Mastering Minecraft Vault Hunters: Cake Hunting Vaults & Architect Vaults Guide 2025

Hey vault hunters! 🎮 I've been absolutely obsessed with the Minecraft Vault Hunters mod pack lately. If you're diving in for the first time or are a returning player looking for the latest tips, you're in the right place. Today, I want to break down the two most unique and powerful vault types you can unlock: Cake Hunting Vaults and Architect Vaults. These aren't your standard random-roll objectives; they require special prep, but trust me, the payoff is worth it. Let's get into it! 😎

Setting Your Vault's Destiny: The Power of Seals

First things first, you can't just stumble into these special vaults. You have to choose your fate by setting a specific objective on your vault crystal before you activate it. Think of it like choosing a mission in a strategy game. The process is similar to adding modifiers like soul flames, but instead, you attach a special item called a Seal.

🛠️ How to Set a Vault Objective:

1. Craft the seal you want (more on that below!).

2. Attach it to your crystal using an anvil (yep, just like enchanting!).

3. Add any other modifiers you're brave enough to handle.

4. Charge the crystal and jump into your custom-made challenge!

The Heart of the Operation: Blank Seals & Crafting

Everything starts with a Blank Seal. You can get these from monolith crates or, my preferred method, by crafting them yourself. Here's the recipe:

Once you have that Blank Seal, you can transform it into one of the special vault seals. For our two stars today, you'll need:

🍰 For the Seal of the Confectioner (Cake Vault):

• 1 Vault Diamond block (not just a gem!)

• 1 Blank Seal

• 1 Cake (any kind works!)

• 6 Vault Essence

🏗️ For the Seal of the Architect (Architect Vault):

• 1 Vault Diamond block

• 1 Blank Seal

• 1 Knowledge Shard

• 6 Vault Essence

🍰 Cake Hunting Vaults: The Sweet, Chaotic Sprint

Okay, these are honestly my favorite. It's a high-speed, cake-filled treasure hunt! The goal is simple: find and eat 20 to 30 cakes scattered across the vault before time runs out. Each room holds one cake, and eating it opens the door to the next room.

But here's the twist that makes every run wild: Every time you eat a cake, a random modifier is applied to the vault! 😱 One minute you're fine, the next you're dealing with mobs that explode or loot raining from the sky. It's pure, unpredictable fun.

🔍 Finding the Cake:

• Cakes can spawn ANYWHERE there's a block with empty space above it. Check walls, peek in caves, and ALWAYS look up—they love hiding in balloons on the ceiling!

• The game gives you hints! It'll occasionally tell you if you're "Hot" or "Cold" relative to the cake.

⚠️ Pro Tip: If you accidentally break a cake (it happens!), don't panic. It will respawn somewhere else in the same room. Just start searching again.

💎 Looting Strategy:

• Normal rooms with chests and ores still spawn. You can stop to loot, but it eats into your precious cake-hunting time. I usually do a quick u201cgrab-and-gou201d on the most valuable stuff I see.

• The real reward is the Crake—a special cake-themed completion crate you get for finishing. The more cakes you find, the better the loot inside the Crake! You also get a massive chunk of Vault XP. Totally worth the sugar rush.

🏗️ Architect Vaults: Be the Master Builder

This is for the strategic minds. Architect Vaults let you design your own vault layout by choosing which rooms to include. Want a vault full of treasure rooms? Or one focused on a specific ore? You're the architect!

The big advantage? You control the loot pool. Need tons of vault diamonds? Build a vault with rooms known for diamond ore spawns.

🚨 CRITICAL WARNING: DO NOT enter your vault right after attaching the Seal of the Architect! 🚨

If you look at the crystal, you'll see the timer is only 10 seconds and completion is 0%. If you go in, you'll spawn in a tiny bedrock box and die instantly when time runs out. Been there, not fun.

Prepping Your Masterpiece: Inscriptions are KEY

To build your vault, you need to add Inscriptions to the crystal at the anvil. Each inscription adds time or rooms.

• You can find them in chests, craft some, or buy them from vendor rooms.

• Keep adding inscriptions until the vault's completion percentage reaches 100%. Then you're ready to run!

🎯 Completion & Loot - It's Different Here:

• Completing an Architect Vault is easy: just leave through your entrance portal at any time. That's it!

• However, you do NOT get completion crates or Vault XP for finishing.

• All the loot comes from the chests and ores in the rooms you chose to include. This is your chance to farm specific materials efficiently.

• Important Loot Note: Chests in Architect Vaults cannot contain Artifacts or Vault Gear. So use these for resource gathering, not for hunting top-tier gear.

Final Thoughts & My Personal Take

So, which one should you run? It depends on your goal!

• Choose Cake Vaults for: Fast-paced action, huge XP gains, and the thrill of random modifiers. Perfect for leveling up and getting those wild, unpredictable Crake rewards.

• Choose Architect Vaults for: Targeted resource farming, a controlled and predictable environment, and flexing your strategic planning skills. It's your personal loot playground.

Both vault types add incredible depth to Vault Hunters and are a big part of why the mod pack feels so fresh in 2025. Craft those seals, prep your gear, and get ready to dominate the vaults your way! Happy hunting, everyone! 💥⛏️

What's your favorite special vault type? Let me know your craziest Cake Vault modifier story in the comments!