Minecraft: Java Edition Snapshot 22w12a brings the Warden and Darkness from ‘The Wild Update’
More features from The Wild Update make it into the hands of players.
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What you need to know
Minecraft’s Overworld recently became a whole lot more interesting with the arrival of the Caves and Cliffs Update, which overhauled terrain generation and cave biomes. With Minecraft’s next content update arriving later in 2022, Mojang Studios is continuing the work with new biomes, mobs, features, and more. On Thursday, the studio released a new Minecraft: Java Edition snapshot allowing interested players to get a sneak peek at what’s coming next.
The successor to thefirst Minecraft: Java Edition snapshot for The Wild Update, Minecraft: Java Edition Snapshot 22w12a includes a ton of features first introduced in February 2022 through a one-offexperimental snapshot. With the release, players will be able to more fully explore and provide feedback on the Warden mob, the Darkness mob effect, sculk shriekers, and how it all ties into the Deep Dark biome.
Boats with chest from the recentMinecraft: Bedrock Edition betaare also making an appearance with this snapshot, giving players plenty to try out. On top of that, there’s the usual batch of bug fixes and general tweaks.
The Wild Updatecomes to Minecraft on all platforms later in 2022, and is intended to reaffirm Minecraft in its place at the top of thebest PC gamesyou can play. We likely have a few more months of testing ahead of us before The Wild Update officially arrives, as Mojang Studios continues to add new features and tweak existing additions.
The full changelog forMinecraft: Java Edition Snapshot 22w12aincludes:
Features
Sculk shrieker
Warden
Darkness
Boat with chest
Swift sneak
Changes
Fixed bugs
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