Things to know about the Pale Garden

Key recommendations

• The new Pale Garden biome available on Java Instant brings a unique mob, the Creaking, to the game.
• Players gain a new type of pale oak wood that is perfect for versatile construction.
• The Pale Garden offers an eerie ambiance with pale new flora, desaturated blocks and silence.

The main reveal at Minecraft Live 2024 and the main source of interest for the various leaks leading up to the event, the new Pale Garden biome has already captured the attention of the community. While players are already exploring this strange location, the overall theme and desired atmosphere of this wooded region is clear.

Along with its own unique mob, the Pale Garden appears to be the surface biome to counter the chilling depths of the Deep Darkness in the caverns below. Beyond that, the reveal and experimental snapshot for this new biome offers a great look at what is essentially concept art, with plenty of potential for additions and changes. For players ready to explore these forests carefully, there are five key things to know so far.

5 rattle

Minecraft's newest threat

Newest mob added to Minecraft Roster firmly placed on the hostile side of things, the Squeak is a unique threat that can only be found in the Pale Garden and currently has no drops when defeated. Clearly inspired by the Weeping Angel mechanic, this living tree monster isn't that much of a threat on its own, but will easily become a problem in large enough numbers.

The squeak is effectively invincible, unlike other recent hostile mobs like the Warden and the Breeze, and can somewhat trap the Warden in a loop of constantly attacking him to no avail. The crowd can be destroyed instantly once players find the squeaky heart that is puppeting it, as a heart currently spawns and controls a squeaky, but until that point, players cannot hurt it. While he doesn't deal a lot of damage, he always deals half a heart of damage normally, even with late game armor, coupled with being outnumbered as a real threat, along with his squeaky speed which allows him to potentially finish low level players. health after fighting other mobs. Fortunately, as long as players keep the squeaker in their sights, they won't be able to move.

4 New type of wood

Pale oak

For players who focus on building, Pale Garden adds an entirely new type of wood, bringing white wood blocks into the game. While there are a number of different white blocks used purely for design reasons, adding a wood set of this color brings doors, fences, buttons, pressure plates and more for builders to use.

The Pale Oak offers great versatility for players, with the only cost being finding the Pale Garden biome. Between saplings, leaves, the loose log variant, and even standard plank blocks, there's a wide array of monochromatic blocks that builders can make the most of.

3 The creaking heart

Master Puppeteer

Described as a “living block” by the developers, the Creaking Heart is the true monster that uses the Creak as shallow puppets to haunt, injure, and pursue players in the Pale Garden, fitting right into the idea of ​​Bundles of Bravery. It's surprisingly well-hidden, at least from a Vanilla perspective, making an ax somewhat necessary for players who have to chop down trees to escape the Squeak. Currently, as of the first experimental snapshot, Creaking Heart blocks are finite and do not appear when players grow pale oaks.

As a “living block”, the creaking heart break can give players Monster Hunter and Monsters Hunted advancements usually reserved for standard zombies and creeps, making this block effectively a crowd in its own weird way. Since it's the brains behind the Creak, players can tap the block and create their own Creaking generator by placing the heart between two upright logs and waiting for the night. When done correctly and when using subtitles, a “wake up” sound will be played. Additionally, for players with subtitles, the sound for the creaking mob attack is “Creaking Heart screams”, adding more to the strange world of the strange garden.

2 Pale flora

The new shade of moss and biome

For players looking for new shades of gray to add to their builds, or for a more gothic flair to nature builds, the Pale Garden adds a small selection of new pale plants, as well as a new biome color for players to dumb. From new moss blocks to ghostly leaves, there's a small but distinct offering to choose from.

True to the biome's name, the green blocks are usually drastically desaturated, from standard grass to jungle trees, making it a solid location for scarier builds. As for unique blocks, pale leaves are now white regardless of biome, adding strong potential for winter builds. Hanging moss also adds great texture to underground constructions, the benefit of this hanging plant is that it doesn't grow on its own.

1 Biome Ambiance

Pale silence

Perhaps one of the most interesting but somewhat vague additions, the addition and absence of sounds in the pale garden, presents an emphasis on the atmosphere of Minecraft not seen since the death of the fireflies. While most biomes in the game are usually quiet if not for the mob movement and music, the Pale Garden is particularly quiet.

Beyond the exaggerated silence of the new biome, there appears to be a new method of adding ambient sounds. Certain blocks in the biome now emit certain sounds at night, such as the creaking heart, adding an extra layer of eerie. Outside of the current implications, the potential for more similar ways to include ambient sounds like falling leaves or rolling waves is more than possible.