Cave Vines - Minecraft Block Guide | Properties, Recipe & Uses (2025)

What is Cave Vines in Minecraft?

Cave vines are a special type of vine that hangs down from the ceilings of lush caves. They look like a long, green vine, and they have the unique ability to grow glowing berries on them. The main purpose of cave vines is to be a source of glow berries, which are both a food source and a beautiful light source. The vine itself can be climbed just like regular vines, making it useful for getting around the complex terrain of caves. They are a key part of what makes lush caves so beautiful and magical, adding both light and a sense of life to the underground world. They are a fun and useful plant for both explorers and builders.

How to get Cave Vines in Minecraft

The only way to get cave vines is to find them growing naturally in lush cave biomes. Lush caves are beautiful underground areas filled with moss, azaleas, and other unique plants. You will see cave vines hanging down from the ceilings everywhere in these caves. You can break the vine with any tool or your hand to collect it. However, the item you get is not the vine itself, but rather a glow berry. To get the vine to plant and grow yourself, you need to use bone meal on it. When you use bone meal on a cave vine that does not have a glow berry on it, it will produce one. If you are looking for the plantable vine itself, you need to harvest the glow berries from it first, then you can break the vine.

How to use Cave Vines in Minecraft

The main use for cave vines is to farm glow berries. You can plant a glow berry on the bottom of a block, and it will grow downwards into a long cave vine. You can use bone meal on the vine to make it instantly produce a glow berry, which you can then harvest. Glow berries can be eaten as food, or used as a light source. They are also used to breed foxes. The cave vine itself can be used as a ladder. You can climb up and down them, which is very helpful for navigating tall caves or for creating a secret entrance to your base. As a decorative block, cave vines look great in gardens, greenhouses, or for adding an overgrown, magical feel to a build. They are a beautiful and functional plant.

How to craft Cave Vines in Minecraft

No recipes for this block.

What can Cave Vines make in Minecraft

No items can be crafted.

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