Minecraft : Caves & Cliffs came out this year, and this update has significantly improved the generation of mountains and caves. In addition, we were also to see the arrival in this update of The Warden, a new monster which was to accompany the new Deep Dark biome in the depths of the caves. But all these additions have been carried over into the update The Wild Update which will arrive with version 1.19 of Minecraft. And to wait, the developers have revealed to us some secrets of the creation of the Warden and the biome.
Minecraft plays it horrifying
In this video presented by the narrator (halfway between horror story and humorous sketch) it is still specified that some changes could occur before the official release of the new major monster of Minecraft. In addition, this short video shows us most of the creation process of the Warden, but also of the Deep Dark biome.
We were therefore able to see some concept art before the form we know today. And the least we can say is that there are a lot of very diverse ideas, and sometimes even more frightening and strange than the final concept. Given the willingness of developers to want to create a frightening monster, but “gentle” at the same time, we understand why they kept this design.
Last little detail, the sculk blocks (the new blocks that will come with The Warden and the Deep Dark biome) are inspired by Trypophobia, which is the aversion to small holes (and we advise you not to look for that on the internet).
The next big update 1.19: The Wild Update, does not yet have an official date. Nevertheless, it is supposed to arrive this year with new biomes, with the small blue ghost Allay which received all the votes of the community during Minecraft Live 2021!