The forest is advantageous for players because of its warmer climate. All players spawn in the forest, and work their way towards the winter and/or the ocean.

The forest is the basis for survival, as it has a much warmer climate than other biomes, as well as less powerful mobs. Currently, it covers about 1/5 of the map and takes up half of the bottom section, accompanied by the ocean.

The Forest is the original biome that encompassed all of the map when the game came out. Mobs spawning and cold/heat are based on the biome they are in. Players start out in the forest biome, and generally move to biomes that are more dangerous but contain better loot (such as the winter, ocean, lava and desert biomes) as they progress. The lava biome is located in the top right of the map,covering about 1/5 of it,and was added in the 'It smells like burning!' update. The new desert biome was added in the 'Desert' update. The ocean biome is located all around the islands, and was added in the 'VAMOS A LA PLAYA' update. The next biome, known as the ocean, is a large body of water, which contains small islands, the only places where treasure chests can be found. Afterwards, the winter was added in the 'WINTER IS FINALLY HERE' update, located next to the forest. The forest biome was the inaugural biome, the place where you spawn at the beginning of the game. There are currently five biomes in starve.io: the forest, the winter, the ocean, the lava biome and the desert. A biome is a particular section of the world with a specific climate, home to particular mobs and containing particular resources.

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