Java Edition guides/The Wild Update

For the Bedrock Edition version of this guide, see Bedrock Edition guides/The Wild Update.

The Wild Update
Edition	Java Edition
Official name	The Wild Update
Released versions
1.19 1.19.1 1.19.2 1.19.3 1.19.4
◄ Caves & Cliffs
◄ Caves & Cliffs
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This guide is a simplified overview of all non-experimental changes in The Wild Update update (Java Edition 1.19.x releases), which assumes at least some familiarity with the Caves & Cliffs updates (Java Edition 1.17.x and Java Edition 1.18.x releases)

Mobs

New

Name	Image	Habitat	Drops	Note
Warden		Summoned when a player triggers a natural sculk shrieker four times.	Sculk Catalyst (1) 1–3 (when killed by a player or tamed wolf)	The first fully-blind mob. In order to find a target, it relies on vibrations, smell, and contact. Rises out of the floor when summoned. Digs back into the ground when it reverts back to a calm state and doesn't detect a vibration in 60 seconds. Has the highest health out of all mobs in Java Edition. Is immune to fire, lava, and knockback. A warden starts out searching for a target, slowly getting more agitated as it gets more suspicious of a mob. When agitated, it roars and then pursues the target. A warden instantly becomes agitated when hit by another mob. Wardens possess an extremely powerful melee attack, which can also disable shields. Targets that are still being pursued, but are out-of-reach for its melee attack, will be hit with a ranged sonic boom attack, which bypasses shields and armor.
Frog		Swamp and mangrove swamp	1–3 (when killed by a player or tamed wolf)	Spawns when a tadpole grows up. Frogs have three color variations, each depending on the temperature of the biome it spawns in. Temperate biomes spawn orange frogs, cold biomes spawn green frogs, and warm biomes spawn white frogs. Eats tiny slimes to produce slime balls. Eats tiny magma cubes to produce froglights. The type of frog influences the froglight's color.
Tadpole		None	None	Spawns when hatching from frogspawn. Grows up into a frog. Possesses the traits of a fish mob, like requiring water, being able to be placed in a water bucket, and flopping around outside of 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. After a while, it brings those items to the player. When a note block is played nearby, the allay will leave the items on top of the note block instead. Can be duplicated by giving them an amethyst shard while dancing.

Blocks

New

Name	Image	Obtaining	Tool Required	Uses
Reinforced Deepslate		Generates as part of the frame structure in the ancient city.	None (does not drop)	Used for decoration.
Sculk		Generates in the deep dark. Can be found in ancient city chests. Can be created by a sculk catalyst.	Hoe (requires Silk Touch)	Drops experience when mined without Silk Touch.
Sculk Catalyst		Generates in the deep dark. Can be found in ancient city chests. Dropped by wardens.	Hoe (requires Silk Touch)	When a mob dies nearby, the catalyst blooms and sends out a bubbling charge, which spreads a patch of sculk and sculk veins whenever it goes over surface blocks like stone, grass blocks, and netherrack. Bubbling charges only spread sculk veins on other non-surface blocks. Bubbling charges have a chance to create sculk sensors and sculk shriekers when moving on top of sculk. 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)	Shrieks as a response to a player setting off sculk sensors nearby, stepping on itself, or when receiving a redstone signal. A natural sculk shrieker can inflict the darkness effect. Each shriek acts as a warning. When a player initially gets to the third warning, a natural shrieker will summon a warden. Each warning level gets cleared out if the player has not set off a shrieker within 10 minutes. Dying completely clears out warning levels. A sculk shrieker placed by a player or catalyst cannot inflict darkness or summon wardens.
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 a frog eats a tiny magma cube. Warm frogs produce pearlescent froglights. Cold frogs produce verdant froglights. Temperate frogs produce ochre froglights.	Pickaxe	Emits a light level of 15.
Mangrove Log		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, hoe, sword	Propagules can grow under mangrove leaves.
Mangrove Propagule		Drops from grown propagules	Any	Can be placed in flower pots. Can be waterlogged. 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 into 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 into mangrove planks.
Mangrove Trapdoor		Ingredients Crafting recipe Mangrove Planks 2	Axe	Can be opened and closed.
Mangrove Pressure Plate		Ingredients Crafting recipe Mangrove Planks	Axe	Produces a redstone signal when stepped on.
Mangrove Button		Ingredients Crafting recipe Mangrove Planks	Axe	Produces 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. Can be opened and closed.
Mangrove Door		Ingredients Crafting recipe Mangrove Planks 3	Axe	Can be opened and closed.
Mangrove Sign		Ingredients Crafting recipe Mangrove Planks + Stick 3	Axe	Displays custom text. Text color can be changed with dyes, or brightened with glow ink sacs.
Mangrove Roots		Found naturally at Mangrove trees	Axe	The only transparent block that can transmit redstone signals.
Mud		By using a water bottle on dirt, coarse dirt, or rooted dirt. Found naturally in mangrove swamps.	Shovel	Mobs that walk on top of mud sink slightly. Can be crafted into packed mud. Mud can be converted into clay when positioned above a block that has pointed dripstone underneath.
Muddy Mangrove Roots		Ingredients Crafting recipe Mud + Mangrove Roots Generates underneath mangrove trees that grow on mud.	Shovel	Used for decoration.
Packed Mud		Ingredients Crafting recipe Mud + Wheat	Pickaxe	Can be crafted into mud bricks.
Mud Bricks		Ingredients Crafting recipe Packed Mud 4	Pickaxe	Used for decoration.
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	Acts like a barrier for mobs and players.

Changed

Name	Image	Changed
Sculk Sensor		Now available in the creative inventory. Now generates in the deep dark. Can now be created by a sculk catalyst. Now activates when stepped on. Mining a sculk sensor without Silk Touch now drops experience.

Items

New

Name	Image	Obtaining	Uses
Spawn Eggs for all new mobs.		Obtained from the creative inventory.	Spawns the respective mob.
Swift Sneak Enchanted Book		Can be found in ancient city chests.	Applied to leggings. Increases sneaking speed.
Bucket of Tadpole		Obtained by using a water bucket on a tadpole.	Can be used to spawn a tadpole.
Echo Shard		Can be found in ancient city chests.	Can be crafted into a recovery compass.
Recovery Compass		Ingredients Crafting recipe Echo Shard + Compass	Points to your last death point.
Music Disc ("5")		Ingredients Crafting recipe Disc Fragment 5	Plays the track "Five" from the The Wild Update soundtrack.
Disc Fragment		Can be found in ancient city chests.	Can be crafted into music disc "5".
Goat Horn		Drops when a goat charges at blocks typically found in biomes it spawns in. Ponder, Sing, Seek, and Feel horns are dropped by regular goats; in addition, they are found in pillager outpost chests. Admire, Call, Yearn, and Dream horns are dropped by screaming goats.	Emits a loud noise when used. Each horn variant creates a different sound.

Structures

New

Name	Image	Generates	Chests	Mobs	Description
Ancient City		Ancient cities generate in the Deep Dark.	Yes (multiple)	Warden (when summoned from sculk shriekers)	An extensive, sculk-infested dungeon comprised of ruins of deepslate, wool, and dark oak. All ancient cities have a large frame structure in the middle - the only place where the reinforced deepslate block generates. Its chests may contain unique loot not found anywhere else, including a new enchantment, a new material, and music disc fragments. No mobs may spawn in this structure besides wardens, even if parts of it are outside of the deep dark's borders.
Mangrove Tree		Mangrove trees generate in mangrove swamps. They can also be grown from mangrove propagules.	No	No	A tree made of mangrove leaves, roots, logs, vines, and moss carpets.

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

New

Name	Image	Description	Structures
Deep Dark		A cave biome that generates in the deepest depths of the world, covered almost entirely by sculk. The deep dark is oriented to generate underneath mountainous regions, typically those covered by peak biomes like stony peaks and badlands. No mobs can spawn in this biome besides wardens.	Amethyst geodes Dungeons Strongholds Ancient cities
Mangrove Swamp		A densely-forested variant of the swamp, housing a lot of mangrove trees. Mangrove swamps are oriented to generate along the borders of warm biomes such as jungles and deserts. The ground of the mangrove swamp is composed of grass blocks and mud.	Mangrove Trees

Effects

New

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

Enchantments

New

Name	Maximum level	Primary items	Secondary items	Incompatible with	Description
Swift Sneak	III		None		* Increases sneaking speed.