Since Mojang added wolves to Minecraft’s Java Version beta in 2011, they’ve remained just about the identical, with just one variant (compared to the sport’s 11 totally different cats and a powerful 2,700 totally different tropical fish). Fairly a number of gamers have begged Mojang so as to add extra wolves — and now, after 13 years, it appears their work has lastly paid off.
In a weblog submit right this moment, Mojang revealed that it is testing out eight new wolf variations for the sport’s subsequent replace. In line with the weblog submit, every new wolf variant lives in its personal biome and has its personal rarity. (The sport’s unique wolf can be sticking round within the taiga biome, however it’s now known as the Pale Wolf.)
Whereas Minecraft’s revamped wolves aren’t in an official launch of the sport proper now, they’ll at present be examined by putting in the newest snapshot, which additionally options the long-requested wolf armor.
After all, the Minecraft neighborhood was thrilled by the long-awaited announcement, with a number of gamers sharing that the replace was sufficient to attract them again into the sport.
they added wolf variants to minecraft LETS GOOOO pic.twitter.com/KuO4DQMfww— Dave Kratzy (@Krtzyy) March 6, 2024
GUYSS THE NEW MINECRAFT DOG VARIANTS!!! which one in case you favourite personally I might do something for the little chestnut man and the woods wolf pic.twitter.com/njeUoyPTxX— Snifferish (@snifferish) March 6, 2024
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A couple of gamers even deemed it the sport’s greatest snapshot ever.
minecraft snapshot 24w10a provides new canine to minecraft. is that this the very best snapshot ever?? pic.twitter.com/Vi3q0s6R22— wattles ? (@itiswattles) March 6, 2024
Finest Minecraft snapshot ever.— fWhip : Bryce (@Failwhip) March 6, 2024
We gave Minecraft a 9 in our 2011 evaluation, calling it “a clean web page simply daring you to leap in and do with it what you’ll.” Since then, it is modified fairly a bit, with its newest main replace including camels and archaeology. The sport’s annual addition of mobs hasn’t been with out controversy, although — final yr, gamers even “unionized” to petition Mojang to abolish the mob vote.
Amelia Zollner is a contract author at IGN who loves all issues indie and Nintendo. Outdoors of IGN, they’ve contributed to websites like Polygon and Rock Paper Shotgun, they usually’re at present creating a recreation known as Storage Sale. Discover them on Twitter: @ameliazollner.
