To maintain the Minecraft juggernaut rolling alongside, Mojang is on the point of launch model 1.21 of its mighty IP. As a part of the stated replace, the studio is introducing a brand new mob for if you assume the sport isn’t hostile sufficient.

Say hiya to the bogged. It is a skeletal creature that fires poison-tipped arrows. A latest submit on the Minecraft web site places just a little little bit of a lovey-dovey spin on the mob. As a result of it was introduced on Valentine’s Day.

? New Mob Alert: the bogged! ?

A variation of the skeleton, the bogged is provided with lethal poison arrows and will be discovered within the trial chambers & swamp biomes.

Check it out on the most recent Snapshot (coming quickly to Bedrock beta & preview): https://t.co/EbiwNuTdXv pic.twitter.com/jfobNNZTT8

— Minecraft (@Minecraft) February 14, 2024

With its inexperienced, gooey look and vacant eyes, the bogged is definitely a variant on the basic skeleton and, because the title implies, will be discovered within the extra swampy areas of the sport.

When can I give it a hug?

The bogged is about to come back out with the 1.21 replace (which is due someday this 12 months), however you may check it now in snapshots, that are basically beta checks for brand new Minecraft options. The submit offers some directions:

To put in a snapshot, open up the Minecraft Launcher and allow snapshots within the “Installations” tab. To allow preview/beta for Minecraft: Bedrock Version, then observe these directions.

As of late 2023, the sport has bought over 300 million copies because it launched in 2011 (or 2009 if you happen to’re counting the alpha construct). It’s no secret that it’s been some of the profitable releases in gaming historical past, and the truth that it’s nonetheless going right now is fairly gnarly stuff.

It’s been a superb whereas since I used to be sucked again into Minecraft‘s world. Unsure whether or not a brand new inexperienced enemy is sufficient to entice me again in. However that might be as a result of I’ve lately bought again into No Man’s Sky. That’s consuming into a variety of my downtime on the minute.