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.

On Bedrock Edition, experimental content for The Wild Update have been released as part of 1.18.0, 1.18.10, and 1.18.30 prior to the finalized release.

Additions

Blocks

Froglight

  • Obtained from frogs eating small magma cubes.
  • Froglight color depends on the frog type.
  • Has three variants: pearlescent, verdant, and ochre.

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.

Mangrove wood set:

Mud family of blocks:

Sculk family of blocks:

  • 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
    • Up to 6 can be put on the same block space, merging into one block.
    • Does not drop experience when broken.

Items

Invicon Bucket of Tadpole.png: Sprite image for Bucket of Tadpole in Minecraft Bucket of tadpole

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

Invicon Disc Fragment 5.png: Sprite image for Disc Fragment 5 in Minecraft Disc fragment

Invicon Echo Shard.png: Sprite image for Echo Shard in Minecraft Echo shard

Invicon Goat Horn.png: Sprite image for Goat Horn in Minecraft Goat horn

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

Invicon Recovery Compass.png: Sprite image for Recovery Compass in Minecraft Recovery compass

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

Invicon Music Disc 5.png: Sprite image for Music Disc 5 in Minecraft "5" music disc

Invicon Allay Spawn Egg Revision 1.png: Sprite image for Allay Spawn Egg Revision 1 in Minecraft Invicon Frog Spawn Egg Revision 1.png: Sprite image for Frog Spawn Egg Revision 1 in Minecraft Invicon Tadpole Spawn Egg Revision 1.png: Sprite image for Tadpole Spawn Egg Revision 1 in Minecraft Invicon Warden Spawn Egg Revision 1.png: Sprite image for Warden Spawn Egg Revision 1 in Minecraft Invicon Iron Golem Spawn Egg Revision 1.png: Sprite image for Iron Golem Spawn Egg Revision 1 in Minecraft Invicon Snow Golem Spawn Egg Revision 1.png: Sprite image for Snow Golem Spawn Egg Revision 1 in Minecraft Invicon Ender Dragon Spawn Egg Revision 1.png: Sprite image for Ender Dragon Spawn Egg Revision 1 in Minecraft Invicon Wither Spawn Egg Revision 1.png: Sprite image for Wither Spawn Egg Revision 1 in Minecraft Spawn eggs

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.
  • Like fish mobs, tadpoles suffocate when on land, and being attacked by axolotls.

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.

Invicon Mangrove Boat.png: Sprite image for Mangrove Boat in Minecraft 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

Blocks

Scaffolding

  • Changed its texture.

Item

Invicon Polar Bear Spawn Egg Revision 1.png: Sprite image for Polar Bear Spawn Egg Revision 1 in Minecraft Polar bear spawn egg

Potion

Mob

Vex

  • The model and texture 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

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 received heavy criticism from 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.
  • So far, this is the last major update that has the word "Update" in its name. All subsequent major updates and game drops (e.g. Trails & Tales, Armored Paws, Tricky Trials, The Garden Awakens, Chase the Skies, etc.) do not have the word "Update" in their names. The first named major update whose name did not include "Update" was Village & Pillage, released in 2019.

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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