Old Growth Birch Forest Biome Wiki Guide

This Minecraft tutorial explains the Old Growth Birch Forest biome (formerly called Tall Birch Forest) with screenshots.

In Minecraft, you will spawn into worlds with unique weather, animals, and plants. These regions are known as biomes. Let’s explore the Old Growth Birch Forest biome in Minecraft.

Background

In Minecraft, the Old Growth Birch Forest is a biome in the Overworld. It is made up of lots of rolling hills that are covered in birch trees. These birch trees generally have taller trunks than birch trees you would find in other biomes.

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Let’s explore the characteristics of the Old Growth Birch Forest biome.

Weather

The weather in the Old Growth Birch Forest biome has average precipitation.

Trees

In the Old Growth Birch Forest biome, you will find lots birch trees (which have taller trunks than usual):

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Vegetation

The vegetation found in the Old Growth Birch Forest biome consists of dandelions, poppies, lilacs, peonies and rose bushes:

Item Description
Old Growth Birch Forest Biome - Wiki Guide 3 Dandelion
Old Growth Birch Forest Biome - Wiki Guide 4 Poppy
Old Growth Birch Forest Biome - Wiki Guide 5 Lilac
Old Growth Birch Forest Biome - Wiki Guide 6 Peony
Old Growth Birch Forest Biome - Wiki Guide 7 Rose Bush

Blocks

In this biome, you will find blocks such as grass blocks:

Item Description
Old Growth Birch Forest Biome - Wiki Guide 8 Grass Block

Other Standard Blocks

If you dig down far enough in the Old Growth Birch Forest biome, you will find the standard Minecraft building blocks such as stone, coal ore, iron ore, gold ore, diamond ore, redstone ore, copper ore:

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Mobs

In the Old Growth Birch Forest biome, there is some wildlife such as cows, sheep, pigs, chickens and bees:

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Overworld Mobs that Spawn at Night

You will still find the usual Overworld mobs that spawn at night in the Old Growth Birch Forest biome, such as creepers, endermen, skeletons, spiders, witches and zombies:

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Biome ID for Old Growth Birch Forest

Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)

In Minecraft, the Old Growth Birch Forest biome has the following Minecraft ID values:

Minecraft ID Version
minecraft:tall_birch_forest 1.16 – 1.17.1
minecraft:old_growth_birch_forest 1.18 – 1.19.2

See a complete list of Biome IDs that is interactive and searchable.

  • Minecraft ID is the biome’s Internal ID that is used in game commands such as /locatebiome command.
  • Dimension is the dimension that the biome can be found (such as the Overworld, Nether, or End).
  • Platform is the platform that applies.
  • Version(s) is the Minecraft version numbers that the Minecraft ID is valid for.

Old Growth Birch Forest Seeds

You can use a seed to create a world where you spawn in a Old Growth Birch Forest biome:

Old Growth Birch Forest Biome - Wiki Guide 29 Old Growth Birch Forest Seeds (Java Edition)

Old Growth Birch Forest Biome - Wiki Guide 30 Old Growth Birch Forest Seeds (Bedrock Edition)

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