The Garden Awakens

This article is about the drop. For the EP, see Minecraft: The Garden Awakens.

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The Garden Awakens, referred to before November 27, 2024 as the Winter Drop, is an upcoming game drop set to release on December 3, 2024, that adds pale gardens, creakings, and other related blocks. It was announced at Minecraft Live 2024. In Java Edition, it can only be accessed by creating a world with the "Winter Drop" experiment toggle enabled or manually editing the level.dat file to include the Template:Cd feature flag.Template:Until

In an official and publicly shared survey about Minecraft Live and in file names on minecraft.net, the drop was referred to as the "Vanilla Holiday Update". The name and release date of the update were revealed on November 27, 2024.

Notable features

Main articles: Java Edition 1.21.4 and Bedrock Edition 1.21.50

New blocks

• Template:Animate Creaking Heart
  • Can be found activated in the pale garden biome.
  • Can be mined and relocated with a Silk Touch tool.
  • Can also be crafted using pale oak logs and a block of resin.
  • Only activates when placed between two Pale Oak logs in the same orientation and can't be deactivated unless the block is broken.
  • Spawns creakings at night when activated and links itself to them.
• New pale oak wood type:
  • File:Pale Oak Log.png Pale Oak Log
  • File:Stripped Pale Oak Log.png Stripped Pale Oak Log
  • File:Pale Oak Wood.png Pale Oak Wood
  • File:Stripped Pale Oak Wood.png Stripped Pale Oak Wood
  • File:Pale Oak Planks.png Pale Oak Planks
  • File:Pale Oak Stairs.png Pale Oak Stairs
  • File:Pale Oak Slab.png Pale Oak Slab
  • File:Pale Oak Sign.png Pale Oak Sign
  • File:Pale Oak Hanging Sign.png Pale Oak Hanging Sign
  • File:Pale Oak Button.png Pale Oak Button
  • File:Pale Oak Pressure Plate.png Pale Oak Pressure Plate
  • File:Pale Oak Door.png Pale Oak Door
  • File:Pale Oak Fence.png Pale Oak Fence
  • File:Pale Oak Fence Gate.png Pale Oak Fence Gate
  • File:Pale Oak Trapdoor.png Pale Oak Trapdoor
• New foliage and vegetation blocks:
  • File:Pale Hanging Moss.png Pale Hanging Moss
  • File:Pale Moss Block.png Pale Moss Block
  • File:Pale Moss Carpet.png Pale Moss Carpet
  • File:Pale Oak Leaves.png Pale Oak Leaves
  • File:Pale Oak Sapling.png Pale Oak Sapling
  • Template:Animate Eyeblossom
• Resin family blocks:
  • File:Resin Clump (item).png Resin Clump
  • File:Block of Resin.png Block of Resin
  • File:Resin Bricks.png Resin Bricks
  • File:Chiseled Resin Bricks.png Chiseled Resin Bricks
  • File:Resin Brick Slab.png Resin Brick Slab
  • File:Resin Brick Stairs.png Resin Brick Stairs
  • File:Resin Brick Wall.png Resin Brick Wall

New items

• File:Resin Brick.png Resin Brick
  • Can also be used to trim armor.
• Spawn eggs:
  • File:Creaking Spawn Egg.png Creaking Spawn Egg

New mob

• File:Creaking JE1.png Creaking
  • Spawned by active creaking hearts during the night or thunderstorms.
  • Only moves when a player is looking away from it.
  • Can only be killed by destroying its respective creaking heart. Can be damaged if spawned via the spawn egg or the Template:Cmd command.
  • Emits particles that lead to its creaking heart when hit.

New non-mob entities

• File:Pale Oak Boat.png Pale Oak Boat
• File:Pale Oak Boat with Chest.png Pale Oak Boat with Chest

New biome

• Template:BiomeLink
  • Generates with pale oak trees, pale moss blocks, pale moss carpets, pale hanging moss, and eyeblossoms.

New generated features

• File:Pale Oak Tree.png Pale oak
• Pale moss patch

Gallery

Official artwork

• Key art for the drop.
  Key art for the drop.
• Square format.
  Square format.
• Same as the first, but without the release date and slightly more zoomed out.
  Same as the first, but without the release date and slightly more zoomed out.

Development images

• Picture of a pale garden at night.
  Picture of a pale garden at night.
• Pale garden and pale moss.
  Pale garden and pale moss.
• Pale garden and creaking.
  Pale garden and creaking.
• Overhead view of a pale garden.
  Overhead view of a pale garden.
• Creaking in pale garden.
  Creaking in pale garden.
• Creaking on top of a pale oak tree.
  Creaking on top of a pale oak tree.
• Mini-game setup with creaking and pale oak house.
  Mini-game setup with creaking and pale oak house.
• Pale garden at day
  Falling leaves in a pale garden.