Cryptic Tweet From Minecraft Developers Gives Hints About 1.18 Update Coming Soon

In October, Minecraft developer Mojang announced that part two of their huge Caves and Cliffs update would be ready in "a month or two". It looks like it''s almost the time, as Mikael "slicedlime" Hedberg, the lead tech for Minecraft Java Edition, just tweeted out something a little cryptic:

It may not seem like much to go on however, Mojang employees are known for using Twitter to tease new features - or, in some cases, accidentally doing so, at least - and the wording in the tweet, specifically "pre-paring" it suggests an early release for Caves and Cliffs part two.

Pre-releases typically come only a few weeks or days before the official launch of the new update and serve as a bridge between "snapshots" - the testing ground for new features players can opt into - and the full update, which is as close to finished as possible. The first pre-release for 1.17, the last update, was on May 27th, while the full update was released on June 8th.

What is this all about? It means that we won''t have much time to wait for the 1.18 update that will add incredible new world generation features to Minecraft worlds. It might even come 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.

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