Java Edition 1.22

1.22, the first release of the End Update, is a major update to Java Edition, released on July 20, 2025. It focused on completely overhauling the End dimension, featuring new biomes and a multitude of new blocks and mobs. It introduced a new tier of weaponry, tools and armor, Endium. It was announced at Minecraft Live 2024.
The End Update was officially released on the Java and Bedrock editions on July 20, 2025. It was followed by 1.22.1, 1.22.2, 1.22.3, and 1.22.4
==Additions==
===Blocks===
==== Smooth Stone Stairs====
* A stair variant of smooth stone.
* Can be made in a crafting table or stonecutter.
==== Nether Brick Fence Gate ====
* A gate variant of nether brick fences.
* Can be made in a crafting table.
====Arcanum====
*A type of purple End grass.
*Found in End forests.
*Has the texture of End Stone, but with a purple grassy top. You can see the End Stone texture in the Arcanum, similar to how the part of the Netherrack texture is visible on the top of Nylium.
*Has four variants: end-warped, finem, decayed, and amber.
====Purpur Ore====
*A new End ore.
*Gives 1 purpur when dropped, which can be used to craft purpur blocks and variants.
*Spawns in veins of 4-12.
====Purpur Wall====
*A new wall variant.
*Crafted with purpur.
*Can be made in a stonecutter.
====Purpur Bricks ====
*A new variant of purpur.
*Looks like a normal purpur block, but with small bricks.
====Smooth Purpur====
*A new variant of purpur.
*Looks like a normal purpur block without any lines.
====Chiseled Purpur====
*A new variant of purpur.
* Appears as a swirl going inwards, with a shulker face on the center of the block.
==== Purpur Fence====
*A new variant of purpur.
*The second fence block to not be made with wood.
====End-Warped Trunk====
*A new type of wood.
*In End forests and overgrowths.
*Found in End-Warped trees, with End-Warped Caeleum.
*Can be crafted into End-Warped planks, wood, doors, trapdoors, fences, fence gates, stairs, slabs, buttons, pressure plates, signs, and boats.
*Is dark blue in color.
====Finem Trunk====
*A new type of wood.
* In End forests and overgrowths.
*Found in Finem trees, with Finem Caeleum.
*Can be crafted into Finem planks, wood, doors, trapdoors, fences, fence gates, stairs, slabs, buttons, pressure plates, signs, and boats.
*The most common of the new tree types.
* Is purple in color.
==== Decayed Trunk ====
*A new type of wood.
*In End forests and overgrowths.
*Found in Decayed trees, with Decayed Caeleum.
*Can be crafted into Decayed planks, wood, doors, trapdoors, fences, fence gates, stairs, slabs, buttons, pressure plates, signs, and boats.
*The rarest of the new types.
*Is black in color.
====Amber Trunk====
*A new type of wood.
*In End forests and overgrowths.
*Found in Amber trees, with Amber Caeleum.
*Can be crafted into Amber planks, wood, doors, trapdoors, fences, fence gates, stairs, slabs, buttons, pressure plates, signs, and boats.
*Slightly rare.
*Is yellow in the middle, then fades to orange on the top and bottom.
*Other amber things are just orange.
*The only wood type to fade or not be one solid color.
====Caeleum====
*The leaves of End trees.
*Comes in four variants: end-warped, finem, decayed, and amber.
*Each variant's color corresponds to the plank color of its wood.
====Endium Remains====
*A new block.
*Found in the bottom layers of the End islands, making mining it hazardous.
*Must be mined with a diamond pickaxe or better.
*Can be smelted into Endium crystals.
*The first step in obtaining Endium tools and armor.
*Can't be burned in acid.
====Block of Endium====
*A new block.
*A block to store Endium ingots.
*Can be used for beacon bases.
*Can't be burned in acid.
====End Roots====
*A plant.
*Can be found in End forests and overgrowths.
====Endshroom====
*A plant.
*Looks like a purple mushroom with light blue spots.
*Can grow into large endshrooms.
*Used to craft endshroom stew.
*Used to brew Potions of Flight, giving levitation.
====Endshroom Stem====
*The stem of large endshrooms.
*Is pink in color.
====Endshroom Block====
*Makes up the top part of large endshrooms.
*Can drop endshrooms when broken.
*Is purple in color with light blue spots all over.
====Acid====
*A new fluid.
*Textured like purple water.
*Bubbles rise from it.
*Deals 2 damage (1 heart) every 0.5 seconds, slightly less than lava.
*The only fluid Endermen can survive in.
*Burns anything thrown in it, similar to lava.
====Decayed Sand====
*A block that is found around and in acid lakes.
*Used to craft Decayed TNT.
====Decayed TNT====
*Crafted with decayed sand and decayed gunpowder.
*Has a larger explosion radius than normal TNT.
====End Berry Bush====
*Block form of end berries.
*Can be picked for 2-5 end berries.
===Items===
====Purpur====
*A new mineral.
*Drops from purpur ore.
====End Berries====
*A new food source.
*Fills 1 hunger point.
====Bucket of Acid====
*Item form of acid.
*Places acid when emptied, similar to other buckets of fluids.
====Endshroom Stew====
*A new food source.
*Crafted with one bowl and one endshroom.
====Raw Mobus Slice====
*Drops from Mobus when killed.
*Fills 1 hunger point.
*Has a 50% chance of inflicting poison when eaten.
====Cooked Mobus Slice====
*Cooked from raw mobus slices.
*Fills 5 hunger points.
====Potion of Flight====
*A new potion.
*Has splash and lingering variants.
*Gives levitation when drank or splashed.
*Brewed with awkward potions and an endshroom.
====Enderbat Leather====
*Dropped from Enderbats.
*Used along with phantom membranes to craft elytra silk.
*Can be used to repair elytra, like phantom membranes.
====Elytra Silk====
*Used to craft elytra.
*Crafted with four phantom membranes and five Enderbat leather.
====Decayed Gunpowder====
*Dropped from endercreepers.
*Used with decayed sand to craft Decayed TNT.
====Endium Crystal====
*Smelted from Endium Remains.
*Can't be burned in acid.
*When four of these crystals and four diamonds are put in a crafting table, you will obtain one endium ingot.
====Endium Ingot====
*Crafted with four endium crystals and four diamonds.
*Used in a smithing table to upgrade netherite armor, weapons, and tools to endium.
*Used to craft blocks of endium.
*Can't be burned in acid.
====Endium Sword====
*A new tier of sword.
*Upgraded from a netherite sword with an endium ingot in a smithing table.
*Can't be burned in acid.
*9 attack damage (4.5 hearts).
*1.6 attack speed
*14.4 DPS
*2,562 durability
====Endium Pickaxe====
*A new tier of pickaxe.
*Upgraded from a netherite pickaxe with an endium ingot in a smithing table.
*Can't be burned in acid.
*7 attack damage (3.5 hearts).
*1.2 attack speed
*8.4 DPS
*2,562 durability
====Endium Axe====
*A new tier of axe.
*Upgraded from a netherite axe with an endium ingot in a smithing table.
*Can't be burned in acid.
*10 attack damage (5 hearts).
*1.0 attack speed
*10.0 DPS
*2,562 durability
====Endium Shovel====
*A new tier of shovel.
*Upgraded from a netherite shovel with an endium ingot in a smithing table.
*Can't be burned in acid.
*7 attack damage (3.5 hearts).
*1.0 attack speed
*7.0 DPS
*2,562 durability
====Endium Hoe====
*A new tier of hoe.
*Upgraded from a netherite hoe with an endium ingot in a smithing table.
*Can't be burned in acid.
*1 attack damage (0.5 hearts).
*4.0 attack speed
*4.0 DPS
*2,562 durability
====Endium Helmet====
*A new tier of helmet.
*Upgraded from a netherite helmet with an endium ingot in a smithing table.
*Can't be burned in acid.
*+3 protection
*+4 armor toughness
*+2 knockback resistance
*2,562 durability
====Endium Chestplate====
*A new tier of chestplate.
*Upgraded from a netherite chestplate with an endium ingot in a smithing table.
*Can't be burned in acid.
*+8 protection
*+4 armor toughness
*+2 knockback resistance
*2,562 durability
====Endium Leggings====
*A new tier of leggings.
*Upgraded from netherite leggings with an endium ingot in a smithing table.
*Can't be burned in acid.
*+6 protection
*+4 armor toughness
*+2 knockback resistance
*2,562 durability
====Endium Boots====
*A new tier of boots.
*Upgraded from netherite boots with an endium ingot in a smithing table.
*Can't be burned in acid.
*+3 protection
*+4 armor toughness
*+2 knockback resistance
*2,562 durability
===Mobs===
====Enderbat====
*A new mob spawning in almost every biome.
*Have 8 health (4 hearts).
*Drop 1-2 Enderbat leather when killed.
*A neutral mob, and deals 5 damage (2.5 hearts).
====Aciver====
*A new mob, spawning in End Lakes.
*Swim deep near the bottom of the lakes.
*Has 18 health (9 hearts).
*Will drag you down in the lakes, dealing 2 damage (1 heart) on its own, but you will likely take damage from the acid.
*Does not take damage in acid, and will start taking damage whenever they are out of acid for more than 30 seconds.
*Based off of "The Monster of the Ocean Depths" from MINECON Earth 2017.
====Endermite====
*Now spawns naturally in the End.
====Humus====
*A mob spawning in End forests.
*Has 10 health (5 hearts).
*Drop 1-3 Humus when killed.
====Endercreep====
*A new mob, spawning in End Barrens.
*Has 24 health (12 hearts).
*Has a bigger explosion than normal creepers.
*Can teleport, and will teleport whenever a projectile is shot at it.
*Drops decayed gunpowder.
===World generation===
====Biomes====
*End Overgrowth
**A new End biome.
**Consists of thick woods of End-Warped and Finem trees.
**The ground is Arcanum on top of End Stone.
**Features endshrooms and end roots.
**Also contains Caeleum.
*End Cliffs
**A new End biome.
**Consists of large spikes and mountains, made with End Stone.
**Small ponds of acid can be found at flatter parts.
**Can have purpur ore scattered around.
*End Caves
**A new End biome.
**Consists of caverns and tunnels down through the End islands.
**Wider and taller than most Overworld or Nether caves.
**You can find purpur ore in the caves.
**Has Endium Remains on the bottom layers.
*End-Warped Forest
**A new End biome.
**Filled with End-Warped trees and End-Warped Caeleum bushes.
*Finem Forest
**A new End biome.
**Filled with Finem trees and Finem Caeleum bushes.
*Decayed Forest
**A new End biome.
**Filled with Decayed trees and Decayed Caeleum bushes.
*Amber Forest
**A new End biome.
**Filled with Amber trees and Amber Caeleum bushes.
*Acid Lake
**A new End biome.
**Lakes of acid, typically taking up the majority of the space on an island.
====Structures====
*End Spike
**A new naturally generated structure.
**Generates in End Cliffs biomes.
**Can be 40-120 blocks tall.
**Have purpur ore on them.
*End-Warped Tree
**A new type of tree.
**Consists of End-Warped trunks and caeleum.
**2-6 blocks thick.
*Finem Tree
**A new type of tree.
**Consists of Finem trunks and caeleum.
**2-6 blocks thick.
*Decayed Tree
**A new type of tree.
**Consists of Decayed trunks and caeleum.
**3-7 blocks thick.
*Amber Tree
**A new type of tree.
**Consists of Amber trunks and caeleum.
**2-4 blocks thick.
*Caeleum Bush
**Consists of caeleum.
**Can be found in End-Warped, Finem, Amber, and Decayed forests. The type of caeleum depends on biome.
**Can be found in any type in End overgrowths.
===Gameplay===
====Advancements====
*Cold Tourist Destinations
**Visit all End biomes.
**Required biomes are End Overgrowth, End-Warped Forest, Finem Forest, End Cliffs, End Caves, Acid Lake, and End Wastes.
*Cover Me In Crystals
**Wear a full set of Endium armor.
*The End!
**Place the dragon egg anywhere in the overworld.
**Inspired by Ravagergamer2008.
====Death messages====
*"[player] was sizzled in acid"
**Occurs when a player dies to acid.
*"[player] was sizzled in acid whilst trying to escape [player/mob]"
**Occurs when a player dies to acid after being hit by another player or a mob.
====Statistics====
*Added a statistic for times bartered with a piglin.
====Splash====
*Tiny Jens!
*Tiny Agnes!
*Also try Minceraft!
*Villagers, Illagers, and Pillagers!
*I used to rule the world...
==Changes==
===Items===
====Popped Chorus Fruit====
*Removed from survival, becoming unused.
*Players with popped chorus fruit in their inventory or containers will still have them.
===Advancements===
====A Balanced Diet====
*Now requires endshroom stew, raw mobus slice, cooked mobus slice, and end berries.
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