Like every year, Minecraft Live was held this year too, with the latest news from the ever expanding Minecraft franchise. It also shared the company’s plans on what players can expect from the next major Minecraft content update.
The recent developments with partnerships as well as spin-off projects, along with the results of the latest annual Minecraft Mob Vote were also announced at Minecraft Live 2023. Minecraft being one of the top Xbox games and the best-selling video game of all time, the Minecraft Live 2023 was a huge affair that was aired globally.
Minecraft Live 2023 began on October 15, 2023, at 1:00 p.m. ET / 5:00 p.m. UTC. The show lasted for a little short of an hour and a half, followed by an after-party on Discord by Mojang Studios.
Who won the Minecraft Mob Vote 2023?
The Mob Vote kicked off for voting exactly 48 hours before the event. Likewise, the voting was closed 15 minutes prior to the commencement of Minecraft Live 2023. The results of the Mob Vote were announced during the show.
Armadillo won the Minecraft Mob Vote 2023. Minecraft’s official website mentioned details about the winner starting with, “Congratulations to the armadillo, for receiving the most community votes, and being the next mob to join Minecraft forever!”
The blog further shared that the armadillo lives in the savannah biome in Minecraft. If a player happens to startle the armadillo, it will curl up into a blocky ball. The creature is also known for dropping a scute that players can use to craft a new type of armor named wolf armor. This will give the wolf pet some extra protection.
After the Minecraft Live 2023 stream was over, Mojang Studios unveiled the statistics for this year’s Mob Vote. According to the studio, more than 5 million people cast their votes for Minecraft Mob Vote 2023. This marks a significant increase of more than the 3 million votes compared to the Mob Vote got last year.
The Armadillo received more than 40% of these votes. More specifically, the Armadillo earned 42.3% of the votes, which is over 2 million votes. The Crab came in second earning 32.5%, while the Penguin came in last with 25.2%.
“Weeks of anticipation and over 48 hours of voting later, Mojang Studios has finally unveiled the winner of this year’s Mob Vote, which pitted the Crab, Armadillo, and Penguin against each other. The Penguin lost first, and the Crab lost second. That means the winner is… the Armadillo!” the host Zachary Boddy, declared on the stream.
The Armadillo will be now added to Minecraft in a future update, most probably as a part of Minecraft 1.21.