When Will The Update Aquatic Come Out

Minecraft's ocean-expanding Update Aquatic is out now on Xbox I and PC

Switch, PS4, and older platforms coming later on.

Minecraft'due south long-awaited Update Aquatic has finally surfaced, and is now available on Xbox One, Windows 10, Gear VR and Oculus, mixed reality devices, and mobile.

Update Aquatic, as its name suggests, is designed to add more life to Minecraft'southward oceans. It's a major update too - so large, in fact, that developer Mojang has elected to release it in ii parts. The start is out at present, while phase two is "coming soon".

Once the new patch is installed, Minecraft players on supported platforms will be able to bask a wide selection of new fish and other h2o-dwelling creatures, including salmon, cod, pufferfish, tropical fish, and dolphins - the latter of which will follow boats across the bounding main.

Elsewhere beneath the waves, you lot'll find the likes of coral reefs, kelp, underwater ravines and caves, sea grass, shipwrecks, treasure chests, ruins, and more. Additionally, there are nine distinct new ocean biomes: frozen, deep frozen, cold, deep common cold, lukewarm, deep lukewarm, normal, deep normal, and warm. Icebergs and blue ice are now constitute in chillier climes.

A somewhat more exhaustive list of Update Aquatic's new additions, including improved boat control, is located over on Mojang's announcement post.

Minecraft'southward Update Aquatic will launch on Switch on June 21st, alongside the console's new-fangled Bedrock Edition, but will not be coming to either Switch or Xbox One's older, pre-Amend Together versions. The update is also due on Minecraft'south Coffee version "very soon" and will make it on PS4,Wii U, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Vita, at a currently unspecified futurity appointment.

Update Aquatic will be the last major content drop for older platforms.