When is the next Minecraft game drop?

Modified Mar 23, 2025 23:09 GMT

Here's everything you need to know about the next Minecraft drop (Image via Mojang Studios)

Minecraft game drops have become the new way for Mojang to push new features and updates, replacing the traditional format of annual updates. This allows the developers to keep churning out new experiences for players and making gameplay improvements on the fly.

The next Minecraft game drop is scheduled for March 25, 2025. Here's everything you need to know about what's in store.

When is the next Minecraft game drop coming?

The next Minecraft game drop arrives on March 25, 2025 (Image via Mojang Studios)

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The next Minecraft game drop, known as the Spring to Life drop, is arriving on March 25, 2025. This is the first game drop for 2025 and includes a host of new features, items, and gameplay improvements. The update will be available on both Bedrock and Java editions of the game.

Once released, players can download it on their compatible devices to enjoy all the new features, mobs, and changes made in the Spring to Life drop. As the year's first drop, it will contain an array of exciting things such as the new mob variants, improved trades, and more.

What to expect in the next Minecraft game drop

The Spring to Life Drop will introduce a host of new features to mobs and blocks in the game (Image via Sportskeeda Gaming || Mojang Studios)

The Spring to Life drop will introduce mob variants for cows, pigs, and chickens. These biome-based variants will add some much-needed diversity to the gameplay and allow for better immersiveness as players travel across different biomes.

Additionally, the drop is also set to improve the sheep spawning mechanism and introduce new wolf sound variants such as "cute", "grumpy", and "angry". This will allow the mob to express itself in unique ways, thereby enhancing the realism of the in-game wildlife. The update will also add a new recipe for the lodestone, making it much easier to craft this block.

Apart from improvements to mobs and blocks, the update is set to enhance the game world's ambiance by adding new items and blocks such as leaf litter, wildflowers, cactus flowers, and dry grass. The Spring to Life drop will also add the firefly bush, implementing the much-requested mob in a rather ingenious way.

The new spawn egg textures are a huge improvement in terms of visual aids, especially for colorblind players. This will allow them to recognize the mob based on the caricature in the texture rather than having to depend on the tooltip for information.

The Minecraft game drop will also add an array of new maps for cartographers and major updates to the wandering trader trades, significantly expanding the current sets of offerings from these useful mobs. This is a great feature for players who rely on these mobs for rare items and blocks, especially in custom Minecraft Skyblock maps.

Apart from these new features, players can look forward to some critical bugs and glitches being fixed to provide a better gameplay experience. With the Spring to Life game drop just around the corner, players are understandably excited to get their hands on this much-awaited update.

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Edited by Niladri Roy