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Minecraft is an ever-changing world, more living than not, with players constantly re-inventing and building to their heart’s desire. As such, the game also has to change to accommodate this. Every Minecraft update is a vital part of what keeps the game fresh and fun to play, making changes to crafting, creature mobs, building, and just general quality of life.
When is the next Minecraft update?
Update 1.20, Trails and Tails, is available on all platforms now, and oh boy is it a big one!
What will Minecraft Trails and Tails 1.20 add?
Buckle up, block fans – this is a big one. Coming to Minecraft 1.20 is a new biome, a new mob, and a new mode of playing. Check it out:
The latest Minecraft patch notes
All features and changes from the “Update 1.20” experimental pack are now part of the game
- Added Archaeology
- Added Sniffer mob, Torchflowers and Pitcher Plants
- Added Camel mob
- Added Smithing Template items and redesigned the Smithing Table
- Added a new armor trimming system to visually customize your armor
- Changed how Netherite equipment is crafted
- Added the Cherry Grove biome and Cherry Wood Set
- Added the Bamboo Wood Set
- Added the Chiseled Bookshelf block
- Added Hanging Signs
- Improved customization options for Signs
- Added the Calibrated Sculk Sensor block
- Vibration resonance functionality has been added to Blocks of Amethyst
- Added playable mob sounds with Mob Heads on Note Blocks
- Added Piglin Mob Head
- New music tracks added to Cherry Groves, Desert, Jungle, Badlands, and Flower Forest biomes
- New Trails & Tales Advancements
Archaology
- Added craftable Brush item
- Added Suspicious Sand and Suspicious Gravel
- Suspicious Sand can be found in Desert Temples, Desert Wells and Warm Ocean Ruins
- Suspicious Gravel can be found in Cold Ocean Ruins and Trail Ruins
- Added the Trail Ruins, a buried structure from a lost culture
- Four types of Armor Trim Templates can be found here
- Trail Ruins can be found in Taigas, Snowy Taigas, all Old Growth forest biomes, and Jungles
- A new music disc can be found by brushing suspicious blocks in this structure
- When put in a Jukebox, “Relic” by Aaron Cherof is played
- Added Pottery Sherds
- Pottery Sherds have pictures on them
- A total of 20 sherds have been distributed between the 5 Archaeology sites: Desert Wells, Desert Temples, Cold Ocean Ruins, Warm Ocean Ruins, and Trail Ruins
Decorated pots
Crafting four Pottery Sherds together will create a Decorated Pot with a picture on each side.
Sniffer
The Sniffer is the mob vote winner of Minecraft Live 2022. Sniffers are passive, friendly mobs that sniff the air and occasionally dig for seeds, which produce Torchflower Seeds or Pitcher Pod items. Sniffers can only dig grass and dirt-like blocks. Sniffers can be tempted by, and bred with Torchflowers Seed.
Sniffer eggs can be found by brushing the Suspicious Sand of Warm Ocean Ruins. When two Sniffers breed they do not immediately spawn a Snifflet; instead, a Sniffer Egg is dropped When placed in the world, the Sniffer Egg will hatch after some time:
- When placed on Moss, the Egg will hatch in approximately 10 minutes. On all other blocks, it will hatch in approximately 20 minutes.
Camels
- Camels can be equipped with a Saddle and ridden by two players
- Camels spawn naturally when Desert Villages generate
- Camels can be tempted by holding Cactus
- Feed Cactus to Camels to breed them
- Camels are tall
- Most hostile mobs will not be able to reach you when you are on a Camel
- They can walk over Fences and Walls
- Camels randomly sit down and while sitting, it is difficult to convince them to move
- Camels can either walk slowly or sprint quickly
- They can also dash forward but will lose stamina for a while when doing so
Smithing
Smithing Tables have been redesigned into a workstation for physical equipment upgrades and modifications
Netherite equipment
Netherite equipment crafting now also requires a Netherite Upgrade Smithing Template
Armor trims
- You can now visually customize your armor with a variety of unique trims at the Smithing Table
- Armor trims are purely visual with no gameplay benefits
- Armor trims can be applied to Helmets, Chestplates, Leggings and Boots
- Armor Trim Smithing Templates can be found all throughout the world, and each of the structures contain their own unique Smithing Templates
- Smithing Templates are found in chests in their respective structure
Some Armor Trim Smithing Templates are rarer than others, so be on the lookout for them to impress your friends! - An armor trim has two properties: a pattern and a material
- The viable ingredients you can use to define the color of your armor trim are the following:
- Iron, Copper, Gold, Lapis, Emerald, Diamond, Netherite, Redstone, Amethyst, Quartz
Cherry groves
Added a new Cherry Grove biome, with pretty cherry blossom trees. The biome can be found in the mountains, in similar places as Meadows. The update added a new Cherry wood set, with all the corresponding wooden things you can craft from it.
Bamboo wood
Added a new Bamboo wood set, with all the corresponding wooden things you can craft from it. A block of Bamboo can be crafted from 9 Bamboo and can be stripped like other wood logs.
Chiseled bookshelf
A new, chiseled variation of the Bookshelf.
- Crafted with 6 planks and 3 wooden slabs
- Can store Books, Book and Quills, Written Books, Enchanted Books, and Knowledge Books
Hanging signs
Hanging Signs are a more expensive version of normal Signs and can be hung up.
Signs
The following changes have been made for both Signs and Hanging Signs.
- Sign text can now be edited after being placed in the world
- Both sides of the Sign can now have separate text and colors, allowing for further customization options
- Signs can now also be waxed with Honeycomb, preventing any further edits to its text
- Opening the sign edit screen in singleplayer no longer pauses the game
Calibrated Sculk Sensors
A new variant of Sculk Sensors that allows you to filter vibrations based on their frequency level.
New music
Added the following new music tracks by Aaron Cherof to Cherry Groves, Desert, Jungle, Badlands, and Flower Forest biomes:
- A Familiar Room
- Bromeliad
- Crescent Dunes
- Echo in the Wind
- Added a new music disc with the track “Relic” by Aaron Cherof, found in Trail Ruins
Advancements
- Smells Interesting: Obtain a Sniffer Egg
- Little Sniffs: Feed a Snifflet (requires Smells interesting)
- Planting the Past: Plant any Sniffer seed (requires Little sniffs)
- Respecting the Remnants: Brush a Suspicious block to obtain a Pottery Sherd
- Careful Restoration: Make a Decorated Pot out of 4 Pottery Sherds (requires Respecting the Remnants)
- Crafting a New Look: Craft a trimmed armor at a Smithing Table
- Smithing with Style: Apply these Trim Smithing Templates at least once: Spire, Snout, Rib, Ward, Silence, Vex, Tide, Wayfinder (requires Crafting a New Look)
- The Power of Books: Read the power signal of a Chiseled Bookshelf using a Comparator
CHANGES
- Changes to Sculk Sensor block behaviors
- Vibration frequencies of many actions in the game have been tweaked
- Colored Wool, Carpets and Beds can now be dyed to any other color
- Replaceable blocks no longer block the connection between enchanting tables and bookshelves
- Wither effect particle and Potion of Slow Falling color have been adjusted to make them more distinguishable
- Updated step sounds
- Updated Advancements
- The main menu background is now a Trails & Tales panorama
- Updated the Minecraft Java Edition logo
- Updated the Minecraft Realms logo
- The game’s application icon has been updated
- This will be a Grass Block in release versions, and a Dirt Block in snapshot versions
- Updated the credits
- Added the ability to scroll upwards by pressing the up arrow key
- The game will now display a message box on startup if user enabled text-to-speech functionality, but it is not available
- Removed Herobrine
For more details on the nitty gritty, check out the whole 1.20 update post on the Minecraft website.
If you want to play Minecraft on mobile, you can also download it on Google Play and the App Store. We also have a guide for how to play Minecraft: Pocket Edition on PC, and a guide for Minecraft Earth updates, just in case you fancy playing one of the best location based games on mobile.
