The desert update is a major update added to minecraft in 2024. It added several mobs, locks, and features.
Additions include-
Biomes- The desert is now bigger. Cactus blocks now spill water when destroyed. There is a chance of a flower growing on cacti. Villages have gotten bigger, and have gaurds instead of iron golems. Gaurds wear iron armor and have iron swords. They will attack players if they hurt villagers. Pyramids are added to the desert. They are gigantic, and have several floors. They also have chests that can contain emeralds, scorpion shell, scorpion armor, snake skin, venom sacs, cactus flowers, cacti, water buckets, paper, gold, enchanting books,gold armor, or potatoes. Witch huts are a little more common. Witch Huts and Pyramids can now be located using commands.
Blocks- cracked sandstone. It looks like normal sandstone, but the top and bottom are also cracked. It is dropped when smooth sandstone is destroyed.t can be made into smooth sandstone by baking it in a furnace, like cobble stone.
Smooth sandstone now drops cracked sandstone when destroyed, unless mined with a pickaxe enchanted with silk touch.
Sandstone is now one word. It is referred to that in the inventory.
venom block- lookes like slime blocks, but a little brighter and faintly glows. It can be used as a light source. It is crafted by 9 venom sac, which is dropped from scorpions and snakes. It gives poisoning and harming to players for 1 minute if they stand on it. This effect works on neutral and passive mobs, too. For some reason, they can be turned on and off with redstone.
Items-
Bone lantern- It is like a normal lantern, but is crafted with bones instead. It lasts for 20 minecraft days. It can be renewed using bonemeal.
Lanterns will now eventually run ut of light, getting fainter and fainter. Soul and regular lanterns last for 15 minecraft days, while bone lanterns last for 20. Soul lanterns can be renewed using soul sand, regular lanterns with iron nuggets, and bone lanterns with bonemeal. Regular lanterns ward off mobs, and soul lanterns don't. Bone lanterns ward off all mobs besides for skeletons and strays.
Scorpion armor- It can be crafted in the regular armor reipe, replacing the material with scorpion shell. the protection level is between chain mail and iron.
venom sacs- they are dropped from dead snakes and scorpions. They give a fatal poision, called "venom poison", when eaten. They can be crafted into venom blocks, which can be used in traps.
Scorpion Shell- It is dropped from dead scorpions. It can be made into armor or horse armor. It can be traded with villagers.
Snake skin- it is dropped from dead snakes. It is used in potions. It can be traded with villagers or with witches.
sarcophagus- they are two blocks tall. They contain mummies. If they are closed, there is a mummy inside. Occasionally, the sarcophagus may drop gold ignots.
Cactus flower- they are bright red and pink. They are rare, and can be used in potions, or traded to villagers or witches.
Potion of decay now needs rotten flesh. The ender potion, crafted with eye of ender and purple dye, keeps endermen neutral towards the player, even if they look in the eye.
Mobs-
Mummies- They are found in pyramids. They have 20 health points. They drop 2-4 paper and 1-2 rotten flesh. They are hostile. Ocassionally they may drop a map of a pyramid floor.
Sorpions. They are neutral. They have 10 health points. They drop 1 scorpion shell when killed.
snakes- passive or neutral. They drop 1-3 snake skin.
Strays and husks now don't have hunger or slowness effects. Husks and strays can now wear armor. They can be found in the desert, mesa biomes, and pyramids.
Witches will trade with players. They are now neutral, and are garanteeed to drop potions when killed. They trade potions, brewing items, bottles, and diamonds.
Other-
Bug fixes.
Day and Night last 30 seconds longer.
The sun changes color depending on the time.
new commands added.