Complete Guide to Minecraft 1.22: Features, Updates, and Tips

During the recent Minecraft Live 2024 event, Mojang unveiled the initial details regarding the upcoming Minecraft 1.22 update.

Dates	Announced Updates
September 28, 2024	Winter Drop: Introducing the Pale Garden biome and the Creaking hostile mob.
September 28, 2024	Bundles of Bravery: The addition of Bundles (item) and Hardcore mode for Bedrock Edition.

Winter Drop: The First Step Towards Minecraft 1.22

The Winter Drop, set to launch in the winter of 2024-2025, introduces a new overworld biome called the Pale Garden, featuring various new blocks and elements along with a new hostile mob known as Creaking.

Pale Garden biome in Minecraft — Image Source: Mojang via Twinfinite

Exploring the Pale Garden: Biome Features

The Pale Garden resembles traditional oak forests, but its pale oak trees display a notably grayer color palette, giving them a desaturated appearance. The sky, water, and other blocks also share this muted aesthetic. Among the trees, players will find patches of pale moss blocks and carpets, along with pale hanging moss, pale oak leaves, and pale oak saplings adorning the landscape.

Pale oak trees are valuable for harvesting pale oak logs and planks, which can be utilized to craft various decorative items, including:

Pale Oak Boat
Pale Oak Stairs
Pale Oak Slab
Pale Oak Sign
Pale Oak Hanging Sign
Pale Oak Button
Pale Oak Pressure Plate
Pale Oak Door
Pale Oak Fence
Pale Oak Fence Gate
Pale Oak Trapdoor

Introducing Creaking: The New Hostile Mob

Some pale oak trees may conceal Creaking Hearts, which act as spawners for the new Creaking hostile mobs. Players can harvest these hearts from the tops of pale oak tree trunks with an axe that has the Silk Touch enchantment. Dropped hearts can only be activated at night, the sole time when mobs spawn in the Pale Garden.

Here are some essential points to consider when spawning Creaking mobs:

Once a Creaking spawns, it cannot be harmed.
Destroying the Creaking Heart spawner is necessary to eliminate all Creakings.
A Creaking Heart positioned between two similarly aligned pale oak logs or wood blocks becomes dormant.
At night, a dormant Creaking Heart verifies if the matching logs are still in place. If they are not, it deactivates.
In all other situations, it activates and spawns two Creakings simultaneously.

Creaking hostile mob in Minecraft 1.22 update — Image Source: Screenshot by Twinfinite

Bundles of Bravery: Upcoming Update

Following the Winter Drop, Mojang will launch a highly anticipated Hardcore mode for Bedrock Edition, titled “Bundles of Bravery,”featuring the following attributes: