Minecraft:Java Edition 1.18 experimental snapshot 7

1.18 experimental snapshot 7 is the seventh and final experimental snapshot for Minecraft:Java Edition 1.18, released on September 8, 2021,<ref>Template:Mcnet</ref><ref>Template:Reddit</ref> which introduces changes to terrain generation and tweaks to elytra due to various server chunk loading issues. This is the final experimental snapshot released in 2021.

Changes

Items

Minecraft:Elytra

• No longer take durability damage when gliding, only when boosting with Minecraft:firework rockets.
• Decreased the firework rocket boost on an elytra from 30 blocks per second to 26 blocks per second.
• Now break when the item reaches 0 durability.

World generation

Minecraft:Caves

• Noodle caves are no longer capped at Y=130, allowing cave openings and cracks in mountain peaks.

General

• Slightly smoothened the terrain by lowering the noise.

Issues

This version is not supported on the bug tracker, and therefore issues affecting it will be resolved as "Invalid".<ref>Template:Bug</ref>

Gallery

• A mountain with a noodle cave opening above y 130
  A mountain with a noodle cave opening above y 130
• File:Experimental Mountain 1.jpg
• File:Experimental Mountain 2.jpg
• File:Experimental Mesa 1.jpg
• File:Experimental Mesa 2.jpg
• File:Empty Hills.jpg
• File:Frozen Ocean Spawn.jpg
• File:Experimental Flowers 1.jpg
• File:Experimental Flowers 2.jpg