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Concept art is artwork created by concept artists that shows early iterations of features in Minecraft. Concept art of features currently in development are often released through Mojang Studios' official social media. This page lists all concept art released, ordering by named updates and annual votes.

Early concept art

Inventory
Crafting
Human characters
Human character
Minecraft logo
Note block
Burning skull painting
Minecraft logo
Minecraft logo
Minecraft website
Glide mini game map
Piston concept art

Named updates

Exploration Update

Llama

Update Aquatic

Concept art for features released in Update Aquatic.

Phantom revisions
Red phantom
Phantom

Village & Pillage

Concept art for features released in Village & Pillage.

Wandering trader and trader llama
Wandering trader
Wandering trader
Pillager
Pillager
Ravager
Ravager
Ravager
Early version of the Panda
Panda

Buzzy Bees

Concept art for features released in Buzzy Bees.

Bee iterations
Bee
Bee flying
Bee

Nether Update

Concept art for features released in the Nether Update.

Nether
Nether
Nether
Strider
Strider
Strider
Strider

Caves & Cliffs

Concept art for features released in Caves & Cliffs.

Lush caves
Lush caves
Lush caves
Lush caves at night
Dripstone caves and pointed dripstone
Lake caves
Lake caves
Flooded caves
Axolotl and the warden
"Cutie in a Bucket" - concept art of axolotl
School of axolotls
Axolotl, goat, and warden
Underground crystals, which were later reiterated into amethyst geodes
Ditto
Depicting other iterations of axolotls for legs and frills, along with the unimplemented "suction" behavior.
"Axolotl Patterns" - Grayscale art of unimplemented axolotl patterns
"Axolotl Colors" 1 - Sketches for other axolotl colors
"Axolotl Colors" 2 - Flipped gold axolotl depicting a concept for its belly
"Axolotl Possible Combinations" - The unimplemented patterns mixed with various axolotl colors
Iterations of legs tested on the model
Other iterations of legs tested on the model
Axolotl
Crying axolotl

The Wild Update

Concept art for features released in The Wild Update.

Mangrove roots
Mangrove swamp
Swamp
Birch forest
Three forest biomes
Previous concept art being made
Frog
Frog early model
Frog early model
Frog croaking
Frog flicking its tongue
Frog
Frog limbs
Frog legs and movement
Unused variant based on a poison dart frog
Frog with closed eyes and tongue function
Frog early models
Frog early model
Frog early model with new texture
Frog early models compared to a player
Mangrove swamp with a frog
Deep dark and ancient city
Deep dark with white color theme
Deep dark with white color theme
Deep dark with white color theme
Deep dark with "ghostly white" blocks
Deep dark with an orange theme
Deep dark with an orange theme
Deep dark render with an orange theme
Deep dark with a teal and orange theme
Deep dark with a teal and orange theme
Deep dark with a lime green theme
Ancient city
Ancient city "atmosphere"
Pots, vases, and stone chests for ancient cities
Pots, vases, and stone chests for ancient cities
"Lifelessness" of an ancient city
Ruin layout
Ancient city gameplay
More ancient city gameplay
Ancient city blocks
Ancient city walls
Stone chest
Axolotl and warden
A "scale of cuteness" depicting the axolotl, goat, and warden
The stalker, an early version of the warden
Various concepts of the warden before sculk's appearance was fully-decided on
Features a smiling warden
Particles with the warden
Early warden with current sculk colors
Sketches of the final iteration of the warden, as well as other iterations for its ears
A version of sculk that went with the stalker iteration of the warden
The stalker with a rearranged form.
An early concept of the warden with an ethereal style.
An early concept of the warden, using the current sculk colors. This one floated or hovered.
Mood concept art for the warden.
Ditto but warden is roaring at bunny instead of looking at it.
Early iterations of the warden's tendrils.
Ditto but the third warden has a different tendril shape.
Ditto but the middle has another different tendril shape and color.
Early concepts of the warden's animations.
A warden in an ancient city standing with Alex.
Concept art of mojang's mojavatar maker with a warden head.
Trailer
Trailer
Trailer
Trailer
Trailer
Trailer
Trailer
One of the early concepts for the allay. This concept of the allay turned into the wisp from Minecraft Dungeons.
Concept art of possible allay colors.
Various iterations of how the allay could carry items.
An early prototype of the allay. Its limbs resembles the Baby Ghast from Minecraft Dungeons.

Trails & Tales

Concept art for features released in Trails & Tales.

Archeology
Camel
Camel
Camel
Camel
Camel
Camel
Sniffer
Sniffer
Sniffer
Sniffer
Sniffer walking animation sketch
Watercolor sniffer
Watercolor sniffer
Watercolor sniffer
Watercolor sniffer
Watercolor sniffer
Hanging sign drawn by Agnes Larsson's daughter
Hanging sign
Hanging sign dimensions
Hanging sign crafting recipe and block states
Block of bamboo
Bamboo raft and bamboo raft with chest
Block of bamboo and bamboo door

Armored Paws

Concept art for features released in Armored Paws.

Armadillo
Armadillo
Armadillo

Tricky Trials

Concept art for features released in Tricky Trials.

Various concepts of the breeze
Sketch of a breeze
Crafter
Crafter
Crafter
Crafter UI
Crafter UI
Crafter UI
Vault
Trial chambers
Trial chambers
Trial chambers
Trial chambers
Trial chambers

The Garden Awakens

Concept art for features released in The Garden Awakens.

Various concepts of the Creaking

Annual votes

This section lists the conceptual designs of features shown in annual vote videos.

MINECON Earth 2017

Mob A, "The Monster of the Ocean Depths"
Mob B, "The Monster of the Night Skies" (later added as the phantom)
Mob c, "The Great Hunger"
Mob D, "The Hovering Inferno" (later added to Minecraft Dungeons as the wildfire)