These will be smaller batches of new features which are released more frequently.

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11New Cow Variants

There are now two new variants of cow: cold cow and warm cow.

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They spawn naturally in cold areas, including taigas, windswept biomes.

The warm cow is a deeper brown and has curved horns and markings around its hooves.

It spawns naturally in jungles, savannas, and badlands.

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It spawns anywhere else you may naturally find cows, including plains, forests and regular swamps.

The existing model is unchanged and spawns in temperate areas such as plains, forests, and cherry groves.

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Warm pigs are a dark brown colour and, as expected, spawn in warm biomes.

All pig variants behave the same way and have the same drops as existing pigs.

They can also all be ridden with a saddle and a carrot on a stick.

Minecraft wildflowers new cows and cactus flowers in a line.

9New Chicken Variants

Chickens have also been given a cold and warm variant.

Cold chickens are black and have a rooster-style spikey mane on their heads.

They spawn in the colder biomes, namely taiga and windswept areas.

Minecraft All 3 cow variants in a line.

All chicken variants come with a jockey version ridden by a baby zombie.

Changing biomes won’t save you from this notoriously annoying version of the adorable chicken.

This remains the same in all temperate biomes.

Minecraft All 3 pig variants in a line.

Pink sheep remain as rare spawns anywhere sheep naturally spawn.

For warm biomes brown becomes the common colour with black, white, light gray and gray all uncommon.

They will appear in different orientations to create a random and more natural-looking pattern.

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These blocks are found in forests, dark forests, and wooded badlands or crafted by smelting leaf blocks.

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They can be mined with any tool or washed away with water.

When you break them you will receive however many were on that block, up to four.

Wildflowers can be duplicated with bonemeal and can also be generated when using bonemeal on grass in birch forests.

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Both flower types can also be used to lure or breed bees and can be pollinated.

However, there is a chance that bees pollinating cactus flowers can be pricked and die.

Cactus flowers can be found in deserts, and badlands biomes.

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There is a 25 percent chance ofa cactus three blocks highhaving a flower spawn on them naturally.

This is reduced to a ten percent change for one or two-block-tall cactus.

Like wildflowers, cactus flowers can be mined instantly by hand or with any tool.

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In deserts and badlands you’ll see short and long dry grass.

When traveling at night, keep an eye out for the glow of the firefly bush.

The bushes spawn in clumps of two to five and can be bonemealed and instantly broken.

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4Cartographers Offer More Maps

you could now buy seven new maps from cartographers at Apprentice level.

Each one points to adifferent village throw in, a jungle temple, or witch hut.

The selection available will vary depending on the biome of the village you are in.

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Some prices and quantities of trades have also been adjusted.

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