If you were so excited that you couldn't hold on to yourself last month when Minecraft added a bunch of new pig variants, you might have to find something to stabilize yourself now: Mojang returns with a brand new content update and starts public testing, and the protagonist this time is Niu.

To be more precise, Minecraft's latest Java version snapshot update has added a total of two cow variants.There are cold -resistant cattle all over their body, they will walk around in the biological groups covered by ice and snow; there are also heat -resistant cows, and they like to eat grass in the sandy biological group.

Speaking of this, Mojang has also introduced new ambient sound effects to the desert biome, including the rustling sound of quicksand, chirping crickets, rustling twigs, and howling wind.In addition, players can place dead shrubs on two pieces of sand outdoors, or pile up sand and terracotta tiles to bring that desert atmosphere back to their base.

In other respects, there are many new changes in the shrub world.Players who play the Java version of the snapshot can also know the new fireflies shrubs. As the name suggests, at night, its branches will linger around a circle of delicate and flashing light.This shrub grows near the swamp and other waters. If the player wants to appreciate it near his home, you can dig away the fireflies shrub and use bone powder to seize after returning to the base.In addition, putting the fireflies shrub under a certain block can also make the box above it have a flashing effect.

Also in the shrub field, Minecraft finally adds a new shrub that can be found in forests, birch forests, plains, wind-hitting hills and other green biomes.If you need a lot of shrubs at any time, you can also plant it with bone meal.

All of the above — along with the new pig variants, falling ambient leaves and wildflowers added to test in January — are now available as part of the latest snapshot of Minecraft: Java Edition, with players on the Installation tab of the launcherYou can experience it by enabling the snapshot function.Mojang said the new features will be available "soon" in Bedrock Beta and Preview, and all content in the beta will be officially released later this year.

Mojang has not disclosed the first full content update in 2025, but it has been confirmed that it will change the way new content is released.The traditional large summer update of Minecraft is no longer there, replaced by small updates released several times throughout the year.