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Minecraft Releases 'Mounts of Mayhem' Update With Spear and New Rideable Mobs

The year-end drop centers on mounted combat, reflecting Mojang’s move to more incremental, ready-to-test reveals.

Overview

  • The update is available now on Java and Bedrock editions as a free download and caps Minecraft’s 2025 content drops.
  • A new tiered spear debuts with jab and speed-scaling charge attacks, plus a Lunge enchantment that converts jab into a dash at a cost to durability and hunger.
  • The nautilus arrives as a tameable underwater mount that accepts saddles and armor, grants Breath of the Nautilus to halt oxygen loss, and can be lured with pufferfish.
  • New encounters include sun-immune parched skeletons and camel husks, zombie horses that spawn with spear-wielding riders, and zombie nautiluses ridden by drowned, all tameable once riders are unseated.
  • Mount systems get practical upgrades as horses and other rides swim instead of sinking, while players can craft netherite horse armor by upgrading diamond gear with a smithing template and ingot.