This update is called Caves and Cliffs, and that's for a good reason. Thanks in part to the increased world depth, much more diverse world generation is possible, and Mojang has put a ton of work into letting Minecraft generate bigger, more interesting worlds with more natural changes in elevation. New world generation and blendingĪnd that's the core of this update. This even works in existing Minecraft worlds, but areas you've already explored will have one of the new blocks, Deepslate, below that 0 marker, instead of bedrock, down to the -64 line where bedrock now sits. This update increases the total depth by 64 blocks above and below-going from -64 to 320-to support not just much bigger builds, but bigger terrain as well. Previously, world height went from 0 (the very bottom where you hit bedrock), up to 255. It all starts with the increased world height.

Here's everything to know about Caves and Cliffs Part 2. This is arguably the most substantial update to Minecraft since it hit 1.0 so long ago, as it completely transforms the way world generation works. Here, we'll focus on the Bedrock version and what's new inside this update. The second part of an update that was initially meant to come out this summer has now landed, making both parts 1 & 2 of the Caves and Cliffs update available to all Minecraft players on both Bedrock and Java.

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