About Very Dangerous Caves
From SpigotMCMakes your caves more challenging
VeryDangerousCaves
Support : Discord
Plugin information:
General information
This plugin adds new mechanics to players and mobs in the caves. Also fills caves with more structures.
Plugin features:
New Mobs
VDC adds several new mobs that adds depth to both exploration and difficulty. Here is a list of the mobs:
- TnT Creeper
- Lava Creeper
- Crying bat
- Watcher
- Magma monster
- Smoke demon
- Alpha spider
- Dead miner
- Hexed Armor
Cave boss
In addition to custom mobs, this plugin also adds a boss to make caves even more challenging.
- Dead Diamond Miner
The Darkness
When mining in complete darkness invisible mobs spawns and hunts you down, so you better bring a torch or two!
Heat
When mining at y < 30 and not carrying refreshments such as water you will overheat and get slowed by the heat! Also, there are customizable heat messages in the config.
Custom Structures
To take nether exploration to the next level this plugin adds various structures like Boulders, spikes, treasure chests and traps
New Sounds
Want a scary experience while exploring in caves? This plugin also adds ambient sounds and crying bats.
More info about the plugin?
More info can be found in my discord. Many functions are experimental and won't be added here before they are complete.
Additional info:
Original Project
This is a continued development of another plugin called DangerousCaves made by OkDexter12
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#+ C A V E S +
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cm-enabled: true
#Select what you want to be activated
enable_cave_ins: true
enable_hungering_darkness: true
enable_ambient_cave_sounds: true
enable_cave_temperature: true
enable_cave_aging: true
enable_cave_monsters: true
enable_cave_structures: true
enable_monster_fixing: true
enable_broken_monster_deletion: true
enable_cave_skulls: true
enable_easter_eggs: true
#Select percentage change of things happening - Goes from 0-100%
cave_aging_chance: 50
cave_aging_chance_chance: 75
cave_ambience_chance: 25
cave_walk_temp_chance: 0.005 #goes from 0-1
cave_break_block_temp_chance: 0.001 #goes from 0-1
cave-in_chance: 0.0001 #goes from 0-1
darkness_spawn_chance: 15
cave_structure_chance: 100
crystal_cave_chance: 2
#Select what dept monsters should spawn at
monster_highest_y: 60
monster_lowest_y: 0
#Decide how much damage the hungering darkness should do
hungering_darkness_damage: 200
#Select at what rate you want structures to spawn - Goes from 0-100%
traps_rate: 100
buildings_rate: 100
boulder_rate: 100
pillar_rate: 100
#Select what mobs to have enabled
spawn_crying_bat: true
spawn_magma_monster: true
spawn_lava_creeper: true
spawn_tnt_creeper: true
spawn_watcher: true
spawn_smoke_demon: true
spawn_alpha_spider: true
spawn_dead_miner: true
spawn_hexed_armor: true
#Mob spawn chance - Goes from 0-100%
crying_bat_chance: 75
magma_monster_chance: 75
lava_creeper_chance: 75
tnt_creeper_chance: 75
watcher_chance: 75
smoke_demon_chance: 75
alpha_spider_chance: 75
dead_miner_chance: 75
hexed_armor_chance: 75
#Decide the custom mob names
crying_bat: 'Crying Bat'
magma_monster: 'Magma Monster'
lava_creeper: 'Lava Creeper'
tnt_creeper: 'TnT Creeper'
watcher: 'Watcher'
smoke_demon: 'Smoke Demon'
alpha_spider: 'Alpha spider'
dead_miner: 'Dead Miner'
hexed_armor: 'Hexed Armor'
the_darkness: 'The Darkness'
#Name of worlds this module will be active in
enabled_cave_worlds:
- 'world'
#Set your temperature messages
temperature_messages:
- '&4Wow, it sure is getting hot down here, I should bring water next time...'
- '&4All this heat is making me slower...'
#Enter items to add to treasure chests
custom_items:
- GOLDEN_APPLE
#+ C A V E S +
#+++++++++++++++
cm-enabled: true
#Select what you want to be activated
enable_cave_ins: true
enable_hungering_darkness: true
enable_ambient_cave_sounds: true
enable_cave_temperature: true
enable_cave_aging: true
enable_cave_monsters: true
enable_cave_structures: true
enable_monster_fixing: true
enable_broken_monster_deletion: true
enable_cave_skulls: true
enable_easter_eggs: true
#Select percentage change of things happening - Goes from 0-100%
cave_aging_chance: 50
cave_aging_chance_chance: 75
cave_ambience_chance: 25
cave_walk_temp_chance: 0.005 #goes from 0-1
cave_break_block_temp_chance: 0.001 #goes from 0-1
cave-in_chance: 0.0001 #goes from 0-1
darkness_spawn_chance: 15
cave_structure_chance: 100
crystal_cave_chance: 2
#Select what dept monsters should spawn at
monster_highest_y: 60
monster_lowest_y: 0
#Decide how much damage the hungering darkness should do
hungering_darkness_damage: 200
#Select at what rate you want structures to spawn - Goes from 0-100%
traps_rate: 100
buildings_rate: 100
boulder_rate: 100
pillar_rate: 100
#Select what mobs to have enabled
spawn_crying_bat: true
spawn_magma_monster: true
spawn_lava_creeper: true
spawn_tnt_creeper: true
spawn_watcher: true
spawn_smoke_demon: true
spawn_alpha_spider: true
spawn_dead_miner: true
spawn_hexed_armor: true
#Mob spawn chance - Goes from 0-100%
crying_bat_chance: 75
magma_monster_chance: 75
lava_creeper_chance: 75
tnt_creeper_chance: 75
watcher_chance: 75
smoke_demon_chance: 75
alpha_spider_chance: 75
dead_miner_chance: 75
hexed_armor_chance: 75
#Decide the custom mob names
crying_bat: 'Crying Bat'
magma_monster: 'Magma Monster'
lava_creeper: 'Lava Creeper'
tnt_creeper: 'TnT Creeper'
watcher: 'Watcher'
smoke_demon: 'Smoke Demon'
alpha_spider: 'Alpha spider'
dead_miner: 'Dead Miner'
hexed_armor: 'Hexed Armor'
the_darkness: 'The Darkness'
#Name of worlds this module will be active in
enabled_cave_worlds:
- 'world'
#Set your temperature messages
temperature_messages:
- '&4Wow, it sure is getting hot down here, I should bring water next time...'
- '&4All this heat is making me slower...'
#Enter items to add to treasure chests
custom_items:
- GOLDEN_APPLE
Highlights
From source dataGame versions
Supports 2 Minecraft versions, the newest being 1.15.
Loaders
Runs on Spigot and Paper.
Footprint
Rated a light load on a server.
Very Dangerous Caves on Nxeon
From our catalogue- One-click install
- Supported on Nxeon Minecraft servers, for Paper servers. We download it from SpigotMC, place it, and restart the server.
- Server side
- Required on the server
- Server type needed
- Spigot, Paper
- Server load
- light
- Smallest plan we suggest
- Minecraft — 2 GB (2 GB RAM). This follows our own load rating above, not a benchmark.
- Latest build
- 1.0.7, released 2020-06-30
Game versions by loader
| Loader | Game versions | Newest |
|---|---|---|
| Paper | 1.14 to 1.15 (2 versions) | 1.15 |
| Spigot | 1.14 to 1.15 (2 versions) | 1.15 |
From 7 recorded builds of Very Dangerous Caves.
Recent builds
| Build | Released | Game versions | Loaders |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0.7 | 2020-06-30 | 1.14 to 1.15 (2 versions) | Spigot, Paper |
| 1.0.6 | 2020-05-17 | n/a | Spigot, Paper |
| 1.0.5 | 2020-05-15 | n/a | Spigot, Paper |
| 1.0.4 | 2020-05-14 | n/a | Spigot, Paper |
| 1.0.3 | 2020-05-02 | n/a | Spigot, Paper |
| 1.0.1 | 2020-03-31 | n/a | Spigot, Paper |
Run Very Dangerous Caves on a Minecraft server
Pick a server or deploy a new one above; it is installed in one click.
What kind of mod it is
From the catalogListed on SpigotMC as “Plugins”
World generation
Changes or adds to how new terrain, biomes and structures are created.
Runs on your server
From source side supportSpigotMC lists Very Dangerous Caves as required on the server. Check its SpigotMC page to see whether players need it too.
Compatibility
- Game
- Minecraft
- Loaders
- SpigotPaper
- Runs on
- Serverrequired on the server
- Game versions
- 1.15 and 1 earlier
- Requires
- One-click install needs a Paper server.
Verified at the source
- ✓SpigotMCOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-02Open ↗
- ✓AuthorKingVaboXiii, as published on SpigotMC
- ✓LicenseNot published by the sourceFree
