Minecraft receiving new update on Switch and Wii U tonight / tomorrow

A new Minecraft update will be going out soon on Switch and Wii U. On both platforms, the game will be adding in a Birthday Skin Pack, Norse Mythology Mashup Pack, and more. There are also the regular features and changes.

We expect that the patch will be going live around the following times:

– 5:50 PM PT (December 19) – 7:30 PM PT (December 19)
– 8:50 PM ET (December 19) – 10:30 PM ET (December 19)
– 1:50 AM in the UK (December 20) – 3:30 AM in the UK (December 20)
– 2:50 AM in Europe (December 20) – 4:30 AM in Europe (December 20)

For the full patch notes, continue on below.

• Added Norse Mythology Mashup Pack.
• Added Festive Tumble Arena.
• Added New Horse Model.
• Added Dyeable Leather Horse Armour.
• Cauldron changes.
  • Cauldrons can be filled with potions.
  • Tipped Arrows can be created using an Arrow with Cauldrons filled with potions.
  • Water can be dyed.
  • Armour can be dyed in a Cauldron filled with dyed water.
• Baby Zombie jockeys can now ride any mobs.
• World generation changes.
  • Added Fallen Trees & Dying Trees.

• Village Changes.
  • Tables have brown carpet instead of a pressure plate.
  • Added Ice Plains & Cold Taiga Villages.
  • Added Chests to Ice Plains and Cold Taiga Villages.
  • Ice Plains & Cold Taiga Villages won’t generate crops.
  • Paths around village wells now made up of grass path (sandstone in desert).

• Dispenser changes.
  • Fireworks will fire in the direction the dispenser is facing.
  • Mob heads will drop to ground unless they are being placed on a block that would cause a Wither or Snow Golem to spawn.

• Updated Wither Boss behavior.
  • Explodes and spawns Wither Skeletons on half health.
  • Change to dash attack.
  • Remove health regeneration.
  • New birth and death animations.

• Armor Stands now have arms and multiple poses.

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