October 3, 2020 held a Minecraft Live conference and announced after the show update “Caves and Rocks”.
Biomes
During the broadcast, new biomes were shown:
- Lush Caves (Lush Caverns) - A new underground world that is always under the Azalea trees. The caves are completely covered with vegetation: green vines and old moss.
- Deep Dark (Dark Depths) - found in the most distant places of the world, closer to the bedrock. Here you can find the plant Skalk - a family of blocks that respond to sounds and vibrations. Also in this biome there is a new mob "Warden" (Overseer) - a completely blind NPC that picks up movements.
- Dripstone caves (Stalactite Caverns) - an additional zone in which there will be nothing but stalagmites and stalactites.
- Amethyst Geode (Amethyst Geode) - Another new area, and to be precise, these are closed caves that consist of special blocks. On the surface of the last growing amethyst crystals. They are in the Nether.
- Mountains (Mountains) is an old biome. It has not been given much time, but it is clear that the rocks have been reworked as they have become taller and larger.
Mobs
Axolotl - new NPC, which lives in the lakes of Lush Caves. It can be caught with a bucket, just like a fish.
Axolotls have five colors (albino, yellow, green, brown and purple/pink). When they take damage, they pretend to be dead and regenerate health, and attacking mobs ignore them in this state. The new character is hostile to drowned, guards, ancient guards, octopuses and fish.
Overseer - He can be found in the Dark Depths. He is completely blind, but he senses the player's movements. It moves slowly, however, when it senses the victim, it accelerates greatly.
Max Damage - 32.5 HP. That is, in Netherite Armor, he defeats the player in two hits. The Overseer has a lot of health (42 units).
Glowing octopus - first appeared in Minecraft Earth. It lives in underground lakes, glows the same way as lava cubes, ifrits, endermen, drowned and spider eyes.
Mountain goat - came into the game along with the updated mountains, only there he can be found. Avoiding obstacles, jumps high up. Knocks back mobs far awaywhen it attacks. Little kids were shown at the conference, so most likely they can be bred.
objects
Telescope — a new item that is crafted from fragments of amethyst and copper. Allows the player to see farther when used.
Bags - also appeared with the update, they allow you to store a stack of any type of items. If you hover over this item, you can see its contents.
Brush - used to clean debris from archaeological items. Removes one pixel layer of dirt or gravel with each use. Alas, getting a special block by deleting several layers will not work. After interrupting the cleaning, it is destroyed.
ceramic shards - mined with a brush at archaeological sites. There are only a few drawings on them: a champion, an Ender dragon, Alex, a skeleton and a tree. They can be placed on clay pots, and then burned on fire to get a finished block. It is not yet clear whether it is decorative or whether it will be possible to store things in it.
Blocks
Azalea leaves is part of a new exclusive tree that marks the location of Lush Caverns.
Azalea roots - similar to a block of dirt, only interspersed with roots.
Svetoliany - Found in Lush Caverns, they emit light, and you can also find edible lightberries on them.
Spore flower - has two variations (closed and open). In the second case, it releases disputes. It is not yet clear if they deal damage.
Dripleaf Plant - a plant that looks like a vine. You can stand on it for a few seconds, but after that the leaf that acts as a platform will tilt and you will fall through.
The roots - it is not clear yet whether this is a block or a plant, but they sprout from the surface of the earth.
snow powder is a new type of snow that Agnes and Jens talked about in last year's promotional video with the update of the mountains. This block is similar to a snow block and sucks the player in. Unfortunately, it is not clear how it works and how it looks.
Amethyst Geode - generates amethyst crystals for a certain time, it cannot be obtained in survival and transferred using pistons. An extremely rare block.
amethyst crystals - geodes grow on top of blocks, when broken, fragments fall out, which are used in crafting a telescope.
Cheekbones is a new type of blocks that can be used in redstone mechanisms. They emit a redstone signal when they sense sounds or vibrations near them. Found in the Dark Depths.
Candles Whether they are crafted or not remains a secret. This may be an exclusive block of the Dark Depths, but it has two options, dark and light.
Stalactite- an object falling from above can damage the mob or the player. Water will drip from the stalactites. If you place a cauldron under them, it will fill up.
Stalagmite - a block, falling on which you can get damage. The same applies to mobs when they fall.
Copper ore - it can be found underground. When destroyed, it drops out in the form of blocks, smelted into ingots.
Copper blocks They oxidize over time and weather conditions. The time required for complete oxidation of the block is 16 game days, the appearance of corrosion is accelerated by rain.
lightning rod - a new block, created from copper. Its task is to attract lightning to itself, so you can avoid the fire of a house if it is wooden.
Gameplay and generation
Археология - the player can find various items in gravel and earth blocks using a brush. Items can include valuable blocks and ceramic shards.
Dark flashing - while in the Dark Depths biome, the screen will begin to darken, limiting visibility. The developers do not say what will create such an effect.
Water level in caves - a new game mechanic that allows you to form underground lakes and oceans, as well as create many underground waterfalls.
cave generation - the zones that were shown on the broadcast are only a small part of what awaits us. They will have many different variations.
Wireless redstone - a new opportunity to create mechanisms using cheekbone sensors that sense sound vibrations. They generate in the Dark Depths.
The developers promised that the update will be released in summer 2021, and now only spanshots are available. We will keep our fingers crossed so that the process does not drag on until autumn.
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