Minecraft Glow Berries

Admittedly, the name doesn't leave much room for surprise. Minecraft glow berries are berries that glow. This may not sound impressive, given that the game offers countless light sources, but when have you ever eaten a light source? That's where Minecraft glow berries come in! With the 'Caves & Cliffs' update, this new item was added to the game and immediately intrigued players, because they have much more to offer than just their luminosity!

Step 1: Where to Find Minecraft Glow Berries!

Wouldn't it be nice if Minecraft glow berries could be found across Minecraft’s biomes as often as sweet berries or flowers? Yes, but unfortunately the game doesn't make it that easy for us. The little glow berries are something special after all. You can find them in three places:

• on cave vines in lush caves
• in chests in mineshafts
• in ancient cities

But which of these places to go to? While you can find glow berries among other valuable loot in chests of ancient cities, we’d recommend trying the other places first. You wouldn’t want to get lost in the deep dark and run into a warden, would you? Why not look in the chests in mineshafts first. Here, you might turn a corner and run into a skeleton, creeper or spider, but nothing too scary!

The only place you can find naturally occuring glow berries are lush caves. These are not only beautiful on their own, but also, the only encounters you’ll have here will be with friendly axolotls instead of hostile mobs. In lush caves, you can find cave vines hanging from the ceiling on which the delightful berries grow. Their yellow glow is easy to spot against the darkness of the cave. You won't see Minecraft glow berries on every vine block, but that doesn't mean you won't find enough berries anyway. You can harvest them easily by right-clicking on the berries. But beware, their light will also go out!

Growing: How to Plant Glow Berries in Minecraft

Once you have gathered a few Minecraft glow berries in your inventory, you can relax. Because as with any other plant, glow berries can be propagated through farming. All of you asking ‘how to plant glow berries in Minecraft’, we got you: All you have to do is find a room with a high ceiling, or rather a floor that's deep down, and place a Minecraft glow berry on the underside of any block. Just like that, a new vine is created! Whenever a new vine grows on the bottom, there is a 1 in 9 chance that it will bear a Minecraft glow berry. They also don’t need light or water to grow, so you can just leave them hanging. If that's not enough, you can use bone meal and it will grow berries immediately. And if the vine gets too long for you, you can cut it off with shears to stop it from growing. But remember: if you destroy any part of a cave vine, all the vines underneath will crumble too!

What Can You Do With Glow Berries in Minecraft?

Okay, you’re now supplied with more glow berries than you’ll ever need, great! What to actually do with them now? There may be players who simply seek the Minecraft glow berries to get an achievement in the game, others just want to use them as a nice decoration. After all, the vines with their berries do look really nice and you can trim them to the appropriate lengths to fit your house. Then, of course, there's the composter. Like most plants, you can compost glow berries to support the production of bone meal. But apart from that, there are three main uses for glow berries in Minecraft:

As Food: Eating the Minecraft glow berries probably seems the most intuitive thing to do if you want to survive in the world of Minecraft. However, they only grant one hunger bar, so it’s not the most nutritious food out there. But you will be thankful for them when you have to replenish health from an unexpected zombie fight on an underground exploration.
As a Light Source: With a light level of 14, glow berries are one of the brightest lights in the game, which make them a good natural alternative to torches in underground farms or aesthetic builds.
For Breeding: You can also use glow berries to reproduce foxes as an alternative to sweet berries. But bring some patience, breeding these cute little animals can be quite difficult!

Who would have thought that these fruits can be so useful if you don't just eat them straight away? If you've always only just eaten them, we hope you know better now! And if you’ve used up your entire stock, hop straight back to your Minecraft server from G-Portal to look for these sweet, illuminating treats called Minecraft glow berries. Oh, and if you do decide to look for them in the deep dark, we really wish you good luck (or good riddance)!