Keeping a decade-old game fresh is hard, but it gets considerably easier when a 16-year veteran like Minecraft is meaningfully updated at a snail’s pace. Somehow, it still has one of the most passionate and devoted communities in all of gaming, yours truly included. Sigh.
Considering its sandbox genre, it doesn’t take ginormous updates and convoluted new content to keep players entertained. In a world where imagination is essential, the endless gameplay codes itself every day.
Credit where credit is due, though, as it seems Microsoft either listened to the outcry or saw a dip in revenue. Their newfound love for valuable updates is seen, appreciated, and going viral as of late.
Shaking up the combat system, adding an array of fantasy mobs, and repurposing underused materials, one of the most notable updates of the past two years was the Happy Ghasts from March 2025, turning a lifelong foe into the player’s biggest friend – literally.
With that same sentiment in mind, Mojang has now released new Minecraft Baby Animal models that have taken social media by storm. Pixel-sized eyes, petite hitboxes, and adorable complexions turn the former funky designs into trinket-level mascots.
The science behind it is quite fascinating, too. Known as Kindchenschema, features such as tiny bodies, big eyes, and disproportionate heads trigger an instinctive nurturing and protective response in humans, ensuring their survival and well-being.
By the time these mobs grow up in-game, the bond is too strong, and the emotional investment is established, unlike the previous models, which felt too transactional and uncanny to really love. Players desperately wanted them to grow out of these designs to either farm them, mate them, or befriend them in their true form.
Now, both adult and baby animals feel natural, making them cohesive with the world and player experience. Mojang’s next step should be to find a canonical way to stop them from aging. Feeding an Enchanted Golden Apple or a new special potion should let players keep their small friends small.
This, on top of lending pets Totems of Undying, would be the perfect mix to make your own mining and crafting companion, similar to Fortnite’s Sidekicks. Minecraft players currently fear adventuring with their wolves, cats, and axelotls, as exposing them to arrows, explosions, falls, and lava pits is a one-way ticket to Grief’s Ville.
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Nothing hurts more than losing a pet on a mining trip, so mascots have become stay-at-home mobs for the longest time, almost as decorative bedroom pieces. This Baby Update, however, could change things, allowing players to safely bring their chibi allies on every adventure without consequences.
Customization should also be in order. Just like banners and armor can be customized, pets should also be able to get tiny hats, shoes, and special emotes for mouse hovering, block mining, and mob killing. This would work perfectly well on the Bedrock Edition of the game, where Microsoft has shamelessly added price tags to otherwise free-of-cost community mods and features.
Now that Ghasts are also considered tameable, why stop there? Imagine a cute Baby Creeper friend that can’t explode but won’t stop hissing. Or a petite Baby Spider that can be equipped to your off-hand with first-person view animations. Either way Microsoft chooses to explore, 2026 is shaping up to be a great blocky year. We got Minecraft parenting before GTA 6, who knew?
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