User:TreeIsLife/Wild Update

The Wild Update is a major update released on June 7, 2022 as Java Edition 1.19 and Bedrock Edition 1.19.0, themed around "scary things" and natural wilderness. It introduces the deep dark and mangrove biomes; ancient cities; mobs such as the warden; the frog, the tadpole, and the allay, as well as new items obtainable only in these new biomes.

History and development
The update was annouced on October 16, 2021 at Minecraft Live 2021.

The development for 1.19 started with Java Edition Deep Dark Experimental Snapshot 1, released on February 17, 2022, which was also the only experimental snapshot released. A month later, Java Edition 22w11a, the first snapshot for 1.19, was released and included most of the features in the experiemental snapshot, but lacked Warden. The last snapshot was 22w19a released on May 12, 2022. After the snapshot development phase, the pre-release phase begun, starting with Pre-release 1 (released on May 18, 2022) and finished with Java Edition 1.19 Pre-release 5. Finally, the development was ended with Java Edition 1.19 Release Candidate 2 on June 3, 2022 and the update officially released 4 days later on June 7, 2022.

The development for 1.19.0 started with Bedrock Edition 1.18.30, where the features were added under an experimental toggle. On April 6, 2022, Bedrock Edition beta 1.19.0.20, the first beta for 1.19.0, was released.

Minor releases
There's currently no minor release released for Java Edition.

Bedrock Edition 1.19.10 is an upcoming minor release, which will bring more parity with Java Edition and fix bugs.

Notable changes

 * Mangrove trees, leefs, wood, logs, planks and other variations
 * Deep Dark biome
 * Warden (along with a spawn egg)
 * Frog (along with a spawn egg)

Reception
When the update was revealed at Minecraft Live 2021, it was met with mostly positive feedback. The positives included Warden's addition, which has been delayed 2 times. One of the other positive was the revamped Swamp, chest boats and frogs. However, one of the negatives was an another delay of Archeology.
 * Reveal

While the community feedback was mostly positive during the Minecraft Live 2021, the release of 1.19 was met with more mixed reception. Mojang Studios was heavily critized by scraping an idea they confirmed at the Minecraft Live. They were acussed of "promising things they don't do". On other hand, the new Ancient City and Warden were very praised.
 * Release

Showcases
Videos made by slicedlime:

Concept artwork
Some concept art in this gallery was originally made for the Caves & Cliffs update.