The decision to split the the many changes in the Caves & Cliff update, they will have to wait a bit longer to receive the update in full. The new content was officially announced at the Minecraft Live 2020 event, and it will bring huge changes to the game including an increased height limit and an overhaul of both caves and cliffs. Now, players will have to wait until the end of the year to fully explore all the update has to offer, but certain features are still on the way.
The Caves & Cliffs update for Minecraft will first arrive in the summer as previously expected, with limited features that pertain to mobs and blocks. The long-awaited arrival of copper, dripstone, and dripleaf will bring with it expansive creative opportunities for players. The summer update will also contain the mobs previously reported to be coming to the game, among them the Axolotl, goat, and glow squid mobs.
The announcement that the Caves & Cliffs update for Minecraft will be split into two releases came in the form of a YouTube video on the official Minecraft . According to the Vanilla Minecraft Game Director and a gameplay designer, the decision was made to ensure the quality of the holiday release, which contains the world generation overhaul and various technical complexities, as well as for the health of the development team.
The new caves and cliffs features will not arrive until the holiday season; this includes changes to the height limit and an overhaul of the caves and mountains of Minecraft. The announcement does confirm that players will be able to update their Minecraft world with both the summer and holiday updates, without losing progress or corrupting the save files. Ultimately, the decision was made to ensure a seamless and high-quality update while keeping the health of the development team in mind. For many, this will be extremely disappointing, but for those who cannot wait to explore the new caves, they can still test the features in Minecraft until the update is released.
Players can still look forward to the closer of the two updates, which arrives in the summer. This will bring copper and geodes to the game, which bring many possibilities both creative and practical. The announcement also revealed the delay of one more piece of content. The archeology feature will not arrive until after the holiday update, but that release date has yet to be revealed.
With the new Caves & Cliffs update, Minecraft may keep its survival game throne. However, Valheim is catching up in popularity and the delay of Minecraft's new update might give it time to overthrow the king.
Source: Minecraft
