Mojang’s annual Minecraft showcase has come and gone as soon as once more, and though the times of the mob vote are lengthy gone, the developer had no scarcity of content material to announce for followers. After going over the fast-approaching Copper Age content material drop yet one more time (which lastly offers Minecraft followers nearly each use for copper they may ask for), Mojang turned its consideration to Mounts of Mayhem, the final replace of 2025. As its identify suggests, it is all about rideable mobs, and though it does not add a whole lot of options for current mounts thus far, it has lots for mob-riding followers to look ahead to.
Minecraft: Mounts of Mayhem’s Options So Far
The Nautilus Mob
Arguably the core characteristic in Mounts of Mayhem is the nautilus, an all-new aquatic mob. After years of teasing their existence with the nautilus shell merchandise, Mojang is including the nautilus as a brand new mount. Not solely does the nautilus give gamers a dramatically improved vary of motion underwater, but it surely prevents the participant from drowning so long as they’re mounted. Gamers can tame and breed nautiluses by feeding them pufferfish, and in the event that they’d like to guard their cephalopod companion (or simply costume it up) they will equip the nautilus with armor, very similar to Minecraft‘s horses.
The nautilus’ measurement and the power to tame it’s removed from true to life, clashing with realism in an analogous solution to the scrapped characteristic of frogs consuming fireflies, however however, taking inventive liberties with actuality has had some charming outcomes, as is usually the case in Minecraft.
The Zombie Nautilus
Gamers aren’t the one ones getting a brand new steed. Nautiluses may spawn in a zombie kind, and drowned zombies can journey these in the identical method because the participant. The zombie nautilus is a impartial mob when it is by itself, however giving Minecraft‘s already-lethal drowned mob extra mobility because it hurls tridents is a brutal mixture. With this new mob tag-team on the unfastened, it is no shock that gamers can outfit their nautiluses with armor.
Zombie Horses
There’s yet one more mob on this replace: the zombie horse. Followers have had probabilities to search out skeleton horses for years, however the zombie model has languished in Inventive mode exclusivity for simply as lengthy. Lastly, Mojang is placing zombie horses in Survival mode as a mount for Minecraft‘s traditional zombies. These horses are passive, so gamers can theoretically reclaim them from their riders, however they will burn within the solar, so that they require particular care. Possibly Mojang will let gamers remedy zombie horses in the identical method as zombie villagers, however that is simply hypothesis.
The Spear
The ultimate huge characteristic for Mounts of Mayhem is the most recent Minecraft weapon: the spear. Very like in actual life, the spear is primed for mounted fight, permitting gamers to stab enemies as they journey previous, but it surely additionally works as a longer-range melee weapon on foot. Notably, the spear offers extra injury primarily based on the participant’s pace; whether or not they’re using a horse or swooping previous with an elytra, Minecraft gamers who like hit-and-run techniques have a terrific new weapon on their palms. Minecraft added the mace final yr, so the spear suggests Mojang nonetheless has fight excessive on its thoughts. One wonders what different weapon updates would possibly present up subsequent yr.
As beneficiant as the primary take a look at Mounts of Mayhem was, it is totally potential Mojang hasn’t performed all its playing cards but. There are nonetheless loads of mount-related characteristic Minecraft might take a shot at, reminiscent of:
- Horseshoes that enhance a horse’s pace or leaping means
- Armor for camels, pigs, and happy ghasts
- New fence gates for corrals or barn doorways for higher mount housing
- Saddlebags for horses and camels
It is laborious to say if any of those options are in any respect seemingly, but it surely will not be lengthy earlier than followers discover out what else Mounts of Mayhem contains, if something. Mojang plans to launch this content material drop earlier than the tip of 2025, so it is all however assured that followers will hear extra about its contents within the subsequent month or so; it is only a matter of time.
- Launched
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November 18, 2011
- ESRB
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E10+ For Everybody 10+ Due To Fantasy Violence
