Minecraft Just Released the First Archaeology Feature! 

I hope that there's different upgrades for armor eventually, so the netherite one isn't so awkward

What if there's a smithing template found in the End City where you can FINALLY fuse a chest plate and an elytra together? I hope these smithing templates are further developed where each template serves a different unique purpose depending on the past/history of the place it was found in. It would DRASTICALLY improve the overall lore of the game!

One thing to note is stonecutter is used for a cost effective stone related blocks when u want to design a base

Everything seems to be coming together and it's making me even more excited for 1.20! Great video!

Great theory! I'm kinda scared that archelogy would not add any functional use to the game, but this video gives me hope that they're planning big things to pair with it!

I love the idea of the upgrade and trims being part of archeology! Idk what other type of upgrades they would add, but I did have an idea for another type of aesthetic addition to armor. It's something people asked for when the goat horns were announced. Horned Helmets! It wouldn't just be one though. There could be multiple Helmet templates for different horn shapes: Ram (curly horns), viking (despite viking horned helmets being a myth), ravager (modeled after the Ravager's horns), horseshoe (its the viking helmet but the horns point downward), Rhino (single horn on the helmet; could also be called unicorn), etc. These would be an amazing addition especially for customization. The armor trim could also add details to the horns like changing the color. Another idea I had was wings for boots as a reference to the Greek Hermes as he was depicted with winged sandals. Winged helmets also exist so it would be an option for helmets too. This would require a feather and just be aesthetic. Something like trims for weapons and tools would also be cool. On the topic of weapons, Mojang should add a weapon created with a goat horn and echo shards which does a sonic blast attack. Using the same helmet horn upgrades on this weapon could change its shape!

I hope that they make the netherite upgrade fit into the lore more, like what mogswamp said in his video

Maybe some of the new smithing templates would add new TOOLS. Like, axe into battle axe. Or sword into broadsword. Just an idea

btw there is a recipe to duplicate the smithing template for netherite consisting of diamond in a cauldron shape a netherrack in the center with the template above it. keep in mind though its a snap shot and anything could change.

As a kid, I wanted to be an archaeologist or paleontologist. So needless to say, I'm so pumped for 1.20! Great video!

I'm surprised you didn't mention the parallels between the customizable pots and armor with similar designs and materials used

This is neat ! Torn on if I'm excited for it or not purely because of the new netherite upgrade change, but the new possibilities for lore implications and vanilla+ are always things I look forward to. The trimming feature is so cool though, cosmetics are something I never thought would be coming to vanilla like this.

I like how the upgrade Templet works now. It forces people take more time before getting the best armor. I'm tired of playing a new world with friends just for them to have full netherite on the first day of Playing

Wonder if it'll be the "Armor and Archaeology" update?

They did a little event with 4 people part of the Minecraft community, the people each made different models of ideas for archeology

I hope armour trims have something to do with a new Combat Update

GOOD. Most players already have netherite within like 1 or 2 weeks. Its simply TOO easy to get for quote on quote "End Game" gear. It only takes maybe an hour or two to get a lot of ancient debris by TNT/Bed mining. With this update, it makes netherite actually a hard thing to get, that people actually have to work for. Instead of just having like a stack of beds, then coming out an hour with loads of debris and being good to go with making full netherite gear.

The netherite upgrade needs a fix, and I propose that instead of netherrack being the thing you duplicate it with, it would be a netherite ingot. That way you aren’t just able to take a quick trip to the nether and mine out a few hundred blocks and duplicate it. Most players will have thousands of diamonds and with this change it will consume a netherite ingot which sets the player back to a good point which mojang wants.

The best way to make use of archeology is for finding treasures like stuff you can put on display in your homes. That would be awesome. Like finding an ancient artifact or treasure like a Pirate captain's ruby named treasure items that you cant make at a crafting table. This would also overhaul the treasure maps in the game

Maybe instead of a netherite upgrader in a smiting table they could add a armor press and add a netherite armor casts you find in all nether structures but a higher chance in bastions that you can essentially graft netherite onto your diamond armor to coat it.

1:01 this sounds like its a mod, omg I love it

Well practically smithing table mechanic’s is the fact it involves upgrading 🤓

I love getting new stuff for Vanilla Minecraft. Can't wait to see what else they come up with. Thanks for the video.

If they do decide to ad archeology on this update, it will be Caves and Cliffs part 4 already

we need more inventory space for all these new items

I'm not opposed to different armors of varying materials. I'd love for them to have specific use cases.

thing is, the smithing table wouldnt be the first to have a "weird cousin", as the cartography table actually has 3 uses that all pertain to maps. one is expanding the size of a map using paper, one is locking a map so it doesnt change with a glass pane, and one is making two identical maps using an empty map. the smithing table has two uses pertaining to armor, one is upgrading the diamond armor to netherite using the upgrade item, and one is adding trims to armor using templates. cartography's weird cousin is the glass pane, as the empty map and paper are both the same shape, as they're both paper. but the glass pane is completely different in the fact of its shape, material, and its use, yet we are able to use the same table that paper uses and just slap the glass onto a map and the map specifically justs stops making progress. on a smithing table, we have all these templates to make cool designs on all out favorite armor, yet there is this weirdly shaped upgrade item that specifically upgrades diamond armor to netherite. so in my conclusion, i think that this feature for the smithing table makes complete sense, and i dont see anything wrong with the contrast upgrades have with templates like glass has with paper.

When i first saw templates,i thought this would be found by brushing a block (archaeology) and kinda reminded me of archaeology mod.

Minecraft should add sounds for when you move blocks in your inventory. That would be awesome

It would be cool if they add a smithing template that makes any armour have the defense of diamond or netherite without changing the texture.

It would be cool if through this we get armor upgrades such as potion effects tied to the armor like jump boost or speed

i will not even bother to get netherite if theyre making it that hard

and then of course roger badgerman (the guy who leaked the names for this updates mob vote mobs) tweeted a vase emoji, which pretty much means we are absolutely getting archaeology he also did the same thing but with a camel emoji to tease the camels, and way back he also shared some old assets for minecraft legends

Imagine making glowing trims !

I would personally love it if this was a new way to enchant armor and tools. It would give a slower, but more precise method of upgrading equipment that serves as an alternative to the Enchanting Table. Where archeology and smithing allows you to customize weapons and armor the way you choose, enchanting would be more like the shotgun approach: enchanting yields more potent abilities, but it's randomized what you get. Archeology and smithing would be more fine-tuned, but slower to build up - stack templates onto a piece and it yields higher enchants, but uses more tangible resources. I'm curious to see where it goes!

The way you place books in the bookshelfs too show some relations

Bro that new "lost technology" about the upgrade shard and it's connection with archaeology just opened up a whole new lore possibility

Awesome vid! In b4 this blows up.

Oh yes more goals to do and also more fun

MatPat is going to love this

Here's a idea lost enchantments. Knowledge lost to the ages you dig up these ancient tablets that act kinda like enchanted books but you need the smiting table to apply them basically lore wise these are like primitive enchanted books before books they used stone tablets

(3:52) I was so hoping he'd say "fletch" it out...

The feature can make sense for making elytra's merge with armor like in mods.

one thing about those armor trims is that now texture creators have... more than i can count up to trims to retexture

With this new upgrade system, I'm really interested in a possible way to remove curse effects using the same system. not sure how this would be done, but I would love for a way to somehow get rid of them.

The Armor trim feature is mildly annoying on long term survival worlds where some structures like the woodland mansion....my nearest unlooted one is 25000 blocks away (I use chunkbase) why would I A) travel that far just for a decoration I really like B) expand my already massive world file. If trims could be found through archeology and possibly fishing it would certainly sooth my frustration. Best ending is mojang makes them a very rare drop from associated mobs. Like how a wither skeleton drops its head, a hard difficulty raid could sometimes give mansion templates due to the presence of evokes vexes and vindicators.

I would have liked if trims did something other than looking cool, maybe gold makes piglins not attack, emerald makes villagers give better deals or maybe just more resistance.

the shipwreck one does not have coral growing on it those are actually an animal called barnacles

well as i see it this release is a test and it gives basically cool looks and adds another step to something already in the game (which does make diamonds have value again) but when i look off it gives me more than a whole just for looks vibes and maybe this is like a modifier thing that they are going for

Useful info

I actually got 6 debri in 1 explosion! Im actually doing all the netherite hunting I need to do before the upgrade. Im actually on bedrock switch and we will be getting the upgrade late and it’s actually a good thing in this case.

I have been saying they are gonna add new upgrades since the nether update and I'm glad we are finally on our way to that!

Currently scrambling to using all 71 of my netherite ingots to upgrade my perfect armor sets before updating.

Yeah and armor trims themselves seem... unfinished. I mean they are a good feature, but they could be a lot better. There is a video by Xiumavoid that explains it a lot better than I ever could. Add this to that, and I think you are right. Smithing table isn't the "trimming" mechanic, but the "armor modification" mechanic

I hope they do something like this.

What if they eventually add an 'upgrade' found either in the end or somewhere else that allows you to hook an elytra to a chestplate

I don't care that these additions aren't too good (Except the armor trims, I'm glad that now all armor can be custom tailored to your own preference instead of just leather being able to be colored to your own liking.) But I am glad that Microsoft is now taking some good steps into their updates. Although I still personally would like to see some extra variation on the current wood types in the game {Not new wood, mind you, I mean like just different looks for planks, and maybe colorable planks of some wood types.} And also maybe a sawmill block so wood can be preserved like Stones can.

2:38 where's my analysis visor? There's gotta be some salvaged technology around here...

I have a question? I want to make an archeology mod/addon/datapack as i have an entire massive idea for it which i think would fit very well into vanilla but i only have a phone so cant really make it very well and i want to make it so that it is fits just like i want it to and feels vanilla, how can i do that? I really want to get it made

Minecraft FINALY kept their promise question mark xD

The Smithing Table and Anvil are kind of overlapping? Is kind of weird that both are used to merge 2 items into a new one. Anvils cost xp, can place enchantments, and have the ability to repair items. Now the Smithing table can do trimmings, and the Netherite upgrade

Now predict them adding Fireflies, please

Good video👍

I think it's more of an ancient exploration thing, updating the different ruins with new things to explore

Consider this, netherite ingots are made from netherite scrap and gold ingots. So perhaps there may be different types of netherite eventually? One made from netherite scrap and emeralds for example. Perhaps the plan is to provide different types of netherite, that netherite is a category of armor upgrades. And perhaps in the future these would have different types of effects or tiers. An upgrade to standard armors if you will, perhaps obtaining your first tier of netherite is the start of your next adventure, the first adventure is the dragon, the next adventure is the home of the warden perhaps. A tier of "pro" armor could be neccesary for this new adventure. In it's current form, the netherite upgrade stands alone, but there's no reason in the future it couldn't be renamed to piglin armor upgrade or something, maybe the first tier of netherite is piglin armor, and next could be ender armor, wither armor, etc. This is more thoughts and ideas, but honestly, what if. They could go so many places with this.

Finally the archeology, i thought they forgot it

The smithing armor thing is the definition of complicated. And people like Minecraft because it's simple.

Seems to me like there might be 2 kinds of trims: cosmetic and functional. The structure related trims are purely cosmetic. The netherite upgrade is functional. It’s conceivable that Mojang might want to add additional kinds of upgrades, but the problem with this is that they probably don’t have good ideas for what other kinds of functional upgrades they could add. Netherite itself isn’t even an upgrade technically, it’s an entirely new material tier above diamond. The reason why they gave the smithing table Netherite functionality is to accomplish a few things: 1. Make it so upgrading to netherite isn’t impossible (imagine if you needed 8 ingots for a chest plate) 2. Make diamond unskipable/not obsolete by being required to get to netherite. But now they’re stuck between a rock and a hard place because they decided to fundamentally change the way the smithing table works to accommodate armor trims. But in fundamentally changing the smithing table, they must also fundamentally change how upgrading to netherite works. They’re taking a positive spin on this by making netherite harder to obtain. But that doesn’t mean they’ll add a whole separate class of functional modifications to armor. What modifications could they possibly add that wouldn’t be power creep? Netherite itself is technically power creep and it took a lot of development to make it fit as well into the game as it does. They’d have to put that much thought into any new functional modifications they might add, which is why they probably aren’t coming in this update at least. Besides, this update is about story telling, which the cosmetics fit well with. Functional modifications don’t necessarily fit with that theme.

netherite is more expensive now, but the trimming schematics are renewable so ling as you have diamonds so it's not that bad diamond tools and armor are renewable, but the ore itself is so far unrenewable so until then... we'll just have to see what's going to come.

The big problem with finding smithing templates by archaeology it would be really boring! This is what Mojang wanted to avoid by making the netherite upgrade, to make netherite more fun! Or any smithing template, for that matter!

I hope they go down the route of having upgrade templates, with more upgrades but instead of it just being stronger netherite it’s stronger side grades

its also a snapshot so its possible they just havent shown us all of the templates yet

I wonder if it has anything to do with the ancient city and the portal. I forget who but someone said the portal was guarded by the warden and that there were dead warriors trapped on the other end of the portal. What if these items relate to that?

1:03 that right there even on its own deserves a like on this video lmao 3:50 Didn't fletch it out? Lol

welp good thing i dont have that because i went on the latest snapshot and it didnt have that for me so now i dont have to waste more stuff to get netherite

What if the upgrade templates were all really good but you can only have one. So you specialize into one specific thing or just upgrade to netherite

They are making a glass onion!

Waiting for custom elytra

Mojang has made it clear that they won't be adding Archaeology at all in the near future. It might even be an idea they fully scrap sadly. I really wanted it even if it was just for unique decorative blocks that you could collect

I just want this update I havent seen alot about it and its gotten me sad lately

If they kept the crafting for how you can just make more of the netherite templates then it's not to bad you only need to find 1.

HECK YES

Im waiting for some maple tree and cherry blossoms... This update is cool amd fun

I should probably go iny Minecraft world and start getting netherit now

I like the theory, but don't really like that cleaning layers of dirt mechanic tho. We sim have to wait

Mojang learnt from their mistake of over promising and under deleavering

Bro what if mojang have planned to not name the 1.20 update because they what to release bit by bit and say "oh, it's a archeology update" just to give the same feeling as digging up some ancient stuff just like in archeology?

hey dont knock on the pots. i have a friend whos going to school to be an actual archeologist and all he wants in life are those minecraft pots

I want the dang tool forge mod and backpacks added to vanilla bruh. Like backpacks should've been added years ago lol NEWD MORE STORAGE

Whens it comin?

To be fair, trims were added likely because smithing tables had only one purpose at one point in the game, rendering the block nearly pointless.

Can I have a link to the instrumental??

My guess on the 1.20 Minecraft update is the Ancient Update.

Am I the only one who thinks his skin looks like Superman from JLA dark apokolips war?

When more dominion

I don’t like the change with the templates, I think instead we should maybe get a special tool found in a bastion in order to extract it

well, you were right!

Emeralds finally have a use!

Hey so when I load up the snapshot I can't use the new armor triming

Netherrite upgrade thingy is not a good idea in my opinion. Some servers might not use 1.20, or someone might create a mod that has the same things except for the Netherrite upgrade, which would be a great idea for a mod.