Old Growth Birch Forest

Old Growth Birch Forest

Structures	Trail ruins
Blocks	Grass Block Birch Log Birch Leaves Bee Nest Rose Bush Lilac Peony Lily of the Valley Wildflowers Bush
Climate
Temperature	0.6
Downfall	0.6
Precipitation	Yes
Colors
Grass color	#88BB67
Foliage color	#6BA941
Water color	#3F76E4‌  #0A74C4‌

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An old growth birch forest is a variant of the birch forest, notable for its trees, which are taller than those found in the normal birch forest.

Description

The old growth birch forest features birch trees, half of which are significantly taller than normal with trunks up to 14 blocks tall. These tall birch trees are exclusive to the old growth birch forest and cannot be grown with a normal birch sapling. Bee nests can be found on 0.2%‌ or 0.035%‌ of the trees. Flowers that naturally generate in the biome include the rose bush, lilacs, peonies, lily of the valley and the very common wildflowers. Small patches of up to five bushes are also present, and firefly bushes often generate where the biome borders a river.

Additionally, trail ruins may generate here as opposed to regular birch forests.

Old growth birch forests replace birch forests in positive weirdness and consequently often border rivers as well as their regular biome variant. Uncommonly, they also border forests, plains, dark forests, sparse jungles, mountain groves, taigas, swamps, windswept forests, windswept savannas and very rarely old growth pine taigas, old growth spruce taigas, jungles, bamboo jungles or pale gardens. Just like other biomes that generate independently of continentalness and erosion values, old growth birch forests can also generate next to beaches, stony shores and ocean biomes. They cover about 2.179% of the Overworld's area, making them slightly rarer than birch forests, and only a little more common than dark forests.

Due to the abundance of birch trees combined with the amount of logs the tall birch trees provide, the old growth birch forest offers a good biome choice for Survival. Food is also plentiful, as the biome is home to farm animals and honey-producing bees. Furthermore, the leaf canopies of both normal and tall birches are less dense than those of dark oak trees in dark forests, allowing more sunlight to reach the ground and reducing the number of hostile mobs that can hide from sunlight during daytime.

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	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	12⁄40	4
Chicken	10⁄40	4
Pig	10⁄40	4
Cow	8⁄40	4
Underground water creature category
Glow Squid	1	4–6
Ambient category
Bat	1	8

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In Bedrock Edition

Mob	Spawn weight	Group size
Monster category
Creeper	100⁄495	1
Slime	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

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Sounds

Music

These music tracks play while the player is in the old growth birch forest.

Filename in Minecraft	Gameplay	Soundtrack Title	Soundtrack	Track preview	Weight
piano1.ogg	Overworld	"Dry Hands"	Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 12		1
piano2.ogg	Overworld	"Wet Hands"	Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 13		1
piano3.ogg	Overworld	"Mice on Venus"	Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 11		1
hal1.ogg	Overworld	"Subwoofer Lullaby"	Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 3		1
hal2.ogg	Overworld	"Living Mice"	Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 5		1
hal3.ogg	Overworld	"Haggstrom"	Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 7		1
hal4.ogg	Overworld	"Danny"	Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 21		1
calm1.ogg	Overworld	"Minecraft"	Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 8		1
calm2.ogg	Overworld	"Clark"	Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 14		1
calm3.ogg	Overworld	"Sweden"	Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 18		1
nuance1.ogg	Overworld	"Key"	Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 1		1
nuance2.ogg	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

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	[hide]Translation key
Old Growth Birch Forest	old_growth_birch_forest	biome.minecraft.old_growth_birch_forest

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	[hide]Numeric ID
[No displayed name]	birch_forest_mutated	155

History

[hide]Java Edition
1.7.2			13w36a				Added birch forest M, along with its variant and many other biomes.
1.13			18w16a				"Birch Forest M" has been renamed to "Mutated Birch Forest."
			18w19a				"Mutated Birch Forest" has been renamed to "Tall Birch Forest."
			pre5				Changed the ID mutated_birch_forest to tall_birch_forest.
1.18			Experimental Snapshot 1				Due to changes to the world generation algorithm, tall birch forests are now much more common.
			21w40a				"Tall Birch Forest" has been renamed to "Old Growth Birch Forest".
			21w44a				Old growth birch forest is now required for the "Adventuring Time" advancement.
1.20			23w12a				Added trail ruins, which can generate in old growth birch forests.
			23w17a				"A Familiar Room" can now be played in old growth birch forests.
1.21.5			25w02a				Added wildflowers, which can generate in old growth birch forests.
			25w05a				Added bushes, which can generate in old growth birch forests.
[hide]Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.9.0			build 1				Added birch forests, along with many other biomes.
v0.11.0			build 1				Added Birch Forest M.
[hide]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 oldgrowth birch forest biome.
1.19.40			Preview 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.
1.21.70 Experiment Drop 1 2025			Preview 1.21.70.20				Added wildflowers, which can generate in old growth birch forests.
							Added bushes, which can generate in old growth birch forests.
[hide]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 and flower forests, along with many other biomes.

Data history

[hide]Java Edition
1.13			17w47a				If numeric IDs for biomes were ever deprecated, it was most likely in this version.
			pre5				The ID has been changed from mutated_birch_forest to tall_birch_forest.
			21w40a				The ID tall_birch_forest has been changed to old_growth_birch_forest.

Issues

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

Gallery

Screenshots

• 

  Overview of an old growth birch forest.

• 

  An old-growth birch forest, previously known as a tall birch forest, in a single biome world before 1.18.

Concept artwork

• 

  Birch forest concept art.

See also

• Birch Forest
• Forest
• Dark Forest
• Taiga
• Old Growth Pine Taiga