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 appears to have a Warped Forest-like appearance inside.

Interaction

Accessing Ancient Hunts

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, players 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 upon 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 refers to an empty enchantment slot and does 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.

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
		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
		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
		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
		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	✔

Each type of ancient mob possesses different rune requirements that must be matched or exceeded for them to appear during the hunt. The more types that can appear increases the ancients on average at the expense of a wider overall loot pool where the hero will have a lower chance of obtaining their desired gilded gear. Focusing on hunting specific ancients will prove more fruitful for the player.

• Abominable Weaver
• Abyssal Eye
• Ancient Terror
• Barrage
• Cursed Presence
• First Enchanter
• Frostwarden
• Grim Guardian
• Haunted Caller
• ?????
• Oozing Menace
• Pestilent Conjurer
• Scuttling Torment
• Solemn Giant
• The Seeking Flame
• The Swarm
• The Tiny Scourge
• The Tower
• The Unending
• Thundering Growth
• Unbreakable One
• Unstoppable Tusk
• Vengeful Mariner
• Vigilant Scoundrel
• Watcher of The End
• Windbeard

Ancient Mobs

Each type of ancient mob possesses different rune requirements that must be matched or exceeded for them to appear during the hunt. The more types that can appear increases the ancients on average at the expense of a wider overall loot pool where the hero will have a lower chance of obtaining their desired gilded gear. Focusing on hunting specific ancients will prove more fruitful for the player.

• Abominable Weaver
• Abyssal Eye
• Ancient Terror
• Barrage
• Cursed Presence
• First Enchanter
• Frostwarden
• Grim Guardian
• Haunted Caller
• ?????
• Oozing Menace
• Pestilent Conjurer
• Scuttling Torment
• Solemn Giant
• The Seeking Flame
• The Swarm
• The Tiny Scourge
• The Tower
• The Unending
• Thundering Growth
• Unbreakable One
• Unstoppable Tusk
• Vengeful Mariner
• Vigilant Scoundrel
• Watcher of The End
• Windbeard

History

Gallery

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  The Piglin Merchant in the cave after moving into the hero's camp.

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  The entrance to the nether cave under the camp.

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  The interior of the cave, showing the Piglin Merchant along with the Ancient Hunts access portal.

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  The nether-like interior of said cave, with lots of warped foliage.

References