When you create a new Minecraft world, the game starts making a new map and loads a few chunks where you are going to spawn for the first time. As you move around, new chunks generate, while the old ...

Minecraft's world is made up of chunks, which are 16 x 16 blocks large on the X and Z axis, and 384 blocks on the Y axis. When you first load into a world, a set number of chunks load around you, ...