Ore Veins are large, rare, snake-like underground ore formations.

Added “Sound of Music” for playing music with a jukebox in a Meadow biome.

Minecraft 1.18 added “Star Trader” for trading with a villager at the build height limit.

Added “Feels like home” for riding strider on lava for 50 blocks in the Overworld.

Added “Caves & Cliffs” for falling from top to bottom of the Overworld.

World spawn selection algorithm has been reworked, now spawns player according to climate parameters.

Tropical Fish now also spawn in Lush Caves at any height.

Sprinting is no longer reduced to walking when gently brushing your sleeve against a wall.

Removed world types “Caves” and “Floating islands” from the world creation screen.

Redesigned how effects look in the inventory screen, to allow them to show even with the recipe book open.

Overworld build and generation limits have been expanded.

New ore distribution and large ore veins.

Illagers (Vindicator, Pillager, Evoker) no longer attack baby villagers.

If it is raining, sleeping will stop the rain and reset the weather cycle (in 1.17 sleeping would always reset the weather cycle).

Glow Squids now only spawn in water blocks under a height of 30.

Cod, Salmon, Pufferfish, Tropical Fish, Squid, and Dolphins now only spawn in water from height 50 to height 64.

Buried Treasure Chests may contain a Potion of Water Breathing.

Badlands Mineshafts now generate higher up.

Axolotls now only spawn in Lush Caves when in water that is above Clay Blocks.

Axolotls now have their own, separate, mob cap.

Added world autosave indicator for single-player worlds.

Minecraft 1.18 added new Overworld biomes.

Added an Online options screen where you can now find the Realms Notifications option.

Added an “Allow Server Listings” option to opt-out of having your name displayed in server listings.

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