Java Edition 21w42a

21w42a is the sixth snapshot for Java Edition 1.18, released on October 20, 2021, which introduces new music, changes to world generation, and many fixes related to spawning.

Items

 * Music Disc
 * Added a new music disc from Lena Raine titled "otherside".
 * Can be found on rare occasions in stronghold corridor chests or much more rarely in dungeon chests.

General

 * Music
 * Added new musics to the Overworld (when playing in survival mode), distributed to the new biomes, and to the main menu.
 * By Lena Raine: "Stand Tall", "Left to Bloom", "Ancestry", "Wending", "Infinite Amethyst" and "One More Day".
 * By Kumi Tanioka (谷岡 久美): "Floating Dream", "Comforting Memories" and "An Ordinary Day".


 * Options
 * Added "Autosave Indicator" to video settings, for singleplayer worlds, which allows to toggle the indicator on / off.
 * The indicator appears in the bottom right of the screen whenever the game is saving the world file.


 * Particles
 * Added, to replace   and.
 * Renders with texture declared in  slot for model assigned to configured block state.
 * Summoned with same syntax as  particle (i.e.  ).

World generation

 * Ore distrubution
 * Increased top height limit of Badlands gold generation from Y=79 to Y=256, and increased the number of blobs.


 * Springs
 * Lava springs can now generate amid calcite, dirt, snow, powder snow and packed ice.
 * These changes allow lava springs to generate in mountains and snowy terrain.
 * Water springs don't generate higher than Y=192, and are slightly less common.

General

 * Player Spawning
 * Reworked world spawn selection algorithm.
 * Now spawns according to the same climate parameters that control biome placement and world generation: players should no longer be able to spawn in the ocean or some other inconvenient location.

Video
Video made by slicedlime: