{"id":31794,"date":"2018-07-10T16:10:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-10T16:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/07\/minecrafts_aquatic_update_phase_two_gets_wet_and_wild_today_on_switch"},"modified":"2018-07-10T16:10:00","modified_gmt":"2018-07-10T16:10:00","slug":"minecrafts-aquatic-update-phase-two-gets-wet-and-wild-today-on-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/07\/10\/minecrafts-aquatic-update-phase-two-gets-wet-and-wild-today-on-switch\/","title":{"rendered":"Minecraft&#8217;s Aquatic Update Phase Two Gets Wet And Wild Today On Switch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/07\/minecrafts_aquatic_update_phase_two_gets_wet_and_wild_today_on_switch\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/07\/minecrafts_aquatic_update_phase_two_gets_wet_and_wild_today_on_switch\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"picture embed centered picture-900x img-900x\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"news3.jpg\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/07\/minecrafts_aquatic_update_phase_two_gets_wet_and_wild_today_on_switch\/attachment\/0\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/07\/minecrafts_aquatic_update_phase_two_gets_wet_and_wild_today_on_switch\/attachment\/0\/900x.jpg\" alt=\"news3.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/minecraft_nintendo_switch_edition\"><strong>Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition<\/strong><\/a> has just received its next big update, bringing with it the next section of the big Aquatic Update that&#8217;s overhauled the game&#8217;s base underwater elements. If you&#8217;re big into Minecraft on Switch, you&#8217;ll be pleased to see all the big things Phase Two is adding to Mojang&#8217;s global hit:<\/p>\n<h3>New features<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Realms are now available on Nintendo Switch<\/li>\n<li>The Drowned \u2013 These dangerous, underwater zombies lurk in dark, deep water and will come up to the shore at night<\/li>\n<li>Sea Turtles \u2013 These gentle creatures can be found swimming in oceans and tanning on beaches. Protect their eggs so more can hatch!<\/li>\n<li>Turtle Shell and Scute items<\/li>\n<li>Potion of the Turtle Master<\/li>\n<li>Nautilus Shells \u2013 Can be found while fishing or held by the Drowned<\/li>\n<li>Conduits can now be constructed underwater and give players the Conduit Power effect. Craft them with Nautilus Shells &amp; Heart of the Sea<\/li>\n<li>Bubble Columns \u2013 Magma Blocks create downward flowing columns and Soul Sand creates upward flowing bubbles<\/li>\n<li>New Achievements!<\/li>\n<li>Added new commands that only affect worlds with Education Edition enabled: 1. \/ability \u2013 Sets a player\u2019s ability 2. \/immutableworld \u2013 Sets the immutable state of the world 3. \/worldbuilder \u2013 Toggle World Builder status of caller<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Changes<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Changed the menu background to be themed for Update Aquatic<\/li>\n<li>Undead mobs will now sink in water and can walk on the bottom<\/li>\n<li>Improved the steering of Boats when using keyboard and mouse by pressing W to move forward and S to reverse<\/li>\n<li>Dolphins can now be given Raw Fish or Raw Salmon and will swim towards the nearest Ocean Ruins or Shipwreck<\/li>\n<li>Husks that have sunk in water will now transform into Zombies and Zombies will transform into Drowned<br \/>Skeleton Horses can now be ridden underwater<\/li>\n<li>Skeletons and Strays will switch from ranged to melee attacks while underwater and switch back when out of water<\/li>\n<li>Coral blocks will no longer die as long as one side is touching water<\/li>\n<li>Improved player swimming at the surface of water<\/li>\n<li>Tridents can now be enchanted with Mending and Unbreaking<\/li>\n<li>Added an animation when using Riptide in first person perspective<\/li>\n<li>Slightly decreased the friction of Blue Ice<\/li>\n<li>Updated the texture of the top of Kelp<\/li>\n<li>Updated the texture of Cooked Fish<\/li>\n<li>Updated the Riptide spin texture<\/li>\n<li>Default Field of View has been reduced from 70 to 60 and can be adjusted in Video Settings<\/li>\n<li>Tridents will no longer break blocks in Creative mode<\/li>\n<li>The Inventory button has been moved to the top of the Store page<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Are you a big fan of Minecraft on Switch? Which parts of this new update are you most excited to use? Share your thoughts below, fellow blocky builders&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition has just received its next big update, bringing with it the next section of the big Aquatic Update that&#8217;s overhauled the game&#8217;s base underwater elements. If you&#8217;re big into Minecraft on Switch, you&#8217;ll be pleased to see all the big things Phase Two is adding to Mojang&#8217;s global hit: New features [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31794"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31794\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}