New Minecraft Patch Brings Tons Of Updates To The Switch and Wii U

New Minecraft Patch Brings Tons Of Updates To The Switch and Wii U

A New Minecraft update is now out on both Nintendo Switch and Wii U, both of them contain loads of new features that you will really want.

On the Nintendo Switch side, here are the patch notes.

Change log for Patch 11 – December 19th 2017

  • Added Norse Mythology Mashup Pack.
  • Added Festive Tumble Arena.
  • Added New Horse Model.
  • Added Dyeable Leather Horse Armour.
  • Cauldron changes.
    • Cauldrons can be filled with potions.
    • Tipped Arrows can be created using an Arrow with Cauldrons filled with potions.
    • Water can be dyed.
    • Armour can be dyed in a Cauldron filled with dyed water.
  • Baby Zombie jockeys can now ride any mobs.
  • World generation changes.
    • Added Fallen Trees & Dying Trees.
  • Village Changes.
    • Tables have brown carpet instead of a pressure plate.
    • Added Ice Plains & Cold Taiga Villages.
    • Added Chests to Ice Plains and Cold Taiga Villages.
    • Ice Plains & Cold Taiga Villages won’t generate crops.
    • Paths around village wells now made up of grass path (sandstone in desert).
  • Dispenser changes.
    • Fireworks will fire in the direction the dispenser is facing.
    • Mob heads will drop to ground unless they are being placed on a block that would cause a Wither or Snow Golem to spawn.
  • Updated Wither Boss behavior.
    • Explodes and spawns Wither Skeletons on half health.
    • Change to dash attack.
    • Remove health regeneration.
    • New birth and death animations.
  • Armor Stands now have arms and multiple poses.

One the Wii U’s end the patch brings about generally the same set of updates, except that the patch number is different.

Change log for Patch 30 – December 19th 2017

  • Added Norse Mythology Mashup Pack.
  • Added Festive Tumble Arena.
  • Added New Horse Model.
  • Added Dyeable Leather Horse Armour.
  • Cauldron changes.
    • Cauldrons can be filled with potions.
    • Tipped Arrows can be created using an Arrow with Cauldrons filled with potions.
    • Water can be dyed.
    • Armour can be dyed in a Cauldron filled with dyed water.
  • Baby Zombie jockeys can now ride any mobs.
  • World generation changes.
    • Added Fallen Trees & Dying Trees.
  • Village Changes.
    • Tables have brown carpet instead of a pressure plate.
    • Added Ice Plains & Cold Taiga Villages.
    • Added Chests to Ice Plains and Cold Taiga Villages.
    • Ice Plains & Cold Taiga Villages won’t generate crops.
    • Paths around village wells now made up of grass path (sandstone in desert).
  • Dispenser changes.
    • Fireworks will fire in the direction the dispenser is facing.
    • Mob heads will drop to ground unless they are being placed on a block that would cause a Wither or Snow Golem to spawn.
  • Updated Wither Boss behavior.
    • Explodes and spawns Wither Skeletons on half health.
    • Change to dash attack.
    • Remove health regeneration.
    • New birth and death animations.
  • Armor Stands now have arms and multiple poses.

So, even if this is not the Better Together update, at least it brought to the table for both the Switch and the Wii U version quite a number of changes, therefore it is recommended that you get the update now.