Minecraft:Exploration Update

File:Exploration Update logo.png

Exploration Update logo.

The Exploration Update is the name for Minecraft:Java Edition 1.11, a major update released on November 14, 2016.<ref name="1.11-pre1-blog">https://web.archive.org/web/20161114170041/http://www.mojang.com/2016/11/seek-out-the-exploration-update-111-on-pc-mac-now/</ref> The official name for the update, the Exploration Update, was revealed on September 24, 2016, during the Opening Ceremony at Minecraft:MINECON 2016.<ref>Template:Ytl</ref> During the "Casual Chat with Jens" panel at MINECON, he suggested that the name "Expedition Update" was more suitable to the theme of the update compared to the "Exploration Update".<ref>Template:Ytl</ref>

The main features of the update were announced on the second day of MINECON 2016, during "The Minecraft 1.11 Change Log" on September 25, 2016.<ref>Template:Ytl</ref> However, snapshots for the update initially began around two months prior to the reveal of the main features, with the features being added in a snapshot just a few days after MINECON.

Mojang released the first (and only) pre-release for the Exploration Update on November 8, 2016.

Additions

New Minecraft:blocks

• File:Observer JE3.png Minecraft:Observer
  • Crafted using six Minecraft:cobblestone, two Minecraft:redstone dusts, and a Minecraft:Nether quartz.
  • Gives a redstone signal when it detects a block update.
• Template:Animate Minecraft:Shulker Box
  • Crafted using a chest with two Minecraft:shulker shells enclosed on top and at the bottom.
  • Allows the player to access storage on the go by keeping any inventory it has when broken.
  • Can be dyed to any of the available colors.

New Minecraft:items

• File:Shulker Shell JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Shulker Shell
  • Obtained as drops from Minecraft:shulkers.
  • Used to craft a Minecraft:shulker box.
• File:Totem of Undying JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Totem of Undying
  • Obtained as drops from Minecraft:evokers.
  • Holding it in the main hand or offhand resurrects the player upon being killed.
    • Absorption and Regeneration is granted upon activation.
    • Cannot prevent deaths when falling through the void.
• Template:Animate Minecraft:Explorer Map
  • Obtained by trading with cartographer villagers.
  • Used to locate Minecraft:ocean monuments (blue) or Minecraft:woodland mansions (brown).
  • The map shows the outline of land and where the location is and it is filled in as the player approaches the vicinity.
• Minecraft:Spawn eggs:
  • File:Donkey Spawn Egg JE1 BE1.png Donkey Spawn Egg
  • File:Elder Guardian Spawn Egg JE1 BE1.png Elder Guardian Spawn Egg
  • File:Evoker Spawn Egg JE1 BE1.png Evoker Spawn Egg
  • File:Husk Spawn Egg JE1 BE2.png Husk Spawn Egg
  • File:Llama Spawn Egg JE1 BE1.png Llama Spawn Egg
  • File:Mule Spawn Egg JE1 BE1.png Mule Spawn Egg
  • File:Skeleton Horse Spawn Egg JE1 BE1.png Skeleton Horse Spawn Egg
  • File:Stray Spawn Egg JE1 BE2.png Stray Spawn Egg
  • File:Vex Spawn Egg JE1 BE1.png Vex Spawn Egg
  • File:Vindicator Spawn Egg JE1 BE1.png Vindicator Spawn Egg
  • File:Wither Skeleton Spawn Egg JE1 BE1.png Wither Skeleton Spawn Egg
  • File:Zombie Horse Spawn Egg JE1 BE2.png Zombie Horse Spawn Egg

New Minecraft:mobs

• File:Creamy Llama Revision 1.png Minecraft:Llama
  • Spawns in extreme hills biomes.
  • Attacks when provoked by a player or mob.
  • Can be tamed similar to Minecraft:horses, but does not permit the usage of a saddle to be able to ride them freely.
  • Using a Minecraft:lead on a llama causes other nearby llamas to follow and form a caravan.
  • Can be bred using Minecraft:hay bales.
  • Drops Minecraft:leather when killed.
• File:Evoker JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Evoker
  • Found in Minecraft:woodland mansions.
  • Attacks any players and Minecraft:villagers nearby.
  • Summons fangs and Minecraft:vex to deal with the player.
  • When near a blue-dyed Minecraft:sheep in a 16-block radius, it converts their color into red.
  • Drops Minecraft:emeralds and a Minecraft:totem of undying when killed.
• File:Vex JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Vex
  • Summoned by Minecraft:evokers.
  • Attacks any players and Minecraft:villagers nearby.
  • Are able to phase through blocks to attack their opponents.
• File:Vindicator JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Vindicator
  • Found in Minecraft:woodland mansions.
  • Attacks any players and Minecraft:villagers nearby.
    • Vindicators named "Johnny" or have the Johnny byte tag enabled become aggressive to all but other Minecraft:illagers.
  • Primarily attacks using an Minecraft:iron axe that can disable Minecraft:shields.
  • Drops Minecraft:emeralds and rarely an Minecraft:iron axe when killed.
• 2 new Minecraft:villager professions:
  • File:Librarian.png Minecraft:Cartographer
    • A white-robed villager (librarian) that can sell Minecraft:explorer maps.
  • File:Nitwit.png Minecraft:Nitwit
    • Cannot trade with the player at all.

New non-mob entities

• File:Evoker Fangs JE1 BE1.png Evocation Fangs
  • Summoned by Minecraft:evokers.
  • Causes Template:Health hearts of damage to players and mobs.
  • Does not harm any Minecraft:illagers unless it was spawned by the player.

New structures

• File:Woodland Mansion.png Minecraft:Woodland mansion
  • Found in Minecraft:roofed forests.
  • Consists of three floors that are procedurally-generated.
  • Minecraft:Evokers and Minecraft:vindicators can be found here.

New Minecraft:gameplay

• File:Enchanted Book.gif Minecraft:Enchanting
  • Minecraft:Curse of Vanishing
    • Items and armor pieces enchanted with Curse of Vanishing disappear upon the player using them getting killed.
  • Minecraft:Curse of Binding
    • Armor pieces enchanted with Curse of Binding cause the player to be unable to take off the armor piece until its durability is gone or the player dies.
      • It's also possible to enchant items such as Minecraft:mob heads or pumpkins in which the only way to remove them is by dying.

Other additions

• The command Template:Cmd

Further revisions

• 1.11.1 added Minecraft:iron nuggets and the Minecraft:Sweeping Edge enchantment, among numerous changes and bug fixes.
  • Minecraft:Firework rockets can now cause Minecraft:damage to Minecraft:entities that are within their Minecraft:explosion radius.
  • Minecraft:Firework rockets can now boost Minecraft:players while flying with Minecraft:elytra.
• 1.11.2 was released soon thereafter to fix a crash involving Minecraft:chicken jockeys.

Gallery

• Exploration Update logo
  Exploration Update logo
• Exploration Update artwork
  Exploration Update artwork
• Exploration Update image
  Exploration Update image