
At Minecraft Live, we showed off new blocks and capabilities coming soon, such as the copper ore, crystal geodes, telescopes, and talked about improvements to cave and mountain generation! We also revealed new mobs like the Warden, a hostile mob well adapted to the dark caves who reacts to movement instead sight, and the Axolotl, an adorable cave-dwelling water creature that can aid in battle.
Brace Yourself for…the Caves & Cliffs Update! This upcoming update for Minecraft will combine two highly anticipated improvements to the game: an update to caves, and the winner of the 2019 Minecon Live biome vote: mountains. Here’s an official breakdown directly from the press release. Cross-platform play on Xbox One, Xbox Game Pass, Windows PC, PS4 and Nintendo Switch is also coming. On top of that, Minecraft Dungeons will receive a new DLC titled “Howling Peaks” on top of a free update. We get to see the new “Caves & Cliffs” update which will improve caves and mountains and bring several elements to the original Minecraft Games
During the Minecraft Live broadcast, Microsoft and Mojang had a few news to share about the popular franchise.