Today Microsoft and Mojang released a new video about the Caves & Cliffs update for the massively popular sandbox game Minecraft.
In the video, the game’s developers explain what we can expect from the split into a Part 1 (which will come on June 8 for all platforms) and part 2, which will be released in the Holiday season.
We also hear that there are already plans in places about what will come beyond Caves & Cliffs, and those will be shared at Minecraft Live 2021.
If you’re unfamiliar with the update, you can check out an official description of what you can expect from Part 1 below.
“The update will be available for Minecraft: Bedrock Edition on Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android, and Windows 10 – as well as Java Edition on Windows, macOS, and Linux. Clearly, nobody is safe from those dreaded creatures. The good news is that the update also includes the lovely and totally-harmless-unless-you’re-a-drowned axolotls! Unfortunately, they’re confined to either water or a bucket, so they won’t be able to join my anti-goat crusade.
But that’s not all – the once Minecraft Earth-exclusive mob, the glow squid, will also be gracing our oceans! While I was Team Mooshroom (another petition I need to get around to), I’m just glad this one won’t be rewarding my kindness with a brutal shove. Plus, it’s so pretty it might just motivate me to build that huge aquarium I’ve always wanted.
And what would a Minecraft update be without blocks? This round, there’s plenty of them. Some of them will just pop up in the world, while others might be a bit trickier to discover. If instant gratification is your thing, then you can always switch to Creative mode, where you can access them all, from amethyst to dripleaves, and the highly anticipated copper block! Much like my referential humor, this block shows its age after being placed in the world, giving your builds a sense of history and a more organic feel. However, I think the most exciting thing for me is the spyglass! My eyesight isn’t what it used to be, so those goats really seem to come from nowhere right now.”
Unfortunately, the “Caves & Cliffs” won’t actually be there in the update, as the world-generation part of the patch was spun-off to the Holiday season. That being said, we’re also getting new materials to build with and animals to play with.
