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Caves & Cliffs

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

Azalea Leaves 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
Copper Ore Copper Ore
  • New ore, found underground.
  • Drops itself when broken, like other metal ores.
  • Spawns in new large ore veins.
Block of Copper Block of Copper
  • 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.
Spore Blossom Spore Blossom
  • Sends particles downward
Dripleaf Plant 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 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
Sculk Block Sculk Block
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
Sculk Sensor Sculk Sensor
  • 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.
Lightning Rod Lightning Rod
  • 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
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

Axolotl Axolotl
  • 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
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
Mountains
Caves & Cliffs 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

Gameplay

Archaeology
  • The player can find items and blocks in gravel and dirt by using the brush
  • Possible items:
Dark Flashing
  • While in the deep dark biome, the screen occasionally darkens limiting the player's visibility


References

  1. "Minecraft Live: The Recap" – Minecraft.net, October 3, 2020
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