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	== History ==		== History ==
			{{missing information\|section=1\|When was the warning for trying to build above or below height limit added?}}
	[[File:Hungerscreen.png\|thumb\|A screenshot shown by [[Notch]] of an experimental 512-block-high world.]]		[[File:Hungerscreen.png\|thumb\|A screenshot shown by [[Notch]] of an experimental 512-block-high world.]]
	[[File:Jeb World Height.png\|thumb\|The first screenshot shown by [[Jeb]] of a 256-block-high world.]]		[[File:Jeb World Height.png\|thumb\|The first screenshot shown by [[Jeb]] of a 256-block-high world.]]

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	\| -{{sup\|2\|1024}} (~-1.7976931×{{sup\|10\|308}})		\| -{{sup\|2\|1024}} (~-1.7976931×{{sup\|10\|308}})
	\|Smallest height ''Minecraft'' can distinguish from infinity, Java's {{cd\|Double.~~MAX_VALUE~~}}.<ref name=":0" />		\|Smallest height ''Minecraft'' can distinguish from infinity, Java's {{cd\|Double.MIN_VALUE}}.<ref name=":0" />
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	* Block generation and player construction below and above the build limits can be achieved only through modifying the dimension properties, or [[Minecraft:mods]], such as the [https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/opencubicchunks Cubic Chunks mod].		* Block generation and player construction below and above the build limits can be achieved only through modifying the dimension properties, or [[Minecraft:mods]], such as the [https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/opencubicchunks Cubic Chunks mod].
	* The reasoning behind [[Minecraft:Custom]] worlds having height limits of ±2032 rather than ±2048 (a binary number notated as {{sup\|2\|11}}) is because the [[Minecraft:light\|lighting system]] still applies 16 blocks above and below the world, but the ''Y''-coordinates of blocks (which are also used in the lighting calculation) are stored internally using only 12 bits. Therefore, having limits of ±2048 would prevent the lighting system from functioning correctly.<ref name="lighting"/><ref>https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-212347?focusedCommentId=911611&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels%3Acomment-tabpanel#comment-911611</ref>		* The reasoning behind [[Minecraft:Custom]] worlds having height limits of ±2032 rather than ±2048 (a binary number notated as {{sup\|2\|11}}) is because the [[Minecraft:light\|lighting system]] still applies 16 blocks above and below the world, but the ''Y''-coordinates of blocks (which are also used in the lighting calculation) are stored internally using only 12 bits. Therefore, having limits of ±2048 would prevent the lighting system from functioning correctly.<ref name="lighting"/><ref>https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-212347?focusedCommentId=911611&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels%3Acomment-tabpanel#comment-911611</ref>
	* When custom [[Minecraft:dimension]]s were added {{in\|bedrock}}, their limit was always from 512 to -512 larger than any existing dimension in Minecraft.		* When custom [[Minecraft:dimension]]s were added {{in\|bedrock}}, their limit was always from 512 to -512, larger than any existing dimension in Minecraft.

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	=== ''Java Edition'' ===		=== ''Java Edition'' ===
	{{HistoryTable		{{HistoryTable
			\|{{HistoryLine\|java pre-classic}}
			\|{{HistoryLine\|\|Cave game tech test\|The altitude of the map was 64 blocks total.}}
	\|{{HistoryLine\|java classic}}		\|{{HistoryLine\|java classic}}
	\|{{HistoryLine\|\|unknown\|~~The altitude of the map was 64 blocks total. Players could build 32 blocks up or down from sea level.~~		\|{{HistoryLine\|\|unknown\|At some point during Classic, and continuing through the end of Indev, the level dimensions (x, y, z) become part of the save data. Worlds could be created as tall as 4,096 blocks, although the game became more unstable and laggy the larger the world. Despite being possible, all worlds created ingame would only be 64 blocks tall, except Indev deep levels, which were 256 blocks tall.}}
	At some point during Classic, and continuing through the end of Indev, the level dimensions (x, y, z) become part of the save data. Worlds could be created as tall as 4,096 blocks, although the game became more unstable and laggy the larger the world. Despite being possible, all worlds created ingame would only be 64 blocks tall, except Indev deep levels, which were 256 blocks tall.}}
	\|{{HistoryLine\|java infdev}}		\|{{HistoryLine\|java infdev}}
	\|{{HistoryLine\|\|20100227-1414\|Height limit was halved to 128.		\|{{HistoryLine\|\|20100227-1414\|Height limit was halved to 128.

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	\|Below this altitude, the Overworld fog{{Only\|je\|short=1}} or sky{{Only\|be\|short=1}} gradually darken and the vignette slowly fades in in ''Bedrock Edition''.		\|Below this altitude, the Overworld fog{{Only\|je\|short=1}} or sky{{Only\|be\|short=1}} gradually darken and the vignette slowly fades in ''Bedrock Edition''.
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	\|{{IN\|java}}, players are kicked out of the world when above this height. In ''Bedrock Edition'', this is the maximum height players can teleport.		\|{{IN\|java}}, players are kicked out of the world when above this height.{{Dubious}} In ''Bedrock Edition'', this is the maximum height players can teleport.
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	\| Highest layer where [[Minecraft:gold ore]] outside of badlands biomes can generate, replacing [[Minecraft:stone]], [[Minecraft:granite]], [[Minecraft:diorite]] and [[Minecraft:andesite]]~~; lowest layer where [[Minecraft:emerald ore]] within mountains biomes can generate<ref name="ores"/>~~		\| Highest layer where [[Minecraft:gold ore]] outside of badlands biomes can generate, replacing [[Minecraft:stone]], [[Minecraft:granite]], [[Minecraft:diorite]] and [[Minecraft:andesite]].
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	\|[[Minecraft:Lava sea]] level in [[Minecraft:the Nether]]. Lava also replaces air below this height in carver caves and ravines in ''Java Edition''.		\|[[Minecraft:Lava sea]] level in [[Minecraft:the Nether]]. Lava also replaces air below this height in carver caves and ravines in ''Java Edition''.

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	* Block generation and player construction below and above the build limits can be achieved only through modifying the dimension properties, or [[Minecraft:mods]], such as the [https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/opencubicchunks Cubic Chunks mod].		* Block generation and player construction below and above the build limits can be achieved only through modifying the dimension properties, or [[Minecraft:mods]], such as the [https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/opencubicchunks Cubic Chunks mod].
	* The reasoning behind [[Minecraft:Custom]] worlds having height limits of ±2032 rather than ±2048 (a binary number notated as {{sup\|2\|11}}) is because the [[Minecraft:light\|lighting system]] still applies 16 blocks above and below the world, but the ''Y''-coordinates of blocks (which are also used in the lighting calculation) are stored internally using only 12 bits. Therefore, having limits of ±2048 would prevent the lighting system from functioning correctly.<ref name="lighting"/><ref>https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-212347?focusedCommentId=911611&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels%3Acomment-tabpanel#comment-911611</ref>		* The reasoning behind [[Minecraft:Custom]] worlds having height limits of ±2032 rather than ±2048 (a binary number notated as {{sup\|2\|11}}) is because the [[Minecraft:light\|lighting system]] still applies 16 blocks above and below the world, but the ''Y''-coordinates of blocks (which are also used in the lighting calculation) are stored internally using only 12 bits. Therefore, having limits of ±2048 would prevent the lighting system from functioning correctly.<ref name="lighting"/><ref>https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-212347?focusedCommentId=911611&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels%3Acomment-tabpanel#comment-911611</ref>
			* When custom [[Minecraft:dimension]]s were added {{in\|bedrock}}, their limit was always from 512 to -512 larger than any existing dimension in Minecraft.

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	=== ''Java Edition'' ===		=== ''Java Edition'' ===
	{{HistoryTable		{{HistoryTable
			\|{{HistoryLine\|java pre-classic}}
			\|{{HistoryLine\|\|Cave game tech test\|The altitude of the map was 64 blocks total.}}
	\|{{HistoryLine\|java classic}}		\|{{HistoryLine\|java classic}}
	\|{{HistoryLine\|\|unknown\|~~The altitude of the map was 64 blocks total. Players could build 32 blocks up or down from sea level.~~		\|{{HistoryLine\|\|unknown\|At some point during Classic, and continuing through the end of Indev, the level dimensions (x, y, z) become part of the save data. Worlds could be created as tall as 4,096 blocks, although the game became more unstable and laggy the larger the world. Despite being possible, all worlds created ingame would only be 64 blocks tall, except Indev deep levels, which were 256 blocks tall.}}
	At some point during Classic, and continuing through the end of Indev, the level dimensions (x, y, z) become part of the save data. Worlds could be created as tall as 4,096 blocks, although the game became more unstable and laggy the larger the world. Despite being possible, all worlds created ingame would only be 64 blocks tall, except Indev deep levels, which were 256 blocks tall.}}
	\|{{HistoryLine\|java infdev}}		\|{{HistoryLine\|java infdev}}
	\|{{HistoryLine\|\|20100227-1414\|Height limit was halved to 128.		\|{{HistoryLine\|\|20100227-1414\|Height limit was halved to 128.