Lush Caves

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Lush caves are temperate Overworld cave biomes with unique fauna and flora and are found underground below humid biomes, indicated above ground by azalea trees.

Description[edit | edit source]

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 they can sometimes generate inside caves if there is enough room.

Underground, moss and ores cover the floors and ceilings, along with moss carpets, grass and azalea bushes on the floors. On the ceiling, vines and cave vines with glow berries grow down and light up the caves, and spore blossoms grow from the ceiling and drip water particles. Dripleaf plants grow up from shallow lakes lined with clay, which sometimes generate dry. Water can also generate here in the form of springs.

Players cannot spawn in a lush caves biome during world generation.

Generation[edit | edit source]

Lush caves generate underground at any altitude. They favor generating underneath biomes with high humidity values (H=3,4), which makes them most commonly found beneath dark forests, jungles, old growth taigas, wooded badlands, and taigas at temperatures of -0.450 and below, but may also generate under windswept forests, mangrove swamps, birch forests, taigas at temperatures of -0.150 to -0.450 and snowy taigas. Dark forests, old growth taigas, bamboo jungles, wooded badlands, and taigas at temperatures of -0.450 and below are almost guaranteed to have lush caves generate below them, but when these biomes generate far inland, dripstone caves may generate underneath them instead.

It is not possible for lush caves to generate beneath forests and grassland biomes like plains and savanna as they are not humid enough.

Lush caves can sometimes generate beneath oceans and deserts, whose generation is independent of humidity values. They are also the only underground biome capable of generating beneath oceans.

Forests, flower forests, and cherry groves are the only forested biomes where lush caves do not generate at all, and deserts are the only non-forested biomes where lush caves can generate.

Mobs[edit | edit source]

Bats, glow squid, tropical fish, and axolotls are the only passive mobs that spawn, with the latter being exclusive to the biome. While hostile mobs can spawn throughout the biome, many areas have a light level greater than 0 due to the pervasive glow berries. Most hostile mobs are therefore found in large caverns more than 10 blocks high and near borders with other cave biomes.

The following mobs are naturally spawned here：

In Java Edition

Mob	Spawn weight	Group size
Monster category
Creeper	100⁄515	4
Skeleton	100⁄515	4
Slime[note 1]	100⁄515	4
Spider	100⁄515	4
Zombie	95⁄515	4
Enderman	10⁄515	1–4
Witch	5⁄515	1
Zombie Villager	5⁄515	1
Water ambient category
Tropical Fish	1	8
Underground water creature category
Glow Squid	1	4–6
Axolotl category
Axolotl	1	4–6
Ambient category
Bat	1	8

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In Bedrock Edition

Mob	Spawn weight	Group size
Monster category
Creeper	100⁄495	1
Slime[note 1]	100⁄495	1
Spider	100⁄495	1
Zombie	95⁄495	2–4
Skeleton	80⁄495	1–2
Enderman	10⁄495	1–2
Witch	5⁄495	1
Zombie Villager	5⁄495	2–4
Creature category
Glow Squid	1	2–4
Water creature category
Tropical Fish[note 2]	75⁄110	3–5
Tropical Fish[note 2]	25⁄110	1–3
Axolotl	10⁄110	4–6

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Sounds[edit | edit source]

Music[edit | edit source]

These music tracks play while the player is in the Lush Caves.

Filename in Minecraft	Gameplay	Soundtrack Title	Soundtrack	Track preview	Weight
piano3.ogg	The Overworld	"Mice on Venus"	Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 11		2
calm1.ogg	The Overworld	"Minecraft"	Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 8		2
calm2.ogg	The Overworld	"Clark"	Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 14		2
calm3.ogg	The Overworld	"Sweden"	Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 18		2
left_to_bloom.ogg	Lush Caves, Meadow, Cherry Grove, the Overworld, and Menu screen	"Left to Bloom"	Minecraft: Caves & Cliffs (Original Game Soundtrack) No. 4		4
one_more_day.ogg	Lush Caves, Meadow, Snowy Slopes, Frozen Peaks, the Overworld, and Menu screen	"One More Day"	Minecraft: Caves & Cliffs (Original Game Soundtrack) No. 6		2
floating_dream.ogg	Lush Caves, Jagged Peaks, and the Overworld	"Floating Dream"	Minecraft: Caves & Cliffs (Original Game Soundtrack) No. 8		2
an_ordinary_day.ogg	Lush Caves, Snowy Slopes, and Dripstone Caves	"An Ordinary Day"	Minecraft: Caves & Cliffs (Original Game Soundtrack) No. 10		2
aerie.ogg	Lush Caves, Forest, Dark Forest, Birch Forest, Old Growth Birch Forest, Jungle, Swamp, Old Growth Taiga	"Aerie"	Minecraft: The Wild Update (Original Game Soundtrack) No. 2		1
firebugs.ogg	Lush Caves, Forest, Dark Forest, Birch Forest, Old Growth Birch Forest, Jungle, Swamp, Old Growth Taiga	"Firebugs"	Minecraft: The Wild Update (Original Game Soundtrack) No. 1		1
labyrinthine.ogg	Lush Caves, Forest, Dark Forest, Birch Forest, Old Growth Birch Forest, Jungle, Swamp, Old Growth Taiga	"Labyrinthine"	Minecraft: The Wild Update (Original Game Soundtrack) No. 3		1
echo_in_the_wind.ogg	Badlands, Cherry Grove, Flower Forest, Lush Caves, and Main menu	"Echo in the Wind"	Minecraft: Trails & Tales (Original Game Soundtrack) No. 1		2
featherfall.ogg	Badlands, Cherry Grove, Lush Caves, biomes without biome-specific music, and Main menu	"Featherfall"	Minecraft: Tricky Trials (Original Game Soundtrack) No. 1		2

Data values[edit | edit source]

ID[edit | edit source]

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Translation key
Lush Caves	lush_caves	biome.minecraft.lush_caves

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID
[No displayed name]	lush_caves	187

Video[edit | edit source]

History[edit | edit source]

October 3, 2020							The lush caves biome is shown at Minecraft Live 2020.
November 27, 2020							Agnes Larsson shows a prototype of lush caves in which calcite can be seen.
March 9, 2021							Agnes Larsson tweaked some values for the lush caves.
Java Edition
1.17			21w10a				Added the lush caves. Ambient cave noises are not played in this biome yet.
							Currently the biome is accessible only in buffet or custom world type.
			21w11a				Reduced the amount of floating water in lush caves.
1.18			Experimental Snapshot 1				Lush caves now generate naturally.
			experimental snapshot 2				Lush caves are now slightly smaller and slightly less common.
			experimental snapshot 5				Lush cave biomes were unintentionally made smaller and more fragmented.[1]
			experimental snapshot 6				Lush cave generation has been fixed.
			21w40a				Tropical fish now spawn in lush caves.
1.20			23w17a				"A Familiar Room" and "Echo in the Wind" can now be played in lush caves.
Bedrock Edition
1.16.220 Experiment Caves and Cliffs			beta 1.16.220.52				Added the lush caves. They don't naturally generate yet and are accessible only through add-ons.
1.17.0 Experiment Caves and Cliffs			beta 1.16.230.52				Vines now generate in lush caves.
			beta 1.17.0.50				Lush caves now generate throughout the Overworld behind experimental gameplay toggle.
1.17.20 Experiment Caves and Cliffs			beta 1.17.20.22				Lush caves can now generate below Y=0 to Y=-64.
1.17.40 Experiment Caves and Cliffs			beta 1.17.40.20				Vines now generate inside of lush caves instead of above them on the surface.[2]
1.18.0			beta 1.18.0.20				Lush caves can now generate naturally by default, and no longer have to be enabled with experimental gameplay toggle.
			beta 1.18.0.21				Tropical fish now spawn in lush caves.

Issues[edit | edit source]

Issues relating to "Lush Caves" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Trivia[edit | edit source]

• The 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.^[3]

Gallery[edit | edit source]

Screenshots[edit | edit source]

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  Azalea trees on the surface, indicating the location of the lush caves.

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  Entrance of a lush cave, as seen from the side of a mountain.

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  A large generation of a lush caves with an aquifer and some springs behind.

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  A dripstone cave intersecting a lush cave. An amethyst geode is visible in the background.

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  An exposed lush cave in the jagged peaks biome.

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  The exposed lush cave from inside the cave.

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  A small lush cave, similar to the old cave generation, with a creeper.

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  Lush cave.

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  Tree growing next to a waterfall in lush cave.

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  A lush caves biome inside a mineshaft.

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  A lava lake in a lush caves biome.

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  Glow vines in a lush cave.

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  A lush cave inside a huge ocean cave entrance.

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  A waterfall in a lush cave.

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  A dark lush cave.

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  X-ray view of lush caves.

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  A lavafall in a lush cave.

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  A lush cave mountain in an old growth taiga.

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  Vegetation in a lush cave.

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  Sunny fighting a spider and baby zombie in a lush cave.

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  Zuri and Kai mining ores near a deep lush cave.

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  Lush caves.

In other media[edit | edit source]

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  Wallpaper of a lush cave, with a stray fox inside.^[4]

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  That same fox with a glow squid.

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  A lush cave as it appears in a Minecraft cinematic trailer.^[5]

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  Ditto.^[6]

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  Several frogs playing in a lush cave.^[7]

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  Officially licensed ornament of a lush cave.

See also[edit | edit source]

• Amethyst Geode
• Dripstone Caves
• Deep Dark

References[edit | edit source]

External links[edit | edit source]

• Around the Block: Lush Caves — Minecraft.net on December 30, 2021
• Minecraft: The Great Wild | Lush Caves — Minecraft on YouTube July 14, 2023

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