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Get your fishing rods, it’s time to play Minecraft. Mojang is working with Conservation International to give us a new educational Minecraft add-on called Friendly Fishing. Friendly Fishing is “an epic fishing adventure loaded with everything from tuna and clams to anchovies, sharks, and treasures,” and it’s available now.

The Barracuda is just one of many fish in Friendly Fishing.

In addition to offering up a new place to explore and fish to catch, this is meant to educate players about ocean pollution. As you fish, you’ll be able to catch a variety of underwater creatures, but you’ll also hook plastic waste, which you can then use to craft unique items. You’ll unlock more fish–over 90 types–as you clean up the ocean, in addition to learning about real-world ocean cleanup.

This add-on also features an aquarium to fill with fish, and the ability to suit up for a dive to explore some ruins.

Microsoft is making an initial $100,000 donation to Conservation International, and all net proceeds from this add-on will go to Conservational International as well.

Friendly Fishing costs 990 Minecoins in the Minecraft Marketplace. $5.99 currently gets you 1020 Minecoins.

Also announced at Minecraft Live are the Copper Age update landing next week, the holiday 2025 update Mounts of Mayhem, and an upcoming Dragon Ball Z collaboration.

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Sometimes nights in Minecraft are overwhelming, feeling like you’re battling an unstoppable army of hostile mobs. Minecraft’s next update, which drops in Holiday 2025, will offer up a new weapon, new mount, and new enemy configurations to mix up your battles.

The new weapon is the spear. Mojang says that this item is suited for both hand-to-hand and mounted combat, and that the damage scales with your speed, giving you all the excuse you need to charge into battle.

The new underwater mount, the nautilus.

That will pair great with the new underwater mount, the nautilus, which you can tame using pufferfish. In addition to making travel faster, this mount will preserve your existing air supply, making those enchanted helmets a little bit less necessary. You’ll also be able to find nautilus armor in chests, with copper, iron, gold, diamond, and netherite variants.

A spear-wielding zombie atop a zombie horse.

With your new weapon and mount, you’ll be fighting some new mobs. The zombie nautilus is a neutral mob, but the drowned mobs that ride them will be carrying tridents and a grudge against you. On land, meanwhile, you’ll be able to find zombie horses. Like the zombie nautilus, these horses won’t attack you on their own, but they’ll be ridden by spear-wielding zombies.

Mojang hasn’t announced a specific date for Mounts of Mayhem, but says it will arrive this holiday season.

Also announced at Minecraft Live are the Copper Age update landing next week, the educational Friendly Fishing add-on, and an upcoming Dragon Ball Z collaboration.

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