The Dungeon Update You Need In Minecraft 1.20

This is the battle tower, these  are the leviathan remnants, and these are new usable artifacts, and this  is how we can update dungeons in Minecraft! The dungeons we currently have in Minecraft  are limited, and that is an understatement.

They all look the exact same and they are  dealt with as swiftly as mining a single block. With the nether update and wild update we  got a taste in new and exciting structures that can generate in the world, with the bastions and  the ancient cities. But dungeons remain the same,

Just plain boxes with a spawner within.  Can we develop a concept that not only updates the dungeons but also offer new and  exciting challenges and rewards to players? Let’s begin with one of the simplest parts of this  update, the current dungeons. As I said, what we

Currently have in Minecraft are plain boxes.  They are simple and easy to deal with, and to be honest they are a key part of Minecraft. I will  be sharing way more elaborate dungeons later on, but I think its nice to have these small variants  still generate in Minecraft. While they lack the

Excitement, they do offer the rewards. And I think  that’s something that we shouldn’t take away right now. So lets give this box an overhaul, using  more of the recently added blocks as decoration, offering a bit more variety to this box. And it  looks way better in this way. But we aren’t here

To simply give the current dungeon an overhaul,  no we need to go way further than that. And that means we are upping the size of these  things by a lot. Finding a dungeon has to be not

Only a reward on itself, but it needs to offer  more challenges and intrigue to a player. That is why some dungeons may be randomly generated,  such as mineshafts and strongholds. Introducing the crypt. The crypt is an underground dungeon  which exclusively spawns zombies. Its designed

To house the dead and that is exactly what’s  going on here. Narrow pathways and untold riches and dangers waiting around the corner. I  think a concept like this is really interesting, as it adds a whole new layer of history and lore  to Minecraft. Players entering this dungeon may

Be curious to who built this, what did take place  down here and what secrets can we find? Overall, a really nice dungeon, simple yet effective.  You won’t find two of the same designs, so whenever you find this dungeon, you will  not know what lies within. It makes you wonder

What ancient secrets may be buried underground  and whether they should be disturbed at all. But size it not all, sometimes compact designs can  offer plenty of challenges to players. Introducing a new variant of dungeon, specifically altered to  certain mobs. Beginning with the skeleton dungeon,

A multilevel underground fortification, perfect  for skeletons to shoot you from above and below, offering advantages to that specific type of  mob. And the same goes for the spider dungeon, it has a design unlike any other dungeon  you’ve seen before, more tailored to how

Real life spiders would work. An altered  cave, fitted with cobwebs and spider eggs, with the spawner housed within. This ups the  challenge by a lot, since it will take some effort to get to these spawners and secure the  dungeon in its entirety. I already feel sorry for

Everyone freaked out by spiders and their nests. These updates to the dungeons add some variety to what you can find underground, but why not go  beyond that, or should I say above. With the leviathan remnants, the skeleton of an ancient  creature found deep within the desert. But this

Skeleton is only the entrance to a whole different  dungeon, an ancient crypt filled with untold dangers, and rewards beyond imagination. And keep  in mind that these desert people were sneaky and crafty, so keep an eye out for pressure plates,  levers and what other redstone stuff you can find,

Because it certainly has a purpose for you. Now lets go up a little more, with one quite interesting surface level dungeon. You may  recognize this design from a mod, but this is a battle tower. With a bunch of different levels  stacked on top of one another, all with different

Challenges for you to overcome. And of course,  once you reach the top level you are granted with the best rewards and ownership of the entire thing  of course. What I like about this tower and with

All the other dungeons as well is that they can  easily be turned into bases with a tweak here and there. If you want, you can conquer this tower and  turn into your main base of operations, or you can

Decide to for example take that ancient crypt and  turn it into your hideout, the choice is yours. But updating the structures themselves is not  enough, since dungeons in Minecraft currently have a major flaw, you can mine through everything  and actually avoid having to deal with any of the

Dungeon’s challenges at all. We want to prevent  that, so overcoming the challenges of a dungeon actually requires skill and effort. This can be  done via a simple change, spawners become anchor points for the dungeon. Let me explain. Spawners  are the main features of the dungeon and offer

Its challenge, they spawn mobs. But what if these  spawners also protect all of the blocks that make up the dungeon. In that way, one has to destroy  the spawner in order to be able to alter the

Structure. In that way no one can mine behind the  walls and get to chests and other stuff in that way. Instead you actually have to find your way  through the dungeon and overcome its challenges.

Now I can already hear you say, but what about  the mob farms. I have an idea for that. What if the spawners in the first dungeon I showed, that  being the small box one, is not an anchor point.

In that way you will have the opportunity to build  your mob farms as you are used to, just not in the larger dungeons as that would be way too OP. Or,  Mojang could give us the ability to craft our own

Spawners, but that’s a topic for another time. With the structures in place, we need to consider the rewards. Chest loot will be largely the same,  with some minor tweaks and changes per dungeon. As with the leviathan remant, you can find a lot  of honey, while in the skeleton dungeon there are

Metals and ores to be found, that offers a bit of  a change. But we also may add something different, something useful to explorers. Introducing  artifacts, these are custom weapons or armor that simply offer a small bonus to the player.  For example, this axe teleports you to the entity

You’ve thrown it at. This helmet prevents you  from taking freezing damage, this cannon launches fireballs and this swords applies a weakness  effect. They are not gamechanging tools, but they do offer a slight different bonus to players. So with updating the current dungeons,

Introducing new dungeons and unique rewards  within them, we have created a cool new concept for dungeons in Minecraft, making the perfect  dungeon update! But we still have the nether and end left, should we also add some new dungeons  there? Let me know that in the comments!

I’ve used the dungeons plus and Yung’s  better dungeons mod for this video, they offer cool additions to the  game, so be sure to check them out! I hope you’ve enjoyed, if you did consider  subscribing and check out the next video,

As you will most likely enjoy that one as well!  That’s all from me, till next time, bye bye!