The Withering Effect is a podcast about Minecraft - Each episode joins our hosts as they avoid the Wither to bring you the latest news, experiences, ideas and opinions on the world's best-selling game. Whether you're down the darkest mine or building your base to the sky, take us on your next Minecraft adventure.
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Episode 186: Minecraft Live March 2025 Recap! (LIVE from our Server)
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42:06In this live episode, DuDs and Carl discuss their reaction to all the game drop announcements from the first of this year's Minecraft LIVE events. Plus, Mojang shared a preview from 'A Minecraft Movie' ...maybe this event should have just been an e-mail? Let us know in the comments! Watch the Video Version: https://youtube.com/live/4tv-oihLi1s Watc…
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Episode 185: Temperature Variants of Vanilla Mobs
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54:16In this episode, DuDs and Carl discuss all the warm and cold additions to Minecraft. Plus, is the Creaking just the exact opposite of an Enderman? Also, Mending Minecraft is back! Make sure you vote in this episode's poll on Spotify, YouTube, and Discord. Thank you to our Milk level Patrons: Aerington, aubni, FragileRock, Jronman, LOKIOLR, and The …
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Episode 184: Let's Create Together with aubni and Flazzerty
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57:14In this episode, DuDs and Carl are joined by aubni and Flazzerty from our 'Let's Create Together' server. Join us as we talk through our experiences getting to grips with the Create mod. Thank you to our Milk level Patrons: Aerington, aubni, FragileRock, Jronman, LOKIOLR, and The Meme Bug. (AD) Do you need a Minecraft server? BisectHosting is recom…
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Episode 183: Cubed! Podcast Special with Orbitzz and Charlie (Live from Cubed! 2024)
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47:04In this live episode, DuDs and Carl are joined by Orbitzz from InsideMC and Charlie from CubedCon on the Main Stage at Cubed! 2024 to discuss podcasting in Minecraft. Including growing a podcast and brand, the future of Minecraft as a medium, and creator outreach. Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/Auwn3c8L7l8 Thank you to our Milk level Pat…
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Episode 182: Minecraft Live 2024 Recap! (LIVE from our Server)
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49:09In this live episode, DuDs and Carl discuss all the news from Minecraft Live 2024! We cover the new format for the show. The next game drop Bundles and Bravery. The Pale Garden with its new mob The Creaking. Behind-the-scenes information on the upcoming "A Minecraft Movie". Plus, the in-person Minecraft Experience coming to Dallas very soon. Apolog…
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Episode 181: A Minecraft Movie Teaser Trailer is finally here!
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48:55In this special episode, DuDs and Carl discuss and review the Teaser Trailer that was recently released for "A Minecraft Movie". The film will enter Cinemas in April 2025 and stars Jack Black, Jason Momoa, Emma Myers, Danielle Brooks, Sebastian Eugene Hansen and Jennifer Coolidge. Plus, we have comments about the Teaser Trailer from our Discord mem…
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Episode 180: Growing Minecraft's Animal Kingdom with New Pets
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49:54In this episode, DuDs and Carl discuss Minecraft coming to PS5, the Cubed Con teasers, Goodpods now on Spotify for Podcasters, and Mending Minecraft will be coming back in a future episode! Plus, we have a listener comment from Teamchaotix9, asking if a Dagger should be added to Minecraft, it would not do a lot of damage normally, but if you critic…
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Episode 179: Do these features HURT Minecraft? with High Hopes
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52:34In this episode, DuDs and High Hopes discuss the celebrations for Minecraft's 15th anniversary, we have seen new capes, discounts on the games, and loads more. 1.21 brings changes to Witch drops, the Trial Chambers, and the Mace. We have three new Music Discs too... do they sound like Christmas to you? Plus, we have a listener comment from Boon, as…
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Episode 178: We LIKE these Minecraft CHANGES!
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44:20In this episode, DuDs and Carl discuss Bedrock Add-ons and Hermitcraft Season 9 coming to Marketplace. Plus, all the changes and updates coming to Minecraft 1.20.5 and 1.21, changes to our Patron Minecraft server, and you can now listen along with the show on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and our website. Also, we have two listener comments from JesseW. …
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Episode 177: Lava-Level Minecraft Opinions
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1:05:00In this episode, DuDs and Carl discuss Decked Out 2, Cloud Gaming, Veritgo, Single Player and DuDs Channel 64 Storage Room. In the News, There will be no more updates to Minecraft Legends, and Google Podcasts will close in April. Plus, We have two listener comments, the first is from JesseW, they ask what a Combat Update would mean for the Fletchin…
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Episode 176: Minecraft's Update Formula REVEALED?
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48:27In this episode, DuDs and Carl discuss Pre-Release 1 and 2 of Minecraft 1.20.3 which makes technical changes to the game and allows wind from the Breeze to break Decorated Pots, Chorus Flowers, and Pointed Dripstone blocks upon collision. Plus, We have two listener comments, the first is from Jronman, they ask what our thoughts are on the alternati…
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Episode 175: Minecraft Live 2023 Recap… 1.21 Revealed! (Live from our Server)
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47:49In this episode, DuDs and Carl are joined by LivAwesome from Channel 64 SMP to discuss our reaction to Minecraft Live 2023, recorded LIVE from our new studio on The Withering Effect Server. We cover our Mob Vote on Spotify and YouTube and see how it compares to the Official Mob Vote. All the announced Minecraft 1.21 features including Trial Chamber…
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Episode 174: Which Mob Should Join Minecraft? (LIVE from Cubed! 2023)
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59:17In this episode, DuDs and Carl are joined by LEONÉ and LivAwesome from Channel 64 to discuss our expectations for Minecraft Live 2023 and the Mobs in this year's Mob Vote, the Crab, Amadilo and Penguin. This episode was recorded LIVE on the Community Stage at CubedCon, so it's not as polished as our usual episodes but was a lot of fun to record. Wa…
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Episode 173: Gather, Cook, Eat with Tara
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1:05:39In this episode, DuDs and Carl discuss the recent snapshot that makes experimental changes to the Villager Trading System, including locking certain sort-after books to Librarian Villagers in certain biomes. Plus, We have two listener comments, the first is from Starhammer88 about the Netherite Smithing Template being a bad addition to Minecraft. T…
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Episode 172: Missed Opportunities in Minecraft 1.20
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55:44In this episode, DuDs and Carl discuss the release of Minecraft 1.20.1, Trails & Tales. Microsoft considered making Minecraft Dungeons exclusive to Xbox and PC, but it eventually shipped on most platforms, Microsoft has also come up against resistance from regulators in several counties when trying to acquire Activision, and DuDs recently tried out…
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Episode 171: Goodbye Jimbo with Carl and DiiKoj
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1:08:29In this episode, DuDs and Jimbo are joined by Carl and DiiKoj to discuss the release of Minecraft 1.20, Trails & Tales. Today (June 19th 2023) also marks four years of the podcast and a very special episode where we say goodbye to Jimbo, he has decided to step back from content creation both here on the podcast and on YouTube. Although we are sad t…
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Episode 170: Creating our own Minecraft Updates
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44:13In this episode, DuDs and Jimbo discuss Snapshot 23W16A for Minecraft 1.20, Trails & Tales, which changes Pottery Shards to Pottery Sherds and the Sniffer can now be tempted by Torchflower Seeds. We also had the release of Minecraft Legends recently, what do we think of it from the gameplay we have seen so far? Plus, We have two listener comments, …
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Episode 169: Sniffing Out Minecraft's Suspicious Dig Sites
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41:50In this episode, DuDs and Jimbo discuss the release of Minecraft 1.19 which brings changes to Horse breeding, easy Armor swap, and Potion colour changes. In addition, the Jukebox now works with hoppers to load and unload discs on Java. Plus, We have three listener comments, the first from Diveclops23 asks when we think Minecraft 1.20 will release. …
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Episode 168: Minecraft Server Hosting with Max
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1:00:49In this episode, DuDs and Jimbo are joined by Max Podkidkin, Co-Founder and CEO of BisectHosting to discuss the additions to Minecraft 1.20, including Archeology, Cherry blossom biome, and the Sniffer. They also talk about Minecraft server hosting, how Bisect started, and how customer service is the key to success. Plus, We have a listener comment …
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Episode 167: Custom Armor is coming to Minecraft!
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55:58In this episode, DuDs and Jimbo discuss the most significant changes and additions in Snapshot 23w03a for Minecraft 1.19.4, including the new ride command and Auto Jump being turned off by default. We also have some Breaking News with Custom Armor coming to Minecraft 1.20 in the form of Armor Trims using the new Smithing Templates. Plus, We have tw…
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In this episode, CarlRyds takes a look back at some of the best moments from our episodes in 2022. These shows feature moments from DuDs, Jimbo, Aerington, Atomic Dave, Stifflered, KC Plays, DiiKoj and me. Thank you to our Milk level Patrons: Aerington, aubni, BoboPlaysGames, FragileRock, Funkyllama, KC Plays Games, LOKIOLR, and Nathlech. Discord: …
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In this episode, DuDs and Jimbo discuss the changes and additions in Pre-Release 2 for Minecraft 1.19.3, including a range of changes to Tooltips and optimisations for some exceptionally slow cases of structure lookup. Plus, We have two listener comments; the first is from Foxfire54 with some ideas for the Anglerfish mentioned by DuDs in the last e…
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Episode 164: It's the Most Modded Time of the Year
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47:11In this episode, DuDs and Jimbo discuss the changes and additions in Pre-Release 1 for Minecraft 1.19.3, including Books in Chiseled Bookshelf can be added or removed from any slot by targeting the specific slot, and Piglins will now drop their heads when killed by a charged Creeper. Plus, We have two listener comments; the first is from CaptanH wi…
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Episode 163: The Piglins aren't the bad guys
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36:47In this episode, DuDs and Jimbo discuss the new features and changes in Snapshots 22w44a, 22w45a, and 22w46a, for Minecraft 1.19.3/1.20, a few of the improvements are that Monster Spawners no longer default as a Pig, there's a new Operator Tab in the creative inventory, and mob sounds will play when you put a Mob Head (including the new Piglin Head…
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In this episode, DuDs and Jimbo discuss the new features and changes in Snapshot 22w43a, for Minecraft 1.19.3/1.20, these include tweaked Camel walk cycle animation and a colour change for its Spawn Egg. Fence Gates no longer provide centre support beneath them. The Chat Reporting screen now shows when the player being reported rejoined chat, and y…
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Episode 161: Minecraft 1.19.3, a Minor Version with Major Features
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45:07In this episode, DuDs and Jimbo discuss the new features in Snapshot 22w42a/Preview 1.19.50.21, for Minecraft 1.19.3, these include experimental features for Minecraft 1.20 which are available through built-in experimental data packs (which Jimbo was seemingly unaware of). These include Bundles (Java only), Hanging Signs, Chiseled Bookshelves, Bamb…
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Episode 160: Minecraft Live 2022 Recap (LIVE from Cubed! 2022)
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1:26:36In this episode, DuDs and Jimbo are joined by CarlRyds and DiiKoj to discuss everything announced at this year's Minecraft Live. This episode was recorded LIVE on the BuiltByBit Outdoor Stage at CubedCon, so what it lacks in editing it more than makes up for in content. We cover Minecraft Legends, Minecraft Dungeons, Blockbench, Minecraft Batman DL…
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Episode 159: Discussing the mobs of Minecraft Legends
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51:10In this episode, DuDs and Jimbo discuss the Minecraft Legends video taking a look at the Vanilla mobs and new mobs coming to Legends, and we have a cryptic tweet from Minecraft Dungeons. Plus, We have three listener comments; the first is from Diveclops23 asking what we think about Mojang going back to more surprises in the snapshots and less being…
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Episode 158: 1.20 Predictions and Mail Time with KC Plays
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53:47In this episode, DuDs and Jimbo are joined by KC Plays Games to discuss the release of the Frozen Planet II Minecraft Experience in partnership with BBC Earth for the Minecraft Education edition. Plus, We have a mailbag full of listener comments from our Discord and Spotify coving topics, including: Villager trading, custom textured blocks/items, n…
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Episode 157: Enjoy Minecraft More… wIth Ice Cream!
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44:16In this episode, DuDs and Jimbo discuss the release of the Minecraft Legends Original Soundtrack on Spotify. The release of Nick's Minecraft Ice cream in these four flavours: Enchanted Apple Pie, Cake Blocka, Peanot Choklad Glowdust, and Emerald Minta. Plus, We have a listener comments from Funkyllama asking do we think archaeology will come to the…
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Episode 156: Will these be in the Mob Vote?
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45:59In this episode, DuDs and Jimbo discuss the changes to the Mob Vote during Minecraft Live 2022. Instead of voting on Twitter, Mojang will now allow you to vote on a special Bedrock server, the Minecraft launcher, or on Minecraft.net. The polls will open on October 14th, noon EDT, so you will have a full 24 hours to cast your vote before the event. …
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In this episode, DuDs and Jimbo discuss the announcement during Minecraft Now that Minecraft LIVE will be on October 15th 2022, with a focus on features that are far into their development cycle rather than in the early or concept stages. Hopefully, this will mean less disappointment for fans when things don't end up in the final release and the op…
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Episode 154: Alternative Minecraft 1.20 Updates
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46:24In this episode, DuDs and Jimbo discuss the release of Minecraft Beta/Preview 1.19.30.2, which includes Vanilla Parity improvements for Spectator Mode (Experimental), Chest Boats, Items, Mobs and Blocks. There's been several feature fixes, bug fixes, technical updates, and experimental features. Plus, We have two listener comments; the first is fro…
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Episode 153: Xisuma's "The Inventory Update" Video
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44:39In this episode, DuDs and Jimbo discuss the release of Minecraft 1.19.2, which includes fixes for bugs that caused players to get disconnected from secure chat, and a crash in the social interactions screen. Plus, We have two listener comments from JesseW, the first is about adding Armored boats to the game using three iron and five planks, and the…
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Episode 152: Which is better single-player or multiplayer?
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46:14In this episode, DuDs and Jimbo discuss the release of Minecraft 1.19.1, which adds Allay duplication and a new player chat reporting system. Plus, We have our Spotify poll results for 'Which Minecraft item(s) you would like to see in the game?', as well as listener comments, the first is from Xenith about how Minecraft could be turned into a table…
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In this episode, DuDs and Jimbo discuss the new video released recently by Mojang called 'Minecraft Legends: Creating a New Game' and we have Pre-Release 5 for Minecraft 1.19.1, The Wild Update, which makes more changes to the chat system... which we're bored of talking about. Plus, We have a listener comment from Peeporp asking DuDs and Jimbo what…
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Episode 150: Bedrock players on Java servers with stifflered
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1:04:03In this episode, DuDs and Jimbo are joined by stifflered to discuss Pre-Release 4 for Minecraft 1.19.1, which makes more changes to the chat reporting system. Plus, We have a listener comment from Xenith about the possibility that 1.20 could be a combat and Inventory update, and JesseW about the idea of Minecraft getting different kinds of dogs in …
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Episode 149: Top 5 Best Structures in Minecraft
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55:32In this episode, DuDs and Jimbo discuss Pre-Release 2 for Minecraft 1.19.1, which makes some changes to the chat system to facilitate the new reporting feature, Mojang hasn't addressed the delay in releasing the update, and we send our condolences on the sad passing of Technoblade. Plus, We have a listener comment from tnerd69 about the idea of Opt…
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Episode 148: Our Minecraft 1.19 experience so far
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51:45In this episode, DuDs and Jimbo discuss Snapshot 22W24A for Minecraft 1.19.1, which adds the ability to duplicate Allays and adds the ability to report a player for sending abusive messages in the game chat. Plus, We have a listener comment from SLS about Minecraft 1.20 potentially being a Structure update, Soulfire about DuDs and Jimbos opinions o…
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Episode 147: Secrets and Legends with Carl and DiiKoj
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57:24In this episode, DuDs and Jimbo are joined by CarlRyds and DiiKoj to discuss the release of Minecraft 1.19, The Wild Update, which now supports ARM 64-bit CPUs including Apple's M1 chips. Optifine for 1.19 is currently at 50% as of 6/12 and Mojang have announced a brand new game, Minecraft Legends. Plus, We have a listener comment from Dive Clops a…
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Episode 146: Way too early predictions for 1.20
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40:22In this episode, DuDs and Jimbo discuss Release Candidate 2 for Minecraft 1.19, The Wild Update, which fixes a crash bug in Release Candidate 1, by the time you hear this episode the full version of Minecraft 1.19 should have been released. Plus, We have a listener comment from BU88AMINOR about the potential for a Forest and Fossils update, and a l…
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Episode 145: Your task is clear… bring the update!
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36:49In this episode, DuDs and Jimbo discuss Pre-Release 3 for Minecraft 1.19, The Wild Update, which makes a few technical changes in addition to making the Wardens’ sonic boom attack bypasses the damage reduction by armour enchantments such as Protection before its release on June 7th. Plus, We have a listener comment from NerdinessExtreme about a new…
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Episode 144: Is The Wild Update a ‘Game Changer’?
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1:01:00In this episode, DuDs and Jimbo discuss Pre-Release 1 for Minecraft 1.19, The Wild Update, which makes a range of changes including slightly reducing the number of Mangrove trees in Mangrove Swamps. Endermen, Skeletons, Wither Skeletons, and Piglins now spawn in a wider range of light levels in the Nether. Item interaction vibrations are now emitte…
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Episode 143: Was Update Aquatic peak Minecraft?
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47:17In this episode, DuDs and Jimbo discuss Minecraft Java Snapshot 22W18A for Minecraft 1.19, The Wild Update, which makes changes to the Allay, which now follows their liked player even if they can’t see them and will only lose track of them if the player is more than 64 blocks away. The texture of the sonic boom particle has been updated, and Sculk …
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Episode 142: Inspecting Mojang's to-do list
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46:16In this episode, DuDs and Jimbo discuss Minecraft Java Snapshot 22W17A for Minecraft 1.19, The Wild Update, which adds the Goat Horn to the Java Edition of the game, this is an item that drops when a Goat rams a tree or any other naturally occurring hard block. There are eight Goat Horn variants, four of them are exclusive to the screaming Goats an…
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Episode 141: Layered Storylines with Jes7ix and Peeporp
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1:03:35In this episode, DuDs and Jimbo are joined by Jes7ix and Peeporp from Channel 64 SMP to discuss Minecraft Java Snapshot 22W16A for Minecraft 1.19, The Wild Update, which introduces new tracks to the game from The Wild Update Soundtrack, we also have new Music Disc 5 which is a made from Disc 5 Fragments, new paintings have been added from Bedrock t…
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Episode 140: Sonic Attack! with Aerington and Dave
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58:25In this episode, DuDs and Jimbo are joined by Aerington and Atomic_Dave from Channel 64 SMP to discuss Minecraft Java Snapshot 22W15A for Minecraft 1.19, The Wild Update, which introduced a new range attack for The Warden, makes changes to vibrations and many more aspects of the Ancient City. Also, Aerington and Dave explain what it's been like to …
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Episode 139: Recovering in the Mangrove Swamp
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41:26In this episode, DuDs and Jimbo discuss Minecraft Java Snapshot 22W14A for Minecraft 1.19, The Wild Update, which adds new features to the game including Mangrove Trees which are propped up on roots and have a chance of spawning a Bee Nest, also added is a muddy, murky and magnificent Mangrove Swamp biome. Clay renewability which can be achieved by…
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Episode 138: What’s in the Ancient City Portal?
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48:28In this episode, DuDs and Jimbo discuss Minecraft Java Snapshot 22W13A for Minecraft 1.19, The Wild Update, which ends the experimental features and adds the Allay mob and Ancient Cities to the update, it also includes a new Redstone room under the portal. Changes in this snapshot include Minecart variants (Hopper Minecarts, etc) no longer split in…
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Episode 137: Filling our Chest Boat with Furniture
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57:15In this episode, DuDs and Jimbo discuss the Minecraft Bedrock Beta/Preview 1.18.30.28/29, for Minecraft 1.19, The Wild Update, which introduces experimental features including the Deep Dark, Boat with Chest, changes to the Allay, and a Vanilla Parity change to the Axe. We also have a Minecraft Java Snapshot, 22W12A, which introduced Sculk Shrieker …
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