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Minecraft 1.18’s new world generation is now available for testingAnother step towards Caves & Cliffs update part two

Another step towards Caves & Cliffs update part two

Looking down from the top of a very tall snowy mountain in Minecraft.

Minecraft’s 1.17 update launched a few weeks ago, but that was only part one of what’s collectively known as the Caves and Cliffs update. We’ve knownwhat’s coming in 1.18for a while, and the key feature, new terrain generation, is now available to play via an experimental beta.Apost on the Minecraft siteexplains how to get onboard. There are technical reasons why the snapshot can’t be rolled into the regular Java beta, and so this is being flagged as more explicitly experimental. That aside, the changes are exciting enough to make it tempting.The Best Minecraft ShadersWatch on YouTubeBasically, 1.18 completely remakes how Minecraft generates its world. There are new mountain biomes that offer higher peaks, new cave biomes that should make underground exploration feel fresh, and a new ore distribution that’s going to mess with all your old routines about where to find diamonds. They’ve provided auseful visual chart for the new ore distribution, at least.Since this is such a major change, 1.18’s beta won’t be able to open worlds generated in earlier versions of the game. You’ll need to start a new world fresh.The same update is also available on Bedrock, whichgets its own, similar post about the update and how to access itvia version 1.17.10.If you want to know more about Minecraft’s recent updates, you should check out Ollie’s near-infinite guides. For example, yesterday he explainedhow to get bees in Minecraft.

Minecraft’s 1.17 update launched a few weeks ago, but that was only part one of what’s collectively known as the Caves and Cliffs update. We’ve knownwhat’s coming in 1.18for a while, and the key feature, new terrain generation, is now available to play via an experimental beta.Apost on the Minecraft siteexplains how to get onboard. There are technical reasons why the snapshot can’t be rolled into the regular Java beta, and so this is being flagged as more explicitly experimental. That aside, the changes are exciting enough to make it tempting.The Best Minecraft ShadersWatch on YouTubeBasically, 1.18 completely remakes how Minecraft generates its world. There are new mountain biomes that offer higher peaks, new cave biomes that should make underground exploration feel fresh, and a new ore distribution that’s going to mess with all your old routines about where to find diamonds. They’ve provided auseful visual chart for the new ore distribution, at least.Since this is such a major change, 1.18’s beta won’t be able to open worlds generated in earlier versions of the game. You’ll need to start a new world fresh.The same update is also available on Bedrock, whichgets its own, similar post about the update and how to access itvia version 1.17.10.If you want to know more about Minecraft’s recent updates, you should check out Ollie’s near-infinite guides. For example, yesterday he explainedhow to get bees in Minecraft.

Minecraft’s 1.17 update launched a few weeks ago, but that was only part one of what’s collectively known as the Caves and Cliffs update. We’ve knownwhat’s coming in 1.18for a while, and the key feature, new terrain generation, is now available to play via an experimental beta.

Apost on the Minecraft siteexplains how to get onboard. There are technical reasons why the snapshot can’t be rolled into the regular Java beta, and so this is being flagged as more explicitly experimental. That aside, the changes are exciting enough to make it tempting.

The Best Minecraft ShadersWatch on YouTube

The Best Minecraft Shaders

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Basically, 1.18 completely remakes how Minecraft generates its world. There are new mountain biomes that offer higher peaks, new cave biomes that should make underground exploration feel fresh, and a new ore distribution that’s going to mess with all your old routines about where to find diamonds. They’ve provided auseful visual chart for the new ore distribution, at least.

Since this is such a major change, 1.18’s beta won’t be able to open worlds generated in earlier versions of the game. You’ll need to start a new world fresh.

The same update is also available on Bedrock, whichgets its own, similar post about the update and how to access itvia version 1.17.10.

If you want to know more about Minecraft’s recent updates, you should check out Ollie’s near-infinite guides. For example, yesterday he explainedhow to get bees in Minecraft.