The Wild Update

This article is about the update that adds the Deep Dark and Mangrove Swamps. For the soundtrack, see Minecraft: The Wild Update (Original Game Soundtrack). For the item, see Wild Armor Trim.
The Wild Update
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Release date

Java and Bedrock editions:
June 7, 2022
Education Edition:
April 12, 2023

Version(s)
The Wild Update logo.
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See Java Edition guides/The Wild Update and Bedrock Edition guides/The Wild Update for a guide to all of the new features introduced in The Wild Update.

Set your sights for adventure, wander aimlessly, or seek out something new in The Wild Update! The choices are endless, and all of them yours.

minecraft.net on The Wild Update

The Wild Update is a major update released on June 7, 2022, as Java Edition 1.19 and Bedrock Edition 1.19.0,[1] themed around "scary things" and natural wilderness. It introduces the deep dark and mangrove swamp biomes; ancient cities; mobs such as the allay, the frog, the tadpole, and the warden, as well as new items obtainable only in these new biomes.

Key art

On Java Edition, the first publicly-available build containing The Wild Update content is Deep Dark Experimental Snapshot 1, which was released on February 17, 2022. The first pre-release for The Wild Update was released on May 18, 2022 and the first release candidate was released on June 2, 2022.

Additions

Blocks

Froglight

  • Obtained from frogs eating small magma cubes.
  • Froglight color depends on the frog type.

Frogspawn

  • Spawned in the water after breeding two frogs.
  • Hatches into tadpoles.
  • Cannot be obtained even with Silk Touch.

Reinforced Deepslate

  • Found in the centerpiece of the ancient city.
  • Cannot be moved with a piston, and mining is slow and will not drop the item.

New mangrove wood type, found in the mangrove swamp biome:

New mud blocks:

New sculk blocks, all found in the deep dark:

  • Sculk
  • Sculk Catalyst
  • Sculk Shrieker
    • Causes a shriek sound and particle effect to be made when activated by the player or nearby sculk sensors.
    • Has a warning system where the player can only activate the sculk shrieker three times; upon the fourth shriek, a warden will spawn.
    • Sculk shriekers placed by the player or generated by sculk catalysts cannot spawn a warden.
  • Sculk Sensor
    • Detects any vibrations within a 8-block radius.
    • Vibration detection can be dampened with wool or carpet.
    • Emits a redstone signal depending on vibration frequency and close proximity.
  • Sculk Vein

Items

Bucket of Tadpole

  • Obtained by using a water bucket on a tadpole.
  • Can be used to transport the tadpole to a new location.

Echo Shard

Goat Horns

  • Obtained from goats ramming into blocks native to their biome.
  • Has eight different variants, four from normal goats, and four from screaming goats.

Recovery Compass

  • Used to point to the location of the player's last death.

New music disc:

Spawn eggs:

  • Allay Spawn Egg
  • Frog Spawn Egg
    • Used to spawn a frog.
  • Tadpole Spawn Egg
  • Warden Spawn Egg
  • Ender Dragon Spawn Egg
  • Iron Golem Spawn Egg
  • Snow Golem Spawn Egg
  • Trader Llama Spawn Egg‌
  • Wither Spawn Egg

Mobs

Allay

Frog

Tadpole

  • Hatches from frogspawn
  • Will mature to a frog; its type depending on the biome they are matured in.
  • Can be moved with a water bucket.

Warden

  • Powerful, yet evadable hostile mob, with the most health out of any mob.
  • Spawns in from above after enough sculk shriekers have been activated.
  • A blind mob that can only detect players and mobs using vibration, smell, and touch.
  • Upon finding a target, the warden roars and pursues the target.
  • If it cannot reach the target, the warden does a sonic boom attack that bypasses armor, enchantments, shields, and other mob-related armor.
  • If not aggravated for 60 seconds, the warden will burrow down and despawn.
  • Drops a sculk catalyst when killed.

Non-mob entities

Boat with Chest

  • A variant of the boat used to also provide item storage.

Mangrove Boat

Biomes

Deep Dark

Mangrove Swamp

Generated structures

Ancient city[2]

Mangrove tree

Enchantments

Swift Sneak

  • Used on leggings to provide a quicker sneaking speed.

Effects

Darkness

  • Occurs upon activating a sculk shrieker or being in close proximity with a warden.
  • Similar to blindness, but with a pulsating darkness limiting visibility with 14 blocks.

Music

Four new ambient tracks from Lena Raine were added; all but "Ancestry" would play on the main menu until Trails & Tales.

Changes

Mobs

Vex

  • The model and texture of the vex has been changed.

Further revisions

Java Edition

  • 1.19.1 was released to add allay duplication, player chat reports, chat signing status indicators, and fix bugs.
  • 1.19.2 was released to fix 2 critical bugs.
  • 1.19.3 was released to overhaul the creative inventory, change the vex model, add new default skins and fix bugs.
  • 1.19.4 was released to add the /ride and /damage commands, make technical changes, and fix bugs.

Bedrock Edition

  • 1.19.2 was released to fix bugs after the release of 1.19.0.
  • 1.19.10 was released to bring more parity with Java Edition and fix bugs.
  • 1.19.11 was released to fix bugs after the release of 1.19.10.
  • 1.19.20 was released to bring even more parity with Java Edition and fix bugs.
  • 1.19.21 was released to fix bugs after the release of 1.19.20.
  • 1.19.22 was released to fix bugs after the release of 1.19.21.
  • 1.19.30 was released to bring even more parity with Java Edition and fix bugs.
  • 1.19.31 was released to fix bugs after the release of 1.19.30.
  • 1.19.40 was released to bring even more parity with Java Edition and fix bugs.
  • 1.19.41 was released to fix bugs after the release of 1.19.40.
  • 1.19.50 was released to bring even more parity with Java Edition and fix bugs.
  • 1.19.51 was released to fix bugs after the release of 1.19.50.
  • 1.19.60 was released to bring even more parity with Java Edition and fix bugs.
  • 1.19.62 was released to fix bugs after the release of 1.19.60.
  • 1.19.63 was released to fix bugs after the release of 1.19.62.
  • 1.19.70 was released to bring even more parity with Java Edition and fix bugs.
  • 1.19.71 was released to fix bugs after the release of 1.19.70.
  • 1.19.72 was released exclusively on PlayStation 4 to fix a lone bug that prevented players from purchasing or renewing Realms.
  • 1.19.73 was released to fix even more bugs.
  • 1.19.80 was released to add the "Short Sneaking" experimental toggle, bring even more parity with Java Edition, and fix bugs.
  • 1.19.81 was released to fix bugs after the release of 1.19.80.
  • 1.19.83 was released to fix bugs after the release of 1.19.81.

Videos

Trailers

Main article: Mojang cinematics

Showcases

Videos made by slicedlime:

Soundtrack

Trivia

  • While this update introduces mud as a block, mud has existed in the franchise as a fluid in Minecraft Earth. The properties of mud in this update are identical to a block.
  • Fireflies were originally planned for this update, but were ultimately scrapped as some species of fireflies are poisonous to some species of frogs in real life.[3] This decision was heavily criticized by the community.
  • To promote The Wild Update, Mojang released a free choose your own adventure game on minecraft.net called Craft Your Own Adventure: Wild Tales.[4]
  • Kingbdogz stated in a tweet that the souls in the warden's chest is incredibly important to its lore.[5]
  • The official artwork and trailer for the update is notable for marking the first appearance of Sunny and Noor, before their official introduction into the game.
    • Similarly, Efe's first appearance was in the What Will You Uncover trailer.

Gallery

Official artwork

Development screenshots

Concept artwork

Some concept art in this gallery was originally made for the Caves & Cliffs update.

Environments


Deep dark and ancient city


Warden and sculk

Trailer


References

External links

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