我的世界群系漫游：黑森林

Most of Minecraft’s overworld is pretty safe during the daytime. Hostile mobs like zombies, skeletons, and spiders need darkness to spawn – and the sun is bright enough to keep them away. But there’s one biome that still poses a danger, even in the middle of the day. It’s the dark forest.
在白天，MC主世界大部分地区都挺安全，敌对生物比如僵尸、骷髅、蜘蛛只会在黑暗中生成，太阳的光辉足以赶走它们。但是有个地方即便在正午都有危险，那就是黑森林。

Dark forests were added to Minecraft in The Update That Changed the World, alongside stained glass, podzol, and pufferfish. Originally they were called “roofed forests”, referring to the way that the canopy forms a roof, but then we decided that Dark Forest was a better name.
黑森林在改变世界更新（1.7.2）中和玻璃、灰化土、河豚一起被加入MC，一开始它叫“房盖森林（roofed forests）”，取“绿荫如盖”之意；但之后我们决定，给它起个更好的名字——黑森林。

There are two kinds of dark forest – the first is the normal one, which is the most dangerous. But it’s also possible to find a more hilly variant, where steep hills and cliffs break the canopy. These are safer in some ways – the hills allow more sunlight to get in, and more dangerous in others – you don’t want to fall off a cliff.
黑森林有两个变种，第一个就是普通黑森林，也是最危险的。不过也可能出现黑森林丘陵，在这里陡峭的丘陵和悬崖会撕碎绿荫，更多阳光会照射进来显得比较安全——然而没人想从悬崖摔下来，那就不安全了。

Dark forests are much denser than other forests. The trees grow closer together, and their leaf canopy blocks sunlight from reaching the forest floor. In some places, the foliage is so dense that it gets dark enough for zombies, spiders, and skeletons to crawl out of their lairs and prowl in the daytime.
黑森林比其他森林都要浓密，树挨得更近，树冠阻挡了阳光照到地表。而在某些地方树叶更加浓密，黑暗到足以让僵尸、蜘蛛和骷髅挣脱黑暗，冲向光明。

So why bother venturing inside? Well, there are plenty of resources to collect. A lot of wood, for starters – oak, dark oak, and birch trees will all generate in dark forest biomes, as well as huge red and brown mushrooms, dandelions, poppies, lily of the valley, rose bushes, peonies and lilacs. You’ll also find sheep, pigs, chickens, and cows wandering around, drinking from the occasional lake.
那么冒险进去干嘛？不急，这里有很多资源，新手可以找到很多木头，橡木，深色橡木，白桦树都会生成在黑森林中，此外还有红色或棕色的巨型蘑菇、蒲公英、虞美人、铃兰、玫瑰丛、牡丹和丁香；动物资源包括猪羊鸡牛，会在偶然生成的湖中喝水。

But the most compelling reason to visit a dark forest is to find a woodland mansion – huge structures，built by illagers，full of valuable loot。Assaulting a woodland mansion is no joke，they’re much more dangerous than their name suggests。But the rewards can be worth it。
但最好的动机是参观一下林地府邸——一个由灾厄村民建造的巨大结构，里面都是宝贝。洗劫林地府邸可没那么简单，它们比它们的名字更加危险，不过奖品还挺值。

If you do choose to invade one, then it might be worth setting up a small base outside a mansion before you venture inside. That way you don’t have to run for miles if you succumb to its inhabitants’ attacks. But longer stays in a dark forest are not advised – the danger of mobs spawning in the daytime, and the ease of getting lost amongst the trees, make it a poor place to set up home more permanently.
如果决定要入侵林地府邸，那么建议在外面建一个小基地，这样如果你被里面村民打死了，就不用再跋山涉水跑回来；但是，长时间呆在黑森林则不可取——白天生成的怪物，以及在树林间走丢的风险，都使黑森林不适合长期建家。

In the real world, a forest that shows no signs of disturbance by humans is called “primary forest” and there isn’t very much of it – only about 20 percent of the original forests that existed on Earth before humans remain.
现实世界中，没有人类活动痕迹的森林就是“原始森林”，不过在人类着手保护之前，地球上只剩大约20%的原始森林，实在不多。

This is a problem because primary forests are extremely valuable – they purify water, generate the oxygen we breathe, store carbon, control flooding, and provide a home for millions of species.
这是个大问题，因为原始森林极具价值，它们能够净水、造氧、固碳、蓄洪，为百万物种提供家园。

More than half of what’s left lies within just three countries – Brazil, Russia, and Canada, and in some parts of the world – like Europe, only about 3% remains. The ones that are left we do have left are increasingly becoming tourist attractions, which brings its own issues.
剩下的这点原始森林，有一半分布在三个国家：巴西，俄罗斯和加拿大，在另一些地方比如欧洲，只有3%了。我们保护下来的原始森林正在变成旅游景点，这又带来了新问题。

Minecraft’s overworld contains as much forest as you want – and you can always generate a new world if you need to. But unfortunately, we can’t do the same for our Earth. So let’s try and keep our real-world dark forests safe by leaving them alone.
MC主世界中，你想要多少森林，就有多少森林，如有需要你甚至可以生成个新世界，但可惜地球只有一个，所以让我们离开现实中的“黑森林”，保护它们安全生长吧！

来源：森林蝙蝠

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