Glow Berries

"Cave Vines" redirects here. For the feature, see Cave Vines (feature).
Glow Berries

Cave Vines (head).png: Infobox image for Glow Berries the block in Minecraft

Cave Vines (berries).png: Infobox image for Glow Berries the block in Minecraft

Glow Berries.png: Infobox image for Glow Berries the block in Minecraft
Invicon Glow Berries.png: Inventory sprite for Glow Berries in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: 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

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 BlockSprite cave-vines.png: Sprite image for cave-vines in MinecraftCave Vines
BlockSprite cave-vines-plant.png: Sprite image for cave-vines-plant in MinecraftCave Vines Plant
Hardness 0
Breaking time (secs)
Default 0.05
Legend
  • 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

Main article: Cave vines (feature)

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
Mineshaft Chest 3–6 38.7%
Ancient City Chest 1–15 23.2%
Trial Chambers Supply chest 2–10 37.3%

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

Java Edition:

Sounds
SoundSubtitlesSourceDescriptionResource locationTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​EatingPlayersWhile a player is eating somethingentity.generic.eatsubtitles.entity.generic.eatvaries [sound 1]0.8-1.216
​EatingFriendly MobsWhen a player finishes eating somethingentity.generic.eatsubtitles.entity.generic.eat1.00.6-1.416
​BurpPlayersWhen a player finishes eating somethingentity.player.burpsubtitles.entity.player.burp0.50.9-1.016
  1. Can be 0.5, 1.0, or 1.5

Bedrock Edition:

Sounds
SoundSourceDescriptionResource locationVolumePitch
PlayersWhile a player is eating somethingrandom.eat0.5-1.10.8-1.2
PlayersWhen a player finishes eating somethingrandom.burp0.50.9-1.0

Cave vines

Generic

Java Edition:

BlockSprite lit-cave-vines.png: Sprite image for lit-cave-vines in Minecraft cave_vines sound type
SoundSubtitlesSourceDescriptionResource locationTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​Block brokenBlocksOnce the block has brokenblock.cave_vines.breaksubtitles.block.generic.break1.00.816
​Block placedBlocksWhen the block is placedblock.cave_vines.placesubtitles.block.generic.place1.00.816
​Block breakingBlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenblock.cave_vines.hitsubtitles.block.generic.hit0.250.516
​Something falls on a blockEntity-DependentFalling on the block with fall damageblock.cave_vines.fallsubtitles.block.generic.fall0.50.7516
​FootstepsEntity-DependentWalking on the blockblock.cave_vines.stepsubtitles.block.generic.footsteps0.151.016

Bedrock Edition:

BlockSprite lit-cave-vines.png: Sprite image for lit-cave-vines in Minecraft cave_vines sound type
SoundSourceDescriptionResource locationVolumePitch
BlocksOnce the block has brokendig.cave_vines1.00.8-1.0
BlocksWhen the block is placeddig.cave_vines1.00.8-1.0
BlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenhit.cave_vines0.30.5
PlayersFalling on the block with fall damagefall.cave_vines0.41.0
PlayersWalking on the blockstep.cave_vines0.31.0
PlayersJumping from the blockjump.cave_vines0.121.0
PlayersFalling on the block without fall damageland.cave_vines0.221.0

Unique

Java Edition

Sounds
SoundSubtitlesSourceDescriptionResource locationTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​Berries popBlocksWhen glow berries are pickedblock.cave_vines.pick_berriessubtitles.item.berries.pick1.00.8-1.216
​Plant croppedBlocksWhen the tip of cave vines are cropped with shearsblock.growing_plant.cropsubtitles.block.growing_plant.crop1.01.016

Bedrock Edition:

Sounds
SoundSourceDescriptionResource locationVolumePitch
BlocksWhen glow berries are pickedpick_berries.cave_vines1.00.8-1.2

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierFormBlock tagsItem tagsTranslation key
BlockSprite cave-vines.png: Sprite image for cave-vines in Minecraft Cave Vinescave_vinesBlockmineable/axe
bee_growables
cave_vines
climbable
sword_efficient
block.minecraft.cave_vines
BlockSprite cave-vines-plant.png: Sprite image for cave-vines-plant in Minecraft Cave Vines Plantcave_vines_plantBlockmineable/axe
bee_growables
cave_vines
climbable
sword_efficient
block.minecraft.cave_vines_plant
ItemSprite glow-berries.png: Sprite image for glow-berries in Minecraft Glow Berriesglow_berriesItemfox_fooditem.minecraft.glow_berries

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID FormItem ID[i 1]Translation key
BlockSprite cave-vines.png: Sprite image for cave-vines in Minecraft Cave Vinescave_vines577Block & Ungiveable Item[i 2]Identical[i 3]
(Numeric: -322)
tile.cave_vines.name
BlockSprite lit-cave-vines-plant.png: Sprite image for lit-cave-vines-plant in Minecraft Cave Vines Body With Berriescave_vines_body_with_berries630Block & Ungiveable Item[i 2]Identical[i 3]
(Numeric: -375)
tile.cave_vines_body_with_berries.name
BlockSprite lit-cave-vines.png: Sprite image for lit-cave-vines in Minecraft Cave Vines Head With Berriescave_vines_head_with_berries631Block & Ungiveable Item[i 2]Identical[i 3]
(Numeric: -376)
tile.cave_vines_head_with_berries.name
ItemSprite glow-berries.png: Sprite image for glow-berries in Minecraft Glow Berriesglow_berries638Itemitem.glow_berries.name
  1. ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.
  2. a b c Unavailable with /give command
  3. a b c The block's direct item form has the same ID as the block.

Block states

See also: Block states

Java Edition:
Cave Vines:

Name Default value Allowed values Description
berriesfalsefalse
true
Whether this cave vine has berries.
age00
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
How old this cave vine is.

Cave Vines Plant:

Name Default value Allowed values Description
berriesfalsefalse
true
Whether this cave vine has berries.

Bedrock Edition:
Cave Vines, Cave Vines Body With Berries, Cave Vines Head With Berries:

NameMetadata Bits Default value Allowed valuesValues for
Metadata Bits
Description
growing_plant_ageNot Supported00
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
UnsupportedHow old this cave vine is.


Advancements

IconAdvancementIn-game descriptionActual requirements (if different)
A Balanced DietEat everything that is edible, even if it's not good for you Other foods and consumables can be eaten, but are ignored for this advancement.
HusbandryThe world is full of friends and foodConsume anything that can be consumed, except for cake.

History

There is an associated technical blocks page for the internal item form of this block; see Technical blocks/Cave Vines.
October 3, 2020 Cave vines (named as glow berries) are shown as part of lush caves at Minecraft Live 2020.
Java Edition
1.1721w05a Added glow berries.
Added cave vines.
Added the texture for root vines in the game files, an early design for cave vines.[1]
21w11aRenamed 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.
21w13aGlow berries now generate as loot in mineshaft chest minecarts.
21w16aRemoved the texture for root vines.[2]
1.18Experimental Snapshot 1With the implementation of cave biomes including lush caves, caves vines can now generate in normal worlds.
21w37aCave vines stop growing if shears are used on the tip.
21w41a Changed cave vines plant texture.
1.1922w13aGlow berries may now be found in ancient city chests.
1.20.3
Experiment
Update 1.21
23w45aGlow berries can now be found in trial chamber supply chests and obtained from trial spawners.
1.20.5
Experiment
Update 1.21
24w13aGlow berries can no longer be obtained from trial spawners.
Bedrock Edition
1.16.220
Experiment
Caves and Cliffs
beta 1.16.220.52 Added glow berries behind the "Caves and Cliffs" experimental toggle.
Added cave vines.
1.17.0
Experiment
Caves and Cliffs
beta 1.16.230.54Glow berries now generate as loot in mineshaft chest minecarts.
1.17.0beta 1.17.0.52Glow berries are now available without enabling experimental gameplay.
1.17.20beta 1.17.20.20Cave Vines can now be pollinated by bees.
1.18.10beta 1.18.10.20 Changed cave vines plant texture.
1.19.20Preview 1.19.20.20Cave vines can now be destroyed by ravagers.
1.20.70Preview 1.20.70.22Cave vines that are not currently bearing berries no long drop glow berries when mined using Silk Touch.
1.20.60
Experiment
Update 1.21
Preview 1.20.60.20Glow berries can now be found in trial chamber supply chests and obtained from trial spawners.
1.21.0
Experiment
Update 1.21
Preview 1.21.0.20Glow berries can no longer be obtained from trial spawners.
1.21.60Preview 1.21.60.21Cave vines now stop growing if shears are used on the tip.

Data history

Java Edition
1.1721w19aminecraft: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.
1.21.525w10aminecraft: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.

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