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Minecraft updates: The latest Java and Bedrock patch notes

Want to find out what's coming in the latest Minecraft update? These content drops add all sorts of mobs and materials to the game, but they also implement those all-important bug fixes and quality-of-life changes. Minecraft patch notes are a great resource for finding out exactly what these changes are and what new features are coming in each new update.

There are two versions of Minecraft that often receive updates at different times. Minecraft Java Edition is the original standalone PC version and is usually the first to get updated. Bedrock is the newer version made for Windows 10, consoles, and mobile devices, and the most crucial difference is that this version isn't open to modding, but does support crossplay.

If this is your first visit, you've stumbled across our running catalogue of what's new in both versions of Minecraft. You can read about Minecraft Java updates on this page including version 1.18

Minecraft's next major update is the second half of their major Caves & Cliffs update. This time, bug changes will be coming to (you guessed it) the game's caves and cliffs. It was originally planned as part of update 1.17, but Mojang decided to split the update into two parts. The first part released on June 8 while the second part of the update arrives later this year.

Part two of the update is when caves will get their own new biomes like the lovely Lush Caves and the much spookier Deep Dark biome where the new Warden mob lives.

Features

• Added Dripstone Block and Pointed Dripstone
• Added Block of Amethyst, Budding Amethyst, Amethyst Cluster, and Amethyst Bud
• Added Block of Raw Iron, Copper, and Gold
• Added Candles
• Added Copper
• Added Deepslate
• Added Glow Lichen
• Added Lava Cauldron
• Added Lightning Rod
• Added Lush Caves Block
• Added Powder Snow
• Added Raw Copper, Raw Iron, and Raw Gold items
• Added the Axolotl
• Added the Glow Squid
• Added the Goat
• Added Spyglass
• Added Tinted Glass
• A Shulker hitting a Shulker with a Shulker Bullet can make a new Shulker
• Additions to Wandering Trader and Mason trades
• Bundles and Shulker Box items will drop their contents when destroyed
• Changed Infested Block destroy times
• Changes to Shipwreck and Mineshaft loot
• Dirt Paths (formerly Grass Path) can now be made by using a Shovel on Dirt, Podzol, Mycelium, or Coarse Dirt (as well as Grass)
• Drowned now has a chance of dropping a Copper Ingot, and they no longer drop Gold Ingots
• Experience Orbs now sometimes merge when in large quantities to improve performance. This does not change the rate at which the player can absorb them, it simply limits the amount of separate orbs floating around in the world. Orbs that merge will gain the lifetime of the most recently created one.
• Holding down the space bar now increases the scroll speed in the credits
• Minecarts and Rails work in water
• Particles now appear when Pistons break blocks
• Reordered some blocks in the Building Blocks Tab in the Creative Menu
• Reordered the Redstone Tab in the Creative Menu
• Simple Firework Rockets with one Gunpowder can now be crafted using the recipe book.

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Apex Legends patch notes: what’s new in patch 9.1

Here are the latest Apex Legends patch notes,updates and changes.

Apex Legends is a live service game, which naturally means it’s always getting updated. Whether it’s a new season, a new character, a new map, or just some subtle changes to weapon damage and fixing bugs, the developers at Respawn usually keep us in the loop with what’s changed.

If you’re new to the battle royale game – or just want to check what’s changed after an update – then you’re in the right place. We’ve rounded up all the latest Apex Legends patch notes so you can check out what’s changed and what’s new in the competitive FPS game.

Apex Legends usually pushes out a big update at the start of a new season – that’s when they’ll reveal all the abilities of a new character or add an entirely new map – but each season is punctuated by more, smaller updates that we’ll also keep you up to speed with. Changes big or small will keep things feeling fresh, and future patch notes might give us a glimpse into Apex Legends Arena mode as the game moves into formats different from battle royale.

The latest Apex Legends update introduces the Genesis collection event and addresses some balance changes.

APEX LEGENDS UPDATE 9.1

Not only does the next Apex Legends update come with a new numbering convention (thanks, Respawn’s Ryan Rigney), but it also introduces the Genesis Collection Event. However, there are also some balancing changes tucked away at the bottom of the patch notes, and it’s bad news for Octane mains but good news for Revenant players, who are getting more than just an heirloom.

LEGEND BALANCE UPDATES

• Octane’s Launch Pad cooldown increased from 60 seconds to 90 seconds
• Revenant’s hitbox size slimmed down
• Revenant’s Stalker climb height significantly increased
• Revenant’s Silence duration decreased from 20 seconds to 15 seconds
• Revenant’s Death Protection duration reduced by five seconds
• Lifeline’s hitbox size increased
• Bloodhound’s Eye of the Allfather scan reveals enemies for three seconds instead of four
• Bloodhound’s Beast of the Hunt duration decreased from 35 to 30 seconds. Time is still added on for downing enemies
• Wattson can now place more than one Nessie on the map at a time with her emote (up to 20 Nessies may be active at once on a map)

WEAPON BALANCE UPDATES

P2020

• Increased Fire Rate from 6.25 to 7.0
• Increased Base Ammo from 12 to 14
• Increased Lvl 1 Mag from 14 to 16
• Increased Lvl 2 Mag from 16 to 18
• Increased Lvl 3 and Lvl 4 Mag from 18 to 21

Spitfire

• Increased Hip Fire spread

30-30 Repeater

• Slightly increased projectile speed
• Reduced charge time from 0.5 seconds to 0.35 seconds

Longbow 

• Damage increased from 55 to 60

ARENAS ADJUSTMENTS

The following weapons and upgrades have changed material costs in Apex Legends’ Arenas mode:

Weapon prices

• P2020 Lvl 1 Upgrade: 50 to 25
• P2020 Lvl 2 Upgrade: 125 to 75
• P2020 Lvl 3 Upgrade: 200 to 150
• RE45: 250 to 200
• EVA: 250 to 300
• Mastiff: 500 to 400
• R99: 550 to 500
• Volt: 500 to 550
• Spitfire: 550 to 600
• L-Star: 400 to 500
• R301 Lvl 2 Upgrade: 300 to 350
• G7 Scout: 350 to 400
• G7 Scout Lvl 3 Upgrade: 250 to 200
• 30-30: 350 to 400
• 30-30 Lvl 3 Upgrade: 250 to 200

Utility prices

• Arc Star: 100 to 125
• Gold Backpack: 250 to 300

Legend ability prices

• Crypto EMP: 600 to 500
• Crypto Drone: 100 to 50
• Revenant Death Totem: 600 to 500
• Lifeline DOC Drone 50 to 75
• Fuse Knuckle Cluster 150 to 75
• Bloodhound Ult 350 to 450

The following adjustments are effective only in Arenas:

Legend ability adjustments

• Pathfinder’s Grapple starting charges reduced to two charges from three
• Pathfinder’s Zipline round cooldown increased from every round to every other round
• Rampart’s Sheila round cooldown reduced from every three rounds to every other round
• Wattson’s Interception Pylon round cooldown increased from every round to every other round
• Octane’s Launch Pad cooldown increased from every round to every other round
• Octane’s Stim starting charges reduced to two charges from three

Other

• Added a scoreboard to the map screen
• You can now report players by pressing space (Y on controller) in the map screen
• From Round 3 and onward, you’ll now start with a shield battery in addition to two syringes and two shield cells
• Care packages will also land five seconds earlier to make the contained weapons a more viable option before the round closes out
• 6x scope moved from base sniper weapons to Lvl 1 upgrade

Arenas map adjustments

Party Crasher:

• Adjusted circle logic to favor downtown a bit more
• Simplified the minimap’s visual language

Phase Runner:

• Raised cover height on certain props throughout the map to prevent unfair advantages to large rig Legends
• Added a few trees to reduce the ease of spawn sniping

Arenas bug fixes

• The UI for Purple devotion now shows the attached turbocharger
• Players will no longer be chosen as Jump Masters during the legend select screen
• Updated the sniper stock to show an empty slot when needed
• Can no longer get stuck in the crouch position after dying while reviving a teammate during a round in Arenas

For all of the bug fixes and quality of life changes (including a prompt to tell teammates that your ultimate is ready – yes, really), check out the Respawn blog.

APEX LEGENDS UPDATE 1.72

Respawn announced in a tweet that the latest Apex Legends update is aimed at tackling DDOS (denial of service) attacks in Apex Legends’ ranked mode.

“When we detect an attack, all players will be booted from the game and granted loss forgiveness,” the tweet reads. “The idea is to deny advantages to attackers and protect victims of those attacks from RP losses.”

DDOS attacks were becoming commonplace in the higher tiers of Apex’s ranked mode, where hackers would DDOS the entire lobby in order to farm kills and RP from inactive players. This should not be able to happen any more.

“In some cases, this change will cause the results from matches to be entirely voided: No stats tracked, RP gained or loss, etc.,” Respawn says.

It is not a perfect solution, but should help alleviate the problems a little bit. Respawn also says that “more updates to deal with these sorts of attacks are on the way.”