Minecraft: Bedrock Edition Beta 1.16.230.56 introduces new cave generation from ‘Caves and Cliffs Update’
Testing new caves through the “Experimental Features” toggle.
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What you need to know
Minecraftis releasing the newMinecraft: Bedrock Edition Beta 1.16.230.56today, which has the unfortunate honor of being the firstMinecraft: Bedrock Edition betato release after Mojang Studios announced that themassive Caves and Cliffs Update is being split into two parts and partially delayed. This isn’t stopping the latest Minecraft beta from testing the new cave generation features that will likely be included in the second half of theCaves and Cliffs Update.
Today, players can look forward to new noise caves that add significantly more variety to Minecraft’s caves, local water levels for cave systems, more adaptable mineshafts, and more through the “Experimental Features” toggle in Minecraft: Bedrock Edition’s settings. These new features will likely make a public appearance in the second half of the Caves and Cliffs Update, which is now slated torelease in Winter 2021.
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The full changelog for Minecraft: Bedrock Edition Beta 1.16.230.56 includes:
Caves & Cliffs
Bug fixes
Available everywhere you play.
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