Minecraft:Caves & Cliffs Explorers
More actions
Template:ExclusiveTemplate:Needs render Template:Infobox map
Caves & Cliffs Explorers is a Minecraft:Marketplace map that promotes the Minecraft:Caves & Cliffs Update, featuring many popular YouTubers at the time.
Summary
The map opens inside of a pitch black void, with a single seafoam green block in front of the player. Pressing a Minecraft:button on top will start the map, triggering a loading screen that shows the logos for the map and Sparks Universe, before transitioning into a cinematic. Stealth and PaintingRainbows walk down a Minecraft:dirt path, which transitions into an expansive Minecraft:mineshaft below, almost entirely held by Minecraft:iron chains, which ShadowPriestok explores. Inside the cave, Lunar and Funneh come across an Minecraft:amethyst geode, mining several Minecraft:amethyst buds as Jazzghost mines behind them, meanwhile Minecraft:Logdotzip and Minecraft:LDShadowLady explore a Minecraft:lush cave. The two jump into a Minecraft:water reserve with Minecraft:axolotls, before cutting to Hikakin, GoldenGlare, and DraconiteDragon mining Minecraft:ores in a Minecraft:canyon above Minecraft:lava. The ceiling of a Minecraft:dripstone cave begins to collapse, BigB warning the camera to get out of the way.
Players will spawn inside of a house, with a Minecraft:furnace, Minecraft:cauldron, and chairs by a table. In front of the player is a small office room with a Minecraft:crafting table, while above cobblestone stairway is a bedroom attic with a Minecraft:red bed. In the player's Minecraft:inventory are an Minecraft:iron sword, Minecraft:iron pickaxe, Minecraft:iron axe, and Minecraft:iron shovel, each of varying durability. Outside the house is a Shepherd NPC, who will explain that a nearby Minecraft:village is in trouble, and asks for your help. The Shepherd will attempt to lead the player, however walking over a sheet of Minecraft:powder snow, sending the player falling down into a colossal Minecraft:cave, so deep that it has Minecraft:clouds.
Falling into an underwater Minecraft:lake, the player can climb up to safety onto a wooden bridge, and follow several Minecraft:torches up a Minecraft:deepslate steep. At the top, marked by Minecraft:pointed dripstone, is the entrance to the cave, leading the player into the village, marked by a Minecraft:sign. Progressing outside of the map will reveal the various YouTubers waiting for the player, who can each be Template:Control with and show concern for the village. Progressing on the path ahead shows a troubling sight, with the village severely damaged, filled with blocks such as Minecraft:coarse dirt and Minecraft:dead bushes, with many buildings elevated, sunken, or generally unreachable.
At the end of the depressing path is the Town Hall, identifiable by a Minecraft:purpur flag on top. Inside, the player can find three NPCs: the Mayor, the Historian, and Billy. The Mayor will explain the situation, and ask the player to help the citizens recover from the cataclysm. The Historian will give the credits for the map. Billy is a Minecraft:baby goat, who will baa when Template:Control with and can then be petted. At the back of the Hall are five missions the player can select to help the town, giving the player a Minecraft:lodestone compass leading to the site of each quest, while behind Billy is a Minecraft:ladder that leads to two more floors of the building, with Minecraft:oak wood floors, several holes and debris, a Minecraft:skeleton skull, and a Minecraft:bell.
Copper Ageing Quest
This quest is set right outside the Town Hall, with players approaching a Builder NPC and being asked to replace a statue destroyed in the collapse. To get started, the player will need to locate the Green Copper Cave, where they can mine Minecraft:copper ore. The cave can be found by following several signs, down a dirt path and marked by a Minecraft:fallen tree beside a green sign, Minecraft:blast furnaces, and a Beekeeper NPC's house. Traversing down into the cave will trigger a title card to confirm the player has found it, as the Builder tells the player to find a Minecraft:copper vein.
Entering the cave will lead into a mineshaft, with an Minecraft:ore blob visible but inaccessible. In order to reach it, the player must travel down several platforms, following several Minecraft:rails and avoiding Minecraft:zombies, before climbing across several more platforms. Once the player has obtained 32 Minecraft:raw copper, players will have to Minecraft:smelt them in nearby blast furnaces, all stocked with Minecraft:blocks of coal, and can then return to the Builder.
Upon delivering the copper, they will convert the Minecraft:copper ingots into stacks of Minecraft:blocks of copper, Minecraft:cut copper stairs, and Minecraft:cut copper slabs. From there, a nearby Minecraft:polished andesite podium will be converted to Minecraft:blocks of gold, signaling that the player can build the statue on top. Once the player has built a statue, they can approach the Builder to solidify, triggering a cinematic showing the copper Minecraft:oxidizing over many days. After this, it is revealed that the Builder forgot to Minecraft:wax the blocks, asking the player to retrieve Minecraft:honeycombs from the Beekeeper. Upon approaching the Beekeeper, they will jokingly request 1,000,000 Minecraft:emeralds, before handing over 32 honeycombs. From there the player can build a similar statue to the right of the Hall, which will have a reprise of the cinematic, completing the quest.
Lightning Rod Quest
The quest begins east of the Hall, across a bridge and up through a cave. Upon reaching the site, players can Template:Control with the Scared Villager outside a house ridden with Minecraft:cobwebs. The villager will explain that a Minecraft:thunderstorm is approaching, and is scared that they won't be able to survive without a Minecraft:lightning rod. If the player agrees to help, Minecraft:lightning will strike a dead Minecraft:tree, creating a bridge into Red Copper Cave, which can be found by following several red signs.
Similar to the Green Copper Cave, entering the Red Copper Cave will trigger a title card, as the player is tasked with collecting at least three copper. This cave has another mineshaft, now filled with lava, with the player having to platform across a linear path and avoid zombies. The player will eventually end up at a large copper vein in the dark, with a large stairway leading out of it, and several blast furnaces for smelting any obtained raw copper. Once three ingots are claimed, the player can return to the Scared Villager. From there, the villager will tell the player to craft a lightning rod inside of their house.
Once the rod is crafted, it can be placed on top of a block of gold near the Scared Villager. This will solve the lightning problem, ending the quest.
Spyglass Quest
This quest begins west of the Hall, above the Red Copper Cave and near a surface dripstone cave, identifiable by dripstone pillar. A Guard will explain that their Minecraft:spyglass shattered when the village collapsed, asking the player for help replacing it. The materials will be found in the Blue Copper & Amethyst Caves, found by following signs right on the hill down to a building with a Minecraft:granite chimney. The Blue Copper Cave and Amethyst Copper Caves can be found adjacent to each other, the player getting the choice to pick which they go in first.
The Blue Copper Cave begins with the player following a trail of Minecraft:glow lichens into a mineshaft with chandeliers. The player will platform across several supports, ending at a Minecraft:stone brick stair before several copper ore, which then leads to a staircase back to another platforming sequence, now upwards into the fork.
The Amethyst Cave is marked by doorway made of Minecraft:oak logs, forking itself in a section full of Minecraft:clay and water. Both paths lead to an expansive maze of clay pillars above lava, leading to a bridge with a sign, simply labeled "jump." This clues the player into the fact they have to jump off the bridge into a lake, similar to the opening of the map, with an amethyst geode nearby. Once Minecraft:amethyst shards are obtained, the player can leave through a tunnel, marked by Minecraft:deepslate gold ores. At the end of the tunnel is a waterfall with Minecraft:soul sand, enabling the player to return to the entrance of the cave, exiting through a hole with a Minecraft:sea lantern.
Back at the Guard's outpost, the player can smelt the copper into ingots using two Minecraft:coal and craft the spyglass. Once it is crafted, the Guard requests the player join them up in the nearby tower, circling up Minecraft:spruce stairs and a ladder. Upon reaching the top, the Guard will ask to hold the spyglass, and discovers a nearby Minecraft:patrol. Sending out an Minecraft:iron golem to deal with it, they ask the player to use the spyglass themselves, allowing them to watch Minecraft:pillagers die. This will conclude the mission.
Goat Horn Quest
The quest occurs west of the Hall, below the Guard's outpost and reached by walking behind a waterfall. Standing outside a forge, a Ranger will comment how useful a Minecraft:goat horn would be to warn of pillager attacks. The mission is to climb up into the Minecraft:mountain, and claim a horn from a goat, specifically requested to not be killed. The mountains can be reached by following a Minecraft:cobblestone path marked by a sign of a goat's head, traveling through a cave up into the Minecraft:frozen peaks.
Upon reaching the top, the player will be warned to avoid powder snow, calling back to the opening. Players will need to watch their step over Minecraft:snow and Minecraft:powder snow. If the player falls prey to the snow, they will enter into a floor of Minecraft:ice and can be led out by following Minecraft:magenta glazed terracotta. At the end of the challenge is a series of Minecraft:ice spikes, at the top a Minecraft:screaming goat in a loop of running into a Minecraft:spruce tree. Crossing over several fallen spruces will put the player face to face with a goat, with several trees surrounding them to retrieve the horn from.
Upon claiming the horn, a path under a bridge will be cleared of snow, leading the player to a minecart system that can return them to the village. Upon returning to the Ranger, they will alert the player to the presence of pillagers, asking that the goat horn be Template:Control to scare them off and warn the village. Doing so will conclude the quest.
Axolotl Quest
The Axolotl quest can be found on the initial path to the Town Hall, potentially being noticed before reaching any of the others. It formally begins by approaching a Child, who sympathizes with an axolotl in a pool and offers to bring it home to a lush cave. The Child hands over a Minecraft:bucket for carrying the axolotl, which they've nicknamed Olli, and instructs the player to leap off a bridge into a flooding pit nearby.
Dropping into the lush cave, the player is trapped inside an Minecraft:aquifer, with a wall of Minecraft:vines blocking progress. In order to advance, the player must Template:Control the bucket of Olli, which will summon two Minecraft:drowneds. After defeating the drowned, the player can advance beyond the vine wall, and Template:Control into an Minecraft:underwater cave. In order to traverse the ensuing maze, the player must closely follow Olli, with Minecraft:magma blocks positioned throughout to help refill oxygen. After swimming through a Minecraft:deepslate cave, the player can find the Child peeking through a hole in a wall, telling you that Olli's friends can be found nearby.
The map transitions into a platforming challenge, with the player having to jump over several clay blocks and Minecraft:big dripleaves, before arriving in a cave made predominately of Minecraft:moss blocks. The difficulty ramps up, as the player must leap almost exclusively across dripleaves upwards, downwards, and then spiraling across the cave. Making things more difficult is that the dripleaves can potentially break. Upon reaching the end, the player can deposit Olli with several other axolotls, and then leave using a Minecraft:minecart, concluding the mission.
Ending
Template:Spoiler warning With each mission completed, the village will gradually repair itself, visible through the emergence of Minecraft:grass blocks. Once all five are concluded, the player will be told to speak with the Mayor, who will congratulate them for saving the town. As they do, the town will be completely refurbished, and all the YouTuber guest stars will appear outside the Town Hall. Once the map is concluded, the player is free to replay any mission by approaching the respective NPC.
Quotes
External
"Minecraft Marketplace creators Spark Universe bring you the Caves & Cliffs Explorers map. Learn about the update, by rebuilding and upgrading a collapsed village through fun quests and relaxing gameplay!
"We created the "Caves & Cliffs Explorers" world with @Microsoft , teaching players about the new features from @Minecraft 's latest update.
Check it out, it's free!
Internal
"Oh no! Something terrible has happened at the village and we need your help. Quickly, follow me!
"The village has collapsed into this cave. You should head to the town hall to see if you can help!
"Oh no! Looks like with the update, the village collapsed. You should go see if the mayor and villagers need help.
"According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way that a bee should be able to fly. Its wings are too small to get its fat little body off the ground. The bee, of course, flies anyways. Because bees don't care what humans think is impossible.
Videos
Credits
History
Trivia
- Before formally meeting them the Beekeeper NPC will give a speech about flight is a popular meme and copypasta, quoting the opening of the 2007 Dreamworks animated film Bee Movie.
- Cut copper blocks during the Copper Ageing quest will be converted into stairs and slabs using the same texture as the block of copper, which do not exist elsewhere.
- The Scared Villager bears a noticeable resemblance to an unused blue villager, who appeared in promotional art for the Minecraft:Horse Update.
- Template:Control a goat will trigger the message "Harming the goats won't give you their horns" instead of damaging them.
Gallery
Official artwork
-
Pack icon.
-
Alternate key art.<ref>https://sparkuniverse.com/en/project/caves-and-cliffs-explorers</ref>
-
Animated buttons used on the main menu, promoting the map.
Promotional images
External links
- Caves & Cliffs Explorers on the Spark Universe website
References
See also
- Minecraft:Caves & Cliffs Explorers (cinematic), an animated short meant as a prequel to the map
- Minecraft:Lucky's Minigame Mayhem, another map featuring Logdotzip