Wilderness Bound: 1.22 Plans

Mojang’s 1.22 roadmap (“Wilderness Bound”) expands world generation again.

Announced changes

• World height extension: build limit raises to Y = 640, deepslate floor lowers to Y = -80 (new deep bedrock).
• New biomes: desert oases with date palms, and misty highland meadows on mountain peaks.
• Structure changes: village weights rebalance toward savanna and taiga; new “trading post” structure between villages.
• Performance: chunk generation moves to a new parallel pipeline — 30% faster chunk loading.

What it means for you

• Seeds from 1.21 remain valid; only newly generated chunks change.
• Slime chunk positions do not change (seed-derived) — your slime farms are safe.
• Ore Finder and Seed Map will receive 1.22 generator profiles at release.