RIP Penguins. Better luck next time. I think. 

I am officially on Team Penguin just so Phoenix has to add Club Penguin to Minecraft

Penguins definitely ended up being the “rascal” or “glare” of this years mob vote. Poor thing is very cool, adorable and unique- same as the glare. But the little guy just doesn’t have a good feature to back it.

The mob votes feel less like choose something cool and more like choose two things to never have

Think about it on the long term : since penguins are much more ambient that the other ones people won't get too bored of seeing them, like foxes and pandas with almost no uses but are great to make the game more alive. And think about all the cool boat racing/boat highway tricks you may be able to do

If Penguins get added, I expect you to make a datapack that causes them to do the Club Penguin dance when near a jukebox.

As someone that wanted them to add penguins to the game since 2016 i feel so sad that they decided to add them in a mob vote of all things

The penguin feels like a personal middle finger since we've been asking for them since we got polar bears and they gave them by far the worst addition.

Mad respect for that guy that saved that doggo from the hot orange juice

Imagine a massive superfalt snow biome and you just see a huge heard of penguins in the distance, that would be a good way to implement them

It's not even like the penguin would be a bad addition to the game, it's just that it's competitors completely overshadow it in the one chance it had in being added, maybe in past mob votes it would've won but it simply stands no chance now. Rip 🐧

Oh. Pretty sure every mob I have ever voted for has lost and I’ve voted in literally all of them so please add all 3.

Honestly, I find the penguin really cute. I don't think every mob added should have an item or be useful to the player, it can just be a cute mob.

That guy just jumped into the lava to save his dog. Mad respect.

Penguin and Crab should've been added in the Aquatic Update while the Armadillo in the Trails and Tales Update

I'm telling you, if they announce that the penguin has a chance to go "Noot-noot" it's an instant win.

tbh if the crab claw gets added to the game theres probably going to be an attribute that increases reach distance also the claw is good for puzzle maps, imagine you have to place a block somewhere but cant reach, you would have to get the claw first, somewhere, wherever it is or maybe there could be a map where you have infinite reach distance but its limited somehow (maybe like only if you have the crab claw on is when you get infinite reach distance, but then there would be some kind of punishment for having it on, such as blindness) if it does increase reach, then it could help in pvp, and mining as well.

I'm kindof surprised that the penguin is so unwanted considering that boats are uswd pretty frequently for villager transport and nether highways, I feel like improving those would be much more useful than smth like dog armor. Also there's a good chance you could do the dolphin's grace superfast travel trick but with boats which is a plus.

that guy who sacrificed half of his steak and jumped into the lava to save his dog is such a trooper bro

It’s better to have all of them than to have one that no one has wanted.

"Pinguin is useless" (Makes boats faster) - "Vote for crab you can place blocks further away" (Bedrock already has that + JUST WALK 1-3BLOCKS FORWARD)

The fact that phoenix might add club penguin to Minecraft is the only reason I'm gonna vote for the penguin now.

To me, the difference between a mob vote and biome vote is that mobs for a mob vote feel like they have been deliberately made to go in the vote, whereas biome votes feel more natural with a feeling that first there were many content ideas and then it needed to be narrowed down to be able to actually make it on time.

This is probably the most aggravating mob vote so far because it just kinda feels like everything here is something that should be in the game already or something. I'm not even talking about the mobs themselves, I mean the mechanics surrounding them. Ultimately the three mobs end up being less about the mob itself and more about the thing you wish was changed/made better. Here's what I mean, you can choose from: -Extended reach for breaking and placing blocks. This would probably end up being an Ender Chest item that is really helpful especially for builders. -Doing *anything* for wolves ever. I swear they haven't updated wolves in 700 years. -Faster transporation... Which the Elytra already does but 10x better... I think that's the biggest problem. Minecraft's forms of transport are all basically terrible except for the Elytra. The boat is already the second best in the game! Minecarts are too expensive to build too much of, and horses are basically only used because people like horses. (I think keeping horses is cool, but it feels too easy to potentially lose a horse if you actually use it to go explore. It's better to use them to go between from two close bases). I think this mob vote kinda summarizes the issue I've had with more recent Minecraft updates, and why Caves and Cliffs was so good. Caves and Cliffs was an update that actually tried to fix an issue people had with the game (exploring caves was boring) so they tried to fix it. It kinda feels like every update after that either felt tone-deaf (whatever happened with sculk sensors) or didn't really add anything to the game (mangrove swamps). I'm not saying every update has to be something astounding every single time, but I still think things like raids, wolves, the End, quicker modes of transportation, etc. need to actually be looked at more, instead of adding something to the game that barely changes how the game is played.

It has been confirmed via Minecraft China that the crabs will be breedable with kelp and the crab claw will extend block placing and breaking.

i like the idea that penguins can propel your boat and they'd make a little animation for it

I would genuinely prefer to just not think there's an option and simply get to see what mob is next.

I have a hunch that even if dog armor becomes available in the game, most players will still opt to leave their dogs at home. This is because the dog's AI tends to find itself in precarious situations.

It;s official, in Minecraft China they made a post. It was translated soon after it was posted and, crab claws give both extended breaking and blocking. LETS GO!

Although it’s features are silly, something that caught my eye that may or may not be fiction for the plot is the use of what we consider a literal boat. We may actually get the dream of having large ships if we go for the penguin.

I think we should vote on the design of a mob that has the same feature/function so we aren't torn up by analyzing which one is better

Seeing this 6 months later and see the arguments making you dog not immortal is so funny. I never thought mojang would do this

Who else wants all 3 to be added and also wants there to be different types of penguins based on environment ,like emperor penguin, And just wants crabs cuz they are cute and also wants crabs to spawn at beaches , to give it more LIFE

if the penguin boat speed buff worked for boats on ice, imagine how efficient boat + ice + nether roof travel would be if penguins were added into the mix

That comment was in Portuguese ( Brazilian Edition ) It said " Mojang please add all 3 mobs to the game , it's hard to choose. "

I swear if penguins don’t win it’s literally the most requested mob

If the Mob Vote was "Vote for the mob to be added *first* between all three!" instead of only adding one and banishing the other ones to the Shadow Realm, people would enjoy the Mob Vote more. I will never forget that Vu once said that maybe the Moobloom and other Mob Vote mobs could see the light of day. So, I hope we get an update that adds all the unvoted mobs or something alike. Besides, the Mob Vote has been proven scientifically to be poisonous to players, so I have no idea why they keep going with it...

I really hate how the mob vote comes down to features and has nothing to do with the mob itself :( I’ve wanted penguins in the game since I first played the Twilight Forest mod🥺

Wait: If the speed boost for boats is given only if there is a penguin nearby, you could snatch a penguin in a boat and have it with permanent speed boost, kinda like a motorized boat

Building in Terraria with building accessories has teached me how good it feels to have increased building range

i actually liked the biome votes, because even though they still havent added some previous losers, youre not dividing the community based on how they play the game, youre instead providing something for everyone in each biome and then people choose on what they think is the coolest/most in need of an update.

Phoenix correctly (but reluctantly) identified portuguese. I'm so proud

"The armor will not make your dog immortal" *quite the opposite considering it's basically absorption for the dog*

I love crabs so if they got added id be super happy (even if i dont play the game anymore) The fact that they wave at you is so awesome

Literally everyone this year is just like “PLEASE FOR THE LOVE FOR ALL THAT IS GOOD JUST ADD ALL THREE! WE ARE SICK OF THE MOB VOTES!” And I am all here for it. It’s what I’ve been saying since the first one with the phantom.

I really hope the penguin can sit in the boat to make it go faster. If that's the case, then it's the best mob. If it's just like dolphin's grace, it's the most useless mob since the biome it spawns in is pretty rare, which would break my heart since the penguin is the #1 mob I want added in Minecraft.

We failed, the armadillo won and the crab and penguin will be permanently vaulted

It’s so sad that everyone hated on the penguin. Icy areas were in need of a new mob, and the penguin has so much use. From making boating faster to speeding up ice boat tunnels, there’s so much more to be done. Also, what even the point of the crab? If mojang made the crab claw an item, it wouldn’t make sense if it had super long block reach, so maybe just 2-3 blocks further. There’s literally no use to that. As everyone said, just walk 1 block forward. Also, everyone hates on dog armor but I don’t think it’s that bad. Makes me more comfortable to bring my dog with me when I go do something.

Skipper: "Kowalski, status report on the mob vote?" Kowalski: "0 to none sir, looks like we won't be in Minecraft.." (Rico holding a firework in celebration): "Kaboom?" Skipper: "No Rico, no kaboom..."

I almost guarantee that Mojang will add one of these mobs, and everyone will forget they exist within like the first week.

its time to mourn crab and penguin

0:17 I speak Portuguese brazil & it said, "Mojang plz add the 3 mobs to the game, it's hard to chose"

i love how each of the mobs have special animations, crab: waves and walks on walls (probably won't do either of those in game tho) armadillo: curls up penguin: trips when it comes to that, the penguin is my favorite.

I think that the vote should be for the one they are gonna fully code first. That way the community still gets a choice on which gets added first, but we don’t miss out on anything.

Future mob votes should be between 4 or 5 mobs with 2 being added and everyone getting a 3, 2, and 1 weighted vote. So they can vote for what they most want, with the 3, but also what they would also like to see added with the 2 and 1. Then for fun, they can have statistics at the end showing how many 3 weight, 2 weight, and 1 weight votes each mob got on top of the total vote count for each mob.

You have convinced me. I am now Team Jeb. We need him added to Minecraft.

While I'd love to have the penguin as a cute mob, the crab does have a (maybe) slightly useful feature, and it's partly blue. Let's face it, if it has blue on it, it's going to win.

what I really wanted was the ship that appears in the trailer, much more useful than the three mobs together.

Crab:this is useless but it waves at you so ima vote for it Amarillo:only protects your dog Penguin:U S E L E S S

Rip penguin

Imagine a world where Mojang makes Minecraft more fun instead of dividing the community and pissing everyone off every year

the dogs deserve an update, the only updates they've had, not including bug fixes or AI improvements, since being added in 2011 are: 1. Pups added 2. More options to feed them 3. Dyeable collars 4. Texture slightly changed in 1.14 And for some more context, the first 3 all occurred between 2011 and 2012 While the dogs are certainly still fine as they are, the thing I'm most upset with is the fact that the cat has 11 different types, the parrot has 5, and the horse has 35, while the dogs despite having some of the most variation in the real world has some of the least variation in the game for tameable animals

@2:46-.-"We must imagine tiny Jeb making it to the mob vote." --Ayn Marx, I think.

Fun fact, when a crab does the wave, it means their looking for a mate.

I feel like it would be good to add all 3 so we could get more unique mobs for the different biomes, so theres something more than pigs, sheep, or cows in some areas

The new observer: The commentator. It detects block updates like the observer but instead of outputting a redstone pulse, it just makes a snarky comment about it

Some of these didn't edge well now that dog armer makes your dogs invincible

3 modders: Yes we added all mobs in under 20 hours… Mojang: all I can do is 1… and that 1 will take about 45 years

Mojang can literally make dog armor craftable through *turtle* scutes.

"Mob votes are the greatest way to build up hype" said no one ever, even adding 3 mobs at once would be way more exciting for the playerbase

I cannot begin to describe how mad it makes me that the Penguin, a mob I've wanted for a long time and I'm sure others have felt the same, is about to be locked away forever potentially. Damn it. #STOPTHEMOBVOTE

Man I gotta stand up for the Underdog. Also Happy Feet and Surf's up were two of my favorite movies.

Honestly, I feel like the penguin would have some use if you could put it *in* the boat. I feel like that would likely not be the case, but if you could use the penguin like some sort of engine, it could actually be quite useful for increasing ice highway speeds.

I agree, they should stop the mob vote and just add all the mobs

2:28 present: are you sure about that?

nobody talked about this but in the first minecon video this year there was a bunch of hats on the table, and in the second one they mentioned a sailing hat.

The mob vote always feels like "hey we have all 3 of the mobs already implemented in the new version, so choose which two are we gonna cut out". Just add all of them and vote for like "which mob will be the name of the update" or something

When I started seeing the videos for the mob vote this year, I thought to myself "Oh boy, this again. What flavor of useless will we be getting now?" I did not however expect the immediate uproar accompanied by 'We're Not Gonna Take It' and 'Feed the Machine'. That was a welcome surprise, let me tell you.

They should let the mob vote, but instead of choosing a mob to add we would choose the order of arrival of the mobs: - The winner in the upcoming update - the 2nd in the middle of the year (between 2 big shifts) - The 3rd in the next big update with the winner of the next mob vote. It would allow the work to be done if that is really the problem and everyone would be happy I will give: 1.21 Armadillo 1.21.2 (e.g.) crab 1.22 Penguin + Mob Vote Winner 2024

2:23 that aged well

I wish they would secretly add tiny jebb as a mob that you can encounter sometimes and will usually look at you and then look at an invisible camera while talking then just leaves to go check out another mob

I feel like the crab thing is going to be a "not like people expected"

How I see the crab claw would work is if once you get the claw, you can use it in a smithing table to upgrade it. So, for tools, it'll be an extended reach for digging or building. For weapons, extended reach to kill. Honestly, the crab would be fantastic if this is how it works... Also, need to make a secret dance move when the jukebox plays 👀

The armadillo is good for decorations. this is because it lets you make dog armour. We all know that everyone gets a dog as decoration so the armadillo is crossed off the list. The penguin is just a dolphin but for boats. Do I need to explain why this is just bad but is just meh. Last but not least. The crab. The claw is very useful lets say you wanna place a block up above your head without ruining your build with dirt or blocks, this also makes strip mining way better but there is one downside. I predict that it will make it unable to use a shield, but yea. In my opinion crab wins.

penguins are one of my favorite animals so watching them get the most useless ability out of the other mobs is so sad

I don't want them to remove mob-votes, but change it a bit. I think it'd be awesome if all three mobs were added (or maybe top 2), but the winning one gets more attention. For example; If the penguin won, they'd rework the snowy biomes. Potentially add a new structure, and maybe a snow-related item, while the other mob is simply added with base features. I really hope they do a "leftovers" update one day, where they add some of the losing mobs to the game. Or at least community favorites, like the moo-bloom.

They should make the mob vote be like. All of them get added, but whoever wins gets an extra cosmetic or set item. So if the iceologer won you could've gotten like some kind of staff that creates the ice rain. The glow squid could've gotten a glow stick that you could throw or shoot and it would travel down caves or wherever you need like to see where enemies are and it would give them the glow effect within the glow it gives off. If the Glare won you could have some sort of camo against other mobs and players, not like invis potion you can still sort of see the outline, just see through. y'know, etc, etc. So everyone still gets what they want just whoever wins gets a cosmetic or useful item..

I've seen a lot of people say things like "adding 3 mobs would take a lot of time and be really hard for Mojang" During the last mob vote modders created the mobs before the mob vote was even finished. They were fully functional and the Sniffer looked exactly like the official one. When they have us vote for a biome, the other two biomes still get added, just much later down the road. When we have to vote for a mob it's like we have to pick two things to never have in the game.

I want the penguin. I had no idea it was so hated. I think they’re way cuter and Id love to see rocky shores inhabited. Also I cross water to travel a lot so increased boat speed is a feature I would use all the time

Honestly these mobs are the most likely three to actually be added as a runner-up vote in the future, which Mojang said they would be doing with the various votes. Hopefully this happens

If penguins pull your boat like sled dogs, I'll be team penguins for life

In the mob vote it was so funny because It didn’t even show the penguin with your voting at the end😂😂😂

i hate that i always want the underdog, penguins feel like the obvious choice to me but everybody just wants the other two

I never realized the crab would be the first Crustacean in the game, and thus the only non-insect or arachnid (except technically endermites?) to be effected by bane of arthropods.

From the trailers, the penguin looks to be the cutest and most loaded with personality! I definitely want that the most! But if it really is this unpopular, I'm better off voting for a mob that actually has a chance of winning so I can shift my second favorite into the winning position. In other words, you want me to not vote for the blue mob? Then vote penguin!

Phoenix: I don't see anyone putting their dog out for battle. *Pewdiepie in the corner:*

i think the penguin would have some use in boat ice highways to go even further beyond, but everyone seems to think its worthless so it gonna lose :(

as a survival builder i personally prefer the idea of placement increase. Sick of only being able to build houses in layers of three blocks (as in, can place exactly three blocks below you when standing on the edge of a block) would be nice if that range was increased to build wizard towers faster :3

The penguin's utility is literally useless Armadillo - Pet Armors Crab - Extra build utility Penguin - Boats go faster. Boats are already the fastest way to travel on water and will likely still be faster on penguins when used on ice... which is exactly where we'll find the penguins.

The greatest mob vote they could ever do would be none at all

Penguin is good early and mid-game, and with any luck it stacks with boat ice roads so could maybe be useful late-game too. But that bane of arthropods use is making me reconsider.