Minecraft: Java Edition 1.18 Experimental Snapshot 5 arrives with lots of tweaks, like cooler mountains
A new Experimental Snapshots improves mountains, rivers, caves, and more
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As 2021 marches on, we get ever closer to the hopeful release ofMinecraft’sCaves and Cliffs Update, which will finish with a bang with 1.18 Part Two. The second half of the Caves and Cliffs Update will include sweeping alterations to Minecraft’s fundamentals, mostly pertaining to world generation, and such requires a ton of tweaking and development time. To help Mojang Studios collect feedback, they’ve been releasing Experimental Snapshots for Minecraft: Java Editions players, which require more work to install and are rougher around the edges, but showcase larger and more in-development changes.
Mojang Studios just releasedMinecraft: Java Edition 1.18 Experimental Snapshot 5to players, and there are plenty of changes to be excited about here. Mountains are now more…peak-y, with increased average height but tweaks to enable easier building at higher altitudes. Plenty of other parts of world generation have been altered as well, including rivers, caves, ores, and other biomes. These world generation changes require a ton of attention and tweaking, so every Experimental Snapshot is a constant fight for balance with players. Experimental Snapshot 5 includes plenty of changes versusExperimental Snapshot 4from earlier this month.
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The full changelog for Minecraft: Java Edition 1.18 Experimental Snapshot 5 includes:
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