After having been officially added to the game in Minecraft 1.18 Caves & Cliffs, Lush Caves became an instant hit among players who wanted to enjoy natural beauty and growth but were tired of the biomes above ground. Veteran players found a renewed sense of joy and wonder in these green caves, as it gave us a reason to go back underground.
It is no surprise that great Lush Caves seeds are in high demand. Whether you’re looking for intricate cave systems that span multiple layers or you are simply looking for the biggest and best Lush Caves, you’ll find it in our best Lush Caves list below!
Best Minecraft 1.19 Lush Cave Seeds
Jungle Cave Exploration:
Seed: 7180157851369889166
An incredible mix of Savanna and Jungle Biomes is dotted with huge caves leading down into the darkness. But the most incredible cave lies a bit farther away, beneath a huge Jungle hill. Mineshafts intersect a vast Lush Cave system with the Dripstone just off in the distance. This is an incredible location for underground adventure, or spelunking!
- Key Locations
- Incredible cave: -105, 10, 788
- Village on a cave system: 239, 1127
- Badlands and Red Sand Desert: 553, 668
- Desert Village + Temple: 703, 327
- Shipwreck: 833, 9
Floor to Ceiling
Seed: 5724818410248090609
This incredible Lush Cave system starts on the surface and goes down into the deep dark and beyond! It’s a huge Lush Cave with lots of interesting and rare structure surrounding it, like Igloos and Taiga Villages!
| Key Java Locations | Key Bedrock Locations |
|---|---|
| Lush Cave: -616, -154 | Lush Cave: -616, -154 |
| Igloo with Basement: -184, 104 | Taiga Village: -488, -344 |
| Pillager Outpost: 96, 336 | Igloo: -344, 280 |
| Igloo with Basement 2: -694, 344 | Taiga Village 2: -280, -340 |
Gigantic Lush Cave
Seed: Â Â -8294498649741145889
One of the largest Lush Caves we’ve ever seen also has a mineshaft running through it. With caves opening to the surface and just a huge area underground, you could legitimately survive in this bountiful cave. It’s a very long trek from spawn, but its definitely worth it, and there’s plenty of Villages to stop off on during your journey!
| Key Java Locations | Key Bedrock Locations |
|---|---|
| Lush Cave: 25, 32, -2864 | Lush Cave: 25, 32, -2864 |
| Plains Village: 0, -304 | Plains Village: 184, -425 |
| Shipwreck: 440, -200 | Jungle Temple: 744, 776 |
| Ruined Portal: 312, -536 | Ancient City: 168, -51, 488 |
Surface Lush Cave
Seed: Â 1475353232100296141
Ever wish Lush Caves spawned on the surface? Wish no longer as this Spruce wood forest opens up into a lush cave system. This spawn is really fantastic. It’s basically the ideal spawn if you want a lot of Mossy Cobblestone!
| Key Java Locations | Key Bedrock Locations |
|---|---|
| Lush Cave: -26, 108 | Lush Cave: -26, 108 |
| Village: -384, 128 | Ruined Portal : 241, 361 |
| Shipwreck: -480, 461 | Shipwreck: -100, 368 |
| Ocean Ruin: -480, 336 | Village: -1496, -200 |
Extinct Volcano Caves
Seed: Â -3186091622222826829
An incredibly beautiful spawn that gives you what looks like a dead volcano. Capped with ice and snow, a journey into the crater shows that mushrooms and a dark forest grows out of it. Below is a lush cave system that spreads out far and wide.
| Key Java Locations | Key Bedrock Locations |
|---|---|
| Lush Cave: Below Spawn | Lush Cave: Below Spawn |
| Pillager Tower: -150, -330 | Ruined Portal with great loot: 172, -332 |
| Shipwreck: -682, 539 | Ruined Portal 2: -333, 370 |
| Ruined Portal: -339, 755 | Village: -344, -428 |
Lush Island Survival
Seed: -5774183300065244295
This is a majestic seed with an incredible Lush Cave nestled beneath a Snowy Taiga Mountain. This seed represents the best of Minecraft 1.18’s world generation mechanics right at spawn. The spawn is also an easily-defendable solitary island, which means it ideally works as a snowy Holiday getaway or the homey residence with ample resources to survive an otherwise unforgiving Minecraft world.
| Key Java Locations | Key Bedrock Locations |
|---|---|
| Mansion: 168 136 | Ancient City: 24 72 |
| Mansion: -712 280 | Lush Cave: Below Spawn |
| Ancient City: 200 -51 -136 | Ocean Monument: -376 -344 |
| Ocean Monument: -264 -360 | Village: -744 -408 |
| Lush Cave: Below Spawn | Outpost: -856 -536 |
Holey Mountain Lush Cave
Seed: 958475346566062845
A massive Lush Cave has cultured within the strong walls of a large exposed mountain on this seed, making it the perfect hideaway to establish a nature-themed home protected from the elements. You spawn a few hundred blocks away from this marvelous structure, so you can end your first day in the game in a cozy, green, and plant-filled Lush Cave!
| Key Java Locations | Key Bedrock Locations |
|---|---|
| Lush Cave: -150 -700 | Lush Cave: -150 -700 |
| Mansion: -408 -616 | Jungle Temple: -424 312 |
| Mansion: 616 -664 | Mansion: 440 -872 |
| Ocean Monument: -840 -744 | Ocean Monument: -888 -840 |
| Ancient City: -376 -728 | Ancient City: -264 -712 |
Lush Open Floor Cave Plan
Seed: 7977544644511621768
What you have here is one of the most extravagant displays a Lush Cave we’ve ever seen. You spawn only a few hundred blocks away from a Lush Cave that spans across hundreds of blocks with multiple layers and dozens of intricate tunnels branching off of it. This seed provides a wonderful setup for multiple people to make a permanent base inside an incredible cave packed with foliage.
| Java Key Locations | Bedrock Key Locations |
|---|---|
| Lush Cave: -715 58 90 | Lush Cave: -715 58 90 |
| Village: -464 -208 | Village: 104 -232 |
| Village: 0 352 | Village: 168 200 |
| Village: 368 -240 | Village/Outpost: 392 -760 |
| N152ether Portal: 152 232 | Nether Portal: 152 -584 |
MEGA Lush Cave
Seed: -8855702801489964397
Bring some bottles of Night Vision to this seed, because you’re not going to want to miss the majestic view of one of the biggest Lush Caves we’ve ever seen. Whereas most caves are filled with gray and brown walls, this massive Lush Cave is almost completely green. Beyond the beautiful green foliage, you’ll find jaw-dropping waterfalls and layers of miniature pools. This is truly the best way to experience this incredible biome.
| Java Key Locations | Bedrock Key Locations |
|---|---|
| Lush Cave: -689 -295 | Lush Cave: -689 -295 |
| Desert Temple: -856 40 | Village: -328 -344 |
| Village: -912 -224 | Jungle Temple: -216 -376 |
| Desert Temple: -888 -504 | Village: -776 200 |
| Outpost: -1024 128 | Mineshaft: -280 -40 |
Flower Fields and Lush Caves
Seed: 1154615264724071950
This is a pleasant starter seed for players who want resources to decorate blocks when they first start the game. You spawn next to a Sunflower Field and Flower Forest and are a short walk away from an Abandoned Village where you can take shelter. When you’re feeling brave, take a short hike to the Mangrove Swamp nearby, where you can dig to a gigantic Lush Cave below that has an Exposed Mineshaft running through it!
| Java Key Locations | Bedrock Key Locations |
|---|---|
| Lush Cave: -474 8 -240 | Lush Cave: -474 8 -240 |
| Mineshaft: -440 -232 | Village: -168 -264 |
| Abandoned Village: 16 -320 | Village: 200 -328 |
| Village: 272 240 | Shipwreck: -264 -120 |
| Mineshaft: -200 -56 | Nether Portal: -504 -248 |
Holey Lush City
Seed: -1058557249
The title is not a typo! This Minecraft speed spawns you on top of a tall sea cliff that with huge holes that make it look like swiss cheese. From the entrance of the holes you can see the beginning of a large Lush Cave, which means this is the beautiful spot to start a new adventure. When you are feeling brave, you can explore the depths of the Lush Cave to reveal an Ancient City, one of Minecraft’s newest biomes!
| Java Key Locations | Bedrock Key Locations |
|---|---|
| Lush Cave: 155 -400 | Lush Cave: 155 -400 |
| Ancient City: 120 -51 -536 | Ancient City: 552 -51 -712 |
| Shipwreck: 184 -216 | Mineshaft: 152 -584 |
| Large Cold Ruins: 328 -232 | Large Cold Ruins: 184 -136 |
| Nether Portal: 360 -280 | Nether Portal: 72 -488 |
Snowy Mountain Lush Cave
Seed: 266623395
Start your next adventure the right way with this fascinating Minecraft seed where you start on top of a frozen mountain that has been hollowed out and filled with life. This is an exposed Lush Cave that offers multiple viewpoints to the outside world, making this terrain perfect for an evil lair, or just a comfortable place to live.
| Java Key Locations | Bedrock Key Locations |
|---|---|
| Lush Cave: -425 -246 | Lush Cave: -425 -246 |
| Ancient City: 8 -51 -552 | Ancient City: -248 -51 -632 |
| Mineshaft: -408 -280 | Ocean Monument: -360 184 |
| Large Cold Ruins: -472 -232 | Village: 216 280 |
| Nether Portal: -536 -360 | Nether Portal: -296 -568 |
Related: Where to find Dripstone Caves in Minecraft 1.18 Caves & Cliffs Part 2
Lush Lake
Seed: -9363014757946759
Lush Lake is a beautiful seed that spawns you right next to a lake that is in the middle of a huge climate shift in the Minecraft world. You’ll find warm biomes on one side of the lake and cold biomes on the other, which means there is plenty of biome diversity right when you start the game. Not far from spawn is an majestic mountain ring of mountains with a Lush Cave underneath them that leads down into an Ancient City. This is an incredible way to start your Minecraft 1.19 journey.
| Java Key Locations | Bedrock Key Locations |
|---|---|
| Lush Cave: -1048 -51 872 | Lush Cave: -1048 -51 872 |
| Large Cold Ruins: 40 24 | Village: 392 72 |
| Ancient City: -984 -51 152 | Outpost: 296 520 |
| Mineshaft: -808 136 | Nether Portal: 88 328 |
| Nether Portal: 24 280 | Ancient City: -712 -51 568 |
Ancient Lush City
Seed: -156227665
This seed was discovered almost as soon as Minecraft 1.19 was released, and it is the ideal seed for players to use if they want to explore the new features of the game, but not give up the Lush Caves biome. You start in an area that is nearby most of the overworld biomes. A couple hundred blocks away, you can find an expansive Lush Cave that branches into an Ancient City and causes one of the most fascinating transitions between biomes. There are also two exposed Mineshafts in the Lush Cave!
| Java Key Locations | Bedrock Key Locations |
|---|---|
| Lush Cave: -648 -696 | Lush Cave: -648 -696 |
| Village: 208 -224 | Desert Temple: 168 -164 |
| Ocean Monument: -152 296 | Village: 136 -296 |
| Large Warm Ruins: 40 -152 | Large Cold Ruins: 88 -136 |
| Mineshaft: 40 104 | Shipwreck: -200 152 |
For more Minecraft content, check out Where to find all new cave types in Minecraft 1.18 Caves & Cliffs Part 2: Lush, Dripstone, Cheese, & more right here on MyFullGames.