Armadillos are coming to Minecraft at long last. While there hasn’t been a campaign to get these armored little creatures into the game, they are a fan-favorite following the Mob Vote that took place at Minecraft Live 2023.
Mojang isn’t just throwing a new skin on an already existing animal with Armadillos. It’s crafting a unique creature that players can engage with, utilize pieces of, and breed to help them build a better life for themselves in their Minecraft game.
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Armadillos will come to Minecraft in mid-2024 as part of the Minecraft 1.21 Update, which also includes Trial Chambers and the Breeze Mob. While Mojang hasn’t been any more specific than this release window, fans believe this should equate to a June 2024 release date.
The reason that Armadillos will be part of the Minecraft 1.21 Update is because they’re the Mob that won the Mob Vote during Minecraft Live 2023. Fans voted for this cuddly, creature because they wanted it in the game. Mojang must have had ideas for how they would work, but likely didn’t invest too much time in crafting ideas or developing the code in-game.
As a result, Mojang must now create Armadillos, test them, and all the associated systems they interact with must be tested from scratch too. That’s a lot of work, so the team will almost certainly need the 8 or so months it’s going to take before we get the update to build them.