WEEKLY NEWSLETTER (Sept 29): Bi-yearly Minecraft Live 2025 & GETTING NEWSSS

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“Nothing’s stopping them from making 1.21.21” – Xelanater, 2025. (cover pic: MOJANG)

MINECRAFT LIVE: 1.21.6+

The Minecraft Live (long live MineCon) last happened in March, and is back for more! View an archive of streams on the official Minecraft YouTube channel (They also do summary videos for various features).

Thankfully, Mojang took it upon themselves to create summary blog posts (I don’t think these used to exist)! They are the experts, after all. Read Minecraft LIVE September 2025: The Recap!

Copper Golem: The famous new mob introduced, a playful and useful game element.

Oceanic Updates: The rideable nautilus mob, new spears with jab/charge attacks.

Happy Ghasts: Revamped ghasts that appear joyful and can be ridden by the player.

The Deep Dig: Exploration-focused update, teasing the upcoming Copper Age drop.

Also featuring the Community Pre-show, Stories from the Community and Goku DLC.

YEARNING FOR THE MINES

Remember the Minecraft Movie? The memes are sure to stay. Yep, Steve’s Lava Chicken is being added as part of the MC 1.21.7 hotfix as a drop from killing chicken jockeys. Featuring guest vocals from a villager:

THE INCREDIBLE MC WIKI

Overwhelmed with updates or fallen out of the loop like me? The official Minecraft.Wiki features a “Coming back to the game? Check out the most recent updates” timeline on the homepage!

On a related note: Once again, I cannot recommend The Spawn Chunks enough! A one of a kind show: