1.22 - The Ore Update

1.22 is the 22th major version of Minecraft since its release in 2011. This update was released in the 8th March, 2025.
== History ==
The development of the 1.22 update already started in Mid 2023. Mojang had a huge decline on game revenue, since many players moved to playing Roblox or other videogames.
GTA VI is now the first most sold videogame, leaving Minecraft behind as the 5th most sold. Some Minecraft players suggested Minecraft to make a new update focusing on ores. Thankfully, Minecraft listened to the idea and made an update on it. Surprisingly, this update had 0 snapshots or sneak peeks in it, which made Minecraft players grow in a slow way. Finally, in March 2023, people started to notice about the update, and Minecraft gained almost 2 billion players.
== Changes ==
The 1.22 update added many new ores (mostly jewel) and even brought the cancelled Ruby ore back. These ores are:
* Sapphire
* Ruby
* Opal
* Quartz
*Rainbowium (Rainbow Ore)
*Platinum
*Peridot
Also, Minecraft is now free to play. This attracted almost 1.5 billion people to start registering an account, and almost 3/4 of the players who joined when this update came out was because of this reason.
== More changes ==
* New discs such as "worst", "memes", and "errors".
* Nausea is now removed.
* Epilepsy Mode is added for players who have epilepsy. It removed many events that can cause flashing screens like thunderstorm, explosion and some errors.
* New Main Menu screen.
* Milk is now placeable like lava and water.
* Infinitely sized chests now exist. This means that a player can place a chest next to a double chest, and make a Triple Chest. They can also place a chest next to it, and make a Quadruple Chest. This feature was not mentioned officially(due to it causing lag), so it's considered a easter egg by players.
* Minecraft is available on the new Nintendo Unition for free.
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