We’ve been waiting a long time for MinecraftThe Caves & Cliffs update is nearing completion, but it’s here at last. Caves & Cliffs Part 2 comes out today, bringing with it deeper layers underground, higher mountains, and a few new biomes to explore. I’m really looking forward to the 1.18 update specifically so I can build a nice house in the new Lush Cave biome. The underground houses are the best! And now I can live near the beautiful cave trees!
So the most exciting additions for me are the new Lush Cave and Dripstone Cave biomes. The former is full of new flora such as azalea trees and roots, as well as a new block called dripleaf that the player can briefly stand on before it tiptoes and releases you. The second caves are pretty much normal caves, except they have stalagmites, stalactites, and glowing dripping rock formations.
Players will also be able to explore the world deeper than before, digging below Y=0 to get to the new Deepslate layer (you’ll need to relearn Where to find diamonds in Minecraft because of this though).
The mountain can also be taller now and has a bunch of sub-biomes that will spawn depending on its altitude. A lot of these are things you’re used to seeing – snow, ice, goats, berry bushes, etc – except now they’re in small dedicated areas (Mount Groves, for example, are pretty low-lying. and home to rabbits, polar bears and snow).
Unfortunately, some of the extra bits that were supposed to be coming to Caves & Cliffs were pushed back to the next update of the game, Wild. The biggest one is the Deep Dark biome, an underground network of ruined cities where the spooky Warden is known.
The Wild update is set to arrive sometime in 2022, so we hope we won’t have to wait too long to see that beastie. It also introduced frogs and fireflies, as well as forming a host of existing biomes.
But for now, we have Caves & Cliffs Part 2 to explore! For more details on what has been added, here are everything we know about the Minecraft 1.18 update.
