The Garden Awakens

The Garden Awakens

Release date	December 3, 2024
Version(s)	Java Edition 1.21.4 Bedrock Edition 1.21.50
Placeholder name(s)	Winter Drop Vanilla Holiday Update
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The Garden Awakens official artwork.

The Garden Awakens is a game drop released at 16:00 UTC on December 3, 2024. It adds a new biome, the pale gardens, a mob called the creaking, and other related blocks. It was announced at Minecraft Live 2024.

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". During development, it was referred to as the "Winter Drop". The final name and release date of the update were revealed on November 27, 2024.

Notable features

New blocks

• 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 two 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 set:
  • Pale Oak Log
  • Stripped Pale Oak Log
  • Pale Oak Wood
  • Stripped Pale Oak Wood
  • Pale Oak Planks
  • Pale Oak Stairs
  • Pale Oak Slab
  • Pale Oak Sign
  • Pale Oak Hanging Sign
  • Pale Oak Button
  • Pale Oak Pressure Plate
  • Pale Oak Door
  • Pale Oak Fence
  • Pale Oak Fence Gate
  • Pale Oak Trapdoor
• New foliage and vegetation blocks:
  • Pale Hanging Moss
  • Pale Moss Block
  • Pale Moss Carpet
  • Pale Oak Leaves
  • Pale Oak Sapling
  • Eyeblossom
• Resin family blocks:
  • Resin Clump
  • Block of Resin
  • Resin Bricks
  • Chiseled Resin Bricks
  • Resin Brick Slab
  • Resin Brick Stairs
  • Resin Brick Wall

New items

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

New mobs

• 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 /summon command.
  • Emits particles that lead to its creaking heart when hit.

New non-mob entities

• Pale Oak Boat
• Pale Oak Boat with Chest

New biomes

• Pale Garden
  • Generates with pale oak trees, pale moss blocks, pale moss carpets, pale hanging moss, and eyeblossoms.

New generated features

• Pale oak
• Pale moss patch

Promotions

Key art for the event.

To promote the release of the drop, an advertising campaign ran from December 4 to December 11, featuring many products with ties to the pale garden, such as add-ons and community incentives.

Gallery

Official artwork

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  The Garden Awakens artwork.

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  An alternate version of the artwork.

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  Ditto.

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  The creaking from artwork.

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  The Garden Awakens secondary artwork.

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  An alternate version of the secondary artwork.

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  Ditto.

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  Ditto.

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  The cover for Minecraft: The Garden Awakens.

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  The artwork without the creaking.

Development images

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  Picture of a pale garden at night.

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  Pale garden and pale moss.

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  Pale garden and creaking.

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  Overhead view of a pale garden.

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  Creaking in pale garden.

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  Creaking on top of a pale oak tree.

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  Mini-game setup with creaking and pale oak house.

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  Falling leaves in a pale garden.

External links

• Play The Garden Awakens: The New Holiday Game Drop (Archive)