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The Wild Update: What Will You Uncover?

The Wild Update: What Will You Uncover?, also known as The Wild – Adventure,[1] is a promotional video for The Wild Update, telling a story about two heroes discovering the deep dark.

Sunny and Efe are exploring the underground with caution, when suddenly, a chicken appears. Sunny tries to approach the chicken, only for it to run away. The two chase it through a mineshaft, briefly bumping into Steve and Alex, both confused by the encounter. Eventually, they run straight into the deep dark, setting off various sculk shriekers before losing the chicken in the ancient city. While Efe and Sunny know to be careful and quiet, the chicken exhibits traits inferring low intelligence and pecks on one sculk sensor too many, summoning the warden. Engulfed by the shadow of the warden, Sunny and Efe are terrified, but remain calm as it tries to sniff them out. Sure enough, the chicken lays an egg, presumably out of fear, alerting it of their presence. The video ends on a cliffhanger.

Watch your step and tread carefully. The Wild Update brings the deep dark to Minecraft. This new biome is full of different types of sculk blocks and a deafening silence. Explore the ancient cities and face off with the warden on June 7. Stay tuned to discover everything that’s coming in Minecraft 1.19!

Source: Minecraft Wiki cacheUpdated: 2026-04-29 Open Original
The Wild Update: What Will You Uncover?
Type Mojang cinematic
Production
companies 		Brikk Animation
Date June 5, 2022
Length 1:09

The Wild Update: What Will You Uncover?, also known as The Wild – Adventure,[1] is a promotional video for The Wild Update, telling a story about two heroes discovering the deep dark.

Summary

Sunny and Efe are exploring the underground with caution, when suddenly, a chicken appears. Sunny tries to approach the chicken, only for it to run away. The two chase it through a mineshaft, briefly bumping into Steve and Alex, both confused by the encounter. Eventually, they run straight into the deep dark, setting off various sculk shriekers before losing the chicken in the ancient city. While Efe and Sunny know to be careful and quiet, the chicken exhibits traits inferring low intelligence and pecks on one sculk sensor too many, summoning the warden. Engulfed by the shadow of the warden, Sunny and Efe are terrified, but remain calm as it tries to sniff them out. Sure enough, the chicken lays an egg, presumably out of fear, alerting it of their presence. The video ends on a cliffhanger.

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Watch your step and tread carefully. The Wild Update brings the deep dark to Minecraft. This new biome is full of different types of sculk blocks and a deafening silence. Explore the ancient cities and face off with the warden on June 7. Stay tuned to discover everything that’s coming in Minecraft 1.19!

— Video description

Mojang wanted to showcase how everyone’s Minecraft experience is unique and personal. Players can, for example, explore the new scary biome the Deep Dark, where the terrifying warden lives. Or they can take it easy and hang in the mangrove, breed frogs, or why not set sail in a boat with a chest and go on an expedition?So instead of making just one trailer, we decided to make three to show all the new updates and the different paths the player can take.This update has something for everyone!

— Account of how the video was conceived[1]

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  • This video marks the first appearance of Efe, as well as Sunny's first animated appearance, after being previously established in key art for the update.

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Development images

  • Storyboard of What Will You Uncover?, noticeably featuring Steve instead of Efe.[2]
    Storyboard of What Will You Uncover?, noticeably featuring Steve instead of Efe.[2]
  • The prototypes of Sunny and Efe with a chicken.
    The prototypes of Sunny and Efe with a chicken.
  • A third storyboard, showing a chicken's head.
    A third storyboard, showing a chicken's head.
  • The heroes chasing the chicken.
    The heroes chasing the chicken.
  • A storyboard featuring Steve and Alex.
    A storyboard featuring Steve and Alex.
  • A storyboard featuring two pairs of Steve and Alex instead of Sunny and Efe.
    A storyboard featuring two pairs of Steve and Alex instead of Sunny and Efe.
  • A seventh storyboard of What Will You Uncover?
    A seventh storyboard of What Will You Uncover?
  • Storyboard of the Warden emerging.
    Storyboard of the Warden emerging.
  • A storyboard featuring the warden scaring the protagonists.
    A storyboard featuring the warden scaring the protagonists.

References

  1. ↑ a b "Minecraft, The Wild – Adventure" – Produktionsbolag Brikk.
  2. ↑ "Minecraft – The Wild Update" by Brikk Animation – Behance, September 9th, 2022.
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