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Update Aquatic logo.
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Take a deep breath and dive into a vibrant new world beneath the surface! Full of marine life, new mobs and colourful sea-nery, Minecraft’s oceans get their biggest update yet!
„
— minecraft.net on Update Aquatic
The Update Aquatic is the name for a major update that was released for most versions of Minecraft in 2018, with the exception of the Xbox One Nintendo Switch New Nintendo 3DS oceans in Minecraft , adding many new aquatic mobs, blocks, items and structures. The update marks the advent of the trend of major themed content updates being released across certain editions relatively simultaneously, rather than across differently-titled, unrelated-sounding updates per edition.
The official name for the update, the Update Aquatic , was revealed on November 18, 2017, during the MINECON Earth 2017 live stream, at which time the Java Edition Update Aquatic was to be released as 1.14.
On July 10, 2018, Mojang Studios released a trailer for the update.[ 1]
For Java Edition , this update was previously intended to succeed an update titled "Technically Updated", until the features of the Update Aquatic were later added on during development of 1.13, starting from snapshot 18w07a .
Release The update was released for Java Edition Java Edition 1.13 [ 2] [ 3]
The update was released for the Xbox 360 PlayStation 3 PlayStation 4 PlayStation Vita Wii U [ 4] Xbox One Nintendo Switch New Nintendo 3DS
On Bedrock Edition 1.4.0 on May 16, 2018,[ 5] 1.5.0 on July 10, 2018.[ 6] 1.6.0 on August 28, 2018.
Additionally, the Update Aquatic was released for Minecraft Education 1.4 update on June 12, 2018,[ 7] 1.7 update on November 12, 2018. The update was also released for the China Edition [ 8]
The first pre-release on Java Edition , 1.13-pre1 , was released on June 4, 2018, the second pre-release was released on June 15, the third on June 21, the fourth on June 26, the fifth on June 28, the sixth on July 4, the seventh on July 10, the eighth on July 13, the ninth on July 16, and the tenth on July 17.
This update had 10 pre-releases for Java Edition , the largest number of pre-releases for any update.
Additions New blocks :
Trapdoors , pressure plates , and buttons for the other 5 types of wood besides oak10 types of coral blocks , 5 types of corals , and 5 types of coral fans
5 types of dead coral fans
Kelp
Generate in ocean biomes, except warm oceans.
Can be placed only underwater, requiring at least one water block above it
Can grow multiple blocks high. Dried kelp block
Smelts 20 items when used as fuel in a furnace .Crafted from dried kelp, and can also be crafted back into dried kelp. Seagrass
Generates in oceans (including underwater caves), rivers, and swamplands.
Drops from turtles when killed.
Can be generated when using bone meal on any block underwater. Sea pickles
Generate in warm oceans, especially around coral reefs.
Up to 4 of them can be placed on a block.
Each one adds 3 to the light level, but only when placed underwater.
Can be smelted into lime dye . Turtle eggs
Blue ice
Generates in icebergs.
More slippery than ice and packed ice .
Crafted using 9 packed ice. Conduit
When active, affects nearby players in water with the Conduit Power effect.
Emits a strong glow, at light level 15. Wood (previously available only using /setblock Now have an item form and appear in the creative inventory.
They can now be crafted, 4 logs in a square yield 3 wood. Stripped logs
A barkless variant of logs.
Created by using an axe on a log block.
Act as regular logs, and can still be used to craft planks . Bubble columns, created by magma blocks or soul sand in water
Magma block columns pull entities down and soul sand columns push entities up.
Prismarine stairs and slabs
Comes in all 3 variants: prismarine, dark prismarine, and prismarine bricks.
New items :
Trident
Can be thrown by using it, or be used as a melee weapon by attacking, dealing 9HP
Obtained by killing a drowned Scute
Dropped when baby turtles grow up.
Can be used to craft turtle shells. Turtle shell
Can be used as a helmet , adding 2 armor points.
Can be used to brew the potion of the Turtle Master. Dried kelp
Obtained by smelting kelp.
Can be eaten, restoring 1 ( hunger point. Phantom membrane
Dropped by phantoms.
Used to repair elytra .
Used to brew potions of Slow Falling. Heart of the sea
Nautilus shell
Potion of the Turtle Master
Arrow of the Turtle Master
Gives the same effects as potion of the Turtle Master Potion of Slow Falling
Grants the Slow Falling effect Arrow of Slow Falling
Grants the Slow Falling effect Debug stick
A technical item used to cycle between different block states. Buried treasure explorer map
Leads the player to buried treasure. Spawn eggs for turtles, dolphins, phantoms, cod, salmon, pufferfish, tropical fish, and drownedFish buckets : cod, salmon, pufferfish, and tropical fish
New effects :
Slow Falling
Prevents fall damage.
Makes the player fall slower.
Makes player unable to deal critical hits. Conduit Power
Stops the breath meter from running out, gives underwater night vision, and increases mining speed.
This is the first combined effect. It combines Water Breathing , Night Vision , and Haste . Dolphin's Grace
Makes the player swim faster.
Acquired by swimming near dolphins.
New enchantments :
New mobs :
Phantom
Dolphin
Spawn in any ocean that isn't frozen.
Neutral mobs.They can help players find buried treasure; when they are fed raw cod, they swim to the nearest shipwreck or underwater ruins. Turtles
Spawn on warm beaches in small groups.
Drop 0-2 seagrass upon death. Drowned
Spawn in all oceans and rivers, as well as in swamps and underwater ruins.
Zombies convert into drowned if submerged in water for a while.Fish mobs :
New generated structures :
New biomes :
Divided the End up into separate biomes:
World types:
Data packs
Item forms for mushroom blocks , bark blocks, and double slabs .
3 new commands : /data /datapack /bossbar
A command suggestion UI.
A smooth transition is applied to the camera when the player sneaks.
Changed pumpkin texture, and renamed the old texture to "carved pumpkin", available when a pumpkin is right-clicked with shears .
Water source blocks can now be placed inside of semi-transparent blocks such as stairs and slabs, called waterlogging .
Added many new sounds and 3 new underwater music pieces by C418 . Changes Magma blocks generate in ocean biomes, causing downward bubble columns.Changed title screen to an Update Aquatic theme.
Dropped items in water now float toward the surface.
Replaced and changed many commands.
The flattening .
New horse model.
New water texture.
Item frames can be placed on the floor and the ceiling.Squid now shoot ink when attacked.
The player 's oxygen no longer regenerates instantly when out of water.
Changed underwater visibility.
Maps can now be marked using banners .
Named banners show their names under that marker on the map. Shulker boxes can now be undyed using a cauldron .Elytra now requires phantom membrane to repair in an anvil instead of leather .Further revisions Java Edition 1.13.1 added a search bar to select world screens, re-added the punch-detonate TNT ability, allowed fish to drop bone meal , added dead coral , added a new /forceload squid , and fixed bugs.1.13.2 fixed several bugs.Bedrock Edition 1.4 (Phase One) 1.4.1 was released exclusively on Android and Fire OS to fix a bug involving players losing previously purchased items.1.4.2 fixed several crash-related bugs.1.4.3 was released exclusively on iOS devices to fix some bugs and added a new map by Blockception.1.4.4 was released exclusively on Android and Fire OS to fix a bug that had issues with telemetry.1.5 (Phase Two) 1.5.1 fixed several bugs present in the official release of 1.5.0.1.5.2 fixed a lone bug regarding bitmap on low-end devices.1.5.3 fixed the lost inventory bug along with several other bugs.Videos Trailer A trailer documenting some of the Update Aquatic's features was released on Mojang Studios' official YouTube channel on July 10, 2018.
Note: The video's footage is taken from the Bedrock Edition.
Showcases Videos made by slicedlime :
Java Edition Bedrock Edition Phase One Phase Two Other Trivia The Update Aquatic poster seen in the Minecraft Dungeons Gallery
Update Aquatic logo
Update Aquatic (Phase 1) artwork
Update Aquatic final artwork
Update Aquatic final artwork
Update Aquatic artwork
Technically Updated artwork, prior to being merged into Update Aquatic
References
↑ "Update Aquatic - Dive in!" – Minecraft on YouTube, July 10, 2018↑ "Java Edition Technically Updated!" by Marsh Davies – Minecraft.net , January 24, 2018.↑ "Update Aquatic Out On Java!" by Adrian Östergård – Minecraft.net , July 18, 2018.↑ "An update for Minecraft Console Edition on Sony consoles is rolling out worldwide now, and later today/early tomorrow on Xbox 360 and Wii U !" – @4JStudios (4JStudios) on X (formerly Twitter), September 11, 2018↑ "Update Aquatic Phase One is out now!" by Tom Stone – Minecraft.net , May 16, 2018.↑ "Who is ready for #UpdateAquatic part 2? Switch players should start seeing the update right now, with other platforms diving in later today! Get ready for Turtles, Conduits, and more! – @Mega_Spud on X (formerly Twitter), July 10, 2018↑ "Update Aquatic Released for Minecraft: Education Edition" . ↑ "重磅来袭！《我的世界》海洋更新上线时间首次曝光！" . ↑ "MINECON Earth 2017 Livestream" – Minecraft on YouTube, November 18, 2017↑ "Interview mit Jeb! Ihr konntet die Fragen stellen!" – MineTimes. External links Navigation
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Trapdoors, 
pressure plates, and 
buttons for the other 5 types of 
wood besides oak
coral blocks, 5 types of 
corals, and 5 types of 
coral fans
dead coral fans
Kelp
Dried kelp block
Seagrass
Sea pickles
Turtle eggs
Blue ice
Conduit
Prismarine stairs and slabs
Trident
damage.
Scute
Turtle shell
Dried kelp
) hunger point.
Phantom membrane
Heart of the sea
Nautilus shell
Potion of the Turtle Master
Arrow of the Turtle Master
Potion of Slow Falling
Arrow of Slow Falling
Debug stick
Buried treasure explorer map
Slow Falling
Conduit Power
Dolphin's Grace
Phantom
Dolphin
Turtles
Drowned
Cod, 
salmon, 
pufferfish, and 3,584 types of 
tropical fish.
Shipwrecks
Icebergs,[9] which generate in frozen ocean biomes
Underwater ruins
Buried treasures
Coral reefs
Warm, 
lukewarm, and cold variants of 
ocean and 
deep ocean biomes, as well as a 
deep frozen ocean biome.
The End, 
End Midlands, 
End Highlands, 
End Barrens and 
Small End Islands.
Update Aquatic logo
Update Aquatic (Phase 1) artwork
Update Aquatic final artwork
Update Aquatic final artwork
Update Aquatic artwork
Technically Updated artwork, prior to being merged into Update Aquatic
Development
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