A lush cave is a temperate underground biome.
Description
Overground, the biome resembles a plains biome[Java Edition only]. Azalea trees generate on any empty space above a lush cave, with roots consisting of rooted dirt and hanging roots that generate down until reaching the lush cave. This is most common at the surface, but in Java Edition, they can sometimes generate inside caves if there is enough room and a lush cave below. In Bedrock Edition, Azalea Trees still generate as normal, however vines also generates on top of lush caves, due to a glitch.
Underground, moss covers the floors and ceilings, along with moss carpets, grass, and azalea bushes on the floors. On the ceiling, cave vines with glow berries grow down and light up the caves, and spore blossoms grow from the ceiling and drip particles. It also contains clay pools where dripleaf plants grow out of them.
Generation
In Java Edition, lush caves can only be obtained through the experimental datapack.
Lush caves include all standard overworld biome features, as well as the "patch_tall_grass_2", "glow_lichen", "lush_caves_ceiling_vegetation", "cave_vines", "lush_caves_clay", "lush_caves_vegetation", "rooted_azalea_trees", "minecraft:spore_blossom", and "minecraft:classic_vines_cave_feature" features. Ambient cave noises are not played in this biome. Bats are the only non-hostile mobs that spawn in this biome. Lush caves use the same sky colour as the river biome. Players cannot spawn in a lush caves biome[verify]. The biome's downfall value is 0.5, and its depth value is 0.1. It is classified as an underground biome.
In Bedrock Edition, Lush caves generate randomly in caves if the Experimental Gameplay feature is turned on.
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Translation key |
|---|---|---|
| Lush Caves | lush_caves | biome.minecraft.lush_caves |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID |
|---|---|---|
| [No displayed name] | lush_caves | ? |
History
| October 3, 2020 | The lush caves biome is shown at Minecraft Live 2020. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 27, 2020 | Lady Agnes shows a prototyping of lush caves. | ||||
| March 9, 2021 | Lady Agnes tweaked some values for the lush caves. | ||||
| Upcoming Java Edition | |||||
| 1.17 | 21w10a | Added the lush caves. | |||
| Currently the biome is accessible only in buffet or custom world type. | |||||
| 21w11a | Reduced the amount of floating water in lush caves. | ||||
| March 22, 2021 | Henrik Kniberg shows the natural generation of lush caves. | ||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.16.220 | beta 1.16.220.52 | Added the lush caves. They don't naturally generate yet and are accessible only through add-ons. | |||
| release | Lush caves have been made inaccessible in the full release. | ||||
| Upcoming Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.16.230 | beta 1.16.230.52 | Vines now generate in lush caves. | |||
| 1.17.0 | beta 1.17.0.50 | Lush caves now generate throughout the Overworld behind experimental gameplay toggle. | |||
Issues
Issues relating to "Lush Caves" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Trivia
- Swedish painter John Bauer was one of the main inspirations behind the design and idea of the lush caves biome, specifically Bauer's 'Oskuldens Vandring' (Innocent's Journey) painting.[1]
- During development, lush caves contained calcite.
- Also during development, Lady Agnes made a mistake and made lush caves generate absolutely everywhere.[2]
Gallery
Concept artwork
References
- ↑ "Minecraft Live: Caves & Cliffs - First Look @ 6:07" – Minecraft on YouTube, October 10, 2020
- ↑ https://twitter.com/_LadyAgnes/status/1335570892374552576






