Soul fire does not generate in the nether wastes biome on top of soul sand.
Steps to Reproduce:
Create a world, and go to the nether wastes:
/locate biome minecraft:nether_wastesFly around and try to find soul fire inside the biome
Expected Result:
You would find soul fire, because it is included inside the possible features which can generate in a nether waste biome:
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Observed Behavior:
You will never find soul fire in the nether wastes, despite there being soul sand patches around.
Screenshots/Videos:
The cause of the issue, where the feature only generates on soul soil:
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Notes:
This issue was first reported with reproducing the issue in a buffet world, but these kinds of worlds are no longer possible to make.
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Completely related to that report. However, as they are two different terrain generation, both reports should be kept.
Can confirm in 21w16a.
There are actually two separate features for fire and soul fire, and only the Soul Sand Valley biome includes the latter.
Buffet worlds are no longer possible to create, though I am able to confirm this in 1.21. The feature patch_soul_fire.json requires that the supported block to generate must be soul soil, which does not appear to generate in the nether wastes, only soul sand does. This appears to be the cause of the behavior.
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Also relates to MC-175325