Minecraft Caves & Cliffs Update Details Revealed

October 3, 2020 at 11:05am
By Jason Stettner

One massive change-up is on the horizon for the game, with the Minecraft Caves and Cliffs update. This will launch in Summer 2021 bringing with it numerous changes to large portions of the experience. This article will be detailing what to expect, from the new mobs to the blocks and even extra hidden surprises too.

Caves:
The update brings variety to caves - lush caves, dripstone caves, crystal geodes and more will have different blocks and mobs awaiting players.

New Blocks:
Sculk Sensor - a block that reacts to movement by emitting a redstone signal. Players will be able to build amazing contraptions thanks to this block, such as a wireless redstone!

Stalactite/stalagmite - spiky blocks with different mechanics, such as increased fall damage if you land on them.

Copper Ore - Players will also be able to find the new copper ore when exploring the underground! Copper can be used, for example, to craft a lightning rod block. If you are lucky enough to find the beautiful, almost mystical, player-scaled crystal geodes, you can use the crystals to craft a telescope!


Lush Caves
Spore Blossom, Drip Leaf Plant: Can fall through after standing on it for a few seconds, platforming block.

New Mobs:
Cool new mobs like the Warden, a hostile mob well adapted to the dark caves it lives in thanks to its ability to react on movement instead of what it sees, and the Axolotl, an adorable cave-dwelling water creature that can aid in battle.

Improved cave generation:
This will give much more variation and contrast to the caves; there will be narrow tunnels, huge caverns, cave lakes and even waterfalls in caves (which means you can go rafting in caves!). They are also introducing an archeology system were players can find buried ruins and artifacts through a new way of mining where you use a brush item to carefully dig out the rare and fragile artifacts.

Cliffs:
They are updating the mountains in Minecraft with more spectacular mountain generation, snow "traps", the charming and mischievous goats and much more!

"Bundle item" feature, which lets you store a wider range of items in the same amount of space. Example being sixty-four different stone blocks, they can be combined into a single sixty-four block stack.

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