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Official logo for 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.[1] It will include new cave features, new mountains features and the glow squid.
Planned additions
Please note that the names of many features are conjectural.
Blocks
File:Blooming Azalea Leaves.png Azalea Leaves
- Part of a new exclusive tree marking lush caves
- File:Azalea Roots.png Azalea Roots
- Also part of that tree
- Looks like a colonized dirt block
- File:Amethyst geode block.png Amethyst Geode
- Generates amethyst crystals on top given time
- Unobtainable in survival, and probably cannot be moved with pistons
- Extremely rare, only generates in amethyst geode structures
- File:Amethyst crystal cross.png Amethyst crystals
- Grow on top of geode blocks over time
- Break to produce a crystal shard item
- These can be crafted into telescopes
- New ore, found underground.
- Drops itself when broken, like other metal ores.
- Spawns in new large ore veins.
- Develops a patina of green copper carbonate over multiple stages, which might be sped up by weather such as rain
- File:Copper Stairs.png Copper Stairs
- Develops a patina of green copper carbonate over multiple stages, which might be sped up by weather such as rain
- File:Copper Slab.png Copper Slab
- Develops a patina of green copper carbonate over multiple stages, which might be sped up by weather such as rain
- File:Restoring clay pots.png Clay Pots
- Ceramic Shards can be incorporated into an unfired pot
- Can be fired by lighting fire under the pot
- File:New Vine.png File:New Vine 2.png Spore plant
- Light source
- Grow edible glow berries.
- Sends particles downward
- A plant that can be used for platforming
- If the player stands on top of the plant for a period of time, the player falls through the plant
- File:Baby dripleaf plants.png Small dripleaf plant-like blocks
- Appear highly varied in models
- File:Unidentified foliage object.png Unknown foliage block
- Looks grassy on all sides and opaque
- File:Foliage carpet.png Unknown foliage carpet
- Same texture as the above unknown block, but one pixel thick
- File:Roots bloody roots.png Unknown hanging roots block
- Seen in the distance of a lush caves biome, behind a spore blossom
- File:Baby azalea tree.png File:Baby blooming azalea tree.png Small versions of azalea trees or azalea bushes
- May or may not be saplings
- File:Sculk Something.png Sculk end stone-like block
- File:Sculk Growth.png Sculk Growth
- A layer that generates on top blocks like snow
- Some have parts are transparent allowing the player to see the block it is on top of
- Can be used for wireless redstone
- Senses block placement, footsteps, or projectiles
- Wool can occlude its ability to sense
- File:Stalagmites.png Stalagmite
- Can be found in the new dripstone caves on the floor
- Deals damage when fallen on
- File:Stalactites.png Stalactite
- Can be found in the news dripstone caves on the ceiling
- Can fall, probably damaging entities
- Can drip water to fill cauldrons
- File:Unknown speleothem block.png Unknown block associated with speleothems
(possibly Dripstone, based off of the name of the biome which it is found in)
- Appears to be made of the same materials as stalactites and stalagmites, but as a full cube.
- Crafted with copper
- Redirects nearby lightning strikes to top of rod
- Powdered Snow
- Deceptively similar to snow but entities fall through it. probably the Snowier Snow mentioned in 2019.
- File:Unidentified Stalagmite Torches.png Candle-like blocks
- Can be 1, 2, 3, or 4 in a block similar to sea pickles
- Can be black or white
- Emit fire particles
- File:Unnamed Stone.png Unknown stone
(possibly Marble)
- Can be found around the deep dark cave biome walls
- Can be found in huge groups
Items
- Amethyst Shard
- Drops from Amethyst Crystals
- Used to make telescopes
- File:Axolotl Bucket JE1.png Axolotl Bucket
- Obtained by using a water bucket on an axolotl, similar to cod, salmon, pufferfish, and tropical fish
- In demo was named "item.minecraft.axolotl_bucket"
- Brush
- Used to carefully sweep away debris from archaeological items
- Removes one pixel of height from the dirt or gravel block it is used upon each use
- May allow for the creation of dirt and gravel layers and previously unobtainable block heights
- Bundle
- Can contain 64 of any item
- Items are added by dragging bundle to an item
- Tooltip shows icons of contained items
- Items drop to inventory when right clicked
- Ceramic Shards
- Obtained with brush at archeological sites
- Come in different colors and different designs, each depicting a different picture, such as an ender dragon, Alex, a skeleton, a tree and a grey skinned humanoid (possibly an Illager)
- Can be placed/customized on clay pots
- Glow Berries
- Can be eaten
- Telescope
- Crafted from crystal shards and copper
- When held, allows the player to see far away in a small circle
Mobs
- Aquatic creature found in bodies of water within the Lush Caves
- Can be caught in a bucket like fish
- May come in different colors
- Plays dead when damaged to regenerate health
- Attacks drowned, guardians, elder guardians and other fish.
- Glow squid
- Originates from Minecraft Earth
- Glows in the same way that magma cube cores, blazes and the eyes of spiders, drowned and endermen do.
- Lives in underground lakes.
- Goat
- Spawns in mountains biomes
- Can jump very high into the air to avoid obstacles
- Attacks close animals and knocks them very far away
- There is a baby variant and therefore presumably a way to breed them
- Warden
- Spawns deep underground
- Attacks the player when they sense movement
- Follows sources of noise such as snowballs hitting blocks
- Seems to follow the same rules as the skulk blocks when detecting noise
- Incredibly strong (30
× 15 of damage) - has 85 or more hitpoints
- at least as fast as a player's walking speed
- likely spawns in relation to the hut seen in the clip
- seems to get faster when attacked.
World generation
- Lush caves
- Generate below Azalea trees
- Contain glow berries
- Mountains
The preview of updated mountain generation given during Minecraft Live 2020.
- Revamped
- Contain powdered snow and goats
- Deep Dark
- New biome at the "deepest depths of the world"
- Warden is found inside
- Contains the unidentified stalagmite torches
- Contains the Sculk block
- Dripstone caves
- Contain stalactites and stalagmites
- Cave generation
- Revamped to generate bigger, more adventurous caves.
- Amethyst geode
- A tiny underground cave-like feature
- Contains geode blocks and the amethyst crystals they generate
- Bell-like sounds can be heard here - whether a block emits these or if it's a biome thing (like the exclusive ambience for nether biomes) is unknown
- Archaeological Excavation
- New structure with brushes
- Unnamed Abandoned Underground House
- Can be found in the deep
- Contain cobwebs
- Stripped spruce log support beam runs across ceiling
- Barrels, a double chest, and a blast furnace are included
Gameplay
- Archaeology
- The player can find items and blocks in gravel and dirt by using the brush
- Possible items:
- Diamond block
- Emerald block
- Ceramic shards of varying color, which depict different images.
- Dark Flashing
- While in the deep dark biome, the screen occasionally darkens limiting the player's visibility
References
- ↑ "Minecraft Live: The Recap" – Minecraft.net, October 3, 2020