0.6
Precipitation	Yes
Colors
Grass color	#88BB67
Foliage color	#6BA941
Dry foliage color	#A37246
Water color	#3F76E4‌^{[JE only]} #0677CE‌^{[BE only]}
Vibrant Visuals
Atmospherics	Default
Lighting	Default
Volumetric fog	Default
Color grading	Default

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A birch forest is a lush biome filled with birch trees and wildflowers that usually generates near other woodland biomes.

Generation

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Birch forest biomes are slightly rarer than regular forest biomes. They generate in medium temperature, between regular forests and dark forests in terms of humidity. They can also border jungles and taigas, as well as oceans or temperate mountains.

Regular birch forests are most commonly separated from old growth birch forests by rivers. Lush caves may generate under birch forests because of its slightly high humidity, unless the birch forest is far from the ocean.

Description

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Birch forests feature birch trees across the landscape that generate as densely as trees in regular forests. Unlike regular forest biomes, oak trees and wolves do not spawn here.

Between the birches, scattered bushes, rose bushes, lilacs, peonies, and lilies of the valley can be found, while wildflowers commonly cover the ground in patches. Bee nests housing 2–3 bees spawn on 0.2%‌^{[JE only]} or 0.035%‌^{[BE only]} of birches.

Abandoned camps sometimes generate in birch forests.^{[upcoming: Third Drop 2026]}

Mobs

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The following mobs naturally spawn here:

In **Java Edition**
Mob	Spawn weight	Group size
Monster category
👁 Image Creeper	¹⁰⁰⁄₅₁₅	4
👁 Image Skeleton	¹⁰⁰⁄₅₁₅	4
👁 Image Slime^{[note 1]}	¹⁰⁰⁄₅₁₅	4
👁 Image Spider	¹⁰⁰⁄₅₁₅	4
👁 Image Zombie	⁹⁵⁄₅₁₅	4
👁 Image Enderman	¹⁰⁄₅₁₅	1–4
👁 Image Witch	⁵⁄₅₁₅	1
👁 Image Zombie Villager	⁵⁄₅₁₅	1
Creature category
👁 Image Sheep	¹²⁄₄₀	4
👁 Image Chicken	¹⁰⁄₄₀	4
👁 Image Pig	¹⁰⁄₄₀	4
👁 Image Cow	⁸⁄₄₀	4
Underground water creature category
👁 Image Glow Squid	1	4–6
Ambient category
👁 Image Bat	1	8

↑ Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.

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In **Bedrock Edition**
Mob	Spawn weight	Group size
Monster category
👁 Image Creeper	100	1
👁 Image Slime^{[note 1]}	100	1
👁 Image Spider	100	1
👁 Image Zombie	95	2–4
👁 Image Skeleton	80	1–2
👁 Image Enderman	10	1–2
👁 Image Witch	5	1
👁 Image Zombie Villager	5	2–4
Creature category
👁 Image Sheep	12	2–3
👁 Image Chicken	10	2–4
👁 Image Glow Squid	10	2–4
👁 Image Pig	10	1–3
👁 Image Cow	8	2–3
Ambient category
👁 Image Bat	1	2

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Sounds

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Music

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These music tracks play while the player is in the birch forest:

Title	Preview	Java Edition		Bedrock Edition
Title	Preview	Weight	Probability	Weight	Probability
Memories	2	8%	2	8%
Shores	2	8%	2	8%
Aerie	1	4%	1	4%
Broken Clocks	1	4%	1	4%
Bromeliad	1	4%	1	4%
Clark	1	4%	1	4%
Comforting Memories	1	4%	1	4%
Danny	1	4%	1	4%
Dry Hands	1	4%	1	4%
Firebugs	1	4%	1	4%
Floating Dream	1	4%	1	4%
Haggstrom	1	4%	1	4%
Key	1	4%	1	4%
Labyrinthine	1	4%	1	4%
Left to Bloom	1	4%	1	4%
Living Mice	1	4%	1	4%
Mice on Venus	1	4%	1	4%
Minecraft	1	4%	1	4%
One More Day	1	4%	1	4%
Oxygène	1	4%	1	4%
Subwoofer Lullaby	1	4%	1	4%
Sweden	1	4%	1	4%
Wet Hands	1	4%	1	4%

Data values

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ID

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Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Translation key
👁 BiomeSprite birch-forest.png: Sprite image for birch-forest in Minecraft Birch Forest	`birch_forest`	`biome.minecraft.birch_forest`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID
👁 BiomeSprite birch-forest.png: Sprite image for birch-forest in Minecraft [No displayed name]	`birch_forest`	`27`

Achievements

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Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
👁 Image	👁 Image	Adventuring Time	Discover 17 biomes.	Visit any 17 biomes. Does not have to be in a single world.	40	Silver

Advancements

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Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
👁 Image 👁 Image	Adventuring Time	Discover every biome	Visit all of these 55^{[until: Third Drop 2026]}/56^[upcoming] biomes: 👁 Image Badlands 👁 Image Bamboo Jungle 👁 Image Beach 👁 Image 👁 Image Cherry Grove 👁 Image Cold Ocean 👁 Image Dark Forest 👁 Image Deep Cold Ocean 👁 Image Deep Dark 👁 Image Deep Frozen Ocean 👁 Image Deep Lukewarm Ocean 👁 Image Deep Ocean 👁 Image Desert 👁 Image Dripstone Caves 👁 Image Eroded Badlands 👁 Image Flower Forest 👁 Image Forest 👁 Image Frozen Ocean 👁 Image Frozen Peaks 👁 Image Frozen River 👁 Image Grove 👁 Image Ice Spikes 👁 Image Jagged Peaks 👁 Image Jungle 👁 Image Lukewarm Ocean 👁 Image Lush Caves 👁 Image Mangrove Swamp 👁 Image Meadow 👁 Image Mushroom Fields 👁 Image Ocean 👁 Image Old Growth Birch Forest 👁 Image Old Growth Pine Taiga 👁 Image Old Growth Spruce Taiga 👁 Image Pale Garden 👁 Image Plains 👁 Image River 👁 Image Savanna 👁 Image Savanna Plateau 👁 Image Snowy Beach 👁 Image Snowy Plains 👁 Image Snowy Slopes 👁 Image Snowy Taiga 👁 Image Sparse Jungle 👁 Image Stony Peaks 👁 Image Stony Shore 👁 Image Sunflower Plains 👁 Image Sulfur Caves 👁 Image Swamp 👁 Image Taiga 👁 Image Warm Ocean 👁 Image Windswept Forest 👁 Image Windswept Gravelly Hills 👁 Image Windswept Hills 👁 Image Windswept Savanna 👁 Image Wooded Badlands The advancement is only for Overworld biomes. Other biomes may also be visited, but are ignored for this advancement.

History

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Java Edition

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Java Edition
1.7.2	13w36a	Added birch forests, along with their variants and many other biomes.
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.
1.16.2	20w28a	Birch trees now do not spawn correctly in the birch forest biome.
	20w29a	Birch trees now spawn correctly in the birch forest biome.
	23w17a	“A Familiar Room” can now be played in birch forests.
1.21.5	25w02a	Added wildflowers, which can generate in birch forests.
	25w05a	Added bushes, which can generate in birch forests.
	25w09a	Added fallen trees, which can generate in birch forests.
Upcoming Java Edition
26.3	snap1	Added abandoned camps, which can generate in birch forests.

Bedrock Edition

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Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.9.0	build 1	Added birch forests, along with many other biomes.
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 biomes.
1.21.70 Experiment Drop 1 2025	Preview 1.21.70.20	Added wildflowers, which can generate in birch forests.
1.21.70 Experiment Drop 1 2025	Preview 1.21.70.20	Added bushes, which can generate in birch forests.
Upcoming Bedrock Edition
26.40 Experiment Drop 3 of 2026	Preview 26.40.27	Added abandoned camps, which can generate in birch forests.

Legacy Console Edition

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Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU31	CU19	1.22	1.22	1.22	Patch 3	1.0.1	Added birch forests, along with many other biomes.

Data history

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Java Edition
1.18			21w37a				Prior to the removal of numerical biome IDs, this biome's numerical ID was 27.

Issues

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Issues relating to "Birch Forest" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Gallery

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External links

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"Around the Block: Birch Forest" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, February 11, 2021.

Navigation

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Biomes

👁 Image Overworld
Landforms	👁 Image Beach 👁 Image Snowy 👁 Image Stony Shore 👁 Image River 👁 Image Frozen
Snowy	👁 Image Frozen Peaks 👁 Image Grove 👁 Image Jagged Peaks 👁 Image Snowy Plains 👁 Image Ice Spikes 👁 Image Snowy Slopes 👁 Image Snowy Taiga
Cold	👁 Image Taiga 👁 Image Old Growth Pine 👁 Image Old Growth Spruce 👁 Image Windswept Hills 👁 Image Forest 👁 Image Gravelly 👁 Image Dappled Forest^{[upcoming: Third Drop 2026]}
Temperate	👁 Image 👁 Image Old Growth 👁 Image Cherry Grove 👁 Image Dark Forest 👁 Image Pale Garden 👁 Image Forest 👁 Image Flower 👁 Image Meadow 👁 Image Mushroom Fields 👁 Image Plains 👁 Image Sunflower 👁 Image Swamp
Warm	👁 Image Badlands 👁 Image Eroded 👁 Image Wooded 👁 Image Desert 👁 Image Jungle 👁 Image Bamboo 👁 Image Sparse 👁 Image Mangrove Swamp 👁 Image Savanna 👁 Image Plateau 👁 Image Windswept 👁 Image Stony Peaks
Ocean	👁 Image Frozen Ocean 👁 Image Deep 👁 Image Cold Ocean 👁 Image Deep 👁 Image Ocean 👁 Image Deep 👁 Image Lukewarm Ocean 👁 Image Deep 👁 Image Warm Ocean
Caves	👁 Image Deep Dark 👁 Image Dripstone Caves 👁 Image Lush Caves 👁 Image Sulfur Caves

👁 Image The Nether
👁 Image Basalt Deltas 👁 Image Crimson Forest 👁 Image Nether Wastes 👁 Image Soul Sand Valley 👁 Image Warped Forest

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The End

👁 BiomeSprite sky.png: Sprite image for sky in Minecraft
Other

Specialized

JE only	👁 Image The Void

Unused/removed

Hills	👁 Image Birch Forest Hills 👁 Image Desert Hills 👁 Image Jungle Hills 👁 Image Bamboo 👁 Image Snowy Mountains 👁 Image Taiga Hills 👁 Image Giant Tree 👁 Image Snowy 👁 Image Wooded Hills
Modified	👁 Image Dark Forest Hills 👁 Image Desert Lakes 👁 Image Modified Badlands Plateau 👁 Image Wooded 👁 Image Modified Jungle 👁 Image Edge 👁 Image Swamp Hills 👁 Image Taiga Mountains 👁 Image Snowy
Modified hills	👁 Image Giant Spruce Taiga Hills 👁 Image Gravelly Mountains+ 👁 Image Shattered Savanna Plateau 👁 Image Tall Birch Hills
Other	👁 Image Badlands Plateau 👁 Image Deep Warm Ocean 👁 Image Mountain Edge 👁 Image Mushroom Field Shore
BE only	👁 Image Legacy Frozen Ocean

Proto-biomes

Removed	👁 Image Ice Desert 👁 Image Rainforest 👁 Image Seasonal Forest 👁 Image Shrubland 👁 Image Tundra
Unimplemented	👁 Image Sky

Joke

20w14∞	👁 Image `_generated:id` 👁 Image Between 👁 Image Biome For Player With No Time For Nonsense 👁 Image Shapes
24w14potato	👁 Image Arboretum 👁 Image Corruption 👁 Image Fields 👁 Image Hash 👁 Image Wasteland
Others	👁 Image Hub 👁 Image The Moon

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Contents

Generation

Description

Mobs

Sounds

Music

Data values

ID

Achievements

Advancements

History

Java Edition

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Legacy Console Edition

Data history

Issues

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Screenshots

Historical screenshots

Artwork

See also

External links

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