Caves & Cliffs

Caves & Cliffs is the name for a major update that will be released for most versions of Minecraft, likely as Java Edition 1.17 and Bedrock Edition 1.17.0. It was announced in Minecraft Live 2020. It will include new cave features, new mountain features, and the glow squid.

It will include the following:

Blocks

 * Amethyst Geode


 * Make bell-like sounds
 * Very rare block
 * Grow from another unobtainable block
 * Drop crystal shards, which can be crafted into a Telescope


 * Ceramic Shards
 * Obtained with brush at archeological sites


 * Copper
 * New ore, found under ground
 * Can be crafted into blocks, stairs and slabs
 * Turns green over time, like real copper.


 * Copper Ore
 * Copper Block
 * Copper Stairs
 * Copper Slab


 * Clay Pots


 * customizable
 * designed fixed by lighting fire under the pots


 * Glow Berries


 * Light source


 * Blossom


 * Dripleaf Plant


 * A plant that can be used for platforming
 * If the player stands on top of the plant for a period of time, the player would fall through the plant.


 * Sculk block


 * Sculk sensor
 * Can be used for wireless redstone


 * Stalagmite
 * Deals damage


 * Stalactite
 * Can fall
 * Can drip water to fill cauldrons


 * Lightning Rod


 * crafted with copper


 * Powdered Snow


 * Unidentified Stalagmite Torch
 * Can be 2, 3, or 4 in a block
 * Can be black or white
 * Emit fire particles

Items

 * Telescope


 * Crafted from crystal shards and copper
 * when held, allows the player to see far away in a small circle


 * Bundle
 * Can be used as inventory space solution


 * Brush
 * Can be used on dirt and gravel


 * Axolotl Bucket

Mobs

 * Axolotl


 * Aquatic creature found in bodies of water within the Lush Caves.
 * Can be caught in a bucket like fish.
 * May come in different colours.


 * Warden


 * Spawns deep underground
 * Attacks the player when they sense movement.
 * follows sources of noise such as snowballs hitting blocks.
 * Incredibly strong ( of damage in full Netherite armor).


 * Goat


 * Spawns in mountains biomes.
 * Can jump very high into the air to avoid obstacles.
 * Attacks some animals and knocks them very far away.

Glow Squid
 * Originates from Minecraft Earth.
 * Glows in the same way that the eyes of spiders and endermen do but it sucks.

World generation

 * Lush caves


 * Generate below Azalea trees.
 * Contain glow berries.


 * Mountains
 * Revamped
 * Contain powdered snow and goats


 * Dripstone caves


 * Contain stalactites and stalagmites


 * Cave generation
 * Drastically improved


 * Archaeological Site
 * New structure with brushes

Gameplay

 * Archaeology

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