Caves received a huge overhaul in Minecraft patch 1.18, which added a variety of underground biomes that include Lush and Dripstone caves. But since you spawn on the overworld, it’s sometimes hard to know whether you’ve got a great cave seed or a bad one. We’ve taken the risk out of it for you and listed the best Minecraft Cave seeds below.

Best Minecraft Cave Seeds List

  • Java 1.19 Jungle Cave Exploration: 7180157851369889166 Frozen Ocean Cavern: 4981516925953961499 Mini Farlands: -992714597311471801 Cavern to the Deep: -3212841254549877385 Desert Cavern: 1733739539271494892 Old Growth, Old Cave: 3106201896040453284 Abandoned Cove: -8151315372430894759 Cave Trio: -3833620608353279066 Bedrock 1.19 (Note: Bedrock seeds work in Java, but they generate structures differently) Instant Cave Seed: -1597699456 The Cavern Below: -2395316354623700247 Liberation Mission: -8924217438600596583 Endless Dripstone: 8430682449981033048 Jungle Drip Chasm: -645644363236967887 Watery Cave: -4909791828733745509 Explorer’s Paradise: 4949631108816131806 Triple Double: 8118077413014002331

Best Minecraft Java 1.19 Cave Seeds

Cavern to the Deep

Seed: -3212841254549877385

  • Jungle Cave Exploration: 7180157851369889166 Frozen Ocean Cavern: 4981516925953961499 Mini Farlands: -992714597311471801 Cavern to the Deep: -3212841254549877385 Desert Cavern: 1733739539271494892 Old Growth, Old Cave: 3106201896040453284 Abandoned Cove: -8151315372430894759 Cave Trio: -3833620608353279066

  • Instant Cave Seed: -1597699456 The Cavern Below: -2395316354623700247 Liberation Mission: -8924217438600596583 Endless Dripstone: 8430682449981033048 Jungle Drip Chasm: -645644363236967887 Watery Cave: -4909791828733745509 Explorer’s Paradise: 4949631108816131806 Triple Double: 8118077413014002331

This seed features an incredible Dripstone Cavern that drops directly from the large Dripstone Cavern to the Deep Dark. Some of these stalagmites drop all the way down into that area, and it’s an amazing place to explore. On the surface this is a more traditional plains and Oak Tree forest area, that’s great for traditionalists.

  • Key Locations: Dripstone Cavern: 33, -1, 9 Village: 59, 97 Ruined Portal: 171, 227 Illager Tower: -364, 96

Jungle Cave Exploration

  • 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

Frozen Ocean Cavern

  • Key Locations Spider Spawner Dungeon: 336, -32, -106 Lush Cave Cavern: 244, -5, -99 Ocean Ruin: 377, -522 Mineshaft: 289, -18, -400

Mini Farlands

  • Key Locations Ruined Portal: 81, -279 Lush Cave with Mineshaft Entrance: 254, 10, -336 Beached Shipwreck: 467, -685 Village: 66, -749

Desert Cavern

Seed: 1733739539271494892

  • Dripstone Cavern: 33, -1, 9 Village: 59, 97 Ruined Portal: 171, 227 Illager Tower: -364, 96

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!

  • 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

Seed: 4981516925953961499

What sits below the Frozen Ocean? A huge cave system does, as it happens. This incredible cave system makes for the perfect base, with it’s built-in mob spawner and vast open space. With only a small island of trees nearby, it’s a fantastic challenge map for players looking to tough it out in a frozen wasteland.

  • Spider Spawner Dungeon: 336, -32, -106 Lush Cave Cavern: 244, -5, -99 Ocean Ruin: 377, -522 Mineshaft: 289, -18, -400

Seed: -992714597311471801

The Farlands were a now-deleted Minecraft Biome that was generated at the edge of the world limit. This seed reminds us of that fantastic location because of its crazy cliffs and mix of tiny biomes. But the real adventure begins below the ground, where dozens of Lush Caves intersect with Dripstone Caves, Mineshafts, and Dungeons to form an incredible underground. 

  • Ruined Portal: 81, -279 Lush Cave with Mineshaft Entrance: 254, 10, -336 Beached Shipwreck: 467, -685 Village: 66, -749

A huge cave system in the middle of a desert spawn, with a Badlands Biome just a stone’s throw away. This is an incredible way to get quick access to the deepest parts of the world within just a few steps of the starting location. A perfect place to start a desert civilization, or a lush oasis in the middle of the wasteland.

  • Key Locations Badlands Biome: 400, 50 Cave Entrance: 345, -56 Desert Temple: 390, 160

Old Growth, Old Cave

Seed: 3106201896040453284

  • Badlands Biome: 400, 50 Cave Entrance: 345, -56 Desert Temple: 390, 160

A fascinating seed that offers as much under the ground as above the surface. A sprawling spruce forest is your start point, with quick entrance to a vast cave network below. Journeying in any of the cardinal directions brings you to new exciting features, and plenty of loot! Just be careful, there’s some mobs close by that aren’t easy when you’re just starting out.

  • Key Locations Cave Entrance: -30, 106 Pillager Tower: -324, 97 Giant Ruined Portal: 243, 283 Underwater Temple: 634, 81

Abandoned Cove

Seed: -8151315372430894759

  • Cave Entrance: -30, 106 Pillager Tower: -324, 97 Giant Ruined Portal: 243, 283 Underwater Temple: 634, 81

An entire coastal village and two ships abandoned for unknown reasons. Could the answer be in the caves inland? You’ll have to explore and find out yourself…

  • Key Locations Abandoned Village: 90, 100, -102 Cave Entrance: 48, 72, -104 Double Shipwreck: -24, -318 Trio of Snow and Ice Biomes: 599, -339

Cave Trio

Seed: -3833620608353279066

  • Abandoned Village: 90, 100, -102 Cave Entrance: 48, 72, -104 Double Shipwreck: -24, -318 Trio of Snow and Ice Biomes: 599, -339

An expansive series of caves hides just below a grassy plain. There’s trio of cave entrances and they each lead to a different adventure! But the most impressive is definitely the one with a huge abandoned mine in it!

  • Key Locations Abandoned Mine Cavern: 11, -6, 32 Ruined Portal: 39, 33 Shipwreck: -107, 190 Water Temple: 238, 307

Best Minecraft Bedrock 1.19 Cave Seeds

Endless Dripstone

Seed: 8430682449981033048

  • Abandoned Mine Cavern: 11, -6, 32 Ruined Portal: 39, 33 Shipwreck: -107, 190 Water Temple: 238, 307

It seems like this Dripstone Cave never ends. On the surface, the entire area covered by the Mangrove Forest hides a cast series of Dripstone Caves and Caverns beneath, filled with resources and riches. There’s also a few little boons, like the easy to access Zombie Spawner that make this an incredible spawn.

  • Key Locations Incredible Dripstone Cavern: -179, -34, 79 Zombie Spawner with Surface Access: -146, 62, 98 Village 1: 170, 346 Village 2: 250, 646

Instant Cave

  • Key Locations Cave Entrance: 17, 93, 15 Village 1: 728, 628 Village 2: 804, 73 Ruined Portal and Ocean Ruins: 332, -520

The Cavern Below

  • Key Locations Cavern Entrance: -7, 22 Abandoned Village: -463, 177 Spruce Village: -867, 189 Huge Dripstone Cave Entrance: 211, 404

Liberation Mission

  • Key Locations Illager Tower: 152, 631 Village and Cave Entrance: 239, 582 Village 2: 681, 278 Illager Tower 2 with Huge Cave Entrance: 501, -1017

Jungle Drip Chasm

Seed: -645644363236967887

  • Incredible Dripstone Cavern: -179, -34, 79 Zombie Spawner with Surface Access: -146, 62, 98 Village 1: 170, 346 Village 2: 250, 646

Seed: -1597699456

Can’t wait to get into a Cave? This is Bedrock’s developer-provided seed for Lush Caves. You can be in the cave in seconds, given that you spawn right next to two entrances. This seed also gives you quick access to almost every type of wood right off the bat, so if you’re looking to build an underground mining system, it’s a great starting spot.

  • Cave Entrance: 17, 93, 15 Village 1: 728, 628 Village 2: 804, 73 Ruined Portal and Ocean Ruins: 332, -520

Seed: -2395316354623700247

A huge cavern just below your starting spot that covers almost the entire Plains biome above it? Yes, please! This is a great start for players who want to make either a huge cave base or open up a cavern into a massive crater. This is also a great start for Minecraft traditionalists who want standard grass and trees and flatter ground to start off with. But this idyllic land could hide something sinister. An Abandoned Village in the next valley over could hide some secrets.

  • Cavern Entrance: -7, 22 Abandoned Village: -463, 177 Spruce Village: -867, 189 Huge Dripstone Cave Entrance: 211, 404

Seed: -8924217438600596583

An Illager tower with a Village within crossbow’s shot is a bad omen, to be sure. The cave the Villagers decided to build their homes by must be lucrative for them to have so many Iron Golems! Head up the hill and free the Allay and Iron Golem to defeat the Pillagers. But in the long term, it might be better to migrate into the cave completely, given there’s a huge underground system of tunnels that lead right down to Deepslate.

  • Illager Tower: 152, 631 Village and Cave Entrance: 239, 582 Village 2: 681, 278 Illager Tower 2 with Huge Cave Entrance: 501, -1017

Enormous mountains flank a jungle with secrets hidden just below. Villagers dare not enter the jungle, because of the huge drops and cliffs that open into the darkness below. Not to mention the dangerous Dripstone spikes! A great seed for adventures in a jungle haven.

  • Key Locations Dripstone Chasm entrance: 36, -38 Village 1: 130, -472 Village 2: -293, -345 Pillager Tower: -481, -764

Watery Cave

Seed: -4909791828733745509

  • Dripstone Chasm entrance: 36, -38 Village 1: 130, -472 Village 2: -293, -345 Pillager Tower: -481, -764

A huge mountain, with a dark patch at the base. That patch? A cave with dripstone stalactites and dangerous waterflows that threaten to drag you down. But it’s also the perfect place for a hidden base, or a pirate retreat. The possibilities are endless with this cave outpost.

  • Key Locations Cave Entrance: 204, -52 Pillager Tower: 300, 24 Village: 850, -365 Ruined Portal: 648, -488

Explorer’s Paradise

Seed: 4949631108816131806

  • Cave Entrance: 204, -52 Pillager Tower: 300, 24 Village: 850, -365 Ruined Portal: 648, -488

Snaking caves leading down to the Deep Dark and beyond with a plethora of biomes to explore up top. This is a true explorer’s paradise. Discover mysteries above or below ground in a magnificent seed.

  • Key Locations Cave system: -93, 274 Village 1: -259, 228 Village 2: -280, 709 Ruined Portal: -525, 817

Triple Double

Seed: 8118077413014002331

  • Cave system: -93, 274 Village 1: -259, 228 Village 2: -280, 709 Ruined Portal: -525, 817

Two double villages and a double cave entrance! That’s why this one’s called Triple Double, and leaves you spoilt for options of what to explore, what to mine, and what to build. Are you going to expand the villages into a true city? Or delve into the caves and find something old and ancient below?

  • Key Locations Cave entrance: 179, 320 Ruined Portal/Double Village: 59, 275 Mushroom Swamp: -213, 72 Double Village 2: -82, -232

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  • Cave entrance: 179, 320 Ruined Portal/Double Village: 59, 275 Mushroom Swamp: -213, 72 Double Village 2: -82, -232