Minecraft Live 2021: Where To Watch, What To Expect, And Everything You Need To

Minecraft Live 2021 is almost upon us, and this Saturday 16th October we’ll get to find out what’s in store for everyone’s favourite block-mining video game.

Over the course of the week, Jens Bergensten and Agnes Larsson, the Lead Designer and Game Director of Minecraft respectively, have been teasing some of the content ahead of the stream on the weekend. Here’s what we know so far — and we’ll update this as we find out more, of course.

Minecraft Live 2021

How To Watch Minecraft Live 2021

We’ll be running a live blog on Nintendo Life, so you can watch along with us there — obviously the very best place to be!

As you’d expect, Mojang will be hosting the video on their social media channels, too.

• When: Saturday October 16th, 2021, 5PM BST / 12PM EDT / 9AM PDT
• Where: YouTube, Twitch, Facebook, Minecraft Live website
• How: You can watch on any phones, tablets, PCs, and game consoles with internet connections

There will also be American Sign Language and Audio Description versions of the stream available on YouTube:

Check the image below to see more of the broadcast times in your time zone:

What To Expect from Minecraft Live 2021

A vote between three new mobs for the game is set to take place on October 16th. This mob vote is how we got the Glow Squid after the 2020 Minecraft Live stream, which beat out the Moobloom (a flower-themed cow) and the Iceologer, an illager who hurls flying ice clouds.

The new mobs to choose from are:

The Allay

The Allay is a friendly mob, who takes items and finds more of them — if you’re in need of sticks, bones, or emeralds, for example. He also dances, and flies. He’s adorable. If you have a Note Block in your world, that’s where he’ll drop off the items that he’s found.

The Glare

One of the major changes that will come to Minecraft in Caves & Cliffs Part Two is the way mobs spawn. Currently, if the light level is low, you’ll get Creepers, Zombies, Skeletons and more turning up, but soon, that will only happen in total darkness, which means your builds will no longer be plagued with torches. The Glare can help you in this regard: He will fly over to dark areas, and throw a tantrum, because he hates the dark. Thanks, Glare!

The Copper Golem

The Copper Golem, like his friend Iron Golem, is a big lad made from copper. The difference with this lad is that, over time, he will age and develop that lovely copper patina… and when he’s green, he’ll freeze into a statue. You can build it yourself (presumably with 4 Copper blocks in a T-shape, like how the Iron Golem is made), and it apparently “loves to randomly press Copper Buttons”. There’s probably a really cool Redstone application for that, but we’re not good enough at Redstone to know what it is. It’s worth noting that if the Copper Golem wins, then Copper Buttons will also be added to the game!

Info on Minecraft Dungeons

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