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For a guide about all the additions and changes in this update, see Java Edition guides/Exploration Update.
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See Java Edition guides/Exploration Update for a guide to all of the new features introduced in Exploration Update.
There is a guide for this update! See Java Edition guides/Exploration Update for a guide to all of the new features introduced in Exploration Update.
Exploration Update
| Release date |
November 14, 2016 |
|---|---|
| Version(s) | |
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There is a guide for this update!
See Java Edition guides/Exploration Update for a guide to all of the new features introduced in Exploration Update.
There is a guide for this update! See Java Edition guides/Exploration Update for a guide to all of the new features introduced in Exploration Update.
The Exploration Update is the name for Java Edition 1.11, a major update released on November 14, 2016.[1] The official name for the update, the Exploration Update, was revealed on September 24, 2016, during the Opening Ceremony at MINECON 2016.[2] During the "Casual Chat with Jens" panel at MINECON, he suggested that the name "Expedition Update" was more suitable to the theme of the update compared to the "Exploration Update".[3]
The main features of the update were announced on the second day of MINECON 2016, during "The Minecraft 1.11 Change Log" on September 25, 2016.[4] However, snapshots for the update initially began around two months prior to the reveal of the main features, with the features being added in a snapshot just a few days after MINECON.
Mojang released the first (and only) pre-release for the Exploration Update on November 8, 2016.
Notable features[edit | edit source]
Main article: Java Edition 1.11
- New blocks
Observer
- Crafted using six cobblestone, two redstone dusts, and a nether quartz.
- Used to give a redstone signal when it detects a block update.
Shulker Box
- Crafted using a chest with two shulker shells enclosed on top and at the bottom.
- Allows the player to access storage on the go by keeping any inventory it has when broken.
- Can be dyed to any of the available colors.
- New items
Shulker Shell
- Obtained as drops from shulkers.
- Used to craft a shulker box.
Totem of Undying
- Obtained as drops from evokers.
- Holding it in the main hand or offhand resurrects the player upon being killed.
- Absorption and Regeneration is granted upon activation.
- Cannot prevent deaths when falling through the void.
Explorer Map
- Obtained by trading with cartographer villagers.
- Used to locate ocean monuments (blue) or woodland mansions (brown).
- The map shows the outline of land and where the location is and it is filled in as the player approaches the vicinity.
- Spawn eggs:
Donkey Spawn Egg
Elder Guardian Spawn Egg
Evoker Spawn Egg
Husk Spawn Egg
Llama Spawn Egg
Mule Spawn Egg
Skeleton Horse Spawn Egg
Stray Spawn Egg
Vex Spawn Egg
Vindicator Spawn Egg
Wither Skeleton Spawn Egg
Zombie Horse Spawn Egg
- New mobs
Llama
- Spawns in extreme hills biomes.
- Attacks when provoked by a player or mob.
- Can be tamed similar to horses, but does not permit the usage of a saddle to be able to ride them freely.
- Using a lead on a llama causes other nearby llamas to follow and form a caravan.
- Can be bred using hay bales.
- Drops leather when killed.
Evoker
- Found in woodland mansions.
- Attacks any players and villagers nearby.
- Summons fangs and vex to deal with the player.
- When near a blue-dyed sheep in a 16-block radius, it converts their color into red.
- Drops emeralds and a totem of undying when killed.
Vex
Vindicator
- 2 new villager professions:
Cartographer
- A white-robed villager (librarian) that can sell explorer maps.
Nitwit
- Cannot trade with the player at all.
- New non-mob entities
- New structures
Woodland mansion
- Found in roofed forests.
- Consists of three floors that are procedurally-generated.
- Evokers and vindicators can be found here.
- New gameplay
Enchanting
- Curse of Vanishing
- Items and armor pieces enchanted with Curse of Vanishing disappear upon the player using them getting killed.
- Curse of Binding
- Curse of Vanishing
- Other additions
- The command
/locate
Further revisions[edit | edit source]
- 1.11.1 added iron nuggets and the Sweeping Edge enchantment, among numerous changes and bug fixes.
- 1.11.2 was released soon thereafter to fix a crash involving chicken jockeys.
Trailer[edit | edit source]
Gallery[edit | edit source]
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Exploration Update logo
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Exploration Update artwork
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Exploration Update image
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20161114170041/http://www.mojang.com/2016/11/seek-out-the-exploration-update-111-on-pc-mac-now/
- ↑ "MINECON 2016 Day 1 @ 2:32:27" – Minecraft on YouTube, September 24, 2016
- ↑ "MINECON 2016 Day 2 @ 4:31:22" – Minecraft on YouTube, September 25, 2016
- ↑ "MINECON 2016 The Minecraft 1.11 Change Log" – Minecraft on YouTube, September 25, 2016
