Alex's Caves Wiki & Guide
The community wiki and guide for Alex's Caves — recipes, items, tags and mechanics, kept current for every Minecraft version the mod supports.
About this mod
This mod requires Citadel
Alex’s Caves is a Forge mod for Minecraft 1.20.1 that adds 6 new cave biomes to the Overworld. Unlike most normal biomes, these cave biomes are exceedingly rare - yet they all contain a variety of unique blocks, items, mobs and mechanics that makes them considerable subterranean destinations. These six biomes are the Magnetic Caves, the Primordial Caves, the Toxic Caves, the Abyssal Chasm, the Forlorn Hollows and the Candy Cavity.
To find any of these cave biomes, you’ll need to discover an Underground Cabin anywhere in the overworld. From there, you will find loot barrels with cave tablets and a Cave Compendium - a guide book for Alex’s Caves that should provide you with all the knowledge needed to find and explore any biome added by the mod. For more information on getting started, see the ‘Getting Started’ section on the mod’s wiki.
Alex’s Caves is a very large mod with a great deal of effort put into the look and feel of each new biome. Each biome added may have its own ambient particles, fog, brightness, light color and more. Because of this, it is recommended to experience this mod without shaders, since many shaders can alter or worsen the unique appearance of several of the biomes. The mod also has built-in compatibility with Just Enough Items and Alex’s Mobs.
Any additional questions can be answered on the Discord server, and bugs can be reported on Github.
Credits:
Creators:
- Alexthe668: programmer and co-creator
- Noonyeyz: artist and co-creator
Sound Team:
- PrismaticPinky: sound design
- LudoCrypt: musician
- Gatetoh: musician and sound design
- Arby698: sound design
- RenRen: musician
- _Ninni: sound design
Documentation Team:
- HolidayRaptor: documentation
- PlummetStudios: documentation
Compatibility
Which Minecraft versions and mod loaders the mod supports.
| Loader | MC 1.20.1 |
|---|---|
| Forge | ✓ |
| Neoforge | ✓ |
Dependencies
Other mods required (or optional) to run this mod.
Recent updates
Latest releases with the author's changelog notes.
-Fixed double frostmint slab dropping only one frostmint
-Fixed gum worms ridden on surface having their heads underground
-Fixed gummy bear instantly waking up on relog
-Fixed depth charges not breaking blocks correctly
-Fixed sugar rush breaking nucleeper and nuclear bomb explosions
-Fixed gingerbread men summoned by confection ovens not dropping held items on despawn
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-Added more gum worm sound variation for jumping
-Fixed gum worms having 30 instead of 150 health
-Fixed broken create compatibility tags
-Fixed crash in creative menu on rendering of sack of sating
-Fixed missing texture for double wafer cookie slab
-Fixed conversion crucible wanting bedrock
-Fixed sweetish fish being unbucketable
-Fixed missing name for potion thrown by licowitches
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-Added candy cavity biome, a new cave biome full of sweet treats and sugary creatures
-Added config option for drowned spawning with diving suits in the abyssal chasm
-Fixed nuclear bombs setting random far away blocks to fire
-Fixed hullbreaker attacking itself if it is glowing
-Fixed exposed forlorn hollows bridges extending into the sky
-Fixed incompatibility with Distant Horizons
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-Vastly improved world generation speeds
-Fixed typo in cave compendium
-Fixed ores missing block tags
-Fixed guano blocks not dropping anything when mined
-Fixed vesper overspawning
-Fixed underground cabins loading in neighboring chunks
-Fixed galena gauntlet destroying shulker box items
-Fixed extinction spear not cooking mob drops
-Fixed suffocation inside ancient leaves
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-Slightly increased volcano generation distance
-Added tag to exclude entities from being spawned from amber monoliths
-Fixed magnetron only being made out of stone
-Fixed gammaroaches being hostile to cows
-Fixed giant bat holograms
-Fixed missing luxtructosaurus sound console spam
-Fixed endermen spawning in abyssal chasms
-Fixed atlatitan making too many stomping noises at once
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Gallery
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Developer resources
Guides
Processes
Every recipe the mod adds, grouped by how it is made.
Structures
Every structure the mod generates, with biomes and placement.
Items
Alex Meal
Alex's Caves Icon
Amber Curiosity
Atlatitan Egg
Azure Neodymium Ingot
Bioluminesscence
Biome Treat
Blue Gelatin
Blue Sweetish Fish
Bottle of Radon
Bucket of Acid
Bucket of Purple Soda
Burrowing Arrow
Candy Cane
Candy Cane Hook
Caramel
Caramel Apple
Cave Biome Map
Cave Biome Map
Cave Biome Map
Cave Codex
Cave Compendium
Cave Tablet
Charred RemnantShow all 175 items →Blocks
Abyssal Altar
Abyssmarine
Abyssmarine Brick Slab
Abyssmarine Brick Stairs
Abyssmarine Brick Wall
Abyssmarine Bricks
Abyssmarine Pillar
Abyssmarine Slab
Abyssmarine Stairs
Abyssmarine Tiles
Abyssmarine Wall
Acidic Radrock
Amber
Amber Monolith
Azure Energized Galena
Azure Magnet
Azure Neodymium Node
Azure Neodymium PillarBeholder
Bioluminescent Torch
Black Radon Lamp
Black Rock Candy
Block of Azure Neodymium
Block of Chiseled ChocolateShow all 248 blocks →Frequently asked questions
What does Alex's Caves add?
Themed cave biomes — the Magnetic Caves, Toxic Caves and Candy Cavity among them — each with unique blocks, ores, creatures and recipes. The new-player guide introduces the mod.
What is in the Magnetic Caves?
The Magnetic Caves hold unique ores and machinery. The Magnetic Caves guide covers the ores and how to use its machinery.
How do you survive the Toxic Caves?
The Toxic Caves require protective gear against their hazards. The Toxic Caves guide covers crafting protection and navigating them.
What is the Candy Cavity biome?
A sweet-themed cave biome with unique blocks and recipes, but its own dangers. The Candy Cavity guide covers its treats and hazards.
