{{Infobox biome
| title = Lush Caves
| image = Lush Cave.png
| downfall = 0.5{{only|java}}<br>0.0{{only|bedrock}}
| precipitation = Yes
| temperature = 0.5{{only|java}}<br>0.9{{only|bedrock}}
| grasscolor = {{color|#8EB971}}{{only|java|short=y}}<br>{{color|#B9B75B}}{{only|bedrock|short=y}}
| foliagecolor = {{color|#71A74D}}{{only|java|short=y}}<br>{{color|#A6A432}}{{only|bedrock|short=y}}
| watercolor = {{color|#3F76E4}}{{only|java|short=y}}<br>{{color|#44AFF5}}{{only|bedrock|short=y}}
| structures = {{EnvLink|Mineshaft}}<br>{{EnvLink|Stronghold}}
| features = {{EnvLink|Amethyst geode}}<br>{{EnvLink|Monster room}}
| blocks = {{BlockLink|Oak Log}}<br>{{BlockLink|Azalea Leaves}}<br>{{BlockLink|Flowering Azalea Leaves}}<br>{{BlockLink|Azalea}}<br>{{BlockLink|Flowering Azalea}}<br>{{BlockLink|Rooted Dirt}}<br>{{BlockLink|Hanging Roots}}<br>{{BlockLink|Moss Block}}<br>{{BlockLink|Moss Carpet}}<br>{{BlockLink|Grass}}<br>{{BlockLink|Tall Grass}}<br>{{BlockLink|Vines}}<br>{{BlockLink|Water}}<br>{{BlockLink|Clay}}<br>{{BlockLink|Small Dripleaf}}<br>{{BlockLink|Big Dripleaf}}<br>{{BlockLink|Cave Vines}}<br>{{BlockLink|Spore Blossom}}<br>{{ItemLink|Glow Berries}}}}

'''Lush caves''' are temperate [[Overworld]] [[cave]] [[biome]]s with unique fauna and flora and are found underground below humid biomes, indicated above ground by [[azalea tree]]s.

== Description ==
[[Azalea tree]]s 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 [[cave]]s if there is enough room. 

Underground, [[Moss Block|moss]] and [[ore]]s cover the floors and ceilings, along with [[moss carpet]]s, [[grass]] and [[azalea]] bushes on the floors. On the ceiling, [[vine]]s and [[cave vines]] with [[glow berries]] grow down and light up the caves, and [[spore blossom]]s grow from the ceiling and drip water [[particle]]s. [[Dripleaf]] plants grow up from shallow lakes lined with [[clay]], which sometimes generate dry. Water can also generate here in the form of [[spring]]s. 

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

=== Generation ===
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 forest]]s, [[jungle]]s, [[old growth taiga]]s, [[wooded badlands]], and [[taiga]]s at temperatures of -0.450 and below, but may also generate under [[windswept forest]]s, [[mangrove swamp]]s, [[birch forest]]s, [[taiga]]s at temperatures of -0.150 to -0.450 and [[snowy taiga]]s. Dark forests, old growth taigas, [[bamboo jungle]]s, 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 [[forest]]s and grassland biomes like [[plains]] and [[savanna]] as they are not humid enough.

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

Forests, [[flower forest]]s, and [[cherry grove]]s 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 ==
[[Bat]]s, [[glow squid]], [[tropical fish]], and [[axolotl]]s are the only passive [[mob]]s 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：

{{Spawn table
|edition=java
|monster=
{{Spawn row|Creeper|weight=100|size=4}}
{{Spawn row|Skeleton|weight=100|size=4}}
{{Spawn row|Slime|weight=100|size=4|note=Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.}}
{{Spawn row|Spider|weight=100|size=4}}
{{Spawn row|Zombie|weight=95|size=4}}
{{Spawn row|Enderman|weight=10|size=1-4}}
{{Spawn row|Witch|weight=5|size=1}}
{{Spawn row|Zombie Villager|weight=5|size=1}}
|ambient=
{{Spawn row|Bat|weight=10|size=8}}
|waterambient=
{{Spawn row|Tropical Fish|weight=25|size=8}}
|underground=
{{Spawn row|Glow Squid|weight=10|size=4-6}}
|axolotl=
{{Spawn row|Axolotl|weight=10|size=4-6}}
}}

{{Spawn table
|edition=bedrock
|monster=
{{Spawn row|Creeper|weight=100|size=1}}
{{Spawn row|Slime|weight=100|size=1|note=Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.}}
{{Spawn row|Spider|weight=100|size=1}}
{{Spawn row|Zombie|weight=95|size=2-4}}
{{Spawn row|Skeleton|weight=80|size=1-2}}
{{Spawn row|Enderman|weight=10|size=1-2}}
{{Spawn row|Witch|weight=5|size=1}}
{{Spawn row|Zombie Villager|weight=5|size=2-4}}
|creature=
{{Spawn row|Glow Squid|weight=10|size=2-4}}
|watercreature=
{{Spawn row|Tropical Fish|weight=75|size=3-5|note=Tropical fish are spawned twice.}}
{{Spawn row|Tropical Fish|weight=25|size=1-3|notename=tropical fish}}
{{Spawn row|Axolotl|weight=10|size=4-6}}
}}
{{-}}

== Sounds ==
=== Music ===

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

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%; text-align: center; font-size: smaller" data-description="Music tracks"
! '''Filename<br>in Minecraft'''
! [[Gameplay]]
! '''Soundtrack Title'''
! Soundtrack
! class="unsortable" |Track preview
! Weight
|-
! piano3.ogg
| [[The Overworld]]
| "Mice on Venus"
| {{sort|A11|''[[Minecraft - Volume Alpha]]'' No. 11}}
| [[File:Mice on venus.ogg]]
| 2
|-
! calm1.ogg
| [[The Overworld]]
| "Minecraft"
| {{sort|A08|''[[Minecraft - Volume Alpha]]'' No. 8}}
| [[File:Minecraft.ogg]]
| 2
|-
! calm2.ogg
| [[The Overworld]]
| "Clark"
| {{sort|A14|''[[Minecraft - Volume Alpha]]'' No. 14}}
| [[File:Clark.ogg]]
| 2
|-
! calm3.ogg
| [[The Overworld]]
| "Sweden"
| {{sort|A18|''[[Minecraft - Volume Alpha]]'' No. 18}}
| [[File:Sweden.ogg]]
| 2
|-
! left_to_bloom.ogg
|[[Lush Caves]]<!-- this music has higher chance to be heard than in other overworld biomes -->, [[Meadow]], [[Cherry Grove]], the [[Overworld]], and [[Title Screen|Menu screen]]
|"Left to Bloom"
| {{sort||''[[Minecraft: Caves & Cliffs (Original Game Soundtrack)]]'' No. 4}}
|[[File:Left to bloom.ogg]]
| 4
|-
! one_more_day.ogg
|[[Lush Caves]], [[Meadow]], [[Snowy Slopes]], [[Frozen Peaks]], [[the Overworld]], and [[Title Screen|Menu screen]]
|"One More Day"
| {{sort||''[[Minecraft: Caves & Cliffs (Original Game Soundtrack)]]'' No. 6}}
|[[File:One more day.ogg]]
| 2
|-
! floating_dream.ogg
|[[Lush Caves]], [[Jagged Peaks]], and [[the Overworld]]
|"Floating Dream"
| {{sort||''[[Minecraft: Caves & Cliffs (Original Game Soundtrack)]]'' No. 8}}
|[[File:Floating dream.ogg]]
| 2
|-
! an_ordinary_day.ogg
|[[Lush Caves]], [[Snowy Slopes]], and [[Dripstone Caves]]
|"An Ordinary Day"
| {{sort||''[[Minecraft: Caves & Cliffs (Original Game Soundtrack)]]'' No. 10}}
|[[File:An ordinary day.ogg]]
| 2
|-
! aerie.ogg
|[[Lush Caves]], [[Forest]], [[Dark Forest]], [[Birch Forest]], [[Old Growth Birch Forest]], [[Jungle]], [[Swamp]], [[Old Growth Taiga]]
|"Aerie"
| {{sort||''[[Minecraft: The Wild Update (Original Game Soundtrack)]]'' No. 2}}
|[[File:Aerie.ogg]]
| 1
|-
! firebugs.ogg
|[[Lush Caves]], [[Forest]], [[Dark Forest]], [[Birch Forest]], [[Old Growth Birch Forest]], [[Jungle]], [[Swamp]], [[Old Growth Taiga]]
|"Firebugs"
| {{sort||''[[Minecraft: The Wild Update (Original Game Soundtrack)]]'' No. 1}}
|[[File:Firebugs.ogg]]
| 1
|-
! labyrinthine.ogg
|[[Lush Caves]], [[Forest]], [[Dark Forest]], [[Birch Forest]], [[Old Growth Birch Forest]], [[Jungle]], [[Swamp]], [[Old Growth Taiga]]
|"Labyrinthine"
| {{sort||''[[Minecraft: The Wild Update (Original Game Soundtrack)]]'' No. 3}}
|[[File:Labyrinthine.ogg]]
| 1
|-
! echo_in_the_wind.ogg
|[[Badlands]], [[Cherry Grove]], [[Flower Forest]], [[Lush Caves]], and [[Main menu]]
|"Echo in the Wind"
|{{sort|T01|''[[Minecraft: Trails & Tales (Original Game Soundtrack)]]'' No. 1}}
|[[File:Echo in the Wind.ogg]]
|2
|-
! featherfall.ogg
|[[Badlands]], [[Cherry Grove]], [[Lush Caves]], biomes without biome-specific music, and [[Main menu]]
|"Featherfall"
|{{sort|TT01|''[[Minecraft: Tricky Trials (Original Game Soundtrack)]]'' No. 1}}
|[[File:Featherfall.ogg]]
|2
|}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Lush Caves
|spritetype=biome
|spritename=Lush Caves
|nameid=lush_caves
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|shownumericids=1
|displayname=[No displayed name]
|spritename=Lush Caves
|spritetype=biome
|nameid=lush_caves
|id=187
|foot=1}}

== Video==
{{yt|KlVjIdI-Qqc}}

== History ==
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine||October 3, 2020|link={{ytl|DBvZ2Iqmm3M|t=290}}|The lush caves biome is shown at [[Minecraft Live 2020]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||November 27, 2020|link={{tweet|_LadyAgnes|1332375944229769217}}|[[Agnes Larsson]] shows a prototype of lush caves in which [[calcite]] can be seen.}}
|{{HistoryLine||March 9, 2021|link={{tweet|_LadyAgnes|1369291904010117129}}|[[Agnes Larsson]] tweaked some values for the lush caves.}}
|{{HistoryLine|java}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.17|dev=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]].}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=21w11a|Reduced the amount of floating water in lush caves.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.18|dev=Experimental Snapshot 1|Lush caves now generate naturally.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=experimental snapshot 2|Lush caves are now slightly smaller and slightly less common.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=experimental snapshot 5|Lush cave biomes were unintentionally made smaller and more fragmented.<ref>{{reddit|pfui87/minecraft_118_experimental_snapshot_6_is_out||Minecraft 1.18 experimental snapshot 6 is out!|MrHenrik2|September 1, 2021}}</ref>}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=experimental snapshot 6|Lush cave generation has been fixed.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=21w40a|Tropical fish now spawn in lush caves.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.20|dev=23w17a|"A Familiar Room" and "Echo in the Wind" can now be played in lush caves.}}

|{{HistoryLine|bedrock}} 
|{{HistoryLine||1.16.220|exp=Caves and Cliffs|dev=beta 1.16.220.52|Added the lush caves. They don't naturally generate yet and are accessible only through [[add-on]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.17.0|exp=Caves and Cliffs|dev=beta 1.16.230.52|[[Vine]]s now generate in lush caves.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=beta 1.17.0.50|Lush caves now generate throughout the Overworld behind [[experimental gameplay]] toggle.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.17.20|exp=Caves and Cliffs|dev=beta 1.17.20.22|Lush caves can now generate below Y{{=}}0 to Y{{=}}-64.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.17.40|exp=Caves and Cliffs|dev=beta 1.17.40.20|Vines now generate inside of lush caves instead of above them on the surface.<ref>{{bug|MCPE-125800||[Experimental] Vines from lush caves can generate on the surface|Fixed}}</ref>}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.18.0|dev=beta 1.18.0.20|Lush caves can now generate naturally by default, and no longer have to be enabled with experimental gameplay toggle.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=beta 1.18.0.21|Tropical fish now spawn in lush caves.}}
}}

== Issues ==
{{Issue list}}

== Trivia ==
* The Swedish painter {{w|John Bauer (illustrator)|John Bauer}} was one of the main inspirations behind the design and idea of the lush caves [[biome]], specifically Bauer's ''<nowiki/>'Oskuldens Vandring''<nowiki/>' (''Innocent's Journey'') painting.<ref>{{ytl|DBvZ2Iqmm3M|Minecraft Live: Caves & Cliffs - First Look @ 6:07|Minecraft|October 10, 2020|t=367}}</ref>

== Gallery ==
=== Screenshots ===
<gallery>
File:Two azalea trees.png|Azalea trees on the surface, indicating the location of the lush caves.
File:Lush cave entrance.png|Entrance of a lush cave, as seen from the side of a mountain.
File:Great generation of lush caves.png|A large generation of a lush caves with an aquifer and some springs behind.
File:Dripstone with lush.png|A [[dripstone cave]] intersecting a lush cave. An [[amethyst geode]] is visible in the background.
File:Exposed Lush Caves in Jagged Peaks.png|An exposed lush cave in the jagged peaks biome.
File:ExposedInside.png|The exposed lush cave from inside the cave.
File:Smalllushcave.png|A small lush cave, similar to the old cave generation, with a creeper.
File:Lush Cave 1.18.png|Lush cave.
File:Tree in ravine.png|Tree growing next to a waterfall in lush cave.
File:Minecart with flora.png|A lush caves biome inside a [[mineshaft]].
File:Lush Caves Lava Lake.jpg|A lava lake in a lush caves biome.
File:Lush Cave Vines.jpg|Glow vines in a lush cave.
File:Lush Cave Cliff.jpg|A lush cave inside a huge ocean cave entrance.
File:Lush Cave Waterfall.jpg|A waterfall in a lush cave.
File:Lush Cave Darkness.jpg|A dark lush cave.
File:Lush Cave Xray.jpg|X-ray view of lush caves.
File:Lush Cave Lavafall.jpg|A lavafall in a lush cave.
File:Lush Cave Mountain.jpg|A lush cave mountain in an old growth taiga.
File:Lush Cave Vegetation.jpg|Vegetation in a lush cave.
File:Lush Cave Damage.jpeg|[[Sunny]] fighting a [[spider]] and [[baby zombie]] in a lush cave.
File:Zuri and Kai mine.png|[[Zuri]] and [[Kai]] mining ores near a deep lush cave.
Lush Caves.png|Lush caves.
IPA89 Lush Cave OV.PNG|Screenshot of a lush caves biome.
IPA89 Lush Cave Axolotl 2.PNG|A baby [[axolotl]] looking up at the player from in a lush cave.
</gallery>

=== In other media ===
<gallery>
File:MC Wallpaper GlowingCave 3840x2160.png|Wallpaper of a lush cave, with a stray [[fox]] inside.<ref>{{mcnet|soothing-minecraft-stories|Soothing Minecraft Stories|December 22, 2023|Sophie Austin}}</ref>
File:Editorial soothingstories article lead glowingcave 1280x720.png|That same fox with a glow squid.
File:Lush Cave trailer 2.jpg|A lush cave as it appears in a Minecraft cinematic trailer.<ref>{{ytl|vdrn4ouZRvQ|Minecraft Caves & Cliffs Update: Part II - Official Trailer|Minecraft|November 30, 2021|t=367}}</ref>
File:Lush Cave trailer.jpg|Ditto.<ref>{{ytl|htOLSv8-oR8|The Wild Update: Where Will You Wander? – Official Minecraft Trailer|Minecraft|June 6, 2022|t=367}}</ref>
File:Frog Dripleaves.jpg|Several [[frogs]] playing in a lush cave.<ref>[[google:minecraft+live+2022+trailer&rlz=1CAJXOO_enUS1082&oq=minecraft+live+2022+trailer&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOdIBCDY1ODlqMGoxqAIAsAIA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#:~:text=Minecraft%20Live%202022%3A%20Announcement%20Trailer%20%2D%20YouTube,https%3A//www.youtube.com%20%E2%80%BA%20watch|"Minecraft Live, 2022: Announcement Trailer"]] - Minecraft on YouTube, September 8, 2022</ref>
File:Lush Ornament.jpg|Officially licensed ornament of a lush cave.
</gallery>

== See also ==
*{{EnvLink|Amethyst Geode}}
* {{BiomeLink|Dripstone Caves}}
*{{BiomeLink|Deep Dark}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*[https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/around-block--lush-caves Around the Block: Lush Caves] — Minecraft.net on December 30, 2021
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlVjIdI-Qqc Minecraft: The Great Wild | Lush Caves] — Minecraft on YouTube July  14, 2023

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