Minecraft's forthcoming Caves & Cliffs update is still a while away, but dedicated players have already sampled its wares in the form of content snapshots. The latest of those, memorably titled 21W03A, adds glowing squids and glowing lichen to the Java Edition of the game.

The ocean may be a very drab place, especially within the dark. The glow squid is often spotted "from even far distances" and can drop glow ink if you slay the helpless beasts. This ink can be used on signs, works with colors, and can be used to craft a glow item frame. Oh, and if you're hunting down glowing squids, expect to find axolotls in the vicinity: the latter love to attack the former.

As for the glow lichen, it also can be put to practical purpose. Once harvested with shears, you'll use bonemeal to spread it along block surfaces, effectively making those blocks glow. It'll be like a rave.

The other small addition maybe a tweak to dripstone blocks, which may now be crafted from four-pointed dripstone. Aside from that, it is a big list of bug fixes, which you'll find over on the official Minecraft website. As always, you will need to enable snapshots from the "Installations" menu within the Java Edition launcher.

The Caves & Cliffs update is expected to roll out in summer or winter in Australia. To find out what the block-building phenomenon has ready this year, inspect the state of Minecraft in 2021.