Latest Minecraft Earth update adds challenges, collections, and a bunch of mob variants
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What you need to know
Minecraft Earth continues to evolve for the people still playing it, adding new features to build it into a fully fleshed out game. The newest update, R17, adds three big new features, as well as making smaller fixes and improvements to the overall experience. This update is perfect for completionists, who love building out collections or finishing challenges.
The update includes:
If you’re interested, you can check out the full changeloghere. Otherwise, the update should be available now for those playing the Early Access of Minecraft Earth. This seems to be a solid update to add more goals to accomplish, and give players more reason to return to the game day after day.
Are you excited by this update? Are you planning on completing challenges or collections? Let us know in the comments below!
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