Soul sand appears to be more common in 1.16 based on these two charts; the first is from 1.5, which I assume reflects versions up to 1.15 (I believe terrain itself wasn't changed until 1.16, only a few new blocks like magma blocks were added, which would not affect soul sand as they only replace netherrack):
In particular, soul sand is much more evenly and widely distributed in 1.16; it generates between layers 1-119 with a frequency of about 0.2% to 3% over most of its range; in 1.5 it only generates between layers 12-66 with a frequency of about 0.1 to 7%, with a particularly large concentration around layer 60. The latter does mean that it may be easier to find in older versions because you can just look around layer 60, which is probably where you'll spend most of your time anyway; the peak in 1.16 is about half as high and is around layer 20, coinciding with a sharp drop-off in the amount of lava, which suggests it covers the bottom of the lava seas (this is also evident in 1.5 but the peak is about 2/3 as high, with a similar distribution of lava so I presume this means that in 1.16 soul sand is about 50% more common on a given layer).
Thank you so much for your data. This clarified many of the questions I have. I can not see soul soil in the chart for 1.16 so that question is unanswered. But I have a better overview of how things are generated.
Hi! Me and some friends are discussing about how much soul sand that generates in the nether compared to 1.15. My argument is that in the first impression could be that it looks like the generation of soul sand is a lot more but your get tricked because of the soul soil almost look the same from a distance. So my conclusion is that Mojang cut down the amount of soul sand and replaced it with soul soil.
My friend's argument is that it generates a lot more because the normal amount of soul sand that generated in 1.15 is the same as in 1.16. The difference is when it comes to the soul sand valley it that it generates a lot more in a concentrated area as well.
So who is right here? Me, him or none of us?
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Thank you so much for your data. This clarified many of the questions I have. I can not see soul soil in the chart for 1.16 so that question is unanswered. But I have a better overview of how things are generated.
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Hi! Me and some friends are discussing about how much soul sand that generates in the nether compared to 1.15. My argument is that in the first impression could be that it looks like the generation of soul sand is a lot more but your get tricked because of the soul soil almost look the same from a distance. So my conclusion is that Mojang cut down the amount of soul sand and replaced it with soul soil.
My friend's argument is that it generates a lot more because the normal amount of soul sand that generated in 1.15 is the same as in 1.16. The difference is when it comes to the soul sand valley it that it generates a lot more in a concentrated area as well.
So who is right here? Me, him or none of us?
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