Bedrock Edition guides/The Wild Update

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The Wild Update

Edition	Bedrock Edition
Official name	The Wild Update
Released versions	1.19.0
◄ Caves & Cliffs

This guide is a simplified overview of all changes in The Wild Update update (Bedrock Edition 1.19.x releases), which assumes at least some familiarity with the Caves & Cliffs updates (Bedrock Edition 1.17.x and Bedrock Edition 1.18.x releases)

Mobs

Name	Image	Habitat	Drops	Note
Warden	84px	Summoned by sculk shrieker after being triggered three times.	1–3 (when killed by a player or tamed wolf)	The first fully-blind mob. To navigate around, it relies on vibrations and smell. Not meant to be killed; has the highest health and the most powerful melee attack out of all mobs. Targets all other mobs, except other wardens.
Frog		Swamp	1–3 (when killed by a player or tamed wolf)	Spawns when a tadpole grows up. The type of frog a tadpole grows into essentially depends on the biome's temperature. Can eat tiny slimes to produce slime balls. Can eat tiny magma cubes to produce froglights. The type of frog influences the froglight's color.
Tadpole		None	1–3 (when killed by a player or tamed wolf)	Spawns when hatching from frogspawn. Can be collected using a water bucket. Can not survive without water.
Allay		Woodland Mansion Pillager Outpost	None	Flies around and follows the player. Looks for dropped items of the same kind as the item given to it by the player. Brings the player those items. When a note block is played near it, the allay will throw items there instead.

Blocks

New

Name	Image	Obtaining	Tool Required	Uses
Reinforced Deepslate		Generates as part of a portal-like structure in the ancient city.	Pickaxe (not obtainable)	Used for decoration.
Sculk		Generates in the deep dark. Found in ancient city chests. Can be created by a sculk catalyst.	Hoe (requires Silk Touch)	Mining drops experience points.
Sculk Catalyst		Generates in the deep dark.	Hoe (requires Silk Touch)	When a mob dies nearby it, the catalyst blooms and spreads sculk family blocks around. The amount of sculk it spreads depends on how much experience the mob would have dropped.
Sculk Shrieker		Generates in the deep dark. Can be created by a sculk catalyst.	Hoe (requires Silk Touch)	Inflicts the darkness status effect. Summons a warden after being triggered three times.
Sculk Vein		Generates in the deep dark. Can be created by a sculk catalyst.	Hoe (requires Silk Touch)	Used for decoration. Can be placed on all six sides of a block, much like glow lichen.
Froglight		Produced when tiny magma cubes are eaten by frogs.	Pickaxe	Used for decoration.
Mangrove Logs		Found naturally at Mangrove trees	Axe	Can be crafted into planks of the corresponding wood type.
Mangrove Planks		Ingredients Crafting recipe Mangrove Log 4	Axe	Functions the same as every other plank type.
Mangrove Stairs and Slabs		Ingredients Crafting recipe Mangrove Planks 4 Ingredients Crafting recipe Mangrove Planks 6	Axe	Used for decoration.
Mangrove Leaves		Found naturally at Mangrove trees	Shears	Propagules can grow under mangrove leaves.
Mangrove Propagule		Drops from grown propagules	Any	Can be placed in flower pots. Grows into mangrove trees if planted on dirt in air or water, given adequate space.
Mangrove Wood		Ingredients Crafting recipe Mangrove Log 3	Axe	Can be used as a decorative block. Can be crafted mangrove planks.
Stripped Mangrove Log		Can be obtained by right clicking any log with any tier of axe, this consumes one durability on the axe.	Axe	Can be used as a decorative block. Can be crafted into mangrove planks.
Stripped Mangrove Wood		Can be obtained by right clicking any wood with any tier of axe, this consumes one durability on the axe.	Axe	Can be used as a decorative block. Can be crafted mangrove planks.
Mangrove Trapdoors		Ingredients Crafting recipe Mangrove Planks 2	Axe	Can be opened and closed.
Mangrove Pressure Plate		Ingredients Crafting recipe Mangrove Planks	Axe	Produce a redstone signal when stepped on.
Mangrove Buttons		Ingredients Crafting recipe Mangrove Planks	Axe	Produce a redstone signal when pressed.
Mangrove Fence		Ingredients Crafting recipe Mangrove Planks + Stick 3	Axe	Acts like a barrier for mobs and players.
Mangrove Fence Gate		Ingredients Crafting recipe Stick + Mangrove Planks	Axe	Acts like a barrier for mobs and players.
Mangrove Door		Ingredients Crafting recipe Mangrove Planks 3	Axe	Can be opened and closed.
Mangrove Sign		Ingredients Crafting recipe Mangrove Planks + Stick 3	Axe	All sign variants retain the same use as the original sign. While the default text color is black, the color can be changed with dyes.
Mangrove Roots		Found naturally at Mangrove trees	Axe	Can be used as a decorative block.
Mud		By using a Water Bottle on dirt Found naturally in Mangrove Swamp	Shovel	Can be used as a decorative block. Can be crafted packed mud.
Muddy Mangrove Roots		Ingredients Crafting recipe Mud + Mangrove Roots	Shovel	Can be used as a decorative block.
Packed Mud		Ingredients Crafting recipe Mud + Wheat	Pickaxe	Can be used as a decorative block. Can be crafted into Mud Bricks
Mud Bricks		Ingredients Crafting recipe Packed Mud 4	Pickaxe	Can be used as a decorative block.
Mud Brick Stairs and Slabs		Ingredients Crafting recipe Mud Bricks 4 Ingredients Crafting recipe Mud Bricks 6	Pickaxe	Used for decoration.
Mud Brick Wall		Ingredients Crafting recipe Mud Bricks 6	Pickaxe	Mud Brick walls can be used as a decorative block, as well as a barrier to keep mobs both inside a space, or outside one.

Changed

Name	Image	Changed
Sculk Sensor		Now available outside experimental gameplay.

Items

Name	Image	Obtaining	Uses
Spawn Eggs for all new mobs.		Obtained from creative inventory.	Spawns the respective mob.
Swift Sneak Enchanted Book		Ancient city chests	Applied to leggings. Increases sneaking speed.
Bucket of Tadpole		Obtained by using a bucket on a tadpole.	Can be used to spawn an a tadpole.
Echo Shard		Can be found at the loot chest of an ancient city	Can be crafted into recovery compass
Recovery Compass		Ingredients Crafting recipe Echo Shard + Compass	It will point into your last death point.
Music Disc ("5")		Ingredients Crafting recipe Disc Fragment 5	Plays the track "5" from the The Wild Update soundtrack.
Disc Fragment		Disc Fragment can be found in loot chests in ancient city.	Can be crafted into Music Disc "5"
Goat Horn		Obtained when goat charges at some type of blocks.	Make a horn noise when used depending on the horn types.

Structures

Name	Image	Generates	Chests	Mobs	Description
Ancient City		Deep Dark	Yes	Warden (summoned by sculk shrieker)	An extensive, sculk-infested dungeon comprised of ruins of deepslate, wool, and dark oak. All ancient cities have a large portal-like structure in the middle - the only place where the reinforced deepslate block generates. No mobs can spawn in this structure besides the warden, even if parts of it leak out of the deep dark.
Mangrove Tree		In Mangrove Swamp Grown from mangrove propagules.	No	No	A tree currently made of mangrove leaves, mangrove root and mangrove logs.

Non-Mob Entities

New

Name	Image	Creation	Drops	Note
Mangrove Boat		Ingredients Crafting recipe Mangrove Planks	None	Can be used to cross water.
Boat with Chest		Ingredients Crafting recipe Chest + Oak Boat or Spruce Boat or Birch Boat or Jungle Boat or Acacia Boat or Dark Oak Boat or Mangrove Boat	None	Can be used to transport items over water.

Biomes

Name	Image	Description	Structures
Deep Dark		A cave biome that generates in the deepest depths of the world, covered entirely by sculk. No mobs can spawn in this biome besides the warden.	Amethyst geodes Dungeons Strongholds Ancient cities
Mangrove Swamp		A swamp with a lot of mangrove trees instead of oak trees The bottom of the swamp have mud with grass patches in between	Mangrove Trees

Effects

Name	Image	Causes	Description
Darkness		Wardens and sculk shriekers	Dims the player's vision by darkening the screen and pulling in black fog.

Enchantments

Enchantment	Max Level	Applicable Items	Notes
Swift Sneak	III		Increases sneaking speed.