Cave Biomes
Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.16–1.17. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.
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About
Cave Biomes is a fabric mod that adds over 25 new cave biomes to enrich your minecraft experience! Explore brand new cave variants that pose new challenges and have many rewards!
Discord
Join the discord to talk about the mod and to give suggestions! https://discord.gg/EwQmvQtshV
How the biomes spawn
In Cave Biomes, the overworld is split into 2 layers, with layer 1 being from any cave above or at y29, and layer 2 being caves from y28 to y0. Cave biomes in layer 1 mimic the overworld biome above them. For example, caves in jungles are filled with vines, and caves in deserts have patches of sand. Layer 2 cave biomes on the other hand, do not follow existing overworld biomes and instead are their own, unique biomes.
Biome List
Layer 1 biomes:
- Icy cave (Snowy taiga, Snowy Tundra, Snowy Beach)
- Fern cave (Taiga, Mega taiga & variants)
- Sand cave (Desert, Beach)
- Red sand cave (Mesa biome & variants)
- Swamp cave (Swamp)
- Jungle cave (Jungle & variants)
- Grassy cave (All other biomes)
Layer 2 biomes:
- Mushroom cave
- Cobweb cave
- Watery cave
- Lava cave
- Vine cave
- Magma cave
- Patchy obsidian cave
- Fully obsidian cave
- Andesite cave
- Diorite cave
- Granite cave
- Cobblestone cave
- Magma cave
- Gravel cave
- Coal ore cave
- Iron ore cave
- Gold ore cave
- Redstone ore cave
- Lapis ore cave
- Diamond ore cave
Want Alpha builds?
If you want in-dev builds with exciting features before they come to CurseForge, check out my Patreon! Supporting me via Patreon lets me spend more time modding, and allows me to put out more updates for everyone to enjoy!
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Mod compatibility
This mod is compatible with Yung's better caves! You'll need to set the "generateLocalWaterLevels" in cave biomes' config to false to prevent weird water generation, however.
Forge pls???
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- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.17.1, 1.17, 1.16.3
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on CurseForge — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
- Ships as cavebiomes-0.1.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 378 KB
- Download link checked 14 Oct 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.