What's new?
- Minecraft: All updates in 23w31a explained!
- A newcomer (Yi Ling) joins the rank of Aberration's wildlife!
- User Interface gets a facelift, express more with the all-new Chat Emojis, and more!
Minecraft
Have you heard about Minecraft's new snapshot 23w31a in 1.20.2? It alters the game quite a bit. You'll spot more diamond ores deep within Overworld's Deepslate layers now. Guess what? It's raining diamonds!Ever used Barrier blocks in Creative mode? Now, they merge with water. Build more with water-filled structures!
Trading with villagers changed too. Cure a Zombie Villager, get a big first-time discount. But that's it. No extra discounts for curing the same Villager again. It stops players from gaming the trading system.
Folks also tried a new feature, albeit experimental. Who benefits? Librarians and wandering traders. They now have special books. But alas! These enchanted ones are only for Master level librarians.
The snapshot also comes with crucial technical upgrades. The history of past commands? Saved and accessible across worlds. Chunk sending optimized for those on limited internet. Handy, right?
The network protocol also got a tweak. It allows for more data-driven content later. To sum up, snapshot 23w31a for Minecraft 1.20.2 is a game-changer. It spices up gameplay, builds flexibility, and curbs player advantage exploits. It's fun times ahead!
ARK: Survival Evolved
Community Crunch 373 dropped fresh news. From Studio Wildcard, exciting updates are here on ARK: Survival Evolved. You'll meet Yi Ling soon, a feathered creature with a piercing beak. Can't wait to see its fit with Aberration's wildlife mix, can you? Studio's ears are all open for your response.The Community Creature Contest is happening. This time, focusing on The Center map. Players, step up! Offer us your real-world creature ideas syncing with The Center's theme. The champ creature gets a spot on the map. Future expansions will also bring more creatures. Entry wraps by August 14th, voting starts that day and lasts till 21st of August.
What’s hot now is the EVO Event. It is hanging in there till August 7th and spread across all platforms. Plus points for Official Servers, Small Tribe Servers, ARKPocalypse, and Conquest servers. Perks include a hike in XP, harvesting, taming, and breeding rates. Not to forget, less mating intervals and bonus hexagon rewards.
Rust
Wounded UI's spruced up look. It spills beans on your hurt-status now. Tells you chances of bouncing back and countdown till recovery or the big sleep. Get full on food or water, or hold a mega medkit on your belt, and you're back, 100%!Coolest addon? Emojis in the chat! Your chats will now be a riot of colors and chuckles. Emojis at your fingertips, thanks to the chat interface's emoji button. Emojis too plain vanilla for you? Add flavour by editing skin tone, or turning item icons into custom emojis. Server owners, perk up! You can craft exclusive emojis for your servers. Just pop some images into the right folder.
Brick-building skins are now in the Rust store. Amp up your stone bases' look with these. More goodies! The update's lined up fixes and improvements like safe crafting queue items in surprise server shutdowns and displaying real quantity of dropped items. Burst module's now snazzier! Speedier shots, less recoil, better accuracy.