The Forty-Fourth Training Ground -- also known as the Forest of Death -- is used as the stage for the second part of the Konoha Chūnin Exams, usually proctored by Tokubetsu Jonin. Its primary function served as a testing ground for the survival and fighting skills of Genin trying to become Chūnin-level. Filled with hordes of flora and fauna [ often gigantic, poisonous — or even more likely, both ] the Forest of Death can be considered a considerably dangerous place.
