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	{{about\|effects which arise due to floating-point precision loss\|effects which arise due to integer limits\|Java Edition hard limits\|other uses\|Distance effects}}		{{about\|effects which arise due to floating-point precision loss\|effects which arise due to integer limits\|Java Edition hard limits\|other uses\|Distance effects}}
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	*Effects similar to [[Minecraft:Bedrock Edition]].		*Effects similar to ''[[Minecraft:Bedrock Edition]]''.
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	* The visual gaps are 64 blocks wide.		* The visual gaps are 64 blocks wide.
	* The minimum movement speed is increased to 640 blocks per second.		* The minimum movement speed is increased to 640 blocks per second.
	** At this point, it ~~would require~~ achieving speeds greater than the speed of sound to move, which is approximately 343 blocks per second.		** At this point, it requires achieving speeds greater than the speed of sound to move, which is approximately 343 blocks per second.
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 * Many break down slightly.<ref name="audio">{{bug|MC-191170||Casting issue: Positional audio can come from the wrong location at high coordinates}}</ref>
 ** Becomes considerably more pronounced beyond vanilla bounds at 2{{^|28}} (268,435,456) blocks.
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-* Lighting breaks down.{{verify|26.1-snap1 significantly reworked lighting; is this still accurate?}} All blocks appear completely black and are unaffected by sky and block light (light-emitting blocks may create a local area of light in their block space, but this cannot extend). As a result, hostile mob spawning is extremely common, [[Minecraft:cave ambience]] sounds can play, and [[Minecraft:mushroom]]s can spawn naturally. By opening the [[Minecraft:debug screen]] on these areas, the light level reported is always 0. It is effectively mandatory to use the night vision effect to facilitate any reasonable exploration beyond this point. This issue can be resolved by updating the data type to 64-bit floats in the lighting engine's algorithms.
+* In [[Minecraft:Java Edition 1.14|1.14]] to [[Minecraft:Java Edition 1.16.5|1.16.5]]:
-* When teleporting over long distances, it is possible to find regions of full light. These will cause dark regions when blocks are updated.
+** Lighting breaks down.{{verify|26.1-snap1 significantly reworked lighting; is this still accurate?}} All blocks appear completely black and are unaffected by sky and block light (light-emitting blocks may create a local area of light in their block space, but this cannot extend). As a result, hostile mob spawning is extremely common, [[Minecraft:cave ambience]] sounds can play, and [[Minecraft:mushroom]]s can spawn naturally. By opening the [[Minecraft:debug screen]] on these areas, the light level reported is always 0. It is effectively mandatory to use the night vision effect to facilitate any reasonable exploration beyond this point.
-* In Java Edition versions [[Minecraft:Java Edition 1.17|1.17]] and later, the game crashes when teleporting to a few blocks before the breakdown, but the game still works when teleporting anywhere after that.<ref>{{Bug|MC-218504}}</ref>
+** When teleporting over long distances, it is possible to find regions of full light. These will cause dark regions when blocks are updated.
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	=== Horizontal effects ===		=== Horizontal effects ===
	; World		; World
	* [[Minecraft:The End]]'s generation is completely absent in repeating concentric rings centered on the world.<ref name=":3">{{bug\|MC-159283\|\|The End terrain does not generate in multiple rings centered around the world center\|Fixed}}</ref>{{until\|je 26.3}}
	* Temperature distribution breaks at high distances,<ref name="snow">{{bug\|MC-192718\|\|Casting issue: Temperature loses precision at high distances leading to incorrect snow and ice generation and incorrect snowfall}}</ref> which can be easily noticed with the creation of [[Minecraft:snow]] and [[Minecraft:ice]] in [[Minecraft:mountains]] appearing blockier due to both world generation and subsequent regeneration from snowfall or freezing.		* Temperature distribution breaks at high distances,<ref name="snow">{{bug\|MC-192718\|\|Casting issue: Temperature loses precision at high distances leading to incorrect snow and ice generation and incorrect snowfall}}</ref> which can be easily noticed with the creation of [[Minecraft:snow]] and [[Minecraft:ice]] in [[Minecraft:mountains]] appearing blockier due to both world generation and subsequent regeneration from snowfall or freezing.

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			{{Italic title\|Java Edition}}
	{{about\|effects which arise due to floating-point precision loss\|effects which arise due to integer limits\|Java Edition hard limits\|other uses\|Distance effects}}		{{about\|effects which arise due to floating-point precision loss\|effects which arise due to integer limits\|Java Edition hard limits\|other uses\|Distance effects}}
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	{{about\|effects which arise due to floating-point precision loss\|effects which arise due to integer limits\|Java Edition hard limits\|other uses\|Distance effects}}		{{about\|effects which arise due to floating-point precision loss\|effects which arise due to integer limits\|Java Edition hard limits\|other uses\|Distance effects}}
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			*Effects similar to [[Minecraft:Bedrock Edition]].
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	{{IN\|je}}, certain game mechanics start to break down as the player's distance from the center of the world increases.		{{IN\|je}}, certain game mechanics start to break down as the player's distance from the center of the world increases.
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	* The floating point precision errors cause only blocks with even coordinates not divisible by 4 to render, and are stretched to 2 blocks wide. Blocks at other coordinates are rounded to the nearest multiple of 4 and render 2 dimensional. Blocks render only if they are "exposed" to air or another see-through block. This phenomenon is known as the "Stripe Lands". In the "Corner Stripe Lands" where both coordinates exceed this value, blocks with both coordinates 2 mod 4 render double length and double width, blocks with 1 such coordinate render 2D and double length, and blocks with no such coordinate render 1D (thus, the block is completely invisible unless the player is inside it).		* The floating point precision errors cause only blocks with even coordinates not divisible by 4 to render, and are stretched to 2 blocks wide. Blocks at other coordinates are rounded to the nearest multiple of 4 and render 2 dimensional. Blocks render only if they are "exposed" to air or another see-through block. This phenomenon is known as the "Stripe Lands". In the "Corner Stripe Lands" where both coordinates exceed this value, blocks with both coordinates 2 mod 4 render double length and double width, blocks with 1 such coordinate render 2D and double length, and blocks with no such coordinate render 1D (thus, the block is completely invisible unless the player is inside it).
			* The minimum movement speed is increased to 20 blocks per second.
	* A Stripe Lands rendering fix is required to traverse beyond this point, as the game freezes when the Stripe Lands are rendered.		* A Stripe Lands rendering fix is required to traverse beyond this point, as the game freezes when the Stripe Lands are rendered.
	* After this point, at every power of two, water, vines and lava double in size.		* After this point, at every power of two, water, vines and lava double in size.

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	\|X/Z ±268,435,456 (±2{{^\|28}})		\|X/Z ±268,435,456 (±2{{^\|28}})
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	* Coordinates of all entities are slices of 16,777,216 (<sup>1</sup>⁄<sub>16,777,216</sub> blocks).
	* Many sounds stop working 16 blocks beyond this point.		* Many sounds stop working 16 blocks beyond this point.
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	\|X/Z ±1,073,741,824 (±2{{^\|30}})		\|X/Z ±1,073,741,824 (±2{{^\|30}})
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	* Coordinates of all entities are slices of 4,194,304 (<sup>1</sup>⁄<sub>4,194,304</sub> blocks).
	* [[Minecraft:Village]]s stop generating correctly. The only part which generates is the meeting point, sometimes with accompanying [[Minecraft:villager]]s; every other part is missing. Some villages can generate several blocks in the air or underground. Villages can also generate in the wrong biomes.		* [[Minecraft:Village]]s stop generating correctly. The only part which generates is the meeting point, sometimes with accompanying [[Minecraft:villager]]s; every other part is missing. Some villages can generate several blocks in the air or underground. Villages can also generate in the wrong biomes.
	* [[Minecraft:Ancient cities]] stop generating correctly. The only part which generates is the center point; every other part is missing.		* [[Minecraft:Ancient cities]] stop generating correctly. The only part which generates is the center point; every other part is missing.
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	\|X/Z ±2,147,483,648 (±2{{^\|31}})		\|X/Z ±2,147,483,648 (±2{{^\|31}})
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	* Coordinates of all entities are slices of 2,097,152 ({{frac\|1\|2,097,152}} blocks).
	* It becomes impossible to [[Minecraft:swimming\|swim]] or float in water.		* It becomes impossible to [[Minecraft:swimming\|swim]] or float in water.
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	* Coordinates of all entities are slices of 131,072 ({{frac\|1\|131,072}} blocks).
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	\|X/Z ±68,719,476,736 (±2{{^\|36}})		\|X/Z ±68,719,476,736 (±2{{^\|36}})
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	* Coordinates of all entities are slices of 65,536 ({{frac\|1\|65,536}} blocks).
	* The game loads the [[Minecraft:spawn chunk]]s at this position, overwriting the terrain with the content of the spawn chunks. This will happen again at any power of two beyond this point.		* The game loads the [[Minecraft:spawn chunk]]s at this position, overwriting the terrain with the content of the spawn chunks. This will happen again at any power of two beyond this point.
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	\|X/Z ±281,474,970,710,656 (±2{{^\|48}})		\|X/Z ±281,474,970,710,656 (±2{{^\|48}})
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	* Coordinates of all entities are slices of 16 ({{frac\|1\|16}} blocks).
	* All entities are on the edges of block pixels.		* All entities are on the edges of block pixels.
	* Jitter is easily noticeable at this point, which is the equivalent of 524,288 blocks in ''Bedrock Edition''.<ref name=":0">{{YouTube link\|F8cMZA8J2Hk\|breaking Minecraft's FINAL Distance Limit...\|AntVenom\|2021-04-01\|t=327}}</ref>.		* Jitter is easily noticeable at this point, which is the equivalent of 524,288 blocks in ''Bedrock Edition''.<ref name=":0">{{YouTube link\|F8cMZA8J2Hk\|breaking Minecraft's FINAL Distance Limit...\|AntVenom\|2021-04-01\|t=327}}</ref>.
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	\|X/Z ±2,251,799,813,685,248 (±2{{^\|51}})		\|X/Z ±2,251,799,813,685,248 (±2{{^\|51}})
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	* ~~Coordinates of all entities are slices of 2 ({{frac\|1\|2}}~~ blocks).		* The minimum movement speed is increased to 5 blocks per second, meaning that moving at normal walking speed is impossible.
	* It becomes impossible for the player to move along that ~~axis by using~~ normal walking speed.
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	\|X/Z ±4,503,599,627,370,496 (±2{{^\|52}})		\|X/Z ±4,503,599,627,370,496 (±2{{^\|52}})
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	* ~~Coordinates~~ of all entities ~~are integers (~~1 block).		* All entities are on the edges of blocks. As a result, all entities less than 1 block wide (including [[Minecraft:Player\|players]]) always fall through blocks.
	* ~~All entities that have a hitbox equal~~ to ~~or smaller than 1 block fall through the world, including the player~~.		* The minimum movement speed is increased to 10 blocks per second.
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	\|X/Z ±9,007,199,254,740,992 (±2{{^\|53}})		\|X/Z ±9,007,199,254,740,992 (±2{{^\|53}})
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	* ~~Coordinates of all entities~~ are ~~multiples~~ of 2.		* The floating point precision errors cause only blocks with even coordinates not divisible by 4 to render, and are stretched to 2 blocks wide. Blocks at other coordinates are rounded to the nearest multiple of 4 and render 2 dimensional. Blocks render only if they are "exposed" to air or another see-through block. This phenomenon is known as the "Stripe Lands". In the "Corner Stripe Lands" where both coordinates exceed this value, blocks with both coordinates 2 mod 4 render double length and double width, blocks with 1 such coordinate render 2D and double length, and blocks with no such coordinate render 1D (thus, the block is completely invisible unless the player is inside it).
	* The [[#Stripe Lands\|Stripe Lands~~]] start beyond~~ this coordinate.
	* A Stripe Lands rendering fix is required to traverse beyond this point, as the game freezes when the Stripe Lands are rendered.		* A Stripe Lands rendering fix is required to traverse beyond this point, as the game freezes when the Stripe Lands are rendered.
	* After this point, at every power of two, water, vines and lava double in size.		* After this point, at every power of two, water, vines and lava double in size.

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	{{DEFAULTSORT:Distance effects}}		{{DEFAULTSORT:Distance effects}}
	[[Category:Glitches]]		[[Category:Glitches]]

	[[Minecraft:ja:距離効果/Java Edition]]		[[Minecraft:ja:距離効果/Java Edition]]
	[[Minecraft:lzh:距離之象/爪哇版]]		[[Minecraft:lzh:距離之象/爪哇版]]
			[[Minecraft:pt:Efeitos de distância da Edição Java]]
	[[Minecraft:zh:距离现象/Java版]]		[[Minecraft:zh:距离现象/Java版]]

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			{{Italic title\|Java Edition}}
	{{about\|effects which arise due to floating-point precision loss\|effects which arise due to integer limits\|Java Edition hard limits\|other uses\|Distance effects}}		{{about\|effects which arise due to floating-point precision loss\|effects which arise due to integer limits\|Java Edition hard limits\|other uses\|Distance effects}}
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	''This section describes distance effects that occur at X/Y/Z coordinates between ±(29,999,984 - {{tooltip\|{{^\|2\|31}} ~~− 1~~\|2,147,483,647}}).''		''This section describes distance effects that occur at X/Y/Z coordinates between ±(29,999,984 - {{tooltip\|{{^\|2\|31}}−1\|2,147,483,647}}).''

	Horizontal distances beyond 30 million blocks cannot be reached without modifications to the game's code.		Horizontal distances beyond 30 million blocks cannot be reached without modifications to the game's code.
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	\| [[File:Broken Village.png\|thumb\|right\|240px]] [[File:Mob spawning 2 billion.png\|thumb\|right\|240px]]		\| [[File:Broken Village.png\|thumb\|right\|240px]] [[File:Mob spawning 2 billion.png\|thumb\|right\|240px]]
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	\|X/Z ±2,147,483,647 (±2{{^\|31}} ~~− 1~~)		\|X/Z ±2,147,483,647 (±2{{^\|31}}−1)
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	* The game crashes if a chunk is loaded beyond this point without directly modifying the game to use 64-bit floats and/or long integers. The world renderer stops working 147 blocks beyond this point, allowing the player to get stuck, lightning stops working entirely, and clouds in fast graphics are stretched, while fancy cloud rendering still works normally. It is advisable to set the world border to at least several hundred blocks before this limit and make sure not to teleport past this.		* The game crashes if a chunk is loaded beyond this point without directly modifying the game to use 64-bit floats and/or long integers. The world renderer stops working 147 blocks beyond this point, allowing the player to get stuck, lightning stops working entirely, and clouds in fast graphics are stretched, while fancy cloud rendering still works normally. It is advisable to set the world border to at least several hundred blocks before this limit and make sure not to teleport past this.
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	{{disclaimer\|section=1}}		{{disclaimer\|section=1}}

	''This section describes distance effects that occur at X/Y/Z coordinates between ±({{tooltip\|{{^\|2\|31}}\|2,147,483,648}} - {{tooltip\|{{^\|2\|63}} ~~− 1~~\|9,223,372,036,854,775,807}}).''		''This section describes distance effects that occur at X/Y/Z coordinates between ±({{tooltip\|{{^\|2\|31}}\|2,147,483,648}} - {{tooltip\|{{^\|2\|63}}−1\|9,223,372,036,854,775,807}}).''

	The [[Minecraft:wikipedia:Double-precision floating-point format\|standard format for doubles]] dedicates 52 bits to the fraction, as opposed to the 23 bits used by the [[Minecraft:wikipedia:Single-precision floating-point format\|32-bit float]]. As a result, beyond 2{{^\|30}} (1,073,741,824) blocks, the player would only be off by (2{{^\|30}}) / (2{{^\|52}}) = 1/2{{^\|22}} = {{frac\|1\|4194304}} blocks, which is absolutely indistinguishable from the distance back at spawn. This is around equivalent to the precision of 2 to 4 blocks out on ''Bedrock Edition''.		The [[Minecraft:wikipedia:Double-precision floating-point format\|standard format for doubles]] dedicates 52 bits to the fraction, as opposed to the 23 bits used by the [[Minecraft:wikipedia:Single-precision floating-point format\|32-bit float]]. As a result, beyond 2{{^\|30}} (1,073,741,824) blocks, the player would only be off by (2{{^\|30}}) / (2{{^\|52}}) = 1/2{{^\|22}} = {{frac\|1\|4194304}} blocks, which is absolutely indistinguishable from the distance back at spawn. This is around equivalent to the precision of 2 to 4 blocks out in ''Bedrock Edition''.

	Each doubling, however, indeed halves the precision used, up to a point where every single element of the game ends up breaking down.		Each doubling, however, indeed halves the precision used, up to a point where every single element of the game ends up breaking down.
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	* It becomes impossible to [[Minecraft:swimming\|swim]] or float in water.		* It becomes impossible to [[Minecraft:swimming\|swim]] or float in water.
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	\| X/Z: ±25,769,803,764 (±(2<sup>31</sup> ~~− 1~~)×12)		\| X/Z: ±25,769,803,764 (±(2<sup>31</sup>−1)×12)
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	* Fancy clouds stop rendering (Varies between maps). Fast graphic clouds, however, can stop rendering or either become glitched stripe lines which also can disappear afterwards. Beyond this point, only the sky, sun, moon and void remain.		* Fancy clouds stop rendering (Varies between maps). Fast graphic clouds, however, can stop rendering or either become glitched stripe lines which also can disappear afterwards. Beyond this point, only the sky, sun, moon and void remain.
	* [[Minecraft:Cloud#Appearance\|Fancy clouds]] are ~~12x12~~ and hit the 32-bit integer limit at 25,769,803,776 (or 2,147,483,648×12), so in cause of that they overflow after this point disappearing.		* [[Minecraft:Cloud#Appearance\|Fancy clouds]] are 12×12 and hit the 32-bit integer limit at 25,769,803,776 (or 2,147,483,648×12), so in cause of that they overflow after this point disappearing.
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	\|X/Z ±68,719,476,736 (±2{{^\|36}})		\|X/Z ±68,719,476,736 (±2{{^\|36}})
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	* The world is completely invisible with a render distance of 63 chunks or less.		* The world is completely invisible with a render distance of 63 chunks or less.
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	\|X/Z ±9,223,372,036,854,775,807 (±2{{^\|63}} ~~− 1~~)		\|X/Z ±9,223,372,036,854,775,807 (±2{{^\|63}}−1)
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	* The game crashes if chunks are loaded beyond this point.<ref name=":0" />		* The game crashes if chunks are loaded beyond this point.<ref name=":0" />

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	''This section describes distance effects that occur at X/Y/Z coordinates between ±(0 ~~–~~ 29,999,984).''		''This section describes distance effects that occur at X/Y/Z coordinates between ±(0 - 29,999,984).''

	=== Horizontal effects ===		=== Horizontal effects ===
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	''This section describes distance effects that occur at X/Y/Z coordinates between ±(29,999,984 ~~– (~~{{tooltip\|{{^\|2\|31}}-1\|2,147,483,647}})).''		''This section describes distance effects that occur at X/Y/Z coordinates between ±(29,999,984 - {{tooltip\|{{^\|2\|31}} − 1\|2,147,483,647}}).''

	Horizontal distances beyond 30 million blocks cannot be reached without modifications to the game's code.		Horizontal distances beyond 30 million blocks cannot be reached without modifications to the game's code.
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	''This section describes distance effects that occur at X/Y/Z coordinates between ±({{tooltip\|{{^\|2\|31}}\|2,147,483,648}} ~~–~~ {{tooltip\|({{^\|2\|63}}-1)\|9,223,372,036,854,775,807}}).''		''This section describes distance effects that occur at X/Y/Z coordinates between ±({{tooltip\|{{^\|2\|31}}\|2,147,483,648}} - {{tooltip\|{{^\|2\|63}} − 1\|9,223,372,036,854,775,807}}).''

	The [[Minecraft:wikipedia:Double-precision floating-point format\|standard format for doubles]] dedicates 52 bits to the fraction, as opposed to the 23 bits used by the [[Minecraft:wikipedia:Single-precision floating-point format\|32-bit float]]. As a result, beyond 2{{^\|30}} (1,073,741,824) blocks, the player would only be off by (2{{^\|30}}) / (2{{^\|52}}) = 1/2{{^\|22}} = {{frac\|1\|4194304}} blocks, which is absolutely indistinguishable from the distance back at spawn. This is around equivalent to the precision of 2 to 4 blocks out on ''Bedrock Edition''.		The [[Minecraft:wikipedia:Double-precision floating-point format\|standard format for doubles]] dedicates 52 bits to the fraction, as opposed to the 23 bits used by the [[Minecraft:wikipedia:Single-precision floating-point format\|32-bit float]]. As a result, beyond 2{{^\|30}} (1,073,741,824) blocks, the player would only be off by (2{{^\|30}}) / (2{{^\|52}}) = 1/2{{^\|22}} = {{frac\|1\|4194304}} blocks, which is absolutely indistinguishable from the distance back at spawn. This is around equivalent to the precision of 2 to 4 blocks out on ''Bedrock Edition''.
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	* All entities are on the edges of blocks. As a result, all entities less than 1 block wide (including [[Minecraft:Player\|players]]) always fall through blocks.		* All entities are on the edges of blocks. As a result, all entities less than 1 block wide (including [[Minecraft:Player\|players]]) always fall through blocks.
			** If only 1 coordinate exceeds this value, blocks still have collision detection from the side.
	* The minimum movement speed is increased to 10 blocks per second.		* The minimum movement speed is increased to 10 blocks per second.
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	* In older versions of ''Java Edition'', horizontal block rendering stops completely, leaving only vertical block rendering in it's place, marking the start of the "Slice Lands". Blocks whose sides are "concealed"~~, such as naturally generated water,~~ are completely invisible without a Stripe Lands rendering fix.		* In older versions of ''Java Edition'', horizontal block rendering stops completely, leaving only vertical block rendering in it's place, marking the start of the "Slice Lands". Blocks whose sides are "concealed" are completely invisible without a Stripe Lands rendering fix.
	** At this point, the slices are 4 blocks apart, but the gaps widths double for every power of 2.		** At this point, the slices are 4 blocks apart, but the gaps widths double for every power of 2.
	** It has become difficult to place blocks from this point onward. The player must look at an existing block and extend it along an axis.		** It has become difficult to place blocks from this point onward. The player must look at an existing block and extend it along an axis.
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	* The visual gaps are 64 blocks wide.		* The visual gaps are 64 blocks wide.
	* The minimum movement speed is increased to 640 blocks per second.		* The minimum movement speed is increased to 640 blocks per second.
	** At this point it would ~~take going faster~~ than the speed of sound to move, which is approximately 343 blocks per second.		** At this point, it would require achieving speeds greater than the speed of sound to move, which is approximately 343 blocks per second.
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	* ~~Flying~~ upwards or downwards in [[Minecraft:Creative]] becomes impossible.<ref name="heightvideo">{{YouTube link\|SYuocMFOD6w\|HOW HIGH / LOW CAN YOU GO in MINECRAFT?!\|AntVenom\|2017-04-23}}</ref>		* The minimum movement speed is increased to 10 blocks per second, meaning that flying upwards or downwards in [[Minecraft:Creative]] becomes impossible.<ref name="heightvideo">{{YouTube link\|SYuocMFOD6w\|HOW HIGH / LOW CAN YOU GO in MINECRAFT?!\|AntVenom\|2017-04-23}}</ref>
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	* ~~Falling downwards~~ becomes impossible.<ref name="heightvideo" />		* The minimum movement speed is increased to 80 blocks per second, meaning that falling becomes impossible.<ref name="heightvideo" />
	* Beyond this point, the game crashes if the player points their camera at a vertical 40-degree angle.		* Beyond this point, the game crashes if the player points their camera at a vertical 40-degree angle.
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	''This section describes distance effects that occur at X/Y/Z coordinates between ±({{tooltip\|{{^\|2\|63}}\|9,223,372,036,854,775,808}} ~~–~~ {{tooltip\|{{^\|2\|1024}}\|179,769,313,486,231,590,772,930,519,078,902,473,361,797,697,894,230,657,273,430,081,157,732,675,805,500,963,132,708,477,322,407,536,021,120,113,879,871,393,357,658,789,768,814,416,622,492,847,430,639,474,124,377,767,893,424,865,485,276,302,219,601,246,094,119,453,082,952,085,005,768,838,150,682,342,462,881,473,913,110,540,827,237,163,350,510,684,586,298,239,947,245,938,479,716,304,835,356,329,624,224,137,216}}).''		''This section describes distance effects that occur at X/Y/Z coordinates between ±({{tooltip\|{{^\|2\|63}}\|9,223,372,036,854,775,808}} - {{tooltip\|{{^\|2\|1024}}\|179,769,313,486,231,590,772,930,519,078,902,473,361,797,697,894,230,657,273,430,081,157,732,675,805,500,963,132,708,477,322,407,536,021,120,113,879,871,393,357,658,789,768,814,416,622,492,847,430,639,474,124,377,767,893,424,865,485,276,302,219,601,246,094,119,453,082,952,085,005,768,838,150,682,342,462,881,473,913,110,540,827,237,163,350,510,684,586,298,239,947,245,938,479,716,304,835,356,329,624,224,137,216}}).''

	Beyond the 64-bit integer limit, the precision loss becomes greater by every passing exponent of two that is passed.		Beyond the 64-bit integer limit, the precision loss becomes greater by every passing exponent of two that is passed.