Minecraft ‘The Wild Update’ is launching in 2022 with the Deep Dark biome, frogs, and much more
‘The Wild Update’ is a smaller update with plenty of great new features about which to be excited.
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What you need to know
The height of Minecraft Live 2021 has to be the announcement ofThe Wild Update, which is officially thenextmajor release forMinecraftacross all devices. Following the absolutely colossal (and still not fully released)Caves and Cliffs Update, The Wild Update will understandably be on a smaller scale than its predecessor. Still, Mojang Studios is still delivering a handful of awesome new features and improvements when The Wild Update officially arrives sometime in 2022.
The focus of The Wild Update is embracing Minecraft’s Overworld, as well as placing emphasis on improving existing features and how players interact with Minecraft’s wilderness. It will also bring players the Deep Dark, which has officially been delayed out of the Caves and Cliffs Update to receive additional changes and improvements. There’s certainly plenty to be excited about with The Wild Update.
The Wild Update is the latest in a long line of releases for Minecraft, which stands firmly asone of the greatest games ever made, and certainly one of thebest Xbox games. It’ll be interesting to see how The Wild Update resonates with the Minecraft community, and how it (and the Deep Dark) inspires newMinecraft toys and gifts.
Some of the features in Minecraft’s The Wild Update include:
There’s probably plenty more we don’t know about in The Wild Update for Minecraft, but we’ll have to wait longer to see it. It’s likely Mojang Studios won’t begin testing early builds of The Wild Update or sharing new features until well after the release of 1.18 Caves and Cliffs Update Part Two, especially since the release window for The Wild Update is simply “2022.” Still, this looks to be a great follow-up to Minecraft’s most ambitious update yet, and should, hopefully, bring lots of improvements and alterations with it.
If you want to learn more about everything this release includes, ourultimate guide to The Wild Updateis available and will be constantly updated as we learn more information.
Frogs and darkness.
Minecraft is an inarguable and complete success. It has sold copies in the hundreds of millions, has a huge following of dedicated players, and lets you unlock your every creative desire. The next update for Minecraft has been revealed as ‘The Wild Update,’ and it’s coming in 2022 with new areas, mobs, and the spooky Deep Dark.
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Zachary Boddy (They / Them) is a Staff Writer for Windows Central, primarily focused on covering the latest news in tech and gaming, the best Xbox and PC games, and the most interesting Windows and Xbox hardware. They have been gaming and writing for most of their life starting with the original Xbox, and started out as a freelancer for Windows Central and its sister sites in 2019. Now a full-fledged Staff Writer, Zachary has expanded from only writing about all things Minecraft to covering practically everything on which Windows Central is an expert, especially when it comes to Microsoft. You can find Zachary on Twitter@BoddyZachary.
