Minecraft: Bedrock Edition Beta 1.16.220.52 features increased world limits from ‘Caves and Cliffs Update’ and more
New heights, depths, and blocks.
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What you need to know
The slow and steady march to theCaves and Cliffs UpdateforMinecraftcontinues with the latestMinecraft: Bedrock Edition beta.Minecraft: Bedrock Edition Beta 1.16.220.52is now rolling out to testers with a host of new Experimental Features from the Caves and Cliffs Update, as well as a handful of new bug fixes for general Minecraft. Notable additions in this beta include increased world and build limits and all the new blocks for the Lush Cave biome (although Lush Caves do not generate in the world yet).
In order to access any of the new Caves and Cliffs Update features, you’ll need to enable the “Experimental Features” toggle in Settings when you create a new world. In this beta, you’ll be able to mess around with the increased world limits, which build on anearlier betaby keeping the increased world height to 320, but also lowering the world depth to -64, for a total of 384 blocks.
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The full changelog for Minecraft: Bedrock Edition Beta 1.16.220.52 includes:
New Experimental Features
World generation
New Lush Cave blocks
Bug fixes
Copper & lightning rods
General
Character Creator
VR
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