This year, 2025 has been a very energetic time for Minecraft to say the least. Developer Mojang Studios confirmed that Minecraft was met with a 75 percent bump in traffic thanks to the film that released this spring. Additionally, Warner Bros. has already greenlit the sequel and plans to release the sequel in theaters in summer 2027.
As for the core game, Minecraft has been met with some major updates this year as well. Earlier this summer, Minecraft in the ‘Chase the Skies’ update officially shipped the long-awaited improved graphics to the game including lighting and textures. Followed by another update in September, ‘The Copper Age’ delivered a slew of new emphasis to the invasive copper ore that has been in the game for years now.
This week, Mojang Studios returns with a new content drop – Mounts of Mayhem. Along with a new weapon, there is also a major focus on mounted combat that comes in this update for all platforms. You can watch the trailer in the video below:
“Mounted combat is everywhere in this new update! Explore the deserts to come face to face with the unnerving camel husk, which spawns in with not one, but two hostile foes! Camel husks are ridden by both spear-wielding husks and the parched, a desert skeleton that likes to pepper players with volleys of arrows!” the synopsis shares. “Dive into the ocean depths to battle a familiar foe with a new and faster strategy. Drowned love to ride into battle atop the zombie nautilus, a mount you can tame for yourself.”
Once darkness descends across the Overworld, zombie horsemen emerge from plains and savannahs, and they’ll ride towards you equipped with spears! […] Ride to victory atop your favorite horse – which you can now protect with the strongest armor in the game, Netherite horse armor! Or use the velocity-scaling damage of the spear to rain down triumph from the skies with a trusty set of elytra.”
Are you interested in this new update for Minecraft?
Minecraft is out now for Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android, and PC
Source: Mojang Studios
