Lush Caves in Minecraft

This Minecraft tutorial explains the Lush Caves biome with screenshots.

In Minecraft, you will spawn into worlds with unique weather, animals, and plants. These regions are known as biomes. Let's explore the Lush Caves biome in Minecraft.

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Supported Platforms

The Lush Caves biome is available in the following versions of Minecraft:

Platform	Supported (Version*)
Java Edition (PC/Mac)	Yes (1.17)
Pocket Edition (PE)	Yes (1.17.0)
Xbox 360	No
Xbox One	Yes (1.17.0)
PS3	No
PS4	Yes (1.17.0)
Wii U	No
Nintendo Switch	Yes (1.17.0)
Windows 10 Edition	Yes (1.17.0)
Education Edition	Yes (1.17.30)

* The version that it was added or removed, if applicable.
NOTE: Pocket Edition (PE), Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch, and Windows 10 Edition are now called Bedrock Edition. We will continue to show them individually for version history.

Background

In Minecraft, the Lush Caves is a biome in the Overworld that was introduced in the Caves & Cliffs Update: Part I and then further refined in Caves & Cliffs Update: Part II. Although the Lush Caves biome has unique items like azalea trees above ground, this biome is best explored deep beneath the ground where there is an intricate underground cave system filled with natural vegetation.

Let's explore the characteristics of the Lush Caves biome.

Weather

The weather in the Lush Caves biome has average precipitation above ground and no precipitation underground in the cave systems.

Trees

In the Lush Caves biome, you will find azalea trees above ground:

Look for the rooted dirt under the azalea trees and follow the rooted dirt down to the cave system below.

Vegetation

Above Ground Vegetation

The vegetation found above ground in the Lush Caves biome consists of:

Item	Description
	Azalea Leaves
	Flowering Azalea Leaves

Underground Vegetation

The vegetation found underground in the Lush Caves biome consists of:

Item	Description
	Azalea
	Flowering Azalea
	Spore Blossom
	Moss Block
	Rooted Dirt
	Hanging Roots
	Small Dripleaf
	Big Dripleaf
	Glow Berries

Blocks

In this biome, you will find blocks such as grass blocks:

Item	Description
	Grass Block

Other Standard Blocks

If you dig down far enough in the Lush Caves biome, you will find the standard Minecraft building blocks such as stone, coal ore, iron ore, gold ore, diamond ore, redstone ore, copper ore:

Mobs

In the Lush Caves biome, there is some wildlife such as axolotls and bats:

Biome ID for Lush Caves

Lush Caves Seeds

You can use a seed to create a world where you spawn near a Lush Caves biome: