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This guide is a simplified overview of all changes in the Caves & Cliffs updates (Bedrock Edition 1.17.x and Bedrock Edition 1.18.x releases), which assumes at least some familiarity with the Nether Update (Bedrock Edition 1.16.x releases).

Mobs[]

New[]

Name Image Habitat Drops Note
Axolotl Lucy AxolotlWild AxolotlGold AxolotlCyan AxolotlBlue Axolotl
  • Lush Caves
  • None
  • Comes in 5 variants.
  • Can be picked up in buckets.
  • Attacks all fish, squids, guardians, and drowned.
  • Gives Regeneration I and removes Mining Fatigue I when the player helps an axolotl kill a mob.
  • Bred with a bucket of tropical fish.
  • "Plays dead" to regenerate health.
Glow Squid Glow Squid BE1
  • Underground water
  • Glows in the dark, similar to spider and enderman eyes.
  • Temporarily loses glow when attacked.
Goat Goat BE1
  • Mountains (Snowy Slopes, Jagged Peaks, and Frozen Peaks)
  • Jumps higher than other mobs.
  • May attack other mobs by ramming them.
  • Rarely spawns as a screaming goat, which has a unique set of sounds and a more hostile behavior.
  • Bred with wheat.
  • Can be milked.
  • Runs on its own.

Changed[]

Name Image Changed
Drowned Drowned
  • Drops copper ingots instead of gold ingots.
Stray Stray

Blocks[]

New[]

Name Image Obtaining Tool Required Uses
Amethyst Buds and Cluster Small Amethyst Bud JE1Medium Amethyst Bud JE1Large Amethyst Bud JE1Amethyst Cluster JE1
  • Grows on the sides of budding amethyst.
Can drop loot with hand, but the proper tool is the pickaxe.
Block of Amethyst Block of Amethyst JE3
Ingredients Crafting recipe
Amethyst Shard

  • Generates inside of amethyst geodes.
Pickaxe (Iron or better)
  • Used for decoration.
Budding Amethyst Budding Amethyst JE3
  • Generates inside of amethyst geodes.
  • Cannot be obtained.
Pickaxe (drops nothing)
Calcite Calcite JE2
  • Generates in the middle layer of amethyst geodes.
  • Generates in strips in stony peaks biomes.
Pickaxe
  • Used for decoration.
Smooth Basalt Smooth Basalt JE1
  • Generates on the outer layer of amethyst geodes.
Ingredients Smelting recipe
Basalt +
Any fuel


0.1
Pickaxe
  • Used for decoration.
Tuff Tuff JE1
  • Generates in patches below Y=0.
  • Generates as filler rock in iron ore veins.
Pickaxe
  • Used for decoration.
Tinted Glass Tinted Glass JE2 BE1
Ingredients Crafting recipe
Amethyst Shard +
Glass
Any
  • Glass that doesn't allow light to pass through.
Copper Ore Copper Ore JE2
  • Found in the Overworld from Y=0 to Y=96; most common at Y=47-48.
Pickaxe (Stone or better)
  • Drops raw copper.
Copper Block Copper Block JE1 BE1Exposed Copper Block JE1 BE1Weathered Copper Block JE1 BE1Oxidized Copper Block JE1 BE1
Ingredients Crafting recipe
Copper Ingot

Pickaxe (Stone or better)
  • Used for decoration.
  • Advances to the next stage of Weathering every 50-82 in-game days.
  • Can crafted or used with Honeycomb to become waxed, which stops it from weathering.
  • Weathering can be reduced with an axe or by a lightning strike.
Cut Copper Cut Copper JE2 BE1Exposed Cut Copper JE1 BE1Weathered Cut Copper JE1 BE1Oxidized Cut Copper JE1 BE1
Ingredients Crafting recipe
Copper Block
Pickaxe (Stone or better)
  • Used for decoration.
  • Advances to the next stage of Weathering every 50-82 In game days.
  • Can crafted or used with Honeycomb to become waxed, which stops it from weathering.
  • Weathering can be reduced by an axe or a lightning strike.
Cut Copper Slabs and Stairs

Cut Copper Slab JE2Exposed Cut Copper Slab JE1Weathered Cut Copper Slab JE1Oxidized Cut Copper Slab JE1

Cut Copper Stairs (N) JE2Exposed Cut Copper Stairs (N) JE1Weathered Cut Copper Stairs (N) JE1Oxidized Cut Copper Stairs (N) JE1

Ingredients Crafting recipe
Cut Copper
Ingredients Crafting recipe
Cut Copper
Pickaxe (Stone or better)
  • Used for decoration.
  • Advances to the next stage of Weathering every 50-82 in-game days.
  • Can crafted or used with Honeycomb to become waxed, which stops it from weathering.
  • Weathering can be reduced by an axe or a lightning strike.
Lightning Rod Lightning Rod (U) JE2 BE1
Ingredients Crafting recipe
Copper Ingot

Pickaxe (Stone or better)
  • Used to redirect lightning, possibly to avoid fires or for use in farms.
Candle CandleTwo CandlesThree CandlesFour CandlesWhite CandleTwo White CandlesThree White CandlesFour White CandlesOrange CandleTwo Orange CandlesThree Orange CandlesFour Orange CandlesMagenta CandleTwo Magenta CandlesThree Magenta CandlesFour Magenta CandlesLight Blue CandleTwo Light Blue CandlesThree Light Blue CandlesFour Light Blue CandlesYellow CandleTwo Yellow CandlesThree Yellow CandlesFour Yellow CandlesLime CandleTwo Lime CandlesThree Lime CandlesFour Lime CandlesPink CandleTwo Pink CandlesThree Pink CandlesFour Pink CandlesGray CandleTwo Gray CandlesThree Gray CandlesFour Gray CandlesLight Gray CandleTwo Light Gray CandlesThree Light Gray CandlesFour Light Gray CandlesCyan CandleTwo Cyan CandlesThree Cyan CandlesFour Cyan CandlesPurple CandleTwo Purple CandlesThree Purple CandlesFour Purple CandlesBlue CandleTwo Blue CandlesThree Blue CandlesFour Blue CandlesBrown CandleTwo Brown CandlesThree Brown CandlesFour Brown CandlesGreen CandleTwo Green CandlesThree Green CandlesFour Green CandlesRed CandleTwo Red CandlesThree Red CandlesFour Red CandlesBlack CandleTwo Black CandlesThree Black CandlesFour Black CandlesCandle (lit)Two Candles (lit)Three Candles (lit)Four Candles (lit)White Candle (lit)Two White Candles (lit)Three White Candles (lit)Four White Candles (lit)Orange Candle (lit)Two Orange Candles (lit)Three Orange Candles (lit)Four Orange Candles (lit)Magenta Candle (lit)Two Magenta Candles (lit)Three Magenta Candles (lit)Four Magenta Candles (lit)Light Blue Candle (lit)Two Light Blue Candles (lit)Three Light Blue Candles (lit)Four Light Blue Candles (lit)Yellow Candle (lit)Two Yellow Candles (lit)Three Yellow Candles (lit)Four Yellow Candles (lit)Lime Candle (lit)Two Lime Candles (lit)Three Lime Candles (lit)Four Lime Candles (lit)Pink Candle (lit)Two Pink Candles (lit)Three Pink Candles (lit)Four Pink Candles (lit)Gray Candle (lit)Two Gray Candles (lit)Three Gray Candles (lit)Four Gray Candles (lit)Light Gray Candle (lit)Two Light Gray Candles (lit)Three Light Gray Candles (lit)Four Light Gray Candles (lit)Cyan Candle (lit)Two Cyan Candles (lit)Three Cyan Candles (lit)Four Cyan Candles (lit)Purple Candle (lit)Two Purple Candles (lit)Three Purple Candles (lit)Four Purple Candles (lit)Blue Candle (lit)Two Blue Candles (lit)Three Blue Candles (lit)Four Blue Candles (lit)Brown Candle (lit)Two Brown Candles (lit)Three Brown Candles (lit)Four Brown Candles (lit)Green Candle (lit)Two Green Candles (lit)Three Green Candles (lit)Four Green Candles (lit)Red Candle (lit)Two Red Candles (lit)Three Red Candles (lit)Four Red Candles (lit)Black Candle (lit)Two Black Candles (lit)Three Black Candles (lit)Four Black Candles (lit)
Ingredients Crafting recipe
String +
Honeycomb

Any
  • Can be used as a light source but it needs to be lit with flint and steel, fire charges, or flaming arrows.
  • Can be dyed.
  • Can be placed in groups of four.
  • Can be placed on top of a cake to make a cake with candle.
Powder Snow Powder Snow JE1 BE1
  • Obtained from cauldrons laid out under snowy weather.
  • Generates in groves and snowy slopes.
Shovel
  • Picked up with a bucket.
  • Mobs and players can sink and walk through powder snow, taking freezing damage.
  • Leather armor provides immunity to freezing. Leather boots prevent sinking.
  • Skeletons buried in powder snow transform into strays.
  • Can be placed by dispensers containing powder snow buckets.
  • Puts out flames on burning mobs, at the cost of the powder snow block being destroyed.
  • Fire mobs (blazes, magma cubes, striders) take more damage from freezing; ice mobs (strays, polar bears, snow golems) and the Wither are immune to freezing.
Dripstone Block Dripstone Block JE1
Ingredients Crafting recipe
Pointed Dripstone

Pickaxe
  • Used for growing pointed dripstone if a water source is above the block.
Pointed Dripstone Pointed Dripstone Base (D) JE1 BE1Pointed Dripstone Middle (D) JE1 BE1Pointed Dripstone Frustum (D) JE1 BE1Pointed Dripstone Tip (D) JE1 BE1Pointed Dripstone Tip Merge (D) JE1 BE1Pointed Dripstone Base (U) JE1 BE1Pointed Dripstone Middle (U) JE1 BE1Pointed Dripstone Frustum (U) JE1 BE1Pointed Dripstone Tip (U) JE1 BE1Pointed Dripstone Tip Merge (U) JE1 BE1
  • Generates in dripstone caves.
  • Generates in dripstone clusters.
  • Grown from dripping stalactites.
  • Sold by wandering traders.
Any
  • Stalagmites deal damage to any entity that falls or jumps on top of it.
  • Stalactites fall when the block above it is broken, dealing damage to any entity it hits.
  • Stalactites can drip water, or lava if there is lava above the stalactite. These drops can be picked up by cauldrons, and also allows for renewable lava.
  • Can be broken with tridents.
Sculk Sensor Sculk Sensor BE
  • TBA
Hoe
  • Detects vibrations made from nearby entities or blocks and emits a redstone signal.
  • Redstone comparators can measure vibration frequencies from sculk sensors and convert them into redstone signals of different strengths.
  • Detects only certain things, such as entities walking, flapping wings, or blocks being placed or broken.
  • Cannot detect vibrations made behind a block of wool.
Glow Item Frame Glow Item Frame JE1Glow Item Frame (map) JE1
Ingredients Crafting recipe
Item Frame +
Glow Ink Sac

  • An item frame that glows.
Glow Lichen File:Glow Lichen (N) BE1.png
  • Generates in caves.
Shears
  • Produces light.
  • Can be spread with bone meal.
Azalea Azalea JE2Flowering Azalea JE2
  • Generates in lush caves.
  • Grows from moss blocks fertilized with bone meal.
  • Drops from azalea leaves.
Any
  • Used for decoration.
  • Comes in normal and flowering variants.
  • Can be grown into azalea trees.
Azalea Leaves Azalea Leaves BE1Flowering Azalea Leaves BE1
  • Generates on azalea trees.
Shears
  • Used for decoration.
  • Comes in normal and flowering variants.
Cave Vines Cave Vines (body) JE1Cave Vines (berries, body) JE1

Cave Vines (head) JE1Cave Vines (berries, head) JE1

  • Generates in lush caves.
Any
  • Grows glow berries.
  • Vines with berries on them produce light.
Big Dripleaf Big Dripleaf JE1
  • Generates in lush caves.
  • Grows when small dripleaves are bone mealed.
Axe
  • Can be stood upon.
  • Tilts if an entity stands on it for longer than 1 second, causing the entity to fall through.
  • Immediately tilts if hit by a projectile.
  • A redstone signal prevents it from tilting.
Small Dripleaf Small Dripleaf BE1
  • Generates in lush caves.
  • Sold by wandering traders.
Shears
  • Grows into big dripleafs.
  • Can be planted only on clay blocks, moss blocks, or while submerged in water.
Hanging Roots Hanging Roots JE2
  • Generates beneath azalea trees.
  • Grows from rooted dirt fertilized with bone meal.
Shears
  • Used for decoration.
Rooted Dirt Rooted Dirt JE1
  • Generates beneath azalea trees.
  • Sold by wandering traders.
Any
  • Shearing rooted dirt drops hanging roots and converts it into regular dirt.
  • Hanging roots can be grown by applying bone meal.
Moss Block Moss Block JE1
  • Generates in lush caves.
  • Grows from moss blocks fertilized with bone meal.
  • Can be found in shipwreck chests.
  • Sold by wandering traders.
Axe
  • Applying bone meal creates grass, moss carpets, azaleas, and flowering azaleas.
  • Applying bone meal converts adjacent stone and sediment-based blocks into moss blocks.
  • Prevents saplings placed on it from growing into trees.
Moss Carpet Moss Carpet JE1
  • Generates in lush caves.
  • Grows from moss blocks fertilized with bone meal.
Any
  • Used for decoration.
Spore Blossom Spore Blossom BE1
  • Generates in lush caves.
Any
  • Produces spore particles.
Deepslate Deepslate (UD) JE3Deepslate (EW) JE3Deepslate (NS) JE3
  • Generates below Y=8.
Pickaxe
  • Used for decoration.
Infested Deepslate Deepslate (UD) JE3Deepslate (EW) JE3Deepslate (NS) JE3
  • Generates when a silverfish infests deepslate.
Pickaxe
  • Spawns a silverfish when broken.
Cobbled Deepslate Cobbled Deepslate JE2
  • Drops from deepslate.
Pickaxe
  • Used to craft stone tools, furnaces, and brewing stands.
Polished Deepslate Polished Deepslate JE2
Ingredients Crafting recipe
Cobbled Deepslate
Pickaxe
  • Used for decoration.
Deepslate Bricks and
Cracked Deepslate Bricks
Deepslate Bricks JE2

Cracked Deepslate Bricks JE1

Ingredients Crafting recipe
Polished Deepslate
Ingredients Smelting recipe
Deepslate Bricks +
Any fuel


0.1
Pickaxe
  • Used for decoration.
Deepslate Tiles and
Cracked Deepslate Tiles
Deepslate Tiles JE2

Cracked Deepslate Tiles JE1

Ingredients Crafting recipe
Deepslate Bricks
Ingredients Smelting recipe
Deepslate Tiles +
Any fuel


0.1
Pickaxe
  • Used for decoration.
Chiseled Deepslate Chiseled Deepslate JE2
Ingredients Crafting recipe
Cobbled Deepslate Slab

Pickaxe
  • Used for decoration.
Cobbled Deepslate,
Polished Deepslate,
Deepslate Brick and
Deepslate Tile
Slab, Stairs and Wall

Cobbled Deepslate Slab JE3Polished Deepslate Slab JE2Deepslate Brick Slab JE2Deepslate Tile Slab JE2

Cobbled Deepslate Stairs JE3Polished Deepslate Stairs JE2Deepslate Brick Stairs JE2Deepslate Tile Stairs JE2

Cobbled Deepslate Wall JE3Polished Deepslate Wall JE2Deepslate Brick Wall JE2Deepslate Tile Wall JE2

Ingredients Crafting recipe
Cobbled Deepslate or
Polished Deepslate or
Deepslate Bricks or
Deepslate Tiles
Ingredients Crafting recipe
Cobbled Deepslate or
Polished Deepslate or
Deepslate Bricks or
Deepslate Tiles
Ingredients Crafting recipe
Cobbled Deepslate or
Polished Deepslate or
Deepslate Bricks or
Deepslate Tiles
Pickaxe
  • Used for decoration.
Deepslate Ores Deepslate Coal Ore JE1Deepslate Copper Ore JE2Deepslate Diamond Ore JE2Deepslate Emerald Ore JE1Deepslate Gold Ore JE2Deepslate Iron Ore JE2Deepslate Lapis Lazuli Ore JE3Deepslate Redstone Ore JE2
  • Generates wherever deepslate and tuff generate.
Pickaxe
  • Function the same as their stone equivalents, but take twice as long to mine.
Blocks of Raw Iron, Copper and Gold Block of Raw Iron JE3 BE2Block of Raw Copper JE2 BE2Block of Raw Gold JE3 BE2
Ingredients Crafting recipe
Raw Iron or
Raw Copper or
Raw Gold

Pickaxe
  • Used for storage of raw metals.

Changed[]

Name Image Changed
Cake Cake with Candle
  • Can now have candles placed on them.
Cauldron Powder Snow Cauldron JE1
  • Now used to collect dripping liquids from pointed dripstone.
  • Can now be filled with powder snow.
All Signs Oak Standing SignSpruce Standing SignBirch Standing SignJungle Standing SignAcacia Standing SignDark Oak Standing SignCrimson Standing SignWarped Standing Sign
  • Have been given new textures.
  • Sign text can now be made to glow using glow ink sacs.
  • A normal ink sac can be used to remove the glowing effect.
Coal, Diamond, Emerald, Gold, Iron, Lapis Lazuli and Redstone Ore Coal Ore JE5Diamond Ore JE5Emerald Ore JE4 BE3Gold Ore JE7Iron Ore JE6Lapis Lazuli Ore JE4Redstone Ore JE4
  • Have been given new textures for accessibility.
  • Iron ore and gold ore now drop raw iron and raw gold respectively instead of themselves.
Blackstone, Polished Blackstone Bricks and Cracked Polished Blackstone Bricks Blackstone JE3Polished Blackstone Bricks JE2Cracked Polished Blackstone Bricks JE2
  • Have been given new textures.
Mossy Cobblestone and Mossy Stone Bricks Mossy Cobblestone JE4 BE2Mossy Stone Bricks JE3 BE2
  • Can now be crafted using moss blocks.

Items[]

New[]

Name Image Obtaining Uses
Amethyst Shard Amethyst Shard JE2 BE1
  • Obtained by breaking fully grown Amethyst Clusters.
  • Can be used to craft spyglasses and tinted glass.
  • Four Amethyst Shards can create an Amethyst Block
Copper Ingot Copper Ingot JE2 BE1
Ingredients Smelting recipe
Copper Ore +
Any fuel


0.7
  • Have a chance to be dropped by drowned.
  • Can be used to craft copper blocks, lightning rods and spyglass.
Spyglass Spyglass (item) JE3 BE1

Spyglass JE2 BE1

Ingredients Crafting recipe
Amethyst Shard +
Copper Ingot

  • When used, the player's view zooms in, allowing them to see distant objects close up.
Powder Snow Bucket Powder Snow Bucket JE1 BE1
  • Obtained by using a bucket on a snow cauldron or block of powder snow.
  • Can be used to place powder snow.
Bucket of Axolotl Bucket of Axolotl JE1 BE1
  • Obtained by using a bucket on an axolotl.
  • Can be used to spawn an axolotl.
Glow Ink Sac Glow Ink Sac JE1 BE1
  • Drops from glow squids.
  • Can be used to make sign text glow.
  • Can be used to craft glow item frames.
Glow Berries Glow Berries (item) JE1
  • Grows on cave vines.
  • Can be found in mineshaft chests.
  • Produces light while on the vine.
  • Can be eaten to restore 2 (🍗) and 0.4 saturation.
  • Can be used to plant cave vines.
  • Can be fed to foxes.
Raw Iron, Copper and Gold Raw Iron JE3Raw Copper JE3Raw Gold JE3
Ingredients Crafting recipe
Block of Raw Iron or
Block of Raw Copper or
Block of Raw Gold
  • Drop from their respective ores.
  • Can be smelted into ingots.
  • Makes iron ore, gold ore, and copper ore compatible with the Fortune enchantment.
Music Disc ("otherside") Music Disc Otherside JE1 BE1
Spawn Eggs for all new mobs Axolotl Spawn Egg JE1 BE1Glow Squid Spawn Egg JE1 BE1Goat Spawn Egg JE1 BE2
  • Obtained from the creative inventory.
  • Can be used to spawn the corresponding mob.

Changed[]

Name Image Changed
Clock Clock JE3
  • Has been given a new texture.
Compass and Lodestone Compass Compass JE3Lodestone Compass JE2
  • Have been given new textures.
Doors (excluding crimson and warped) Oak Door (item) JE4 BE3Spruce Door (item) JE4 BE2Birch Door (item) JE4 BE2Jungle Door (item) JE5 BE3Acacia Door (item) JE4 BE2Dark Oak Door (item) JE4 BE2Iron Door (item) JE3 BE3
  • Have been given new item textures.
Signs Oak Sign JE3Spruce Sign JE2Birch Sign JE2Jungle Sign JE2Acacia Sign JE2Dark Oak Sign JE2Crimson Sign JE2Warped Sign JE2
  • Have been given new item textures.
Sugar Cane Sugar Cane (item) JE3 BE3
  • Has been given a new texture.

Structures[]

New[]

Name Image Generates Chests Mobs Description
Amethyst geode Amethyst geode
  • Underground
  • No
  • No
  • A round chamber consisting of an amethyst and budding amethyst inner wall, a smooth basalt outer wall, and a layer of calcite in between.
  • Comes in many different sizes.
Dripstone Cluster Large dripstone
  • No
  • No
  • A large vertical cluster of dripstone blocks.
Azalea Tree Azalea Tree
  • Above Lush Caves
  • Grown from azalea and flowering azalea.
  • No
  • No
  • Indicates the location of a lush caves biome.
  • Lots of rooted dirt generate below natural azalea trees.
  • A tree currently made of azalea leaves and oak logs.
Ore vein Ore veins
  • Underground
  • No
  • No
  • A large cluster of long strips of stones and ores.
  • Granite and copper ore veins generate above Y level 0.
  • Tuff and iron ore veins generate below Y level 0.

Changed[]

Name Image Changed
Mineshaft Mineshaft with Chain
  • Mineshaft pieces no longer generate if they would be fully floating in the air.
  • Corridors now generate with oak log or dark oak log pillars or chains for support if needed.
  • Cobwebs no longer generate if they would not be connected to solid blocks.
Stronghold StrongholdPortalRoom
  • Now generate encased in stone, preventing nearby caves from intersecting them.
Fossil Fossil Skull 1Fossil Skull 2Fossil Skull 3Fossil Skull 4Fossil Spine 1Fossil Spine 2Fossil Spine 3Fossil Spine 4

Biomes[]

New[]

Name Image Description Structures
Dripstone Caves Dripstone Caves
  • Contains lots of dripstone blocks and pointed dripstone on the floor and ceiling.
  • There are large columns made of dripstone blocks extending from the ceiling to the floor of the cave.
  • Contains many small pools of water.
  • Contains larger deposits of copper ore.
Lush Caves Lush Caves
  • An azalea tree generates on the surface to indicate the biome's location.
  • Terrain is covered with lots of moss and clay.
  • Many kinds of plants grow in this biome, including grass, vines, dripleaves, azalea, cave vines, and spore blossoms.
  • Contains many pools and terraces made of clay and water.
Meadow Mountain Meadows
  • A new mountain sub-biome that often generates at the base of mountains.
  • Resembles a plains biome with blueish grass and numerous flowers.
Grove Mountain Grove
  • A new mountain sub-biome that generates on the slopes of mountains.
  • Resembles a snowy taiga biome with a surface made of snow blocks and powder snow.
Snowy Slopes Snowy Slopes
  • A new mountain sub-biome that generates on the slopes of mountains.
  • Consists of several layers of snow and powder snow blocks on top of stone.
Stony Peaks Stony Peaks
  • A mountain sub-biome that generates on the peaks of mountains.
  • Usually generates when the surrounding base biomes are too hot for jagged or frozen peaks.
  • Has a surface made of stone and strips of calcite.
Jagged Peaks Lofty Peaks
  • A mountain sub-biome that generates on the peaks of mountains.
  • More likely to generate as sharp peaks compared to the other peak biomes.
  • Has a surface made of stone and snow.
Frozen Peaks Snow Capped Peaks
  • A mountain sub-biome that generates on the peaks of mountains.
  • Tends to generate rounded peaks.
  • Has a surface made of snow and packed ice.

Changed[]

Name Image Changed
All Biomes 1.18 experimental snapshot 5 reddit

1.18 experimental snapshot 6 reddit

1.18 experimental snapshot 7 reddit

  • Terrain, cave, and biome generation has been completely overhauled.
  • The height limit and depth limit have both been increased by 64 blocks.
  • There is now natural variation in terrain shape and elevation independently from biomes.
  • New mountain biomes and cave biomes have been added.
  • Cave biomes generate naturally underground and inside mountains.
  • Cave generation has been overhauled to include new types of caves, such as cheese, spaghetti, and noodle caves.
  • Local water levels and lava levels in caves can create underground water and lava lakes at different elevations.
  • Ore distribution has been overhauled, with each ore now peaking in frequency at a different elevation.
  • Large underground ore veins have been added.
  • Clouds have been raised to Y level 192.
  • There is now much more variation in beach size.
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