Minecraft Wii U Edition Update Adds New Content

4J Studios has announced that their latest software update to Minecraft Wii U Edition is now live.

With their change log outlining all the new additions and changes, the developer confirms that it is now equivalent to Xbox 360 Title Update 33.

Within that, players can get excited about new items, blocks, mobs and biomes, while refining gameplay elements such as fishing, enchanting and the mighty sponge!

New Items:-

• Armor Stand, Raw Rabbit, Cooked Rabbit, Rabbit Stew, Raw Mutton, Cooked Mutton, Rabbit’s Foot, Rabbit Hide, Potion of Leaping, Potion of Water Breathing, Salmon, Cooked Salmon, Clownfish, Pufferfish, Blue Orchid, Allium, Azure Bluet, Tulips, Oxeye Daisy, Sunflower, Lilac, Poppy (replaces Rose), Rose Bush, Peony, Double Tall Grass, Large Ferns, Prismarine Crystals, Prismarine Shard
• Creative Mode only – Rabbit Spawn Egg, Endermite Spawn Egg, and Guardian Spawn Egg

New Blocks:-

• Podzol, Granite, Polished Granite, Andesite, Polished Andesite, Diorite, Polished Diorite, Prismarine, Dark Prismarine, Prismarine Bricks, Red Sand, Red Sandstone, Smooth Red Sandstone, Chiseled Red Sandstone, Red Sandstone Stairs, Red Sandstone Slab, Sea Lanterns, Wet Sponge, Slime Blocks, Coarse Dirt, Packed Ice, Acacia Saplings, Dark Oak Saplings

New Mobs:-

• Endermite, Guardian, Elder Guardian, Rabbit, Chicken Jockey

New Biomes:-

• Mesa, Mega Taiga, Roofed Forest, Birch Forest, Forest, Savanna, Extreme Hills+, Deep Ocean, Snowless Taiga, 20 new Technical Biomes

Updated Features:-

Fishing

• Fishing now has particle effects – bubbles will show up moving towards the bobber just before the player has something on the hook. This has the appearance of a fish swimming towards the hook
• Treasure can now be caught while fishing

Treasure is split into 3 categories:-

• Fish: Raw Fish, Salmon, Clownfish and Pufferfish
• Treasure: Enchanted Fishing Rod, Enchanted Bow, Enchanted Book, Name Tag, Tripwire Hook, Lily Pad and Saddle
• Junk: damaged Fishing Rod, Water Bottle, Rotten Flesh, String, Leather, Bowl, Stick, Bone, Tripwire Hook, Ink Sacs and damaged Leather Boots

Enchanting

• Enchanting now consumes Lapis Lazuli
• Enchanting has been rebalanced
• Enchanted Books can receive multiple enchants at once

Villagers

• Villagers have additional professions and trading schemes
• Villagers will now harvest crops
• Villagers will only breed when willing (and can be made willing by giving them 3 bread, 12 carrots or 12 potatoes)
• Villagers will turn into Witches when struck by lightning

Nether Portal

• New Nether Portal building rules: Any rectangular shape from 4×5 to 23×23
• If the portal in the nether is big enough, Ghasts can travel through
• Will now be activated by any fire block within the frame

Dispenser

• Can place Pumpkins or Wither Skeleton Skulls to spawn Golems and Withers
• Will only place them if the body of the Golem or Wither is already built, in a valid configuration

Anvil

• Anvil has been rebalanced

Crafting

• Moss Stone, Mossy Stone Bricks and Chiseled Stone Bricks are now obtainable via crafting

Furnace

• Cracked Stone Bricks and Sponge are now obtainable via smelting
• When a Furnace runs out of fuel, the smelting progress will rewind at 2× speed
• Empty Furnaces will only accept fuel and empty Buckets in the fuel slot

Item Frame

• Item Frames now emit a Redstone signal, and can rotate in 8 directions

Redstone Comparator

• Can now detect the rotation of an item in an item frame and output an equivalent power signal

Button

• Buttons can now be placed on the top and bottom of blocks

Powered Activator Rail

• Powered Activator rails now dismount entities riding Minecarts

Cauldron

• Cauldrons with water in them will put out burning entities, taking away one water level each time

Huge Mushroom Block

• When harvested with Silk Touch enchantment, they drop blocks with corresponding Mushroom texture (red or brown) on all sides, rather than the one with spores

Sponge

• Reintroduced Sponge to Survival Mode, with new behavior and texture
• Sponge turns into Wet Sponge when it soaks up water
• Water particles appear around the Sponge when this happens
• Sponge destroys water blocks from 5 blocks away in a kind of sphere
• Sponge soaks up water, only when some water is touching it

Sugar Cane

• Color/Shade is affected by the biome color (similar to leaves, grass and vines)

Baby Zombie

• Now drop XP Orbs

Creeper

• Can now be ignited with Flint and Steel

Zombie Pigman

• Adult Zombie Pigmen will forgive after a short time (and lose the aggro speed boost), but will continue to attack until the player escapes their aggro distance

Witch

• Now drink a Potion of Water Breathing, when they are trapped underwater
• Can drop a Potion of Water Breathing upon death, as a rare drop

Jungle Biome

• Melons can now be found in patches similar to Pumpkins

Swamp Biome

• Spawn with Blue Orchid Flowers
• In shallower parts, the coast is covered in staggered dirt block with Lily Pads between them

Plains Biome

• Generates three of the new flowers – Azure Bluets, Oxeye Daises and sometimes Tulips
• Can generate Double Tall Grass

Extreme Hills Biome

• Snow at higher elevations
• Gravel can replace ground cover
• Flat valleys near sea level
• Can generate slightly higher now

Ocean Biome

• Contains only Gravel on the floor instead of Sand, Dirt and Gravel

Desert Temple

• Now spawn with Stained Clay instead of Dyed Wool

New landscape feature:-

• Ocean Monument

New Enchantments:-

• Luck of the Sea (I-III)
• Lure (I-III)
• Depth Strider (I-III)

Changes & Bug Fixes:-

• Sheep now drop Mutton when they die
• Arrows decelerate much more quickly underwater, and extinguish if on fire
• Most mobs can now swim
• Skeletons flee from wolves
• Creepers, Skeletons, Wither Skeletons and Zombies drop their heads when killed by Charged Creepers
• Spiders no longer see players through solid blocks
• Babies’ growth can be accelerated by feeding them
• Fix for players adding additional layers above the maximum height in Superflat
• Added Flint and Steel and Fire Charge sound effect when igniting blocks
• Updated audio for Cows and Mooshrooms
• Updated audio for Minecarts
• Created a new Tutorial World