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Minecraft 1.18 experimental snapshot 5

Edition	Java Edition
Release date	August 25, 2021
Type	Experimental Snapshot
Experimental snapshot for	1.18
Downloads	Client (.json) Server
Obfuscation maps	Client Server
Protocol version	dec: 1073741869  hex: 4000002D
Data version	2829
Resource pack format	7
Data pack format	7
Minimum Java version	Java SE 16
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1.18 experimental snapshot 5 is the fifth experimental snapshot for Java Edition 1.18, released on August 25, 2021, which makes numerous changes and tweaks to world generation.

Changes

Mobs

General

• Removed the height-based spawning change that was made in snapshot 3.

World generation

Badlands

• Slightly decreased the size of Badlands.

Caves

• Carvers can now replace red sand and calcite during world generation.

Dripstone caves

• In world generation, grass is replaced with stone (if generated near grass).

Jungle edge

• Now generates naturally.

Lush caves

• Now generate with springs.
• Were unintentionally made smaller and more fragmented.

Mountains

• Mountain tops are now more jagged and pointy.
• Mountain areas and peak biomes now are slightly larger on average.
• Raised the average mountain height

Mushroom fields

• Tweaked mushroom fields biome, now it matches the shape of the islands better.

Rivers

• Tweaked the depth of rivers and the steepness of river banks.
• They are less likely to be super deep or get cut off in flat areas.
• Rivers integrate better with swamps, the river tends to get shallow and merge with the swamp instead of carving through.

Swamps

• Moved swamps slightly more inland.
• Swamp trees can grow in slightly deeper water than before, populating deeper marshes.

General

• Small lakes features are no longer placed in dry and hot biomes (desert, savanna, badlands).
• Reduced the number of lake feature placements in other biomes.
• Water springs can generate in more types of blocks such as dirt and snow, increasing the likelihood of small mountain streams and waterfalls.
• Reduced the amount of shattered terrain and shattered savanna biome, replacing some of that space with flatter beaches instead.

Fixes

• Fossils with diamonds no longer generate above deepslate level.
• Fixed an unintentional change from snapshot 4 that made mountains lower and smoother.
  • Small hills and overhangs (3D noise) generate more often in flat areas, like in the third experimental snapshot.
• Fixed an indent in the code.

Video

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Issues

This version is not supported on the bug tracker, and therefore issues affecting it will be resolved as "Invalid".

Trivia

• This is the first experimental snapshot to release on a Wednesday, the previous ones were all released on Tuesdays.

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