Minecraft: The Wild Update's Warden Could Lead to More 'Miniboss' Mobs

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Mojang's sandbox title Minecraft has expanded greatly over the years. On top of adding new building blocks and mobs, the game has overhauled systems like combat and reshaped how worlds generate. Most recently, the two-part Caves and Cliffs update added a number of biomes above and underground, increased vertical height limits, and more. The Wild Update was announced as Minecraft's next expansion at Minecraft Live 2021, and it will further diversify players' experiences in any given world.

Prior to Caves and Cliffs, updates have impacted individual biomes like deserts or oceans, and entire realms like the Nether. Mojang will be similarly updating birch tree forests and swamps in The Wild Update, the latter receiving flora like mangroves and fauna like frogs. Moreover, Minecraft will receive a deep dark biome that was originally planned for Caves and Cliffs, filled with ancient cities and a moss-like substance called sculk. Interacting with sculk can summon a terrifying new mob called the Warden, which could be seen as another kind of «miniboss» that the sandbox game should experiment more with going forward.

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There are technically two «boss» mobs in Minecraft: The Ender Dragon and Wither. When confronted, these enemies bring up health bars akin to a FromSoftware game like Elden Ring. While neither are required fights given the open-ended nature of Minecraft encouraging the player to create their own itinerary, defeating the Ender Dragon is the way to unlock the game's credits.

The Ender Dragon is also a culmination of many in-game systems that could be considered its main progression. Players have to mine diamonds to gather the obsidian needed for a Nether