The Dream Forest

• This article is about the first world in the original Rayman game. For other forest-themed worlds with similar names, see Dream Forest (disambiguation).

The Dream Forest
The Dream Forest
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Rayman has to proceed through the jungle without falling into the swamp waters. He will come across hunters and explorers. This is where he meets Tarayzan, his first friend. Help Tarayzan get dressed and see what happens! The big boss is Moskito, a persistent giant mosquito.

—Manual, Rayman

Rayman must go through the jungle without falling into the swamps. He'll fight Hunters and Explorators there. It's here he'll meet his first friend, Tarayzan. Help him to dress up, and wait! The big boss is Moskito, the fearsome giant mosquito...

—Manual, Rayman

The Dream Forest (French: La Forêt des Songes – The Forest of Dreams) is the first world in the original Rayman game. It consists of a luxuriant forest which darkens as Rayman goes through it.

Description

The swamps encircle this universe of greenery and its wild flora. There are dancing flowers and mushrooms around which twirl blue butterflies, as well as bizarre trees, some of them being at the boundary between plants and fungi. Lianas Rayman can climb abound, as well as flower and mushroom beds, and plums, recurring fruits in the Rayman series, allow him to pass through the marshes, or to take out Livingstones. There are also prickly fruits of all sizes, strange rocking flowers, and curious water lilies onto which Rayman can jump. Thanks to Tarayzan's magic seed, it is possible to grow similar plants.

In the Rayman Junior games, dangerous lianas with pinkish thorns appear, and it is also possible to grow deadly carnivorous plants when planting a magic seed in maleficent soil.

The enemies in the Dream Forest include Antitoons, little and tall Livingstones, hunters, piranhas, and flower tentacles. The bosses are Bzzit and Moskito, two giant mosquitoes. Rayman will make friends with the first one, who will help him to pass through Anguish Lagoon, after defeating him, and he will eventually encounter the second one in Moskito's Nest.

During his trek in the Dream Forest, Rayman will receive his first three powers from Betilla the Fairy. First, he will learn to use his telescopic fist in Pink Plant Woods. Next, he will receive the power to hang onto ledges in Anguish Lagoon. Finally, he will receive the grappling fist at the end of Moskito's Nest.

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  The very first scenery of the Dream Forest
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  The big boss of the Dream Forest, Moskito
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  An early version of the loading screen image

Levels

• Pink Plant Woods
• Anguish Lagoon
• The Swamps of Forgetfulness
• Moskito's Nest

Soundtracks

• "First Steps"
• " Deep Forest"
• "Animal Life"
• "Bzzit Attacks"
• "Flight of the Mosquito"
• "Hold on tight!"
• "Rainfall"
• "Suspense ~The Flood~"
• "Moskito's Rage"

Saves

This section lists saves for the PC version of the game. Instructions on how to implement them can be found here.

• Pink Plant Woods
• Anguish Lagoon
• The Swamp of Forgetfulness
• Moskito's Nest

In other games

In Rayman 3, the Dream Forest returns in 2D Madness, the first of twelve minigames which can be unlocked and played. This minigame serves as a flashback and tribute to the original Rayman game. In it, Rayman is in the Dream Forest once more, and the player is tasked with maneuvering past various obstacles from the original game, such as mosquitoes, clouds and prickly fruits, to reach the goal. At the end of the minigame, Rayman comes to a room filled with memorabilia relating to the original game.

Picture City, another land from the original game, is also revisited in 2D Nightmare, the ‘sequel’ to 2D Madness.

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  The Dream Forest, as it appears in 2D Madness.

The Forest world from the Game Boy Advance version of Rayman Raving Rabbids.

In the Game Boy Advance adaptation of Rayman Raving Rabbids, the Dream Forest serves as the inspiration behind the game’s second world: the Forest world. Many elements of the Dream Forest, such as Livingstones, piranhas, plums, hunters, water lilies, and a large number of background plants return in it. The world’s first level, Dream Forest, even shares its name with this world. It is possible that the Forest world and the Dream Forest are one and the same, but this remains unconfirmed.

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  Dream Forest, the first of the Forest world's five levels.
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  A Livingstone in the Forest world.

Gallery

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  Rayman can climb lianas to reach the canopy.
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  A thorn liana (Rayman Junior only).
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  Rayman must help Tarayzan to get his loincloth back.
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  Rayman can grow plants thanks to Tarayzan's magic seed in order to escape the flood.
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  Sowing a magic seed in maleficient soil will grow carnivorous plants (Rayman Junior and Rayman Designer only).
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  Livingstones are the most common enemies in the Dream Forest.
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  Bzzit is the first boss in the game.
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  Once beaten, Bzzit helps Rayman to pass through Anguish Lagoon.
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  On the plum, Rayman must dodge flying piranhas and prickly fruits.
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  An incorrectly-coloured Moskito is pursuing Rayman with a huge prickly fruit.
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  Flower tentacles spit out Livingstones.
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  Those gigantic trunks are very similar to flower tentacles.

Names in other languages

Language	Name
English	The Dream Forest
Chinese (simplified)	梦森林 Mèng Sēnlín
Chinese (traditional)	夢之林 Mèng Zhīlín
Dutch	Het Droombos
French	La Forêt des Songes
German	Wald der Träume Der Traumwald (multilingual manuals and Rayman Designer only)
Hebrew	יער החלומות Yaar Hahalomot
Italian	La Foresta delle Meraviglie (multilingual manuals) Foresta Incantata (GBA, DSi, mobile)
Japanese	空想の森 (manuals, PC) Kūsō no Mori ドリームの森 (mobile) Dorīmu no Mori
Korean	꿈의 숲 Kkumŭi Sup'
Polish	Las Snów (Rayman Junior game files)
Russian	Лес Грёз Les Gryoz
Spanish	El Bosque de los Sueños (multilingual manuals, mobile) El Bosque del Olvido (PC) El Bosque de Sueño (GBA) El Bosque del Sueño (DSi)