Water Lake

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A water lake was a small body of water source blocks in the Overworld. It could generate both on the surface and underground, in the latter case an air pocket would generate above it.

Water lakes, which were bodies of water source blocks, could generate at any altitude. They could generate underground connected to caves, or isolated, connected to no other structures whatsoever. When in a snowy biome, these small lakes were never initially frozen but turned to ice if exposed to the sky.

If a water lake generates with a small air pocket above it, there may be floating sand, floating snow cover, or even floating trees above the lake.

Water lakes were common, generating in almost all Overworld biomes excluding the desert and desert hills biomes. If they selected an altitude above the surface to generate, they would generate on the surface instead, leading to more water lakes present on the surface in biomes with lower altitude.

In Java Edition, the air pockets above water lakes were generated with cave air instead of normal air. This was true even for lakes that were exposed to the open sky.

Monster rooms were able to generate attached to water lakes.

• 👁 A water lake in a snowy taiga biome.
  
  A water lake in a snowy taiga biome.
• 👁 Multiple water lakes in a plains biome.
  
  Multiple water lakes in a plains biome.
• 👁 A water lake that generated at bedrock level.
  
  A water lake that generated at bedrock level.
• 👁 A water lake that cut off the bottom of a tree.
  
  A water lake that cut off the bottom of a tree.
• 👁 A large oak tree with its bottom cut off by a water lake.
  
  A large oak tree with its bottom cut off by a water lake.
• 👁 A jungle tree with its bottom cut off by a water lake.
  
  A jungle tree with its bottom cut off by a water lake.
• 👁 Snow floating above a water lake.
  
  Snow floating above a water lake.
• 👁 Floating snow above a water lake from beneath.
  
  Floating snow above a water lake from beneath.
• 👁 A water lake in a windswept hills biome.
  
  A water lake in a windswept hills biome.
• 👁 A water lake terrain feature next to a larger lake formed naturally by the land dipping below sea level.
  
  A water lake terrain feature next to a larger lake formed naturally by the land dipping below sea level.
• 👁 A water lake inside a woodland mansion.
  
  A water lake inside a woodland mansion.
• 👁 A sugar cane plant that generated in an underground water lake.
  
  A sugar cane plant that generated in an underground water lake.
• 👁 Another example.
  
  Another example.
• 👁 A monster room intersecting with an underground water lake.
  
  A monster room intersecting with an underground water lake.
• 👁 Another monster room intersecting with an underground water lake.
  
  Another monster room intersecting with an underground water lake.
• 👁 An underground water lake.
  
  An underground water lake.
• 👁 Lots of water lakes in a plains biome.
  
  Lots of water lakes in a plains biome.