[MC-239301] As an attempt to fix the extremely common partially flooded caves in 1.18 Experimental Snapshot 2, Partially flooded caves were made too rare in 1.18 Experimental Snapshot 3

As an attempt to address a problem with snapshot 2 where water caves were too common, they are now made too rare. Many players have rarely encountered one. All that's left now is aquifers.

Strangely, water filled caves are now most common around y=0

I have attached a picture from Henrik's cavegen prototype video that showcases what a partially flooded cave looks like.

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Ceresjanin123 2021-10-19T06:19:51Z

Can confirm

corey mandlen2 2021-10-19T10:41:29Z

why did you use the minecaft live 2020 image

because that is experimental footage made just to show a preview

corey mandlen2 2021-10-19T10:41:53Z

it was not final

Ceresjanin123 2021-10-19T11:12:24Z

those did exist in early public snapshots but this image from minecraft live is a perfect example

Durrani Afiq 2021-10-20T18:45:12Z

It seems that they're reduced significantly compared to the early 1.17 snapshots before the update split, IMO. In 1.18 snapshots, I can't seem to find any large exposed aquifers (lake/ocean-like) where we could go boating in it especially in the -y levels. This seems to affect lava aquifers too. Also it's hard to make a comparison between the early 1.17 snapshots and the 1.18 snapshots since the worldgen/seed has been significantly changed in between them.

Thommy Siverman 2021-10-21T07:13:41Z

We do not accept bug reports for experimental snapshots.

user-f2760 2021-10-21T07:28:16Z

Thommy, this is reporting something originating from them, but still existing in normal snapshots now.

ampolive 2021-10-21T19:39:57Z

This was misinterpreted because of the summary. This issue still occurs in 21w42a.

Moesh 2021-10-26T10:15:15Z

Bug does not have attached seeds. Feedback for world generation should go to the feedback site or the other channels our developers has setup.

This bug is a bit of a feature request and feedback instead of being directly a bug report. The amount of partially flooded caves is a design decision, and not inherently a bug. This would be a bug if absolutely no partially flooded caves happened, and could be shown through several seeds.