Minecraft Pale Garden biome: everything we know about the upcoming update

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New creature coming to Minecraft, a wood man called the Creaking in its home Pale Garden desaturated forest biome

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The Pale Garden is Minecraft’s next biome, and we got a first glimpse of it during Minecraft Live 2024. Bringing a new haunting mob and an entirely new land to navigate, the Pale Garden is set to roll out in December and is the second half of two drops announced. The first, Bundles and Bravery, already came out in October. So, we’re just waiting to get lost in the Garden now.

But even though this update is set to launch next month, we still don’t know much about what to expect. Since Mojang announced that it’s moving tomore frequent, smaller updates, that may be the majority of the feature list for this year, but we also expect a little more information to come out about what to expect the closer we get to launch. In the meantime here’s everything we know so far.

Pale Garden drop

When does the Pale Garden drop release?

As shared ona Minecraft blog post, the Pale Garden update, “The Garden Awakens” will roll out onDecember 3. Initially, we were told this update was a “holiday update” so it’s nice to finally have a date that doesn’t leave us waiting around until the end of the year. Unfortunately, the blog post didn’t fill in any blanks for information we are waiting on about the update, so we’ve still got a lot of exploring to do when it does release.

Is this version 1.22 of Minecraft?

It’s safe to say that the Pale Garden biome and Bundles of Bravery drop are not the 1.22 version of Minecraft. In fact, it looks like The Garden Awakens will be Minecraft version 1.21.4. Rather than getting a big update over the summer, we’ve had two ‘drops’ this year, and the Pale Garden is the last of the lot. When version 1.22 of Minecraft will come out is still a mystery.

What is the Pale Garden biome?

Minecraft Live 2024: Pale Garden & Creaking - YouTubeWatch On

Minecraft Live 2024: Pale Garden & Creaking - YouTube

The pale garden is an entirely new biome being added to both Java and Bedrock Minecraft. It will add a new wood type, new new leaves, and moss types too. Going off the announcement trailer from Minecraft Live 2024, the Pale Garden looks like the saturation of a birch forest has been turned down. The whole place is totally gray. This biome has been designed with the intention of disorientating players, and as the developers describe in Minecraft Live, there’s something eerily unfamiliar that we haven’t experienced in any biomes before.

As the name of the biome suggests, the wood the pale garden trees produce is white, very different from the yellowish tones of birch wood, which finally gives us a white block aside from quartz and wool. Pale oak can be used to craft all your standard wood-based products like doors, fences, and gates, all with the same whitish color. As for the pale oak leaves and moss, they are desaturated greens, and their use remains as much a mystery as the rest of the update. The biome is also designed to be hauntingly quiet and give you the feeling that something is watching your every move.

The pale garden biome will also add creaking heart blocks, which act similarly to mob spawners from what we’ve seen. Creaking hearts look similar to a wood block, but a striking orange center stands out and is probably going to be our best bet in identifying them while exploring. When placed between two pale oak logs, the creaking heart will summon an entirely new mob for the update—the creaking.

New mobs for the Pale Garden biome

The creaking is the newest haunting and hostile mob for Minecraft. It only spawns at night, so you can easily avoid it if you want. But you’ll need to keep your eyes peeled if you’re brave enough to go out hunting for it. The creaking is made of dark wood and blends into the shadows of the pale garden very easily. The only part of its design that makes it recognizable are its glowing yellow eyes, similar to the markings of gold ore.

Bundles of Bravery drop

What is the Bundles of Bravery drop?

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All About Bundles & Hardcore - YouTube

But as the title of the update implies, the most exciting part of the update is the addition of the in-game item—bundles. Bundles are like craftable backpacks that add additional storage spots to your inventory, allowing you to neaten up your pockets and keep collecting blocks. This is great if you don’t embark on an adventure with chests ready to store your findings, which I’ve constantly fallen victim to.

Bundles can be crafted in two ways depending on whether you’re playing Java or Bedrock. For Bedrock players, all you need is a piece of leather and a piece of string, with the string going on top of the leather when crafting. For Java players, you can use this method, or use two pieces of string in the top corners of a crafting table, and fill every square except the middle with rabbit hide. Once you’ve created your bundle, you can also dye them any color you like.

To do so, place the bundle and the dye of your choice next to each other when crafting. Utilizing different colors will make it even easier for you to sort your inventory and keep things neat and tidy. Gone are the days of frantically scanning to find the weapons you’d stashed away in favor of pickaxes and torches while you were mining.

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