Features

One of the biggest features of Cavern, are the bounty of new rocks and stones that naturally generate in your world. All of these stones can be crafted into Polished and Brick variants. The rocks generate in the following y-levels. Explore the world to discover them all!

120-256: Chert, Diabase, Pegmatite
50-120: Shale, Rhyolite, Dacite
8-40: Marble, Mariposite, Gneiss
-32-10: Hornfels, Phyllite
-64-0: Amphibolite, Schist
Rivers: River Rock (50-60), Mud (40-62), Mudstone (33-49)
Swamps: Mud (59-62), Mudstone (49-59)
Beaches/Ocean (-30-0) Gabbro
Beaches (0-60) Dolostone, Limestone
Ocean (-12-60) Limestone, Novaculite, Dolostone
Ocean Floor: Diatomite
Desert/Badlands (20-256) Gypsum, Siltstone
Beach Shores: White Sand

In addition to these new rocks, there are also new variants of vanilla materials, like brick versions of granite, diorite, and andesite, banded, cobbled, and brick versions of sandstone, as well as polished cobblestone.

Cavern also adds a few tweaks to crafting recipes to help make blocks more useful and keep your inventory a bit less cluttered. All custom rocks, Sandstone, Granite, Diorite, Andesite, Blackstone, and End Stone can now replace cobblestone in crafting recipes.

Ores

Flint Ore generates between y 7 and 256. It can be crafted into blocks of flint and flint tools. Flint tools have the same efficiency of iron, the damage of stone, and a durability between iron and stone. Be sure to still upgrade to iron though, as flint cannot mine all ores!

Feldspar Ore generates between y -24 and 100. It currently can be crafted into feldspar blocks and hardened glass/glass panes. Hardened glass is an education edition block that I’ve implemented in survival. The more noticeable border and longer break time may be useful in certain builds.

Mica Ore also generates between y -24 and 100. It currently can be used to craft mica blocks and tan dye. When combining white and tan dye, the new peach dye can also be created. Tan/Peach variants of sheetrock, stained/hardened glass, wool, concrete/concrete powder, and terracotta are available to craft. (Glazed terracotta is currently unimplimented due to many bugs.)

Ruby Ore generates very rarely between y -64 and 4. Rubies can be crafted into blocks, or traded with wandering traders for valuable items. This feature is currently expiremental.

Trades:
2 Rubies :1 - Totem of Undying
3:3 - Golden Apple
1:16 - Prismarine
5:1 - Heart of the Sea
12:1 - Lodestone
1:20 - TNT
3:1 - Ender Eye
4:1 - Sponge

Gypsum and Sheetrock

Gypsum is a special type of rock unlike any other. It is exclusie to the desert/badlands biomes and cannot be crafted into polished/brick variants. Instead, it drops gypsum powder, which can be used to craft white sand or sheetrock. Sheetrock is a new family of decorative blocks with a pastel color palette.

End Features

Cavern also adds new blocks to the End. End Stone now can be crafted into chiseled, cracked brick, smooth, and cut variants. End sand is a new type of sand in the end that can be smelted into a new kind of glass. Two new types of rocks, Pearlstone and Voidstone, will now generate in the end and can be crafted into polished/cut variants. Pearlstone can also be crafted into ender pearls. Purpur has been reworked to be crafted from purpurite- which is obtained from naturally generating ore. This purpurite can be crafted into blocks, new polished variants, and the vanilla cut block. There are also a handful of other end themed editions such as obsidian bricks, naturally generating gilded obsidian, and end lamp blocks.

End Block Generation:
(y-0+) - Purpurite Ore
(40+) End Sand, End Dust
(0-50) Pearlstone
(0-30) Voidstone
(0-25) Gilded Obsidian

Screenshots

Below are some picture of Overworld generation in 1.17

Here are some screenshots of generation in 1.18
 

Terms of Use

You are free to edit this addon for personal use, but you may not upload a modified or normal version of this addon to another site, or take credit for my work. 

You may feature it in any Youtube Video, but please link back to this page. (Also let me know if you do, I’d love to see it!)

Known Issues

- Custom blocks are broken at the same speed no matter the tool, and can be broken with your hand. (Use flint tools to mine blocks faster. Cannot be fixed.)

- End glass and peach/tan hardenend and stained glass have a dark shadow underneath when placed. (Currently fixing)

- Fortune does not work on custom blocks. (Cannot be fixed)

- Stripping, tilling, and making dirt paths do not remove durability from flint tools or make sound. (Partially fixing)

- Peach/tan wool doesn’t catch fire. (Currently fixing)

- Blast resistance of some blocks are incorrect. (Currently fixing)

- Peach/tan glazed terracotta currently do not work. (Currently fixing)

- White Sand, End Sand, River Rock, Gypsum, End Dust, Pearlstone, Voidstone, Mud, Sandstone Bricks, Polished voidstone/pearlstone, and Polished Cobblestone don’t appear in the correct categories in the creative inventory. (Currently fixing)

- Flint tools are not repairable with flint (Currently fixing)

In Minecraft versions before 1.16.210, custom rocks and ores will not generate after logging out of the world for the first time.

The Minecraft 1.16 version of Cavern is no longer supported and will not recieve further future content, quality of life updates, or bug fixes, but will still be available for download.

Coming Soon

There are currently many planned features for Cavern. The next major update will be smaller so I can focus on fixing bugs, improving textures, and polishing some things. But be prepared for more building blocks, some new features, and more language support.

Please reach out to me via Discord or email if you are interested in translating Cavern into your native language, have found issues with curent translations, or would like to help continue to support Chinese/Russian through update 2.2.

In light of Mud being added to Minecraft in 1.19, Mud and Mudstone will either be removed from Cavern, or renamed in the next update.

Contact Me

If you would like to leave feedback/suggestions, report a bug, help develop Cavern, help translate into your language, or just chat with the community, join our discord here:  https://discord.gg/A3uPqdZH82 . This Discord server will also be the place where all addon announcements, betas, and pre-releases will be!

If you don’t have Discord, you can also contact me by sending an email to [email protected]