Dappled Forest

Dappled Forest
Structures	Abandoned Camp
Features	Poplar; Spruce
Blocks	Brown Mushroom; Coarse Dirt; Grass Block; Leaf Litter; Red Shrub; Shelf Mushroom
Climate
Temperature	0.6
Downfall	0.6
Precipitation	Yes
Colors
Grass color	; #df6827
Foliage color	; #e68e30
Dry foliage color	; #8c3a04
Water color	; #375154
Water fog color	; #1E97F2
Vibrant Visuals
Atmospherics	Default
Lighting	Default
Volumetric fog	Default
Color grading	Default

The dappled forest is a woodland biome consisting of poplar trees with red, orange, and yellow leaves, along with the occasional spruce tree. The ground is an orange-brown grass and coarse dirt soil covered by leaf litter, red shrubs, and brown mushrooms.

Generation

Dappled forests generate in moderately cold regions with very low humidity, typically in areas of positive weirdness.

Dappled forests frequently border plains, sunflower plains, cherry groves, ice spikes, and swamps. They can generate in any type of terrain, such as in flatlands near windswept gravelly hills, near cold oceans, or in mountains near frozen peaks.

Their size can range from a microbiome with only a few trees to a large forest stretching hundreds of blocks. Dappled forests are often separated from plains by rivers or valleys.

Dripstone caves may generate under inland regions, while the deep dark can generate where erosion is low, typically under mountainous areas. Ice caves may be found underground, mainly near the coast.^{[upcoming: Fourth Drop 2026]}

Description

The dappled forest is a cold biome that consists of poplar trees and red shrubs, of which the former is prevalent enough to cover the majority of the terrain from the sky. The biome's grass color is a saturated orange, which also affects short plants and sugar cane. Biome-tinted leaves like oak and acacia are bright orange. Fallen poplar trees generate commonly, and shelf mushrooms are on all poplar trees.

Other terrain blocks like coarse dirt, brown mushrooms, and leaf litter generate as part of the surface of dappled forests. Spruce trees generate very sparsely throughout.

Tree density is much higher in Bedrock Edition than in Java Edition, sometimes allowing hostile mobs to spawn at daytime.

The biome has default settings for Vibrant Visuals but this is subject to change.^[1] The water color is a very dark blue, almost black, and more opaque than in any other biome. Underwater fog, however, is white and twice as dense.

Abandoned camps generate here, usually with a poplar tree. Cold farm animal variants spawn as well as foxes and rabbits.

Mobs

The following mobs naturally spawn here:

In **Java Edition**
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
Creature category
Sheep	¹²⁄₅₂	4
Cold Chicken	¹⁰⁄₅₂	4
Cold Pig	¹⁰⁄₅₂	4
Cold Cow	⁸⁄₅₂	4
Fox	⁸⁄₅₂	2–4
Rabbit	⁴⁄₅₂	2–4
Underground water creature category
Glow Squid	1	4–6
Ambient category
Bat	1	8

↑ Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.

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

↑ Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.

Sounds

Music

Dappled forests re-use the forest music pool in Java Edition and the default Overworld music pool in Bedrock Edition:

Title	Preview	Java Edition		Bedrock Edition
Title	Preview	Weight	Probability	Weight	Probability
Memories		2	8%	2	5.56%
Shores		2	8%	2	5.56%
Aerie		1	4%	—	—
Broken Clocks		1	4%	1	2.78%
Bromeliad		1	4%	—	—
Clark		1	4%	1	2.78%
Comforting Memories		1	4%	1	2.78%
Danny		1	4%	1	2.78%
Dry Hands		1	4%	1	2.78%
Firebugs		1	4%	—	—
Floating Dream		1	4%	1	2.78%
Haggstrom		1	4%	1	2.78%
Key		1	4%	1	2.78%
Labyrinthine		1	4%	—	—
Left to Bloom		1	4%	1	2.78%
Living Mice		1	4%	1	2.78%
Mice on Venus		1	4%	1	2.78%
Minecraft		1	4%	1	2.78%
One More Day		1	4%	1	2.78%
Oxygène		1	4%	1	2.78%
Subwoofer Lullaby		1	4%	1	2.78%
Sweden		1	4%	1	2.78%
Wet Hands		1	4%	1	2.78%
Home		—	—	2	5.56%
Nightly		—	—	2	5.56%
Ebb		—	—	2	5.56%
Below and Above		—	—	1	2.78%
Featherfall		—	—	1	2.78%
Fireflies		—	—	1	2.78%
komorebi		—	—	1	2.78%
Lilypad		—	—	1	2.78%
O's Piano		—	—	1	2.78%
Puzzlebox		—	—	1	2.78%
Watcher		—	—	1	2.78%
yakusoku		—	—	1	2.78%

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Translation key
Dappled Forest	`dappled_forest`	`biome.minecraft.dappled_forest`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID
[No displayed name]	`dappled_forest`	`195`

Biome definition

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    "foliage_color": "#e68e30",
    "grass_color": "#df6827",
    "water_color": "#375154"
  },
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      "minecraft:lake_lava_surface"
    ],
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    ],
    [
      "minecraft:monster_room",
      "minecraft:monster_room_deep"
    ],
    [],
    [],
    [
      "minecraft:ore_dirt",
      "minecraft:ore_gravel",
      "minecraft:ore_granite_upper",
      "minecraft:ore_granite_lower",
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      "minecraft:ore_diorite_lower",
      "minecraft:ore_andesite_upper",
      "minecraft:ore_andesite_lower",
      "minecraft:ore_tuff",
      "minecraft:ore_coal_upper",
      "minecraft:ore_coal_lower",
      "minecraft:ore_iron_upper",
      "minecraft:ore_iron_middle",
      "minecraft:ore_iron_small",
      "minecraft:ore_gold",
      "minecraft:ore_gold_lower",
      "minecraft:ore_redstone",
      "minecraft:ore_redstone_lower",
      "minecraft:ore_diamond",
      "minecraft:ore_diamond_medium",
      "minecraft:ore_diamond_large",
      "minecraft:ore_diamond_buried",
      "minecraft:ore_lapis",
      "minecraft:ore_lapis_buried",
      "minecraft:ore_copper",
      "minecraft:underwater_magma",
      "minecraft:disk_sand",
      "minecraft:disk_clay",
      "minecraft:disk_gravel"
    ],
    [],
    [
      "minecraft:spring_water",
      "minecraft:spring_lava"
    ],
    [
      "minecraft:glow_lichen",
      "minecraft:trees_dappled_forest",
      "minecraft:brown_mushroom_dappled_forest",
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      "minecraft:patch_grass_forest"
    ],
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}

Achievements


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)
		Adventuring Time	Discover 17 biomes.	Visit any 17 biomes. Does not have to be in a single world.	40	Silver

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	Adventuring Time	Discover every biome	Visit all of these 56^{[until: Fourth Drop 2026]}/57^[upcoming] biomes: Badlands Bamboo Jungle Beach Birch Forest Cherry Grove Cold Ocean Dappled Forest Dark Forest Deep Cold Ocean Deep Dark Deep Frozen Ocean Deep Lukewarm Ocean Deep Ocean Desert Dripstone Caves Eroded Badlands Flower Forest Forest Frozen Ocean Frozen Peaks Frozen River Grove Ice Caves Ice Spikes Jagged Peaks Jungle Lukewarm Ocean Lush Caves Mangrove Swamp Meadow Mushroom Fields Ocean Old Growth Birch Forest Old Growth Pine Taiga Old Growth Spruce Taiga Pale Garden Plains River Savanna Savanna Plateau Snowy Beach Snowy Plains Snowy Slopes Snowy Taiga Sparse Jungle Stony Peaks Stony Shore Sunflower Plains Sulfur Caves Swamp Taiga Warm Ocean Windswept Forest Windswept Gravelly Hills Windswept Hills Windswept Savanna Wooded Badlands The advancement is only for Overworld biomes. Other biomes may also be visited, but are ignored for this advancement.

History

Announcement

May 30, 2026							Dappled forests are announced at Minecraft Live – May 2026.

Java Edition

Java Edition
26.3			snap1				Added dappled forests.
26.3			pre1				Dappled forests now use the forest music pool instead of the flower forest music pool.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
26.40 Experiment Drop 3 of 2026	Preview 26.40.27	Added dappled forests.
26.40 Experiment Drop 3 of 2026	Preview 26.40.30	Dappled forests now use the default volumetric fog instead of swamp fog.
26.50	Preview 26.50.22	All features from the "Drop 3 of 2026" experiment have been fully implemented.
26.50	?	Changed the underwater fog color from #ccd8e2 to #1E97F2 and increased the distance from 30 to 60.

Issues

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

Trivia

Dappled forests are inspired by trees seen during autumn in Michigan, USA, as well as those found in Sweden.^[2]
Prior to their introduction, Minecraft Dungeons featured a similar locale through Pumpkin Pastures. Despite common assumptions from fans, these were developed independently.^[3]
Dappled forests are the only biome where foxes can spawn but wolves can't spawn. As a consequence the biome is ideal for long-term fox farms.

Gallery

Screenshots

Ice spikes bordering a dappled forest
A coastline with a dappled forest
Mountain valleys filled with dappled forests
A dappled forest valley surrounded by cherry groves, with an abandoned camp
An abandoned camp in a dappled forest
The Dappled Forest seed template thumbnail
A deep lake in a dappled forest
The dark water color in Fancy graphics
Overview of a large dappled forest
Wide view of a dappled forest in Java Edition, showing the lower tree density
A dappled forest inside a frozen peaks mountain ring
A village in a small dappled forest, with a larger one in the background
A tiny dappled forest on the coast
A dappled forest with windswept gravelly hills on extreme terrain
A dappled forest single biome world
A cherry grove bordering a dappled forest

Mojang images

A dappled forest shown at Minecraft Live – May 2026
Noor in a dappled forest near a cluster of brown mushrooms
An abandoned camp at the edge of a dappled forest with shelf mushrooms growing on the side of the fallen tree
Sunny building in a dappled forest
Two cold chickens in a dappled forest
Makena based out of the canopy of the biome
Noor on a happy ghast over a dappled forest
Kai riding a pig in a dappled forest
Efe and Ari riding boats by a dappled forest