
There's the new bamboo and cherry blossom wood types, the functional chiseled bookshelf, patterned pots, and hanging signs too-all there for you to discover and tell your own stories New Blocks and Mobs All the Minecraft 1.20 new blocksĪll the new blocks for Minecraft 1.20 are centered around personalizing builds and telling stories through new discoveries & contraptions. We're also getting exploration and adventure options with the new camel mount and archaeology-both of which are found in the deserts of Minecraft's world. It's no surprise then that some of the new features for 1.20 center around building your way: new aesthetic blocks and a functional bookshelf. They don't want Minecraft to feel clingy, as they've said, and want players to keep playing and starting new worlds because they're feeling inspired, not because they feel chained to the crafting grind. Mojang gave us a peek into what they picked as themes for the 1.20 update early on, namely "self expression, creativity, and intrinsic motivation." That last one is something that I heard quite a bit about from Minecraft's game director Agnes Larsson and gameplay designer Nir Vaknin when I interviewed them in 2022.
