Glow Berries



| Rarity tier |
Common |
|---|---|
| Renewable |
Yes |
| Stackable |
Yes (64) |
| Tool |
Any tool |
| Blast resistance |
0 |
| Hardness |
0 |
| Luminous |
Yes (14) (when with berries) |
| Transparent |
Yes |
| Restores |
2 () |
| Flammable |
Yes |
| Catches fire from lava |
No |
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Glow berries are a food item obtained from cave vines and can be used to plant them.
Cave vines are a climbable plant that hangs off ceilings and grows glow berries. Cave vines with glow berries produce light.
Obtaining
Breaking
A cave vine can be broken by hand or with any tool, yielding one unit of glow berries if the vine is bearing berries or nothing when it is not. This is not affected by Fortune. A cave vine also breaks if its support block is removed, if water runs over its location, or if a piston extends or pushes a block into its location, yielding the same drops as if broken by a player.
| Block | ||
|---|---|---|
| Hardness | 0 | |
| Breaking time (secs) | ||
| Default | 0.05 | |
- incorrect tool, drops nothing
- correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
- correct tool, drops the block itself
- italicized can be instant mined
Harvesting
One unit of glow berries can also be collected from cave vines bearing berries without breaking the plant. This is done by pressing the use control on the vine, either by hand or while holding any item.
Natural generation
Cave vines can be found in lush caves, hanging from the ceilings of the caves.
Generated loot
| Item | Structure | Container | Quantity | Chance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Java Edition and Bedrock Edition | ||||
| Chest | 3–6 | 38.7%{ "item": "Glow Berries", "stacksize": "3–6", "chance": 0.38688472290717413, "structure": "Mineshaft", "container": "Chest" }
| ||
| Chest | 1–15 | 23.2%{ "item": "Glow Berries", "stacksize": "1–15", "chance": 0.23238142813184637, "structure": "Ancient City", "container": "Chest" }
| ||
| Supply chest | 2–10 | 37.3%{ "item": "Glow Berries", "stacksize": "2–10", "chance": 0.37281466804405383, "structure": "Trial Chambers", "container": "Supply chest" }
| ||
Usage
Placement
Glow berries can be placed on and grown from the bottom of most blocks (any block whose bottom face covers the bottom of the entire block). They can also be placed on the bottom of a cave vine, extending the stack of vines by 1 block. They have no specific lighting requirements.
Growth
Placing glow berries on the bottom of a block creates a cave vine that grows downward one block at a time when random-ticked. There is a 10% chance of growing on random tick. At default random tick speed, a cave vine grows approximately every 13653 game ticks (11.3775 minutes). When the vine grows, the age value of the bottom-most block is increased by 1. Cave vines stop growing once they reach the floor (any non-air block) or when the bottom-most block reaches an age block state of 25, whichever is first, so a new vine block can grow up to 25 - age blocks further. Cave vines also stop growing if shears are used on the bottom block of the stack.
Using bone meal on a cave vine block does not grow a new vine block, unlike kelp, twisting vines or weeping vines.
Farming
Each newly-grown cave vine block has an 11% chance of bearing glow berries. Therefore, cave vines have a 1.1% chance of growing a berry-bearing vine when random-ticked, at an interval of approximately 124121 game ticks (103.434 minutes) at default random tick speed. Glow berries naturally grow only on a newly produced cave vine; existing cave vines blocks do not naturally grow berries over time, unlike sweet berry bushes.
Using bone meal on any block of a cave vine causes it to grow glow berries, if it was not already bearing them. Bees that carry pollen can also fertilize a cave vine block and grow berries in the block they fly over.
Food
To eat glow berries, press and hold use while it is selected in the hotbar. Eating one restores 2 () hunger and 0.4 / 1.2 hunger saturation, like sweet berries.
Climbing
Cave vines can be climbed by standing in them and holding the jump key. If there is a solid block behind the cave vines, the walk forwards key can also be used.
Light
When bearing glow berries, cave vines give off a light level of 14.
Composting
Placing glow berries into a composter by using them on it has a 30% chance of raising the compost level by 1.
Breeding
Glow berries can be fed to foxes to breed them.
Glow berries can be used on baby foxes to reduce the time until they grow by 10%.
Sounds
Glow berries
| Sounds | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
| Eating | Players | While a player is eating something | entity | subtitles | varies [sound 1] | 0.8-1.2 | 16 | |
| Eating | Friendly Mobs | When a player finishes eating something | entity | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.6-1.4 | 16 | |
| Burp | Players | When a player finishes eating something | entity | subtitles | 0.5 | 0.9-1.0 | 16 | |
- ↑ Can be 0.5, 1.0, or 1.5
| Sounds | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Source | Description | Resource location | Volume | Pitch |
| Players | While a player is eating something | random | 0.5-1.1 | 0.8-1.2 | |
| Players | When a player finishes eating something | random | 0.5 | 0.9-1.0 | |
Cave vines
Generic
cave_vines sound type | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
| Block broken | Blocks | Once the block has broken | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
| Block placed | Blocks | When the block is placed | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
| Block breaking | Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | block | subtitles | 0.25 | 0.5 | 16 | |
| Something falls on a block | Entity-Dependent | Falling on the block with fall damage | block | subtitles | 0.5 | 0.75 | 16 | |
| Footsteps | Entity-Dependent | Walking on the block | block | subtitles | 0.15 | 1.0 | 16 | |
cave_vines sound type | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Source | Description | Resource location | Volume | Pitch |
| Blocks | Once the block has broken | dig | 1.0 | 0.8-1.0 | |
| Blocks | When the block is placed | dig | 1.0 | 0.8-1.0 | |
| Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | hit | 0.3 | 0.5 | |
| Players | Falling on the block with fall damage | fall | 0.4 | 1.0 | |
| Players | Walking on the block | step | 0.3 | 1.0 | |
| Players | Jumping from the block | jump | 0.12 | 1.0 | |
| Players | Falling on the block without fall damage | land | 0.22 | 1.0 | |
Unique
| Sounds | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
| Berries pop | Blocks | When glow berries are picked | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8-1.2 | 16 | |
| Plant cropped | Blocks | When the tip of cave vines are cropped with shears | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Sounds | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Source | Description | Resource location | Volume | Pitch |
| Blocks | When glow berries are picked | pick_berries | 1.0 | 0.8-1.2 | |
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Form | Block tags | Item tags | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
cave_vines | Block | mineable/axebee_growablescave_vinesclimbablesword_efficient | — | block | |
cave_vines_plant | Block | mineable/axebee_growablescave_vinesclimbablesword_efficient | — | block | |
glow_berries | Item | — | fox_food | item |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Item ID[i 1] | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
cave_vines | 577 | Block & Ungiveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -322) | tile | |
cave_vines_body_with_berries | 630 | Block & Ungiveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -375) | tile | |
cave_vines_head_with_berries | 631 | Block & Ungiveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -376) | tile | |
glow_berries | 638 | Item | — | item |
Block states
Java Edition:
Cave Vines:
| Name | Default value | Allowed values | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| berries | false | falsetrue | Whether this cave vine has berries. |
| age | 0 | 012345678910111213141516171819202122232425 | How old this cave vine is. |
Cave Vines Plant:
| Name | Default value | Allowed values | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| berries | false | falsetrue | Whether this cave vine has berries. |
Bedrock Edition:
Cave Vines, Cave Vines Body With Berries, Cave Vines Head With Berries:
| Name | Metadata Bits | Default value | Allowed values | Values for Metadata Bits |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| growing_plant_age | Not Supported | 0 | 012345678910111213141516171819202122232425 | Unsupported | How old this cave vine is. |
Advancements
| Icon | Advancement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) |
|---|---|---|---|
![]() | A Balanced Diet | Eat everything that is edible, even if it's not good for you | Eat each of these 40 foods:
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![]() | Husbandry | The world is full of friends and food | Consume anything that can be consumed, except for cake. |
History
| October 3, 2020 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Java Edition | |||||||
| 1.17 | 21w05a | ||||||
| 21w11a | Renamed from "cave vines head" and "cave vines body" to "cave vines" and "cave vines plant", respectively. | ||||||
| The IDs have also changed. | |||||||
| Cave vines now always give 14 light, regardless of the type of part. | |||||||
| Now slow down the player. | |||||||
| Can now be climbed. | |||||||
| 21w13a | Glow berries now generate as loot in mineshaft chest minecarts. | ||||||
| 21w16a | Removed the texture for root vines.[2] | ||||||
| 1.18 | Experimental Snapshot 1 | With the implementation of cave biomes including lush caves, caves vines can now generate in normal worlds. | |||||
| 21w37a | Cave vines stop growing if shears are used on the tip. | ||||||
| 21w41a | |||||||
| 1.19 | 22w13a | Glow berries may now be found in ancient city chests. | |||||
| 1.20.3 Experiment | 23w45a | Glow berries can now be found in trial chamber supply chests and obtained from trial spawners. | |||||
| 1.20.5 Experiment | 24w13a | Glow berries can no longer be obtained from trial spawners. | |||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
| 1.16.220 Experiment | beta 1.16.220.52 | ||||||
| 1.17.0 Experiment | beta 1.16.230.54 | Glow berries now generate as loot in mineshaft chest minecarts. | |||||
| 1.17.0 | beta 1.17.0.52 | Glow berries are now available without enabling experimental gameplay. | |||||
| 1.17.20 | beta 1.17.20.20 | Cave Vines can now be pollinated by bees. | |||||
| 1.18.10 | beta 1.18.10.20 | ||||||
| 1.19.20 | Preview 1.19.20.20 | Cave vines can now be destroyed by ravagers. | |||||
| 1.20.70 | Preview 1.20.70.22 | Cave vines that are not currently bearing berries no long drop glow berries when mined using Silk Touch. | |||||
| 1.20.60 Experiment | Preview 1.20.60.20 | Glow berries can now be found in trial chamber supply chests and obtained from trial spawners. | |||||
| 1.21.0 Experiment | Preview 1.21.0.20 | Glow berries can no longer be obtained from trial spawners. | |||||
| 1.21.60 | Preview 1.21.60.21 | Cave vines now stop growing if shears are used on the tip. | |||||
Data history
| Java Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.17 | 21w19a | minecraft:cave_vines and minecraft:cave_vines_plant have been added to the newly-implemented #minecraft:mineable/axe block tag. This, however, has no effect in-game, since the block breaks instantly anyway regardless of tool used or active effects. | |||||
| 1.21.5 | 25w10a | minecraft:cave_vines and minecraft:cave_vines_plant have been removed from the block tags #minecraft:mineable/axe and #minecraft:sword_efficient. | |||||
Issues
Issues relating to "Glow Berries" or "Cave Vines" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.
Gallery
Renders
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A possible pattern of the cave vines at age 2. -
Another pattern of the cave vines at age 2.
Mojang screenshots
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Concept art for the lush caves and vegetation including glow berries. -
A view of the lush caves with glow berries from Minecraft Live 2020. -
Lush cave in MINECON. -
A view of the lush caves with glow berries, tweeted by LadyAgnes. -
Another view of the lush caves with glow berries, in an interview with LadyAgnes. -
A fox under a glow berry vine. -

In other media
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A glow berry illustration on a pot in A Minecraft Movie.
References
- ↑ "root_vines_head.png was just a prototype texture that we forgot to remove :) Was a placeholder for glowberry vines" – @JasperBoerstra (Jasper Boerstra) on X (formerly Twitter), November 27, 2021
- ↑ MC-213998
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