Minecraft players are blown away by the blocky builder's newly-added Wind Charges
Feb. 9, 2024Minecraft’s latest update includes a tool that sends enemies flying and makes scaling structures a breeze
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Minecraft’s latest addition is blowing players away, and I mean that literally as well as figuratively.
Wind Charges are dropped by Breezes - a brand-new hostile mob - and as players have been discovering over on Twitter, these are not only an extremely helpful tool but are also a lot of fun to use. You could say theybring a breath of fresh airto the sandbox game (sorry not sorry).
Minecraft fan @DRAXOMOSPHERE shared a series of videos showing just what these babies can do. The first, which you can check out below, demonstrates just how fast and effortless it is to scale tall structures.Anothershows the player launching themselves from an even higher structure and using the device to reach the ground unscathed. “You don’t even take fall damage while using this thing,” they exclaim. “This is amazing.”
It turns out ledges aren’t even necessary, as you can use the wind machines to fly straight up in the air, as demonstrated by Twitter user @CagilMartin with a clip that shows them ascending a smooth structure 30 blocks high.
Then there’s @CraftyMasterman, who seemingly tried to launch themselves into outer space by stacking a bunch of Wind Charges beneath them.
As Mojang explains in apost on the official Minecraft website, Wind Charges can also be used to launch projectiles at your enemies, which, as well as dealing damage, also sends them flying. Crucially, though, the developer points out that the device “doesn’t give you a set of very majestic eyebrows.”
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