
In October, Minecraft developer Mojang announced that part two of their gigantic Caves and Cliffs update would be ready in "a month or two". It looks like it's almost time, as Mikael "slicedlime" Hedberg, the Tech Lead for Minecraft Java Edition, just tweeted out something a little cryptic:
This might not seem like much to go on, but Mojang employees are known for using Twitter to tease upcoming features — or accidentally doing so, at least — and the wording in the tweet, specifically "pre-paring", hints at a pre-release for Caves and Cliffs part two.
Pre-releases typically come a few days or weeks before the official launch of the new update, and function as a step between "snapshots" — the testing ground for new features that players can opt into — and the full update, which is hopefully as close to finished as possible. The first pre-release for 1.17, the last update, was on May 27th, and the full update came out on the 8th of June.
What does this mean? Hopefully, it means we won't have to wait long for the 1.18 update, which will add incredible new world generation to your Minecraft worlds. It might even come before the end of November!
Mojang also announced in this year's Minecraft Live presentation that the Deep Dark biome and its new mob, The Warden, would be pushed back to 2022's update, The Wild.
Is your server ready for the update? Have you been trying out the snapshots? Let us know in the comments!
[source twitter.com]
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I am not as excited for this update as I otherwise would have been. I'd much rather they pushed this back along with 1.17 to make a huge update together rather than sprinkling it out. It takes the oomph out of it.
It's all so cool but without the complimentary features releasing together it keeps feeling lackluster. Hoping the wild update is better.
Of course I still plan to play
So excited for this. The new biomes will really change minecraft forever
I hope they will add a higher difficulty at some point.
@VexingInsanity Yup, wholeheartedly agreed.
Not only do these "half updates" often feel hollow and unsatisfying, it can also become rather confusing what parts of what update got released when without studying changelogs and comparing them to previews etc.
@nimnio If you're content with the vanilla experience of Minecraft, the Switch version is as good as any ^^
Controller controls are a bit fiddly but perfectly serviceable.
Just be aware that if you want anything more than the vanilla experience, Bedrock (That's the name of the console and Win10 version) comes with an ingame micro transaction shop.
And said shop is a nightmare on Switch. Laggy, unresponsive and prone to drop connections or freeze.
And beyond that, any Bedrock edition will always be inferior to the PC's original Java Edition for its massive mod support alone, which, if you ask me, is the real meat and potatoes of playing Minecraft,
@Einherjar Yep Java for life 🙌
@kducky11 that makes no sense. Bedrock is incredible.
Case in point;
I can build a map anywhere. Creative full of creations or adventure with my wife, with local Wi-Fi in the mountain or lakes. Then come home copy it onto a Realm and then play it in virtual reality on my PS5. Portability, VR, plus it looks better and performs better. Makes no sense to be so into the Java version other than deliberately wanting to be unique and different for no reason. Very odd
Anywho about the update; I’ve played on a beta version of this and found the new mountains incredible. So much more “realistic”. Cannot wait to play my gigantic 500mb creative map on it I’ve been playing starting on my PC a decade ago lol. Love how it still works. Go to new lands to see new features; ace.
@nimnio I’ll chime in too, it’s a great port with good performance and the render distance is perfectly fine at 14 chunks. It’s just as good as other console ports besides the 3ds and so on which aren’t getting updates now. But still not as good as Java.
Considering that the new "biome blending" feature (to avoid chunck borders between old world and new world generation) was not really great on the last snapshot, I don't think it will be released that early.
But who knows
@Mynameishello My goodness, what a rather foolish remark you just made, you filthy ape. The superior choice is obviously Java edition, it has the most mods and content of any Minecraft edition, you absolute swine. How foolish of you, very odd. You say your wife likes bedrock edition? She must be rather plain in not only her looks but her primitive brain, must be why she married you, though I doubt that will last. Java edition is clearly the most popular edition for a reason, very strange you would think otherwise. Do you even realize everything you can do on bedrock you can do on java? You make very little sense to me, monkey. Go back the mud hut you crawled out of and come back to me when you have achieved a higher level of intellect.
I for one can not wait to play this Java edition, the by far superior version for thinking men such as myself. The new caves and mountains look absolutely stunning. I cannot wait to upload my 1000mb survival world I have been playing on for 11 years, it is quite epic.
@JavaLover4Lyf did you just make that account for this one specific article?
@Mynameishello I like mods. Lmao
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