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{{Infobox structure
| title = Water Lake
| image = PlainsLake.png
| imagesize = 290px
| biome = All Overworld biomes except {{BiomeLink|desert}}  and {{BiomeLink|desert hills}}
| blocks =
* {{BlockLink|Cave Air}}{{only|java}}
* {{BlockLink|Air}}{{only|bedrock}}
* {{BlockLink|Water}}
}}

A '''water lake''' was a small body of [[Minecraft:water]] source blocks in the [[Minecraft:Overworld]]. It could generate both on the surface and underground, in the latter case an air pocket would generate above it.

== Description ==
Water lakes, which were bodies of water source blocks, could generate at any [[Minecraft:altitude]]. They could generate underground connected to [[Minecraft:cave]]s, or isolated, connected to no other structures whatsoever. When in a snowy biome, these small lakes were never initially frozen but turned to ice if exposed to the sky.

If a water lake generates with a small air pocket above it, there may be floating sand, floating snow cover, or even floating trees above the lake.

== Generation ==
Water lakes were common, generating in almost all Overworld biomes excluding the [[Minecraft:desert]] and [[Minecraft:Desert Hills|desert hills]] biomes. If they selected an altitude above the surface to generate, they would generate on the surface instead, leading to more water lakes present on the surface in biomes with lower altitude. 
 
{{IN|java}}, the air pockets above water lakes were generated with [[Minecraft:Air|cave air]] instead of normal air. This was true even for lakes that were exposed to the open sky.

[[Minecraft:Monster room]]s were able to generate attached to water lakes.

== Data values ==
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== History ==
=== ''Java Edition'' ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|java alpha}}
|{{HistoryLine||v1.2.6|Added water lakes.}}
|{{HistoryLine|java}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.6.1|dev=13w17a|Water lakes no longer generate in deserts; they generate only on the edge of desert and desert hills biomes.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.18|dev=experimental snapshot 5|Water lakes are now less common.
|Water lakes no longer generate in any dry/hot biomes, such as [[Minecraft:savanna]]s and [[Minecraft:badlands]].}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=21w40a|Water lakes no longer generate, as [[Minecraft:aquifer]]s provide an effective substitute.<ref>{{snap|21w40a}}</ref>}}
}}

=== ''Bedrock Edition'' ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|pocket alpha}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.9.0|dev=build 1|Added water lakes.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.12.3|Water lakes are no longer generated independently of the [[Minecraft:Seed (world generation)|world seed]].}}
|{{HistoryLine|bedrock}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.18.0|dev=beta 1.18.0.21|Water lakes are removed, as [[Minecraft:aquifer]]s provide an effective substitute.<ref>{{cite|url=https://feedback.minecraft.net/hc/en-us/articles/4411290325901|title=Minecraft Beta - 1.18.0.21 (Xbox One/Windows 10/Android)|website=feedback.minecraft.net|date=October 14, 2021}}</ref>}}
}}

=== Legacy Console Edition ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|console}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU1|xbone=CU1|ps3=1.00|psvita=1.00|ps4=1.00|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|Added water lakes.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU60|xbone=CU51|ps3=1.64|psvita=1.64|ps4=1.64|wiiu=Patch 30|switch=1.0.11|Lake generation has changed.}}
}}

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
ColdTaigaLake.png|A water lake in a snowy taiga biome.
Lakes.png|Multiple water lakes in a plains biome.
BedrockLake.png|A water lake that generated at bedrock level.
Floating-tree.png|A water lake that cut off the bottom of a tree.
Floating large oak.png|A large oak tree with its bottom cut off by a water lake.
FloatingJungleTree.png|A jungle tree with its bottom cut off by a water lake.
Floating Snow.png|Snow floating above a water lake.
Floatingsnowbottom.png|Floating snow above a water lake from beneath.
Lake2.png|A water lake in a windswept hills biome.
Large and small lakes.png|A water lake terrain feature next to a larger lake formed naturally by the land dipping below sea level.
Lake in mansion.png|A water lake inside a woodland mansion.
Undergroundreed.png|A sugar cane plant that generated in an underground water lake.
Cave Sugar.png|Another example.
Water lake under a monster room.png|A monster room intersecting with an underground water lake.
Monster room replaced by water lake.jpg|Another monster room intersecting with an underground water lake.
Underground Lake.png|An underground water lake.
Too Many Lakes.jpg|Lots of water lakes in a plains biome.
</gallery>

== References ==
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