Minecraft: Java Edition Snapshot 22w06a focuses on legal and technical changes
This isn’t the major The Wild Update snapshot for which you’ve been waiting.
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As always, Minecraft is entering a new year with big plans for updates and future changes. Many players have been waiting for some of these upcoming improvements to feature in Minecraft: Java Edition snapshots, in order to provide feedback, but so far snapshots have focused more on bug fixes and minor tweaks than testing experimental features. Today’s Minecraft: Java Edition snapshot is more of the same, as Mojang Studios continues to work hard behind the scenes on larger snapshots to come in the future.
Minecraft: Java Edition Snapshot 22w06a is headlined by a legal change for South Korean players, which sees gameplay timers and occasional notices installed to remind players to take breaks. Beyond that, there are plenty of technical updates surrounding tags for Minecraft creators and a small handful of bug fixes. The snapshot is available now for players to test.
The Wild Updateis the first major feature update for Minecraft in 2022, and it’s going to add new mobs like frogs and The Warden, the Deep Dark biome, quality-of-life improvements, and much more. There’s a lot to look forward to in The Wild Update, which aims to cement Minecraft as one of thebest PC gamesever for another year.
The full changelog forMinecraft: Java Edition Snapshot 22w06aincludes:
Changes
Technical changes
Universal tags
Fixed bugs
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