Minecraft 1.18 Is Due To Launch This Month, But Three Major Features Are "on Hold"

The snapshot betas were getting ever-smaller and we were aware that it was coming. But now Mojang has made it official. The Minecraft 1.18 release date, which includes all of the Caves & Cliffs Part 2 features, is scheduled to launch at the end of November. The update will be available on every platform Minecraft supports, and provides us with a variety of new biomes and revamped world generation, and much more.

Minecraft 1.18 will be available on November 30. Beware of greeks bearing gifts update will be available across Windows, Mac, and Linux PCs as well as the Bedrock Edition will launch on (deep breath) - PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and S, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android, and Windows 10 and 11 PCs.

The update includes new world generation and enhanced cave systems as well as candles. As was previously reported, certain features were pushed back from 1.18. They won't be in 1.19 (also known as The Wild update), as the developers have confirmed.

Archaeology, bundles, as well as goat horns "have been put on hold", as the devs explain in the announcement. "They are not being cancelled, we just had to put them off the agenda for the time being..