Mind-Blowing: Frog Overload in Minecraft!

You’ve got to be… You’ve got to be kidding me! This is ridiculous! Hello and welcome to Minecraft Now! We’re back! Yay! We’re still at home, and you’re at home, so we’re all kind of together. I’m your host, Lydia Winters, and I’m so excited to be back.

This month, we’re going to be hanging out with two people that I absolutely adore: Agnes and Alexander, who are gonna show us something real cute! -Hi! -Hi, Lydia! Welcome, you two! You’re gonna try something cute and derpy. Indeed, very cute and derpy. The frogs! -The frogs! -Yes, lovely frogs!

We’re gonna do a lot of frog stuff today. Lots of cool frog things. And we even have a set for the two of you to be in. -It’s so pretty! -But first, all those frogs! Yes, amazing frogs, and all the cats around as well.

I love all the cats! We need tadpoles. I want tadpoles. Yes! We definitely need to have some tadpoles. We have a packed show today. We have lots of things that we’re gonna be going through. Agnes and Alexander are gonna be on a frog adventure, trying to find all three variants.

We have another section of “You Made It!” where we have some very cool warden things to show you. Then we’re gonna hop on the Mojang Studios team server, and look at some “Mojang Builds” from our team. Then we have “Block Buzz” with Jewel,

Where we’re gonna give you an update of what’s been happening in February, and then we have a really fun “Frog Mini Game” at the end. So, let’s jump into our “frog adventure”! Make sure that while you’re watching, please feel free to drop a chat in,

And I will be asking Alexander and Agnes your frog questions! So, let’s get to it! -Oh, there! I’m a cat! That’s very cute. -It’s even named “Lydia.” Oh, thank you! It’s a very adorable cat. I love it! So, what are we going to look for today? Just frogs? Tadpoles? What’s happening, you two?

Well, I think we’re going to go on a little exploration. We’re going to talk about the frogs, which is this amazing new mob added to Minecraft. I think we will have a lot of fun. What are you most excited for with the frogs, as you’ve been making them? Oh!

-That’s a tricky question. -Yeah, you start, Agnes. No, you can start. Um, I… But the thing is, I love to look at mobs of everything. You know, the overviews, everything together, the holistic views. It’s hard to pick one thing. But, I do like that they are cold-blooded,

And that we can get variants, depending on the temperature they grow up in. I think that’s really, really cute. That’s so awesome. What about for you, Alexander? Yeah, I definitely have one favorite thing, and that is that the frogs can eat the tiny slimes.

And that’s a change. So, tell us more about that. Yeah, for sure. Yeah, go ahead, Agnes. The initial plan, which we also showed at Minecraft Live, was that frogs were gonna eat fireflies. But when we had shown that, we started to get lots of feedback that,

“But fireflies can be poisonous. The frogs are gonna die!” And we didn’t know that, so I actually started to read a lot about fireflies and frogs, and I learned a lot, and indeed, like fireflies are actually lots of different species… -I cannot pronounce that word. -Species.

…species of beetles, and some of them are poisonous. So, we decided to change the design, so we don’t encourage players to feed the real frogs with fireflies, because that could be harmful for the frogs. Koalafiedgaming asked: “Can frogs eat axolotls?” which sounds very sad to me, but I’m just delivering the question.

No, no the frogs can eat the tiny slimes, but it’s a good question, because many of our viewers might know that there actually was a bug with the frog when we put it on the initial beta, and yeah, maybe our viewers want to hear the story. So, I can tell the short version.

So, I was developing the frogs, and I was going to add this eat mob behavior for it, basically, and as I was testing it, I thought that I could test it together with the goat, because the goat is actually one of my other favorite mobs in Minecraft.

So, while building the feature, I temporarily added that frogs could eat the goats… -…which of course is very, very silly. -Makes a lot of sense. It did, right? It’s the mighty frog. But what happened was that we, or I, forgot to remove that part of the code when putting it into the beta.

So for the first beta, the frogs were actually eating goats, and the first time I saw a player posting a video of this, I literally fell off my chair laughing, because it looked so funny! That is amazing! It’s amazing that you… You basically pre-answered a question with the goats,

Because frankcvernes asked: “What was the funniest bug that you’ve encountered?” and I can’t imagine one funnier than goats being eaten by a frog. Yeah, for sure, like it’s… I did have a lot of other funny bugs as well.

Like when I was actually doing this behavior that it was supposed to eat the slimes, before I had actually made it to eat it, it was like catching the slime with its tongue, but then the slime was just being pulled towards it without getting eaten,

So the frog would just spin around and try to catch it quickly, quickly, quickly! I remember the video you showed. That was really funny. I have to send you two out on… Aren’t you going on a quest to find frogs? Because I think you’re just standing by a little pond.

I have a tadpole in a bucket, so we could bring the tadpole and try to find either a cold or warm biome. Yeah! Agnes, why do we need to find a cold biome? Because when the tadpoles grow up, they pick a variant depending on the temperature of the biome.

That’s how we, like, interpreted being cold-blooded in Minecraft. Shadowgaming wants to know about, “Will you be able to breed and tame frogs?” You’re able to breed them, and you get tadpoles. You cannot tame them, but you can tempt them, and you can also bring the tadpoles in a bucket.

Okay, so you have the tadpole in a bucket, and we’re trying to find a cold biome, so that we can put the tadpole in the water. -Exactly. -Yes, and then it will grow up. The tadpoles live in the swamps. That’s their natural habitat, environment.

And in the swamps we have the slimes, and that’s why they like to eat the slimes, because the small slimes, they look really delicious. I would love to eat them. So, currently we have the “slimeball” as the tempt item for the frogs, and that is the item that is used to lure them.

The poor tadpole! Oh, no! He’s gonna turn to ice! Yeah, we need to find a hole here in the water. But it’s gonna freeze eventually, so we then hope it does not… This is dangerous for the tadpole! Yeah, I don’t love that we’re gonna drop this little tadpole into here, but, you know…

-We will save you! Oh, no! -Oh, no! -Something… -This is dangerous! To make this even more complicated, our good friend Nir, who was on last month, has a poll that’s in the YouTube chat and all of you at home, can decide on some interesting things that will surprisingly happen to Alexander and Agnes.

Maybe nice things, maybe mean things. I’m not gonna say anything more. But just know that you get to decide what happens to these two, as they freeze a tadpole. -I would assume it’s only very kind things… -Agnes! Agnes! I don’t have any weapons! I don’t have any swords!

No, but, why didn’t you bring…uh! If you go on expeditions, you need to bring swords! -Save him, Agnes! Oh, thank you! -Agnes, save me! I’m not sure we’re gonna manage to have the tadpole survive! I feel like this may have been the first thing the community voted on,

Which was pretty mean so far! Especially when there’s a baby zombie. Oh! Don’t freeze! Don’t freeze! -I actually got one! -Oh! There we go! Oh, it’s the green! It’s the cold frog! Look at it! So pretty! -It’s so cute! -Oh! Soap wants to know “if you can put a frog in a bucket”?

-No, only the tadpoles. -Only the tadpoles. Yeah, frogs are a little bit too big to fit in the bucket, I think. -Look at it walking! -I love it! And I also like that since you only can put the tadpoles in a bucket, that kind of connects the system that the frogs are cold-blooded,

And the tadpole system together, which I think is really nice, because the easiest way then to transport frogs is to transport the tadpoles, and then you can transport them to cold or warm places to get new variants of frogs. -That’s really awesome. -Should we try to find a warm area?

-That is a cute… Oh! We just leave it? -Okay… Oh! -We can’t take you in a bucket. I’m sorry! -No! -Bye-bye! -But it looks happy. Yeah, it looks… It looks happy. There’s another tadpole in there, too. Oh, it’s following you, still. “Take me with you!”

What’s your favorite, Agnes, of the three variants we have? I can’t pick one favorite. They are all lovely. Hmm… I think it was most fun with the warm one, the one that… It’s like a white frog, because that’s inspired by wait… …grey foam-nest tree frog,

And I thought that real-life frog was so cool when I read about it, so in that way, I really liked the… What’s happened now? Did you… No, it was not me. -I have a diamond sword. -Uh-oh. Uh-oh! Is more bad stuff happening to you two travelers?

I think something happened, but I think it was Alexander. Cleverroman wants to know, “How long does it take for a tadpole to become a frog?” Uh, it’s a random chance, between 3 to 10 minutes at the moment. Ooh! That’s cool, “at the moment.”

No, wait. That is for the frog spawn to hatch, actually. But the time for the tadpole to grow up into a frog is the same as for any other baby animal, basically. -Oh, no! I can’t see anything! -I can’t see anything! Okay, I found you, Agnes. I’m right behind you.

-Okay, okay. -Okay, we need to move. We need to go together here slowly. Which way do you… No, I lost you again. I think I’m walking in the right direction. I definitely feel that this hinders the frog search… -…all of you who voted for this one. -How upsetting!

-Where are you, Agnes? -I… I, no. You were supposed to walk right behind me. If you’re just now joining us, we are on an epic frog quest… -…to try to find the variants… -There was a phantom. No! …but bad things are currently happening to Agnes and Alexander.

Okay, now I can see again. Oh, there you are. -Oh! It’s… -Our sheep is on fire! Oh, no! No, no, no! And there are phantoms. Okay. -Oh, no. Oh, no! -This is too scary. But here’s a village. I’m gonna go inside, and then… Good idea.

-Where is here? -At least there’s an iron golem. -There’s a villager living here, even. -“Help us!” -Oh! Oh, no! -I’m gonna… Oh, no! We need to sleep, all of us. Okay. Alexander, since Agnes already answered, and ozzygamingway asks: “What’s your favorite frog variant?”

So, we know Agnes can’t decide, but she likes the warm biome. What about you? I actually really like the… Well, again, all of them are amazing, but I think that I like the green one, the cold one, the most.

I really like the colors. I think that our artist that has been working on them have just done an amazing job with all of them. But yeah, probably the green one is my favorite. Oh, I really like that one. It is…

Yeah, like you said, the color stands out, and it looks so nice on the snow! Yeah. Yeah, definitely. It’s really beautiful, and it kind of reminds me of the frogs that I would see when I was a kid, and playing in ponds and things like that in Sweden.

I always got so happy when I found frogs when I was a child. Oh, that’s awesome! You used to take care of them, right, Agnes? Yeah. I’m not sure that was good. I thought I was kind. So, I had tadpoles in an aquarium and saw how they grew up.

And then I let them out, outside again, when they grew up. Uh, yeah. I hope they…were okay. So, there’s another poll up, and this one, I think it sounds like it’s nice, that you’ll get an item chosen by the chat, but I worry that it still may be bad.

But if you’re watching, pick something to give to these two explorers… Be kind! …not very easily finding a warm biome to make our next frog. We already struggle to find a warm biome. We need kind items. We are struggling. Agnes, have you noticed that it has become night?

So, maybe we should have something to light our path. -That would be nice. -I actually might have torches already. But yes, torches is a very good idea. Or something like that. Was Alexander thinking of something else? Maybe I was thinking of something else that can produce light. -Oh! -That goes with frogs.

You’re too clever! Ah-ha! You meant the frog lights! Yes! What are those, Agnes? What are the frog lights? Oh! Watch out! He kept asking me about frog lights when a creeper is right in front of me. Okay. The frog lights are like the drop from the frog,

And it’s very much Minecraft logic how you get them. And now I’m also attacked by a spider. Everything is fine… What is this? I’ll keep you safe if you keep telling them about the frog lights. -Yeah! Yeah, team work! -Thank you! Um… So, we knew already very early when we designed the frogs

That we want each frog variant to have something unique and nice for the players, like a reward, and then we also knew that, “Okay, players often ask for new pretty light source blocks,” so we thought, “Well, we can combine this.” And then, originally, the frogs were supposed to drop the frog lights

When they ate fireflies, because fireflies… They’re a kind of light source, so that made sense. But then when we changed that design, like, “Okay, so how do we make this make sense now?” But I actually really like what we came up with. So, the frogs eat the small slimes, because they…

-You’re supposed to protect me! -I’m trying to! …because the small slimes live in the swamps. It’s like a nice eco-system. Then we have the magma cubes, and they kind of look the same as small slimes, so it’s very logical that the frogs would eat magma cubes, too,

And magma cubes are almost like a light thing. So then, if a frog eats a tiny magma cube, it’s gonna drop frog lights. That is awesome. And so there’s three variants, ’cause there’s frog lights for each frog. -Yeah, exactly. -Oh, no! Now I’ve got an effect.

Yeah, me, too. The green frog, the cold frog, is going to drop a block that is called “verdant frog light,” and it’s a green frog light. So, I’m actually going to take one of them and place them here… -…so we can light up our path a little bit. -Wow!

-That’s so pretty! -That’s so pretty! -Oh, and it’s warming up the… -The artists are so excellent! I think that it’s not warming up things here, it’s probably someone just messing with us. Watch out! There’s a phantom! Where is it? There it is.

But then we also have the yellow one, or the orange one… -…which is called “ochre.” -Oh, wow! -Also really pretty. -That’s really pretty. And the final one is the “pearlescent” frog light, which is my favorite. -It’s my favorite, too. -That’s gorgeous. But it is melting the ice, right? Is that on purpose?

-Yes, it is. -Okay. It’s warming up. Look at this! Oh, they’re really pretty! I can’t wait to see what people build with them. What do you two want to build with them? In your own worlds? I think these gonna be very valuable, ’cause it’s quite tricky to get the frog to the Nether,

So they can eat magma cubes. I think as soon as I have one of these in my world, it’s probably gonna have a quite… Like maybe part of some kind of arch thing on a town square, something like that. Or maybe like part of a castle or something like that,

Because it’s a valuable block, I think. -They’re really, really pretty. I love them. -I like them a lot, actually. I think it was such a cool idea to use the small magma cubes, because it makes sense in the Minecraft way, because they eat the small slimes,

And the small magma cubes look like the small slimes, so they get a bit confused and then they eat them and then we get these cool blocks. That’s super cool! Those are beautiful! Okay! The chat has given you something useful. Thank you, chat!

-Oh, we have a bed, so Agnes… -They gave you beds! Find a safe space! Oh! Oh! What?! -Oh, no! No! -I’m coming. Where are you? -I killed a zombie. -Agnes! Thank you, though. But I think… -We are too… Oh, we should have… -Uh-oh! Phantoms!

Also, we have just walked in a circle, because we are back at the village. -Agnes, I’m gonna die! -Oh, no! -Don’t die! Wait on this… Wait! I have food! -Oh, no! No! I’m alone! This is a very terrifying frog quest. If you’re just joining us, we’re supposed to be looking for frog variants…

-But instead, we are walking in circles. -That’s not what’s happening. Luckily, I was able to set my spawn point before I died, so I am there. -Okay, okay, you’re back. -That’s impressive. -That was good. -I usually do not think that clear… …when I am attacked.

I’m not sure where you are now, Agnes. I’m by the frog lights. I’m in a snowy forest, and I’m also there. -Apparently, I’m next to you now. -I teleported you to me. -Let’s find some heat! -It’s getting morning! This is not what I would describe as heat, but it’s pretty.

Yeah, no, I said let’s find some heat, so we can try that tropical frog. Yeah, yeah! Come on, desert! Where are you? Where, Alexander, did I… Where are you? -Next to you! Yes! -Always next to me! That’s not to make sure you lose each other. We are on this quest together!

Yeah, we’re a good team, actually. Me and Agnes. Mm. It was a lot of fun working on the frogs with you and the other amazing people in the team! How many of you are working on the frogs, so people get a sense of the amount of people working on the different things?

It is actually quite a lot of people. But maybe six or seven, something like that, right, Agnes? Yes. Then we have the design representatives. We have Java devs, Bedrock devs. Artists, of course. -Sound. -Sound. Yeah. Very, very important feature, sound. -That’s so cool! -So you can hear the ribbiting sound.

The croaking sound. Yeah. -Oh! The little cuties! -Well, here is a nice… It’s a lot of ice, but very, very little sand around. Or warm. No desert. No, definitely you’re just on a very large ice lake. -But we should enjoy the journey. -It’s beautiful.

We have a really good question from santr22, which is: “Is there a predator for the frogs?” No, right? But the axolotls can eat the tadpoles. -Yeah. -Oh, no! It’s like the most adorable thing… Yeah. But the axolotls attack all water animals, so they attack the tadpoles, too.

So, will they attack frogs, if frogs jump in the water? No, fortunately, the frogs are… Yeah, they are… Once they’re grown up, they’re safe, but as a baby, they’re axolotl food. Need to survive… Oh! Okay! Now maybe we can find something, because now we’re really quick, Agnes.

I think that wants you to run between the icebergs. -It’s fast! I like this! Thank you! This is a… -This is really nice. It’s amazing that it was ice the whole time, though. Is he gonna… I recommend running. It’s amazing. I thought I saw a cactus!

-I found an area that is not ice, at least. -Did you… I have lost you somewhere. Okay, Agnes, I think that I found a good area over where I am. -Where are you? -Oh! I can only see snow, snow, snow, snow, icebergs! Well, and it’s also, it’s basically the end of the quest.

-So, we got, you know, one frog. -Yeah! And we got see the three frog lights, and… At the end of the show we have a frog mini game, and then all the frog variants will be hanging out with us. So, Agnes and Alexander, you’ll be back in a few seconds, basically,

Because right now, it’s time for a segment we call “You Made it!” So two months ago, when we were live, we gave you the topic of “warden.” And for “You Made It,” we go through a bunch of Twitter submissions from hashtag #minecraftnowsubmit, where you can show off your amazing creations around the warden.

And today, we are going to look through those with Agnes and Alexander, who have not seen any of the artwork. Well, they did see this one, because this was last month. We had an axolotl. It actually took me a few seconds to understand it…

-…but when I got it, it’s brilliant. -I know, right? Fun, but it’s also adorable. It is really adorable. And this month, someone decided to take this theme, but make it warden. So our first piece of art is a swarden. I love it so much. So this is Cookiekatkat5. -It’s brilliant again. -So cool!

It is brilliant. The pun level is at Cory’s pun level. -Yeah, I love it. -And that is good pun. For the two of you, what would a swarden do? In like Minecraft Dungeons? It’s a swarden, when you use it, you get darkness effect. -That’s a great idea. -Pulsating.

-It would be quite cool. -I like that. I like that they kind of have made in the artwork… It looks like it can hear. So maybe it’s like absorbing sound and getting more powerful. So like, you know… Yeah, maybe if you make a sound, then it starts to shine

And becomes super powerful. I like that idea. -Yeah… -It’s really cool with the vibrations. I love this idea. The next one is totally different than this one. Luuk67 made… …a terrifyingly amazing Minecraft warden action figure. -Oh wow… -This is epic. Wow! This is something I think my nephew Timothy would love.

It’s so cool. I love the detail of, you know, the skulls in the belly. Which you can kind of see on the skin. It’s so cool. It’s super cool. You said your nephew would like it, my daughter would love it, and I think many of us in the team would love it.

Yeah, definitely. I would love it myself, actually. There would definitely be a lot of fighting over this, if it ever came to the Mojang Studios office. Everyone would want to have that on their desk. It’s really, really cool. The next one is what if you mixed a warden and a goat together.

This is from Cloudybee420. And they made this in Blockbench, which is really cool. I just love that when you mix a warden and a goat, you get a yeti. I was gonna say that. It’s a yeti! It lives in the mountains, it’s adorable. Imagine if it has the same senses as the warden,

And if it hears you, it would basically ram attack you similar to the goats. It’s so scary! I think this one is kind. It’s the cutest, terrifying mob then, if it could do the goat power and the warden power. I like the idea that it’s cozy and sweet instead. And like, yeah…

Super, super cool. The next one is another one that was made in Blockbench, which is really cool. You can go to minecraft.net/creator and actually make your own mobs. This is called a snuffler, and it is made by furgustoni. It’s a warden where it relies on sniffing your food to find you.

-Oh, that’s really interesting. -Oh, I like that! -I really like it. -And it looks so… I love the visuals. -It has so much character. -Yeah. I love that it has like really big nostrils, like they’re really big. The ears that are flapping around, I really like the ears.

That’s super good design, that you clearly communicate what the mob does. That’s super good. Very clever. Really cool, and I think the ears kind of look like some of the sculk blocks, don’t they? -You know, so like ties it in… -Yeah, it’s tied to the sculk.

Very well thought out. And the last one, I really love. DeesNailLooks made warden nails. And I want them all the time, and I think we should definitely do this for Minecraft Live next year. Just like have all the spoilers on our nails. So cool. Hiding the nails, and then next up.

-Yes, this is wow. -So this has… You see the candles. I mean, the warden one is just so cool. Yeah, I love the detail. Amazing detail, really. So talented. Really, really cool. Next month, we are going to have…frogs! I cannot wait to see what you make with frogs.

We will have more Mojang team members who are here to see your awesome art. We’re so excited finding these very different things. This week we had action figures and puns, and nails. So really, the sky’s the limit. It can be in game, out of game. Oh wait, there we go, #minecraftnowsubmit on Twitter.

And we will see your cool frog things. And now Agnes and Alexander are coming back to show us some “Mojang Builds.” We’re back with “Mojang Builds.” The two of them have some… This is a Mojang Studios server where everyone can build. And Alexander, you’re taking Agnes and I on a tour,

Because you’ve been super involved in building this. Yes, I’m going to take you on a little tour. Exactly as you said, this is a server where we at Mojang Studios play together. This is a Java server and we also have a Bedrock server. And we that work in the Vanilla team,

Which is the team that works on Java and Bedrock in the gameplay part of the game, we have built a Vanilla Tower named after our team. And of course the Vanilla Tower is white, like vanilla. So we built it of birch log.

And we were a big group starting to build this tower together. The idea was that it was going to go to the top of the world, basically. So yeah. Tag along and I’ll show you around inside. It is really cool. Let’s see, what’s…? I mean, that is an epic building so far.

We really wanted it to be white, and we thought that birch wood would be a really, really good building material. But we didn’t think about how long time it would actually take to get all the birch wood,

So we’ve been spending so long time having birch trees grow up, so we could build this. Okay, so you actually built it? You didn’t use any cheats to get this birch? No, no, no, absolutely not. We build it all in Survival. -That’s amazing! -I like that. -That’s so much birch! -Yeah.

This is Anna’s floor. Anna is a fantastic team member of ours, and she has a really pretty floor. The idea is that there are many floors in this tower, so anyone can basically claim their own floor and decorate it and make it their own. -That’s so cool. -I love all the glazed terracotta.

-So beautiful. -Yeah, Anna’s floor is really nice. And some floors, like this floor has not yet been claimed. So it’s basically up for grabs. Maybe Agnes, this could be your floor. Yeah, I should claim it. Yeah, definitely. Now we’re going to head up a couple of floors

And I think we’re going to go… They were ready for us. We’re going to go in here. This is Henning’s floor, actually. -Whoa! -Wow! Oh, look at all the wool. -And I love that… -It’s really pretty. I love that he took the birch trees and like brought them inside,

So it matches the walls. It’s really cool. -So creative! -He’s really creative. And then it’s just stripped birch wood here as well, so it’s very much birch themed. I love it. Yeah, for sure. I’m going to tell you of a sad story that happened to us, and this was actually…

It was when we were developing the Caves & Cliffs updates. As you know, in the Caves & Cliffs Part 1, we had the copper and we had the lightning rod. Unfortunately, before we got the lightning rod, we had a big lightning strike striking our birch tower,

So half of the tower burned down, basically. So that’s why you can at some places see… There are some holes that we still haven’t covered up. -But there’s fire! -Yeah, exactly. Niklas, another team mate of ours. Even though we had the big fire, he decided to… Niklas, don’t do it!

Right? But yes, we had basically a big fire, so half of the tower burned down and we had to rebuild it again from scratch. But to be honest, one of the favorite things for me when building stuff in Minecraft

Is just to build stuff and find stuff, so I wasn’t that sad that we had to rebuild it. I thought it was kind of fun to do it. Yeah, building towers is one of my favorite activities. It creates a story, and a nice memory as well.

It’s also very “Minecrafty” to accidentally burn things down. I think that was my… The first video I saw in Minecraft was the person who accidentally set everything on fire. And like, we know that… You know that feeling, so you can completely identify with it. What is this gorgeous place?!

Yeah, this is actually… I call it my penthouse. -Of course it’s yours! -Yeah. This used to be the top of the tower, actually, before Caves & Cliffs Part 2. Before Caves & Cliffs Part 2, the height of the world was up here.

But as you know, with Part 2 we have increased the world height, so at the moment, we’re still trying to build to the top. We haven’t gotten all the way there yet. But my plan is to slowly move my rooftop penthouse to the new top of the world at some point.

Of course I have a little swimming pool here. I really love water and swimming. I was gonna say, I will take a new penthouse. Yeah, this is gorgeous. I mean, is everyone allowed to just build out from their floor? Could this become a sort of, you know, like you kind of take multi-levels…

-…and it just keeps going? -Yeah, yeah, for sure. Almost like a city in the skies. -That’s quite cool. -Yeah… I don’t like the… I don’t like this view. Is it water somewhere here? If you go out on the ledge, then you can jump down to water.

-So the final thing… -Is there a pond? There is a pond downstairs, but be careful so you don’t… You need to land in the pond. Where is the pond? You left Agnes up there! Remember, no one gets left behind! That’s what we learned! Is it where you are? I can try.

I’m sure you will make it, Agnes. This is… Okay, I will find it. -Don’t just jump, Agnes! -I don’t recommend this… Whoa! Nice jump, Agnes! I don’t like heights. Being up there, it really… It felt very high. Yeah. But where I am now is a little bit…

Halfway up the tower, we actually decided to build a small birch forest right at the side of our tower. We realized that we need a lot of birch to be able to continue building it, and it was a bit tedious to go down all the way every time,

So we made like a high-altitude birch forest that we can use to continue build the tower. And the nice thing is that we also have a really good view over spawn points here. So as you can see, there are many, many other really cool buildings that you can find in spawn points.

And if I’m not mistaken, that is something that is going to be explored in the coming up Minecraft Nows. -Isn’t that right, Lydia? -I think so, yeah. This is just the start of seeing this really, really cool world. Because there’s a lot of things here and a lot of people have been building

Really, really cool things. I love that Akshat Sharma actually calls the team out and said: “That’s why it took them so long to increase the height limit. They got to increase the tower.” So that’s you, Alexander! Yeah, for sure. I agree. That’s amazing. Okay, we are going to head over to “Block Buzz,”

Where Jewel is going to tell us a lot of the cool things that have been happening this month around the Minecraft world. We’re joined by my amazing colleague and friend Jewel. Hey, Jewel! Hey, Lydia! Hey, everyone! My name is Jewel Ifeguni, I use she/her pronouns, and I’m a Technical Program Manager at Mojang.

I’m so excited to be talking to you all, and talking about what’s buzzing on the block. And there’s a lot buzzing this month in February. You are so right. First, we’re gonna kick off with some history making news. You all, we did it! We reached over a trillion views on YouTube.

Okay, come on, over a trillion views. It’s so amazing. It’s all the people who make content, watch content, like… Yeah, it’s unbelievable. I can’t even think of a trillion. That’s wild, and that’s because of you. So for real, go us. Go us. But also, there’s some other great things happening in February.

February is also Black History Month in the USA. It was founded in 1976 and it’s dedicated to celebrating the accomplishments and impacts of the black community. So super excited to celebrate Black History Month, and also, there are some great things you can check out on Minecraft to learn more.

Yeah, in Minecraft Education Edition, we have a lot of great lessons about the history. And also check out Good Trouble, because I think that’s a really amazing one. Yeah, it really is, so definitely dive in. Another great thing that’s happening in February, because we’re all about the good news…

-…is that it’s Lunar New Year, okay! -Yay! February is the kick-off and it spans over April. And also we have a great free map called The Legend of Nezha, so definitely check it out. Happy new year to all of you that are celebrating Lunar New Year! And then there’s more.

This is just a month of celebrations, so there’s one more celebration. Yes, and you all are gonna love this. To all my Dungeons players, shout out to you! Because we have over 15 million players on Dungeons. So we want to celebrate with you all at the Festival of Frost.

It’s so cool, it’s a big party in game. And also, if you update your client, you’re gonna get a cool Iceologer Cape, so that you can attend the Festival of Frost in style. Yeah, definitely show up with style, because we’ll be there, okay? Jewel, thank you so much. This has been amazing.

I can’t wait to see you next month to tell us more about cool things happening in Minecraft. Yeah, stay tuned! Always excited to tell you all about what’s buzzing on the block. I’ll see you all next time! -Bye, Jewel! -Bye! We thought we’d end the show with something very fun

And we have made a frog mini game. Morten made us a game, so… Agnes and Alexander, are you ready to count some frogs? Yeah… I feel a little bit anxious. Yes, exactly. I feel like that frog might have escaped, so we’ll see. But you can head backstage… There is a backstage…

Start walking and you will… There are lots of cats. I think that represents our team working on Minecraft Now… -Oh! -Oh, it’s the team. It is the team, the Kitty Crew. -Okay… Here we have them. -Nice! So fantastic. Oh, and we have… -Okay… -They are jumping around! So the goal…

The goal is that you have one minute, and everyone on the stream, you can play this, too. You’re trying to count how many frogs are in this room. -Oh my god! -On your mark… Oh, wait, before…! Don’t count yet. Don’t count, I forgot. The winner gets to decide who sings…

What’s the…? There’s a Swedish frog song. Små… -Små grodorna? -Yeah, it’s like a Midsummer frog song. Yeah, exactly. Små grodorna, that is one of my favorite songs, actually. I think everyone in Sweden knows it. At Midsummer, which is like the biggest celebration in Sweden,

We sing this weird song about little frogs and then we dance around. Okay, so whoever wins gets to decide who of us sings the song. But I don’t know it, so it’s not me, and I’m not playing the game. -So it’s one of you two. -Okay, that’s…

-We can teach you. -That sounds fair. You haven’t… -You can try to sing along, Lydia. -Yes, perfect. Okay, you have one minute on the clock. You can run around, however you want to try to count these. I would suggest getting down from the top and…I don’t know. But on your mark, get set.

Frog count! Okay, I’m seeing a very interesting method here, which is just not looking like they’re counting at all. Just running randomly after frogs. I’m counting, I’m trying to see all of them at the same time. I think it’s very interesting.

Are you supposed to accidentally count the sheep and the cow and the axolotl in this? Or it just makes it look more full. It’s not like the cow looks like a frog. No, definitely not. Also, I did think there would be all the frog variants,

So I’m sorry that I told you all you would see all the frog variants. We just have the one, but… -Okay, you have ten seconds left. -Oh no, I forgot to count. You cannot forget to count! It was a one-minute count! I was having fun with axolotls and the frogs. Okay, you’re done.

So, I know the correct number of frogs that are in this room, being adorable. Agnes, how many frogs do you think it is? I think it’s 22. And Alexander, how many frogs do you think it is? I want to say that Agnes took my number, but then I’m going to say 21.

First of all, what?! I would have never gotten this, even close. It was 23, so Agnes… Agnes, you’re the winner! So who gets to sing the frog song? Well, I would have loved to, but Alexander will sing. -Okay. -Thank you, Agnes, but then you’ll have to…

You will have to join me in the dance, in that case. I also heard that a lot of people in the chat counted correctly and got the answer 23. -That’s impressive. -Yeah. I would have been like, “Oh, there’s 5 or 500.” But there would be no in-between on my counting.

Would you then pick 5 or 500? -500. 500 frogs. -500 frogs… -Okay, the song, Alexander. -Alright. -This is a Swedish frog song. -Yes. “The small frogs,” basically. -Alright, are you ready? -Yes, yes. The little frogs, the little frogs are funny to observe The little frogs, the little frogs are funny to observe

No ears, no ears, no tails do they possess No ears, no ears, no tails do they possess Kou ack ack ack, kou ack ack ack, kou ack ack ack ack kaa Kou ack ack ack, kou ack ack ack, kou ack ack ack ack kaa -Okay. -Okay…

It’s hard not to feel really happy after the frog song. -Yeah. -The frog song is good. This is basically what we do in Sweden on our biggest holiday celebration. -Everyone will do this. -And now you get to do it all the time, because they’re constantly talking about frogs in the team.

So this should be like your frog anthem. That’s a really good idea, actually. Because in our team, we have a thing that every time we have a team meeting, as we end the team meeting, we’re going to say “Croak, team!” Because that is the sound that the frog does when it’s croaking.

-“Croak, team.” -We’ll end by saying “Croak, team.” Okay, I have a few things to say to everyone, and then we will do that as our goodbye to everyone watching. Join us next month, March 10th. We’re back with more Mojang team members hanging out, playing games, seeing new things.

This was amazing. Agnes and Alexander, you are too fun. I could basically stay on here and just keep running around forever. Thank you so much. -Thank you so much! -Thank you so much! And with that, I guess we say: -Croak, team! -Croak, team!