DWAEBH – Deeper World And Expanded Build Height (and miscellaneous world gen tweaks)

DWAEBH – Deeper World And Expanded Build Height

Description

This datapack makes caves go down all the way to -128 and adds the new Lush Caves and Dripstone Caves to the overworld. Because of how the new noise caves work, they will now have twice the room to generate in so they can become massive. It also increases the build height all the way up to y 512 and mountains can generate to about y 230. Small tweaks to generation to improve gameplay, such as wider rivers, will be added as well.

Note about the cliffs and caves features:

My implementation of 1.18 caves and cliffs is temporary. When Mojang adds them to the game, DWAEBH will not feature them anymore.

Compatibility

• Recommended version is Minecraft 1.17

     It is recommended to backup worlds before installing and updating the pack.

Installation

Install like any datapack.

Features

• World height increased. It's now y -128 to 512.
• Deeper and bigger caves. 
• Higher mountains.
• Lush Caves
• Dripstone Caves
• Ice Caves
• Snow Caves
• Desert Caves
• Jungle Caves
• Wider and deeper rivers (so you don't get stuck as often while traveling by boat)
• Villages in more biomes
• Swamp huts in dark forests (beware of the witch in the woods)
• Pillager Outposts in more biomes

Planned features

In progress:

• Adding new village types (simple, based on vanilla village structures) 
• Tweaks to Dripstone Caves and Lush Caves rarity (I'd appreciate feedback on this since 1.2 makes Lush Caves and Dripstone Caves more rare). In 1.4 they have become more common.
• Tweaks to mountain size and shape (trying to make them less steep, with smoother transition between heights)