Potential Minecraft Mobs That Could Fit the New Mangrove Swamp Biome

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The sandbox building game Minecraft has become such a smash-hit over the last decade that Mojang is working on multiple spin-offs. Its AR mobile game Minecraft Earth has come and gone, but the Diablo-like Minecraft Dungeons is still receiving new content. Meanwhile, action-strategy game Minecraft Legends was announced during the Xbox and Bethesda Games Showcase on June 12, presenting a whole new look at the universe in conjunction with Blackbird Interactive.

Even with these different projects in the pipeline, production on Minecraft proper continues going strong. Though the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has affected Mojang's scale on updates like Caves and Cliffs, as well as The Wild Update that launched on June 7, its voxel-based game is growing more complex each year. The Wild Update, Minecraft Version 1.19, was underwhelming to many due to its two biomes — mangrove swamps and the deep dark — only featuring a small handful of mobs, alongside a few quality-of-life changes like creating boats with chests. The swamp variant in particular has a lot of potential for additional mobs down the line.

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The main reason for Minecraft players to find Mangrove Swamps, which generate closer to warm biomes like jungles and deserts, are its mangrove trees and frogs. These amphibians are particularly interesting given Minecraft players can tame and breed frogs, watching them grow from tadpoles into unique forms depending on where they spawn.

One piece of content cut from The Wild Update's original pitch at Minecraft Live 2021 was fireflies. Though these sparkling bugs would have been a great aesthetic addition to swamp biomes, Mojang removed them after finding this prospective food