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Revision as of 00:34, 7 December 2020

For the Bedrock Edition version of this guide, see Bedrock Edition guides/Caves & Cliffs.

This guide is a simplified overview of all changes in the Caves and Cliffs update (Java Edition 1.17.x releases), which assumes at least some familiarity with the Nether Update (Java Edition 1.16.x releases).

Mobs

New

Name Image Habitat Drops Note

Changed

Name Image Changed
Shulker Shulker
  • If a shulker is hit by another shulker's projectile, it now has a chance of spawning a new shulker.

Blocks

New

Name Image Obtaining Tool Required Uses
Amethyst Cluster Small Amethyst Bud JE1Medium Amethyst Bud JE1Large Amethyst Bud JE1Amethyst Cluster JE1
  • Grows on top of Budding Amethyst Blocks.
  • Fully Grown Amethyst Clusters drop Amethyst Shards.
 Iron Pickaxe or better.
Block of Amethyst Block of Amethyst JE3
  • Generates inside of Amethyst Geodes.
 Iron Pickaxe or better.
  • Used for decoration.
Budding Amethyst Budding Amethyst JE3
  • Generates inside of Amethyst Geodes.
  • Cannot be obtained.
 None
Calcite Calcite JE2
  • Generates in the 2nd Layer of Amethyst Geodes.
 Any type of pickaxe.
  • Used for decoration.
Tuff Tuff JE1
  • Generates on the Outer Layer of Amethyst Geodes.
 Any type of pickaxe.
  • Used for decoration.
Copper Ore File:Copper Ore JE1.png
  • Found in the Overworld from Y=4 to Y=63.
 Stone Pickaxe or Better.
Copper Block File:Copper Block JE1.pngLightly Weathered Copper Block JE1File:Semi-Weathered Copper Block JE1.pngWeathered Copper Block JE1
Ingredients Crafting recipe
Copper Ingot

Stone Pickaxe or better.
  • Used for decoration.
  • Advances to the next stage of Weathering every 50-82 In game days.
  • Can crafted together with Honeycomb to become waxed, which will stop it from weathering.
Cut Copper File:Cut Copper JE2.pngLightly Weathered Cut Copper JE1File:Semi-Weathered Cut Copper JE1.pngWeathered Cut Copper JE1
Ingredients Crafting recipe
Copper Block
Stone Pickaxe or better.
  • Used for decoration.
  • Advances to the next stage of Weathering every 50-82 In game days.
  • Can crafted together with Honeycomb to become waxed, which will stop it from weathering.
Cut Copper Stairs Cut Copper Stairs (N) JE2Lightly Weathered Cut Copper Stairs (N) JE1Semi-Weathered Cut Copper Stairs (N) JE1Weathered Cut Copper Stairs (N) JE1
Ingredients Crafting recipe
Cut Copper
Stone Pickaxe or Better.
  • Used for decoration.
  • Advances to the next stage of Weathering every 50-82 In game days.
  • Can crafted together with Honeycomb to become waxed, which will stop it from weathering.
Cut Copper Slab Cut Copper Slab JE2Lightly Weathered Cut Copper Slab JE1File:Semi-Weathered Cut Copper Slab JE1.pngWeathered Cut Copper Slab JE1
Ingredients Crafting recipe
Cut Copper
Stone Pickaxe or better.
  • Used for decoration.
  • Advances to the next stage of Weathering every 50-82 In game days.
  • Can crafted together with Honeycomb to become waxed, which will stop it from weathering.
Lightning Rod Lightning Rod JE2
Ingredients Crafting recipe
Copper Ingot

Stone Pickaxe or better.
  • Used to absorb/attract lightning, possibly to avoid fires or for use in farms.
Tinted Glass Tinted Glass JE2
Ingredients Crafting recipe
Amethyst Shard +
Glass
Any tool.
  • Glass that doesn't allow light to pass through.
Candle CandleTwo CandlesThree CandlesFour CandlesWhite CandleTwo White CandlesThree White CandlesFour White CandlesOrange CandleTwo Orange CandlesThree Orange CandlesFour Orange CandlesMagenta CandleTwo Magenta CandlesThree Magenta CandlesFour Magenta CandlesLight Blue CandleTwo Light Blue CandlesThree Light Blue CandlesFour Light Blue CandlesYellow CandleTwo Yellow CandlesThree Yellow CandlesFour Yellow CandlesLime CandleTwo Lime CandlesThree Lime CandlesFour Lime CandlesPink CandleTwo Pink CandlesThree Pink CandlesFour Pink CandlesGray CandleTwo Gray CandlesThree Gray CandlesFour Gray CandlesLight Gray CandleTwo Light Gray CandlesThree Light Gray CandlesFour Light Gray CandlesCyan CandleTwo Cyan CandlesThree Cyan CandlesFour Cyan CandlesPurple CandleTwo Purple CandlesThree Purple CandlesFour Purple CandlesBlue CandleTwo Blue CandlesThree Blue CandlesFour Blue CandlesBrown CandleTwo Brown CandlesThree Brown CandlesFour Brown CandlesGreen CandleTwo Green CandlesThree Green CandlesFour Green CandlesRed CandleTwo Red CandlesThree Red CandlesFour Red CandlesBlack CandleTwo Black CandlesThree Black CandlesFour Black CandlesCandle (lit)Two Candles (lit)Three Candles (lit)Four Candles (lit)White Candle (lit)Two White Candles (lit)Three White Candles (lit)Four White Candles (lit)Orange Candle (lit)Two Orange Candles (lit)Three Orange Candles (lit)Four Orange Candles (lit)Magenta Candle (lit)Two Magenta Candles (lit)Three Magenta Candles (lit)Four Magenta Candles (lit)Light Blue Candle (lit)Two Light Blue Candles (lit)Three Light Blue Candles (lit)Four Light Blue Candles (lit)Yellow Candle (lit)Two Yellow Candles (lit)Three Yellow Candles (lit)Four Yellow Candles (lit)Lime Candle (lit)Two Lime Candles (lit)Three Lime Candles (lit)Four Lime Candles (lit)Pink Candle (lit)Two Pink Candles (lit)Three Pink Candles (lit)Four Pink Candles (lit)Gray Candle (lit)Two Gray Candles (lit)Three Gray Candles (lit)Four Gray Candles (lit)Light Gray Candle (lit)Two Light Gray Candles (lit)Three Light Gray Candles (lit)Four Light Gray Candles (lit)Cyan Candle (lit)Two Cyan Candles (lit)Three Cyan Candles (lit)Four Cyan Candles (lit)Purple Candle (lit)Two Purple Candles (lit)Three Purple Candles (lit)Four Purple Candles (lit)Blue Candle (lit)Two Blue Candles (lit)Three Blue Candles (lit)Four Blue Candles (lit)Brown Candle (lit)Two Brown Candles (lit)Three Brown Candles (lit)Four Brown Candles (lit)Green Candle (lit)Two Green Candles (lit)Three Green Candles (lit)Four Green Candles (lit)Red Candle (lit)Two Red Candles (lit)Three Red Candles (lit)Four Red Candles (lit)Black Candle (lit)Two Black Candles (lit)Three Black Candles (lit)Four Black Candles (lit)
Ingredients Crafting recipe
String +
Honeycomb

Any tool.
  • Can be used as a light source but it needs to be lit with flint and steel.
  • Can be placed in groups of four
  • Can be placed on top of a cake to make a candle cake.
Powder Snow Powder Snow JE1 BE1
  • Can be placed using a Powder Snow Bucket.
 Shovel.
  • Mobs and players will sink into it and take freezing damage.
Dripstone Block Dripstone Block JE1 Any Pickaxe.
  • Is a Decorative Block
Pointed Dripstone Pointed Dripstone Base (D)Pointed Dripstone Middle (D)Pointed Dripstone Frustum (D)Pointed Dripstone Tip (D)Pointed Dripstone Tip Merge (D)Pointed Dripstone Base (U)Pointed Dripstone Middle (U)Pointed Dripstone Frustum (U)Pointed Dripstone Tip (U)Pointed Dripstone Tip Merge (U)
  • Generates in dripstone cave biomes.
 Anything.
  • Pointed Dripstone Stalagmites deal damage to any entity that falls or jumps on top of it.
  • Pointed Dripstone Stalactites fall when the block above it is broken, dealing damage to any entity it hits.
  • Pointed Dripstone Stalactites drip water, or lava if a lava is above the Stalactite. These drips will slowly fill up cauldrons with either water or lava.
  • Pointed Dripstone can be broken with Tridents.
Sculk Sensor Sculk Sensor
  • Is currently unobtainable.
 Anything, but a hoe does it the fastest.
  • Detects vibrations made from nearby entites or blocks and emits a redstone signal.
  • Can only detect certain things, such as entites walking or flapping or blocks being placed or broken.
  • Will not detect vibrations made behind a block of wool.

Changed

Name Image Changed
Cauldron File:Cauldron (filled with lava) JE1.pngFile:Cauldron (filled with powder snow) JE1.png
  • Can now be filled with lava and powder snow.
Dirt Path Grass Path JE2 BE2
  • Can now be created from dirt, coarse dirt, podzol and mycelium.
  • Renamed from Grass Path
All Rails RailPowered RailDetector RailActivator Rail
  • Can now be waterlogged.

Items

New

Name Image Obtaining Uses
Amethyst Shard File:Amethyst Shard JE2.png
  • Obtained by breaking fully grown Amethyst Clusters.
  • Can be used to create Spyglasses and Tinted Glass.
  • Four Amethyst Shards can create an Amethyst Block
Bundle Bundle JE2Bundle Filled JE2
Ingredients Crafting recipe
String +
Rabbit Hide

  • Can be used to carry a stack's worth of items in one slot of the player's inventory.
Copper Ingot Copper Ingot JE2
Ingredients Smelting recipe
Copper Ore +
Any fuel


0.7
  • Can be used to create Copper Blocks, Lightning Rods
  • Can also be used to create the Spyglass.
Spyglass File:Spyglass JE2.png
Ingredients Crafting recipe
Amethyst Shard +
Copper Ingot

  • When used it zooms in, which allows the user to see long distances.
Powder Snow Bucket Powder Snow Bucket
  • Obtained by using a bucket on a snow cauldron.
  • Can be used to place Powder Snow.

Changed

Name Image Changed
Clock Clock JE3
  • Has been given a new Texture.
Compass Compass JE3
  • Has been given a new Texture.

Structures

New

Name Image Generates Chests Mobs Description
Amethyst Geode File:Amethyst Geode.png
  • Underground
  • No
  • None
  • A round chamber consisting of an amethyst and budding amethyst inner wall, a tuff outer wall, and a layer of calcite in between.

Biomes

New

Name Image Description Structures
Dripstone caves Dripstone Caves
  • Does not generate in normal worlds, it is only available in buffet worlds with "Single Biome" and "Dripstone caves" enabled.
  • Contains lots of dripstone blocks and pointed dripstone on the floor and ceiling.
  • There are large columns made of dripstone blocks extending from the ceiling to the floor of the cave.
  • Also contains many pools of water.
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