It's time for a musical snapshot! We're now introducing new music for Caves & Cliffs: Part II. This time around we have a bunch of new tracks composed by the talented Lena Raine and Kumi Tanioka. These tracks are also available on Spotify for you to listen to, and they will soon be available on other services such as Apple Music and YouTube as well.

This snapshot also includes a few additional tweaks, bug fixes, and performance improvements.

We still highly recommend backing up your world before loading it in this snapshot.

New Features in 21w42a

New music has been added to the game
Added world autosave indicator for single-player worlds

Music

Added new music by Lena Raine and Kumi Tanioka to the Overworld (when playing in survival mode) and the main menu
Added a new music disc from Lena Raine titled 'otherside'. This can be found rarely in Stronghold corridor chests or much more rarely in Dungeon chests.

Changes in 21w42a

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

World Generation

Lava springs can generate in mountains and snowy terrain
Water springs don't generate higher than y 192, and are slightly less common
Badlands gold generates higher up

Technical Changes in 21w42a

Replaced light and barrier particles with block_marker

Particles

`block_marker`

Renders with texture declared in particle slot for model assigned to configured block state
Summoned with same syntax as block particle (i.e. block_marker wheat[age=2])

Bugs fixed in 21w42a

MC-129912 Player no longer spawned at highest level at world spawn
MC-132347 Spawning inside icebergs
MC-214288 Player does not spawn on the surface of the world when min_y is greater than 0
MC-233771 Parity issue: Light blocks do not display their light level when shown via a held light block item
MC-236837 The player can occasionally spawn underground when loading into a new world
MC-238582 Beaches generate between desert and ocean
MC-238900 Values of 'Infinity' in noise settings in default worldgen

Minecraft Snapshot 21w42a