In October, Minecraft developer Mojang announced that the second part of their massive Caves and Cliffs update would be available in "a month or two". MINECRAFT PRISON SERVERS It's almost here, since Mikael Hedberg, the Tech Lead of Minecraft Java Edition, has tweeted something that's a bit mysterious.
It may not seem like much, but Mojang employees are known for using Twitter to announce upcoming features - or accidentally doing it, at the very minimum the language in the tweet specifically "pre-paring" it suggests the possibility of a pre-release for Caves and Cliffs part two.
Pre-releases typically occur just a few days or even weeks before the official launch of the update and function as a step between "snapshots" which are the testing of new features that players can opt into and the final update, which is as close to completion as it is possible. 1.17's last update was released on May 27th. The full update was released on June 8th.
What is this implying? We hope that it means that we won't have long to wait for the 1.18 update that will bring a brand new world generation to your Minecraft worlds. It could even be released before the end of November!
Mojang also announced during this year's Minecraft Live presentation that the Deep Dark biome and its new mob, The Warden, would be pushed back to 2022's update, The Wild.
Are you able to get your server ready for the update? Have you tried snapshots? Please let us know what you think in the comments!