Minecraft Is Adding Archeology With New Brush Tool

You usually want to do two things in Minecraft: dig blocks, and break blocks. You can also place blocks if you’re feeling creative, but generally, blocks are the enemy to be taken out with extreme prejudice. So it comes as a bit of a shock that Minecraft’s upcoming 1.2 update will add a new feature that asks players to gently brush a block to uncover the secrets within.

"Archeology is coming to Minecraft!" Mojang writes in today's blog. "When you’re ready to get started with your new career as a Minecraft Archeologist, or M’archeologist as it’s known colloquially, head out to a nearby desert. That’s where the sand lives. Yes, yes, beaches have sand too. Good for them. But we’re looking for a special type of sand today. Pick a nice plot near some desert temples and start shoveling."

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That special type of sand is called "suspicious sand" because it looks kinda like regular sand blocks, but it’s not. It’s also hiding something. Take out the new brush tool, use it on suspicious sand, and you may uncover lost artifacts such as pottery shards or random objects (ancient civilizations had more than just pottery, y’know). Dig up four pottery shards, and you’ll be able to use them to recreate a pot from a bygone era.

Eagle-eyed Minecraft players might note certain symbols painted on the sides of completed pots. These can apparently tell unique stories about this ancient civilization, although we don’t know much about what it could mean.

For now, only suspicious sand at the desert temples will potentially provide pottery, but Mojang plans to offer more dig spots and random objects to unearth in future updates. To take part in a preview of update 1.2 and its upcoming archeology feature, follow the instructions to install the beta client of Minecraft here.

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