Minecraft Dungeons:Nether Cave

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The Nether Cave is a cave that is located directly underneath the camp. This is the location of the Piglin Merchant, as well as the location of a second active Nether portal, which can be used to access Ancient Hunts. The cave is accessible through an open door, making it a structure.

Appearance[]

Interior[]

The nether cave is a cave completely grown inside with a mixed set of growing bioluminescent nether foliage from both of the warped forest and the crimson forest, both growing on either side of a nether portal in the middle of the cave where the hero can access Ancient Hunts. Beside the portal to the left, the piglin merchant is seen by some piles of basalt. The nether portal is also seen with a lit torch on the top and a small cage with seemingly a magma cube trapped inside it.

Exterior[]

the outside of the cave is normal with the identifier of the cave being a signpost with four squares on it.

Interaction[]

Accessing Ancient Hunts[]

Ancient Hunt Exchange — The ranged weapon selection interface for configuring an ancient hunt.

Accessible after a single mission at Default V or greater is completed, a Nether portal located in the Nether Cave at the camp serves as the physical point of interaction for ancient hunts, adjacent to the piglin merchant. Hunts can also be accessed from the "Other Dimensions" tab of the "Mission Selection" map.

Before a hunt can be entered, heroes must offer up a combination of a single melee weapon, ranged weapon, armor, and artifact that together fulfills the rune requirements for at least one type of Ancient Mob to appear. Optionally, heroes can also sacrifice Enchantment Points, lowering the character level to increase ancients on average and thus more gilded gear. Upon entering the hunt, the offered items are permanently destroyed along with any enchantment points applied to them. The ancients on average will also increase with greater numbers of ancient mob types satisfied by the offered runes.

The total number of enchantment slots, shown as grey or purple squares, from the offered equipment sets the maximum number of enchantment points that can be offered to a maximum of 9. Grey squares refer to an empty enchantment slot and do not contribute to the total and purple represents a present enchantment slot and adds 1 to the total.
Enchantment points applied onto offered equipment have no effect on the hunt when sacrificed.^[verify]

Runes[]

All weapons, armor, and artifacts are assigned 1, 2, or 3 runes, of which there are 9 variants. Most unique rarity equipment contribute at least 2 runes, 20 of which give 3 runes.

Rune A
Rune C
Rune I
Rune O
Rune P
Rune R
Rune S
Rune T
Rune U

Melee Rune Table
Icon	Name `Level ID`
Icon	Name `Level ID`	`Rune U`	`Rune C`	`Rune O`	`Rune S`	`Rune R`	`Rune I`	`Rune P`	`Rune T`	`Rune A`
	Anchor `Anchor`						✔
	Axe `Axe`						✔
	Battlestaff `Battlestaff`						✔
	Battlestaff of Terror `Battlestaff_Unique2`						✔			✔
	Bee Stinger `Rapier_Unique1`	✔					✔	✔
	Bone Cudgel `Boneclub_Unique1`						✔
	Boneclub `Boneclub`						✔
	Broadsword `Claymore_Unique2`						✔		✔
	Broken Sawblade `Chainsword`								✔
	Chill Gale Knife `TempestKnife_Unique2`		✔		✔
	Claymore `Claymore`								✔
	Cursed Axe `DoubleAxe_Unique2`						✔		✔	✔
	Cutlass `Cutlass`						✔
	Daggers `Daggers`						✔
	Dancer's Sword `Cutlass_Unique2`		✔				✔
	Dark Katana `Katana_Unique2`						✔			✔
	Diamond Pickaxe `Pickaxe_Unique1_Steel`						✔			✔
	Diamond Sword `Sword_Unique1`						✔
	Double Axe `DoubleAxe`						✔		✔
	Eternal Knife `SoulKnife_Unique2`			✔
	Fangs of Frost `Daggers_Unique1`				✔		✔
	Fighter's Bindings `Gauntlets_Unique3`		✔				✔
	Firebrand `Axe_Unique1`						✔			✔
	Flail `Mace_Unique2`						✔			✔
	Fortune Spear `Spear_Unique2`				✔
	Freezing Foil `Rapier_Unique2`				✔		✔	✔
	Frost Scythe `SoulScythe_Unique2`			✔	✔
	Frost Slayer `Claymore_Winter1`						✔		✔
	Gauntlets `Gauntlets`						✔
	Glaive `Glaive`				✔
	Grave Bane `Glaive_Unique1`				✔		✔
	Great Axeblade `Claymore_Unique3`		✔						✔
	Great Hammer `Hammer`								✔
	Growing Staff `Battlestaff_Unique1`						✔
	Hammer of Gravity `Hammer_Unique2`								✔	✔
	Hawkbrand `Sword_Unique2`						✔
	Heartstealer `Claymore_Unique1`						✔		✔
	Highland Axe `Axe_Unique2`				✔		✔
	Jailor's Scythe `SoulScythe_Unique1`			✔						✔
	Katana `Katana_Unique2`						✔
	Mace `Mace`						✔
	Master's Katana `Katana_Unique1`						✔
	Maulers `Gauntlets_Unique2`		✔				✔
	Mechanized Sawblade `Chainsword_Unique1`		✔						✔
	Moon Daggers `Daggers_Unique2`			✔			✔
	Nameless Blade `Cutlass_Unique1`				✔		✔
	Nightmare's Bite `Sickles_Unique1`						✔
	Pickaxe `Pickaxe_Steel`						✔
	Rapier `Rapier`						✔	✔
	Resolute Tempest Knife `TempestKnife_Unique1`		✔				✔
	Sheer Daggers `Daggers_Unique3`						✔
	Sickles `Sickles`						✔
	Sinister Sword `Sword_Spooky1`						✔
	Soul Fists `Gauntlets_Unique1`			✔			✔
	Soul Knife `SoulKnife`			✔
	Soul Scythe `SoulScythe`			✔
	Spear `Spear`				✔
	Stormlander `Hammer_Unique1`								✔	✔
	Sun's Grace `Mace_Unique1`				✔		✔
	Sword `Sword_Steel`						✔
	Tempest Knife `TempestKnife`		✔
	The Last Laugh `Sickles_Unique2`						✔			✔
	Truthseeker `SoulKnife_Unique1`			✔			✔
	Venom Glaive `Glaive_Unique2`				✔					✔
	Vine Whip `Whip_Unique1`				✔		✔
	Whip `Whip`				✔
	Whirlwind `DoubleAxe_Unique1`						✔		✔	✔
	Whispering Spear `Spear_Unique1`				✔		✔

Ranged Rune Table
Icon	Name `Level ID`
Icon	Name `Level ID`	`Rune U`	`Rune C`	`Rune O`	`Rune S`	`Rune R`	`Rune I`	`Rune P`	`Rune T`	`Rune A`
	Ancient Bow `HuntingBow_Unique3`	✔	✔
	Auto Crossbow `RapidCrossbow_Unique2`		✔			✔
	Azure Seeker `Crossbow_Unique2`		✔			✔
	Baby Crossbows `DualCrossbows_Unique2`					✔
	Bonebow `Bow_Unique1`					✔
	Bow `Bow`					✔
	Bow of Lost Souls `SoulBow_Unique2`			✔		✔
	Burst Crossbow `BurstCrossbow`					✔		✔
	Burst Gale Bow `WindBow_Unique2`		✔				✔
	Butterfly Crossbow `RapidCrossbow_Unique1`				✔	✔
	Cog Crossbow `CogCrossbow`					✔
	Corrupted Crossbow `BurstCrossbow_Unique2`		✔			✔		✔
	Crossbow `Crossbow`					✔
	Doom Crossbow `HeavyCrossbow_Unique1`						✔
	Dual Crossbows `DualCrossbows`					✔
	Echo of the Valley `WindBow_Unique1`					✔	✔
	Elite Power Bow `PowerBow_Unique1`					✔	✔
	Exploding Crossbow `ExplodingCrossbow`						✔
	Feral Soul Crossbow `SoulCrossbow_Unique1`			✔
	Firebolt Thrower `ExplodingCrossbow_Unique2`						✔
	Guardian Bow `Longbow_Unique1`				✔	✔
	Harp Crossbow `ScatterCrossbow_Unique1`						✔		✔
	Haunted Bow `Bow_Spooky1`				✔		✔
	Heavy Crossbow `HeavyCrossbow`						✔
	Hunter's Promise `HuntingBow_Unique1`	✔				✔
	Hunting Bow `HuntingBow`	✔
	Imploding Crossbow `ExplodingCrossbow_Unique1`						✔			✔
	Lightning Harp Crossbow `ScatterCrossbow_Unique2`						✔		✔
	Longbow `Longbow`					✔
	Love Spell Bow `Shortbow_Unique3`				✔	✔
	Master's Bow `HuntingBow_Unique2`	✔				✔
	Mechanical Shortbow `Shortbow_Unique2`		✔			✔
	Nocturnal Bow `SoulBow_Unique1`		✔	✔
	Power Bow `PowerBow`					✔	✔
	Pride of the Piglins `CogCrossbow_Unique1`					✔	✔
	Purple Storm `Shortbow_Unique1`		✔			✔
	Rapid Crossbow `RapidCrossbow`					✔
	Red Snake `Longbow_Unique2`					✔				✔
	Sabrewing `PowerBow_Unique2`				✔	✔	✔
	Scatter Crossbow `ScatterCrossbow`								✔
	Shivering Bow `SoulBow_Winter1`		✔	✔
	Shortbow `Shortbow`					✔
	Slayer Crossbow `HeavyCrossbow_Unique1`					✔	✔
	Snow Bow `SlowBow`				✔
	Soul Bow `SoulBow`			✔
	Soul Crossbow `SoulCrossbow`			✔
	Soul Hunter Crossbow `BurstCrossbow_Unique1`			✔		✔		✔
	Spellbound Crossbows `ExplodingCrossbow_Unique1`					✔				✔
	The Green Menace `Trickbow_Unique1`					✔				✔
	The Pink Scoundrel `Trickbow_Unique2`					✔	✔
	The Slicer `Crossbow_Unique1`					✔
	Trickbow `TrickBow`					✔
	Twin Bow `Bow_Unique2`				✔	✔
	Twisting Vine Bow `TwistingVineBow`					✔
	Voidcaller `SoulBow_Unique2`			✔						✔
	Weeping Vine Bow `TwistingVineBow_UNique1`		✔			✔
	Wind Bow `WindBow`						✔
	Winter's Touch `SlowBow_Unique1`				✔	✔

Armor Rune Table
Icon	Name `Level ID`
Icon	Name `Level ID`	`Rune U`	`Rune C`	`Rune O`	`Rune S`	`Rune R`	`Rune I`	`Rune P`	`Rune T`	`Rune A`
	Archer's Armor `ArchersStrappings_Unique1`		✔			✔
	Arctic Fox Armor `WolfArmor_Winter1`	✔			✔				✔
	Battle Robe `BattleRobe`						✔			✔
	Beehive Armor `BeenestArmor_Unique1`	✔						✔	✔
	Beenest Armor `BeenestArmor`	✔						✔
	Black Wolf Armor `WolfArmor_Unique2`	✔	✔		✔
	Cave Crawler `SpelunkersArmor_Unique1`	✔					✔
	Champion's Armor `ChampionsArmor`								✔
	Climbing Gear `ClimbingGear`								✔
	Dark Armor `DarkArmor`			✔					✔
	Ember Robe `EvocationRobe_Unique1`				✔		✔			✔
	Emerald Gear `EmeraldArmor`									✔
	Evocation Robe `EvocationRobe`				✔					✔
	Fox Armor `WolfArmor_Unique1`	✔			✔				✔
	Frost Armor `SnowArmor_Unique1`				✔				✔
	Frost Bite `PhantomArmor_Unique1`			✔	✔	✔
	Full Metal Armor `FullPlateArmor_Unique1`						✔		✔
	Ghost Kindler `GhostArmor_Unique1`		✔				✔	✔
	Ghostly Armor `GhostArmor`		✔					✔
	Gilded Glory `EmeraldArmor_Unique2`						✔			✔
	Goat Gear `ClimbingGear_Unique2`		✔						✔
	Golden Piglin Armor `PiglinArmor_Unique1`				✔					✔
	Grim Armor `GrimArmor`			✔	✔
	Guard's Armor `CowardsArmor`					✔
	Hero's Armor `ChampionsArmor_Unique1`				✔				✔
	Highland Armor `ScaleMail_Unique1`		✔				✔		✔
	Hungry Horror `MercenaryArmor_Spooky1`		✔		✔				✔
	Hunter's Armor `ArchersStrappings`					✔
	Living Vines Armor `SproutArmor_Unique1`		✔
	Mercenary Armor `MercenaryArmor`				✔				✔
	Mystery Armor `MysteryArmor`							✔		✔
	Ocelot Armor `OcelotArmor`		✔
	Opulent Armor `EmeraldArmor_Unique1`								✔	✔
	Phantom Armor `PhantomArmor`			✔		✔
	Piglin Armor `PiglinArmor`									✔
	Plate Armor `FullPlateArmor`						✔		✔
	Reinforced Mail `ReinforcedMail`								✔
	Renegade Armor `MercenaryArmor_Unique1`		✔		✔				✔
	Rugged Climbing Gear `ClimbingGear_Unique1`								✔
	Scale Mail `ScaleMail`						✔		✔
	Shadow Walker `OcelotArmor_Unique1`		✔						✔
	Snow Armor `SnowArmor`								✔
	Soul Robe `SoulRobe`			✔
	Souldancer Robe `SoulRobe_Unique1`			✔					✔
	Spelunker Armor `SpelunkersArmor`	✔
	Spider Armor `AssassinArmor_Unique1`						✔		✔
	Splendid Robe `BattleRobe_Unique1`					✔	✔			✔
	Sprout Armor `SproutArmor`		✔
	Stalwart Armor `ReinforcedMail_Unique1`								✔	✔
	Thief Armor `AssassinArmor`						✔
	Titan's Shroud `DarkArmor_Unique1`			✔	✔				✔
	Verdant Robe `EvocationRobe_Unique2`			✔	✔					✔
	Wither Armor `GrimArmor_Unique1`			✔	✔				✔
	Wolf Armor `WolfArmor`	✔			✔

Artifacts Rune Table
Icon	Name `Level ID`
Icon	Name `Level ID`	`Rune U`	`Rune C`	`Rune O`	`Rune S`	`Rune R`	`Rune I`	`Rune P`	`Rune T`	`Rune A`
	Blast Fungus `NetherWartSporeGrenade`						✔
	Boots of Swiftness `BootsOfSwiftness`		✔
	Buzzy Nest `Beenest`	✔
	Corrupted Beacon `CorruptedBeacon`			✔
	Corrupted Pumpkin `CorruptedBeacon_Spooky1`			✔
	Corrupted Seeds `CorruptedSeeds`									✔
	Death Cap Mushroom `DeathCapMushroom`						✔
	Enchanted Grass `RainbowGrass`	✔								✔
	Enchanter's Tome `EnchantersTome`									✔
	Fireworks Arrow `FireworksArrowItem`					✔
	Fishing Rod `FishingRod`						✔
	Flaming Quiver `FlamingQuiver`					✔
	Ghost Cloak `GhostCloak`		✔						✔
	Golem Kit `GolemKit`	✔
	Gong of Weakening `GongOfWeakening`				✔
	Harvester `Harvester`			✔
	Ice Wand `IceWand`									✔
	Iron Hide Amulet `IronHideAmulet`								✔
	Light Feather `LightFeather`		✔
	Lightning Rod `LightningRod`			✔
	Love Medallion `LoveMedallion`									✔
	Powershaker `MobMasher`						✔
	Satchel of Elements `SatchelOfTheElements`									✔
	Scatter Mines `ChargedRedstoneMines`						✔
	Shock Powder `ShockPowder`				✔				✔
	Soul Healer `SoulHealer`			✔	✔
	Soul Lantern `SoulLantern`	✔		✔
	Spinblade `SpinWheel`						✔
	Tasty Bone `TastyBone`	✔
	Thundering Quiver `ThunderingQuiver`					✔
	Torment Quiver `TormentQuiver`			✔		✔
	Totem of Regeneration `TotemOfRegeneration`				✔
	Totem of Shielding `TotemOfShielding`				✔				✔
	Updraft Tome `UpdraftTome`									✔
	Wind Horn `WindHorn`	✔			✔
	Wonderful Wheat `WonderfulWheat`	✔

Ancient mobs[]

See MCD:Ancient for a list of ancient mobs.

Ancient mob	Minimum enchantments	Enchanted minions	Gilded gear drops	Arena theme
Abominable Weaver (Spider)	Frenzied Mob Resurrection Aura Multishot Regeneration	8 × Creeper Deflect Quick	Battle Robe Double Axe Trickbow Wolf Armor	Spider Cave
Abyssal Eye (Guardian)	Quick Electrified Frenzied Heals Allies	4 × Drowned Necromancer Double Damage	Coral Blade Squid Armor Harpoon Crossbow	Abyssal Monument
Ancient Terror (Wraith)	Burning Chilling Electrified Fire Trail	10 × Spider Weakening	Champion's Armor Exploding Crossbow Mystery Armor	Underhalls
Barrage (Armored Skeleton)	Accelerate Frenzied Gravity Pulse Multishot Rapid Fire Ricochet	20 × Skeleton Accelerate	Bow Hunter's Armor Soul Bow	Highblock Halls Courtyard
Cursed Presence (Skeleton Vanguard)	Chilling Gravity Pulse Poison Cloud	15 × Baby Zombie Burning	Cutlass Phantom Armor Soul Crossbow	Lower Temple
First Enchanter (Enchanter)	Critical Hit Echo Freezing	10 × Husk Swirling	Claymore Scale Mail Soul Scythe	Arch Haven
Frostwarden (Geomancer)	Chilling Deflect	10 × Iceologer Thorns	Snow Armor Snow Bow	Frosted Fjord
Grim Guardian (Zombie)	Echo Protection Quick Radiance	6 × Necromancer Heals Allies	Dark Armor Grim Armor Sword	Creepy Crypt
Haunted Caller (Necromancer)	Accelerate Fire Trail Gravity Pulse Rapid Fire	6 × Skeleton Horseman Cowardice	Longbow Rapid Crossbow Sickles Spelunker Armor	Creepy Crypt
????? (Mooshroom)	Deflect Leeching Poison Cloud Thorns	25 × Mooshroom Weakening	Dual Crossbows Gauntlets Ghostly Armor Katana	???
Oozing Menace (Small Slime)	Gravity Huge Poison Cloud	12 × Large Slime Shockwave	Battlestaff Mercenary Armor Shortbow	Soggy Swamp
Pestilent Conjurer (Witch)	Deflect Heals Allies Quick	4 × Necromancer Multishot	Glaive Heavy Crossbow Scatter Crossbow Spear	Cacti Canyon
Scuttling Torment (Silverfish)	Regeneration Cowardice Burning	4 × Skeleton Growing	Obsidian Claymore Void Bow Teleportation Robes	The Stronghold
Solemn Giant (Armored Pillager)	Radiance Shot Ricochet Multishot Huge	4 × Enderman Radiance	Burst Crossbow Rapier Guard's Armor	Obsidian Pinnacle
The Seeking Flame (Vex)	Fire Trail Burning Fire Aspect Huge	3 × Evoker Chilling	Axe Soul Knife Evocation Robe	Desert Temple
The Swarm (Snareling)	Mob Resurrection Aura Gravity Bonus Shot	12 × Endermite (mob) Thorns	Shulker Armor Shadow Crossbow Backstabber	End Wilds
The Tiny Scourge (Baby Zombie)	Frenzied Fast Attack Fire Aspect Thorns	2 × Redstone Golem Weakening	Daggers Soul Robe Thief Armor	Pumpkin Pastures
The Tower (Chicken Jockey Tower)	Committed Critical Hit Freezing	12 × Chicken Jockey Electrified	Beenest Armor Hunting Bow Pickaxe	Creeper Woods
The Unending (Blaze Spawner)	Chilling Burning Heals Allies	8 × Wither Skeleton Archer Chain Reaction Tempo Theft	Boneclub Piglin Armor Twisting Vine Bow	Nether Fortress
Thundering Growth (Leapleaf)	Deflect Electrified Shockwave	6 × Whisperer Electrified	Ocelot Armor Whip	Dingy Jungle
Unbreakable One (Redstone Golem)	Committed Electrified Frenzied Swirling	8 × Royal Guard Regeneration	Claymore Great Hammer Plate Armor Power Bow	Redstone Mines
Unstoppable Tusk (Hoglin)	Fire Trail Poison Cloud Quick Rampaging	20 × Piglin Hunter Fuse Shot	Broken Sawblade Cog Crossbow Sprout Armor	Nether Wastes
Vengeful Mariner (Drowned)	Gravity Pulse Deflect Critical Hit Fast Attack	15 × Baby Drowned Regeneration	Anchor Turtle Armor Bubble Bow	Coral Rise
Vigilant Scoundrel (Royal Guard)	Freezing Sharpness Thundering	15 × Pillager Poison Cloud Tempo Theft	Crossbow Mace Reinforced Mail	Highblock Halls interior
Watcher of The End (Watchling)	Deflect Heals Allies Echo	6 × Blastling Radiance Shot	Entertainer's Garb Shadow Crossbow Void Touched Blades	Broken Citadel
Windbeard (Goat)	Double Damage Fire Trail Burning Quick Regeneration	20 × Mountaineer Regeneration	Climbing Gear Emerald Gear Tempest Knife Wind Bow	Windswept Peaks

Ten ancients are restricted to DLC due to their equipment drops:

Frostwarden requires Creeping Winter.
Windbeard requires Howling Peaks.
The Unending and Unstoppable Tusk require Flames of the Nether.
Vengeful Mariner and Abyssal Eye require Hidden Depths.
Scuttling Torment, The Swarm and Watcher of The End require Echoing Void.

History[]

Minecraft Dungeons
1.8.0.0					Added Nether Cave.

Gallery[]

The Piglin Merchant in the cave after moving into the hero's camp.
The old look to the cave entrance.
The interior of the cave, showing the Piglin Merchant along with the Ancient Hunts access portal.
The nether-like interior of said cave, with lots of warped foliage.