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Steam News21 February 20264mo ago

Caves and Coal

Caves have arrived. [0.0.2] Perlin worm cave carving. Perlin noise cavern carving. New block: Stone with Coal. Small performance optimizations.

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  • Gameplay
  • Performance
addedCaves have arrived. [0.0.2New block: Stone with Coal.
changedCaves have arrived. [0.0.2Small performance optimizations.
changedCaves have arrived. [0.0.2The sub-surface chunk generation now occurs at a much larger radius centered on the player. This allows vertical caves and caverns to generate at the same radius as the horizontal view distance. This causes a 6 fold increase in generated chunks below the surface and is particularly noticeable during initial player spawning.

Aethelon changes

addedNew block: Stone with Coal.
changedSmall performance optimizations.
changedThe sub-surface chunk generation now occurs at a much larger radius centered on the player. This allows vertical caves and caverns to generate at the same radius as the horizontal view distance. This causes a 6 fold increase in generated chunks below the surface and is particularly noticeable during initial player spawning.

Caves have arrived. [0.0.2]

  • Perlin worm cave carving. Perlin noise cavern carving.

  • New block: Stone with Coal.

  • Small performance optimizations.

  • The sub-surface chunk generation now occurs at a much larger radius centered on the player. This allows vertical caves and caverns to generate at the same radius as the horizontal view distance. This causes a 6 fold increase in generated chunks below the surface and is particularly noticeable during initial player spawning.

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Steam News / 21 February 2026

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