Mojang has teased Minecraft’s subsequent sport drop, giving followers a sneak peek at a few of its options.
As revealed at Minecraft LIVE, Ice Caves are coming to the sport, including a brand new and uncommon underground extension of chilly biomes with glowing ice crystals and environmental selection. Ice Caves embrace a brand new hostile mob, the frozen zombie, which may apply freezing results and throw damaging ice balls. The ice balls will also be used as weapons or to craft potions, including strategic choices for fight situations.
Mojang mentioned Ice Caves add an entire new layer of selection to chilly biomes, making exploring underground much more attention-grabbing, because of the elevated environmental variety. “Although they might be lovely, these caves are removed from protected,” the developer mentioned.
Ice crystals will be present in ice caves and will be positioned each vertically and horizontally, offering plenty of potential for adornment and constructing. They’ll even be used as a lightweight supply. The Frozen Zombie, in the meantime, applies a stacking freezing impact with its melee assaults. For those who take sufficient hits, you may freeze. It additionally throws ice balls at you, which apply knockback and deal injury. Regular zombies can convert into Frozen when uncovered to powder snow. Gamers can already convert Husks into Zombies, and now Zombies into Frozen, opening the door for superior mob farms.
Frozen drop ice balls on demise, permitting gamers to make use of them as nicely, however they will also be crafted and used to brew a brand new potion. As a weapon, ice balls deal injury and apply knockback, and as a potion it will possibly freeze gamers.
For extra, take a look at every part introduced at Minecraft LIVE.
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