That’s quite a lot of new bits and bobs to play with already, honestly. The copper blocks alone are going to be a good time for us folks who like building. Nate’s already said he thinks that copper is the best new block. It oxidizes over time, going through several stages from natural copper color to totally green-tinted. Minecraft worlds have ways of showing their age in subtler ways already, but the copper blocks seem like they’ll be a pretty neat way of seeing your builds change over time. There’s all the new animal mods as well of course, but I don’t need to tell you why to be excited about those, do I? Axolotls can be carried in buckets and fight underwater baddies with you. Goats shove you off of mountains. Glow squid can be harvested to make glowing signs. More mobs means more fun, as ever. If you simply cannot wait until next week to try all that out, nothing is stopping you. As usual, Mojang have already released a bunch of snapshot builds with most of 1.17’s changes included. You can dip into one of those in the meantime by creating a new installation from your Minecraft Java Edition launcher. Minecraft update 1.17 launches next Tuesday, June 8th. Caves & Cliffs part two 1.18 is expected this holiday season.
