The upcoming Minecraft patch is already exciting the players. They can hardly get enough of the changes.
In Minecraft, the patch 1.17 has only been active for a few weeks, which brought the first part of the “Caves & Cliffs” update, but the most important part was still missing: namely the titular caves and cliffs. These will come with patch 1.18, which will significantly change Minecraft’s world generation. For a few hours now, players can already test an experimental version of patch 1.18 to provide feedback to the developers.
What has changed? Essentially, patch 1.18, part 2 of the “Caves & Cliffs” update, changes how the world is created. It is no longer necessary for biomes to be split, such as into “Forest” and “Mountain Forest,” because mountains can now naturally form as part of the world and the biomes adapt to them. As a result, forests can be found on mountains, or even deserts.
The centerpiece is the implementation of the new cave system. The new caves can be enormous, even hollowing out entire mountains, and can sometimes have huge entrances that are visible from the surface.
This is how players are reacting: On the Minecraft subreddit, players have been showcasing their beautiful yet absurd maps created with the test patch since yesterday. We want to briefly show you some of the biggest highlights.
How complex the new caves are and how easily one can get lost in them is shown in the small video by reya007:
Sometimes such a cave entrance also looks like a direct gateway to hell. Like in the small clip from LegendarySock:
Neamow also shows an interesting cave, which has its entrance at the top of a mountain – almost like a volcano with access to a lost realm:
The user NajtrWasTaken shows a quite “special” world. His entire ground is traversed by a gigantic cave. Although it is not visually appealing, its sheer size is quite imposing, and you can see it in the sub–Reddit of Minecraft.
But not only caves are impressive; the new mountain ranges are massive and can cover huge areas. Here is an example from Realistic_Confusion4:
When will the patch be officially released? That is still unclear. There is no exact release date for patch 1.18 yet. Since it is currently only an experimental test version and not even an “official” one, it may take several months. However, patch 1.18 is expected to be released this year if the developers’ schedule is adhered to. We will report on it when the time comes.
What do you think of the new world generation? Does everything look cooler and better? Or does Minecraft somehow lose its simple charm?
