Minecraft Live 2021

Minecraft Live 2021 was a live event held on October 16, 2021 at 16:00 UTC. It announced the Wild Update, the next update after Caves & Cliffs: Part II, and contained a mob vote in which the allay won.

Announcement
The event was mentioned in a video released by Mojang Studios called "Caves & Cliffs Special: Looking Forward". Agnes Larsson said that the next major update would be announced at Minecraft Live 2021.

The event was later formally announced in a video by Mojang Studios released on September 2, 2021.

Mob Vote


As with MINECON Earth 2017 and Minecraft Live 2020, viewers were able to vote for a new mob to be added to the game in a future update. Each mob received its own video justifying its inclusion.

The mobs that were on the vote were the glare, allay, and the copper golem.


 * The glare is a small ghost-like mob that will be able to alert players to an area that is dark enough for hostile mobs to spawn in.


 * The allay is a small fairy-like mob that will be able to collect greater amounts of an item that is given to it. It picks up dropped items in loaded chunks and will be able to carry up to a stack at a time, and cannot duplicate items or take items out of chests. It will drop the items that it collects when in range of a note block.


 * The copper golem is a small robot-like mob that is created with copper. It is attracted to copper buttons, which would also come with the golem if it wins. According to Ulraf on Twitter, the copper golem can have the oxidation removed with either an axe, or being struck by lightning. It will also turn into a statue at full oxidation.

Failing mobs are less likely to be added to the game, but they still do have a chance to be implemented.

Results
Voting took place in two rounds. The losing mob, the glare, was eliminated from consideration in the second round. The winner of the the second and final round was the allay.

Announcements
Minecraft Live 2021 announced the additions and changes to both Minecraft in the form of the Wild Update which includes the voted in allay, the Deep Dark (being postponed from 1.18 to 1.19) and swamp features promised in MINECON Live 2019. Seasonal trials in were also announced. On November 2, 2021, Minecraft: Java Edition and Minecraft: Bedrock Edition will be coming to Xbox Game Pass for PC as the Minecraft PC Bundle. Both editions will be playable from the Minecraft Launcher.

Videos
Videos can be found here.