Glow berries are a food item that is collected from cave vines and can be used to plant them.
Cave vines are a plant used to grow glow berries.
Obtaining
Glow berries can be found in lush caves, which can generate using only the buffet or custom world type. The only way they are currently found naturally is in Mineshaft chests.
Post-generation
Glow berries can be collected from a cave vine bearing them by using or breaking it, which yields one glow berries when bearing them and nothing when not. A cave vine also breaks if water runs over its location or if a piston extends or pushes a block into its location.
Fortune has no effect on the amount of glow berries dropped.
Chest loot
| Item | Structure | Container | Quantity | Chance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Java Edition | ||||
| Glow Berries | Mineshaft | Chest | 3–6 | 38.7% |
| Ancient City | Chest | 1–15 | 23.2% | |
| Bedrock Edition | ||||
| Glow Berries | Mineshaft | Chest | 3–6 | 38.7% |
| Ancient City | Chest | 1–15 | 23.2% | |
Usage
Placement
Glow berries can be placed on, and grow from, only the bottom of a block. They have no specific lighting requirements. When placed, they can be of any length.
Growth
Placing glow berries on the bottom of a block creates a cave vine that grows downward one block at a time as long as air is beneath it or its maximum height (2 to 26 blocks) is not reached. Each newly-grown cave vine block has a chance of bearing glow berries. Only this tip can ever naturally grow them.[more information needed]
Using bone meal on a cave vine produces glow berries if the vine was not bearing any.
Food
To eat glow berries, press and hold use while it is selected in the hotbar. Eating one restores 2 (
) hunger and 0.4 hunger saturation points, like sweet berries.
Light
When bearing glow berries, cave vines give off a light level of 14.
Composting
Placing glow berries into a composter by using them on it has a 30% chance of raising the compost level by 1.
Breeding
Glow berries can be fed to foxes to breed them. Foxes are similar to cats when being fed as a wild animal; a sudden movement by the player may cause the fox to flee even if the player holds glow berries. The baby fox trusts the player and does not flee.
Glow berries can be used on baby foxes to accelerate their growth by 10%.
Sounds
Glow berries
| Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eating | Players | While a player is eating something | entity | subtitles | varies [sound 1] | 0.8-1.2 | 16 | |
| Eating | Friendly Creatures | When a player finishes eating something | entity | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.6-1.4 | 16 | |
| Burp | Players | When a player finishes eating something | entity | subtitles | 0.5 | 0.9-1.0 | 16 |
- ↑ Can be 0.5, 1.0, or 1.5
| Sound | Source | Description | Resource location | Volume | Pitch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | While a player is eating something | random | 0.5-1.1 | 0.8-1.2 | |
| Players | When a player finishes eating something | random | 0.5 | 0.9-1.0 |
Cave vines
Generic
| Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Block broken | Blocks | Once the block has broken | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
| Block placed | Blocks | When the block is placed | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
| Block breaking | Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | block | subtitles | 0.25 | 0.5 | 16 | |
| None[sound 1] | Entity-Dependent | Falling on the block with fall damage | block | None[sound 1] | 0.5 | 0.75 | 16 | |
| Footsteps | Entity-Dependent | Walking on the block | block | subtitles | 0.15 | 1.0 | 16 |
| Sound | Source | Description | Resource location | Volume | Pitch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blocks | Once the block has broken | dig | 1.0 | 0.8-1.0 | |
| Blocks | When the block is placed | dig | 1.0 | 0.8-1.0 | |
| Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | hit | 0.3 | 0.5 | |
| Players | Falling on the block with fall damage | fall | 0.4 | 1.0 | |
| Players | Walking on the block | step | 0.3 | 1.0 | |
| Players | Jumping from the block | jump | 0.12 | 1.0 | |
| Players | Falling on the block without fall damage | land | 0.22 | 1.0 |
Unique
| Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berries pop | Blocks | ? | block | subtitles | ? | ? | 16 |
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Form | Block tags (JE) | Item tags (JE) | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cave Vines | cave_vines | Block | cave_vineslush_plants_replaceable | — | block.minecraft.cave_vines |
| Cave Vines Plant | cave_vines_plant | Block | cave_vineslush_plants_replaceable | — | block.minecraft.cave_vines_plant |
| Glow Berries | glow_berries | Item | — | fox_food | item.minecraft.glow_berries |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cave Vines | cave_vines | 577 | Block & Giveable Item[i 1] | tile.cave_vines.name |
| Cave Vines Body | cave_vines_body_with_berries | 630 | Block & Giveable Item[i 1] | tile.cave_vines_body_with_berries.name |
| Cave Vines Head | cave_vines_head_with_berries | 631 | Block & Giveable Item[i 1] | tile.cave_vines_head_with_berries.name |
| Glow Berries | glow_berries | ? | Item | item.glow_berries.name |
Block states
Java Edition:
Cave Vines:
| Name | Default value | Allowed values | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| berries | false | falsetrue | Whether this cave vine has berries. |
| age | 0 | 012345678910111213141516171819202122232425 | How old this cave vine is. |
Cave Vines Plant:
| Name | Default value | Allowed values | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| berries | false | falsetrue | Whether this cave vine has berries. |
Bedrock Edition:
Cave Vines, Cave Vines Body With Berries, Cave Vines Head With Berries:
| Name | Metadata Bits | Default value | Allowed values | Values for Metadata Bits |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| growing_plant_age | Not Supported | 0 | 012345678910111213141516171819202122232425 | Unsupported | How old this cave vine is. |
Advancements
| Icon | Advancement | In-game description | Parent | Actual requirements (if different) | Resource location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Husbandry | The world is full of friends and food | — | Consume anything that can be consumed. | husbandry/root
|
![]() | A Balanced Diet | Eat everything that is edible, even if it's not good for you | A Seedy Place | Eat each of these 40 foods:
| husbandry/balanced_diet
|
History
| October 3, 2020 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upcoming Java Edition | |||||
| 1.17 | 21w05a | ||||
| 21w11a | Renamed from "cave vines head" and "cave vines body" to "cave vines" and "cave vines plant", respectively. | ||||
| The IDs have also changed. | |||||
| Cave vines now always give 14 light, regardless of the type of part. | |||||
| Now slow down the player. | |||||
| Can now be climbed. | |||||
| 21w13a | Glow berries now generate as loot in mineshaft chest minecarts. | ||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.16.220 | beta 1.16.220.52 | ||||
| release | Glow berries and Cave vines have been made inaccessible in the full release. | ||||
| Upcoming Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.16.230 | beta 1.16.230.54 | Glow Berries now generate as loot in mineshaft chest minecarts. | |||
Cave vines "item"
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.16.220 | beta 1.16.220.52 | Added cave vines as an item. | |||
| The can be obtained via pick block. | |||||
| Upcoming Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.16.230 | beta 1.16.230.50 | Cave Vines can no longer be obtained via pick block. | |||
Issues
Issues relating to "Glow Berries" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Trivia
- They are the first item to be usable as both a food and a light source.








