Five new songs are coming to Minecraft with the 1.20 ‘Trails & Tales’ update
You can listen to all five of the Aaron Cherof-composed songs now, and find them in the last snapshot and preview builds.
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Wednesday often means new Minecraft builds for testing, and this week is no exception. This should be an exciting one for Minecraft players, as the snapshot and preview builds rolling out right now both include five brand-new songs.
TheMinecraftsoundtrack is positively legendary at this point, and expands with every major content update. It’s a huge honor for composers to contribute to the track list, andAaron Cherof(the composer behind Cobalt Core and Sunshine Heavy) can now add their name to the roster. Starting today, players can begin testing and listening to five new songs, which will officially come to Minecraft later this year as a part of theMinecraft 1.20 “Trails & Tales” update.
The five songs are A Familiar Room, Bromeliad, Crescent Dunes, Echo in the Wind, and Relic. The former four are new ambient songs when exploring certain biomes, like Cherry Groves, Jungles, Deserts, and Flower Forests. The latter, Relic, can only be found on an exclusive music disc. The Relic music disc can sometimes be discovered while doing archaeology. You can test all of these songs now in early Minecraft builds, but you can also find the entire new soundtrack onSpotifyand other streaming platforms.
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Of course, that’s not all that’s included in these test builds.Minecraft Preview 1.20.0.22follows its impressive predecessor, whichadded shield customization via banners, contains a huge list of bug fixes and technical updates. There are also various improvements for Minecraft 1.20, including tweaks and expansions to Trail Ruins (where you can brush to your heart’s content as part of the archaeology mechanics). This Minecraft Preview is heading to Xbox, Windows PC, Android, and iOS platforms.
Minecraft: Java Edition 23w17ais also rolling out at the same time to Windows PC players, and contains its own unique list of bug fixes and improvements. In addition to all of that and the new songs, however, the snapshot also includes seven new Advancements for players to unlock while playing the game. This is another sign that Minecraft’s 1.20 update is nearing completion, and that one of thebest Xbox gameswill soon be blessed with a plethora of new features and content.
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Zachary Boddy (They / Them) is a Staff Writer for Windows Central, primarily focused on covering the latest news in tech and gaming, the best Xbox and PC games, and the most interesting Windows and Xbox hardware. They have been gaming and writing for most of their life starting with the original Xbox, and started out as a freelancer for Windows Central and its sister sites in 2019. Now a full-fledged Staff Writer, Zachary has expanded from only writing about all things Minecraft to covering practically everything on which Windows Central is an expert, especially when it comes to Microsoft. You can find Zachary on Twitter@BoddyZachary.
