The Spawn Chunks - A Minecraft Podcast

Jonny, and Joel grab a soft place to sit, rest their heads, and fluff around in the latest snapshots for Minecraft 26.3 – introducing the straw bed, and cushions! Plus, listener email weighing in on a savannah mob a lot farther off the ground. Show notes for The Spawn Chunks are here: https://thespawnchunks.com/2026/07/07/the-spawn-chunks-409-pull-up-a-cushion/ Join The Spawn Chunks Discord commun...

Joel, and Jonny dive into the Dappled Forest in the latest Minecraft snapshot, chat villager capes, and wandering trades in listener email, and share their first impressions of poplar wood. Show notes for The Spawn Chunks are here: https://thespawnchunks.com/2026/06/29/the-spawn-chunks-408-dappled-forest-first-look/ Join The Spawn Chunks Discord community! https://Patreon.com/TheSpawnChunks The Sp...

Jonny, and Joel review the details of the Chaos Cubed drop, discuss a colourful email about villager trading in Minecraft, and give their first impressions of sulfur caves, new blocks, and how sulfur cubes will be adding chaos into their worlds. Show notes for The Spawn Chunks are here: https://thespawnchunks.com/2026/06/22/the-spawn-chunks-407-chaos-cubed-release/ Join The Spawn Chunks Discord co...

Joel, and Jonny round up the final tweaks to Chaos Cubed before it hits the Minecraft launcher tomorrow, then dive into listener email to discuss new wood type chest wishes, the potential wisdom of owls, and the want to pick up the dappled forest, and take it with you. Show notes for The Spawn Chunks are here: https://thespawnchunks.com/2026/06/15/the-spawn-chunks-406-deep-in-the-woods/ Join The S...

Jonny, and Joel cover small adjustments to Minecraft Chaos Cubed ahead of the drop next week, talk about the Minecraft Dungeons II trailer, and speculate on how new Chaos Cubed features will be worked into their current projects. Show notes for The Spawn Chunks are here: https://thespawnchunks.com/2026/06/08/the-spawn-chunks-405-bouncing-towards-chaos-cubed/ Join The Spawn Chunks Discord community...

Joel, and Jonny review the news coming out of the Minecraft Live presentation at TwitchCon Rotterdam including the Chaos Cubed release, Minecraft Dungeons II, the Minecraft movie sequel, and the dappled forest, and other new game features coming this fall. Show notes for The Spawn Chunks are here: https://thespawnchunks.com/2026/06/01/the-spawn-chunks-404-minecraft-live-twitch-con-recap/ Join The...

Jonny, and Joel explore exposed surface sulfur caves, and the return of OpenGL default graphics, answer listener email about redstone mobs, and discuss how some bugs in Minecraft actually end up as features. Show notes for The Spawn Chunks are here: https://thespawnchunks.com/2026/05/25/the-spawn-chunks-403-bugless-features/ Join The Spawn Chunks Discord community! https://Patreon.com/TheSpawnChun...

Joel, and Jonny talk about the new Minecraft friends feature, and peer-to-peer gameplay coming to Java Edition, then answer listener email about aiming geysers, rock elementals, and greedy goblins. Show notes for The Spawn Chunks are here: https://thespawnchunks.com/2026/05/18/the-spawn-chunks-402-were-all-friends-here/ Join The Spawn Chunks Discord community! https://Patreon.com/TheSpawnChunks Th...

Jonny, and Joel explore the new sulfur cafe generation in Snapshot 6 for the next Minecraft drop, answer listener email about shoulder mounted mobs, then discuss what sandbox games do right, and how Minecraft could take inspiration. Save 20% off your first month when you use the code "400" and support The Spawn Chunks on Patreon, and join the growing community! https://Patreon.com/TheSpawnChunks S...

Joel, and Jonny celebrate Episode 400 with primed sulfur cubes, potent sulfur powered geysers, and an explosive chunkmail inbox of community email in this extra large slice of The Spawn Chunks. Preshow: As part of the Episode 400 celebration we're releasing the full  Render Distance  audio for everyone! It's a look at what our patrons get each, and every week on the show. In the pre-show...

Jonny, and Joel talk tiny changes to sulfur caves, and sulfur cubes, answer listener email about sandstorms, and End drops, and get down on their bellies to look at the idea of adding reptiles to Minecraft. Show notes for The Spawn Chunks are here: https://thespawnchunks.com/2026/04/27/the-spawn-chunks-399-here-lizard-lizard-lizard/ Join The Spawn Chunks Discord community! https://Patreon.com/TheS...

Joel, and Jonny sift through the changes to sulfur, and cinnabar in the latest Choas Cubed snapshot, then answer listener email about woodcutter villager trades, opal blocks, and the long term health of Minecraft. Show notes for The Spawn Chunks are here: https://thespawnchunks.com/2026/04/20/the-spawn-chunks-398-sulfur-spikes-and-saw-blades/ Join The Spawn Chunks Discord community! https://Patreo...

Jonny, and Joel cover the first Java Edition snapshots for Minecraft Chaos Cubed, answer listener email about mini games, and kick around lots of potential ideas for the sulfur cube. Show notes for The Spawn Chunks are here: https://thespawnchunks.com/2026/04/13/the-spawn-chunks-397-sulfur-cube-springs-into-action/ Join The Spawn Chunks Discord community! https://Patreon.com/TheSpawnChunks The Spa...

Joel, and Jonny share their first impressions on the Chaos Cubed drop after some first hand experience in the latest Bedrock Edition Preview. Plus dishing the dirt on the April Fools Java Edition snapshot, and golden dandelions. Show notes for The Spawn Chunks are here: https://thespawnchunks.com/2026/04/06/the-spawn-chunks-396-chaos-squared/ Join The Spawn Chunks Discord community! https://Patreo...

Jonny, and Joel review the details of Minecraft 26.1, the Tiny Takeover drop, then answer listener email about Minecraft butterflies, SUVs (Sniffer Utility Vehicles), and how to bolster the Minecraft block colour palette. Show notes for The Spawn Chunks are here: https://thespawnchunks.com/2026/03/30/the-spawn-chunks-395-cutting-edge-colour-palette/ Join The Spawn Chunks Discord community! https:/...

Joel, and Jonny recap all of the news coming out of the first Minecraft Live of the year, from real world Minecraft experiences, to the new sulfur caves, new mobs, new blocks, and a sequel to Minecraft Dungeons! Show notes for The Spawn Chunks are here: https://thespawnchunks.com/2026/03/24/the-spawn-chunks-394-minecraft-live-march-2026-recap/ Join The Spawn Chunks Discord community! https://Patre...

Jonny, and Joel discuss more tiny tweaks to Tiny Takeover, a community idea for top level librarian trades, and try to dream up some predictions for what new features might be announced at the first Minecraft Live of 2026. Show notes for The Spawn Chunks are here: https://thespawnchunks.com/2026/03/16/the-spawn-chunks-393-dreaming-of-minecrafts-future/ Join The Spawn Chunks Discord community! http...

Joel, and Jonny share some tiny tweaks to the Tiny Takeover Minecraft drop, speculate on dates for the next Minecraft Live, and flap their brains around adding more wings to Minecraft. Show notes for The Spawn Chunks are here: https://thespawnchunks.com/2026/03/09/the-spawn-chunks-392-winging-it/ Join The Spawn Chunks Discord community! https://Patreon.com/TheSpawnChunks The Spawn Chunks YouTube:...

Jonny, and Joel discuss some minor changes in the latest Minecraft snapshot, speculate on the next Minecraft Live date, and discuss Minecraft bugs… The creepy crawly kind. Show notes for The Spawn Chunks are here: https://thespawnchunks.com/2026/03/02/the-spawn-chunks-391-what-bugs-you-about-minecraft/ Join The Spawn Chunks Discord community! https://Patreon.com/TheSpawnChunks The Spawn Chunks You...

Joel, and Jonny cover the final gameplay features of the next Minecraft drop – Spoiler, it’s baby mobs – then answer email about mob variants, golden dandelions, and “forgotten” Minecraft features. Show notes for The Spawn Chunks are here: https://thespawnchunks.com/2026/02/23/the-spawn-chunks-390-depth-in-forgotten-features/ Join The Spawn Chunks Discord community! https://Patreon.com/TheSpawnChu...

Jonny, and Joel bounce around their thoughts on the new baby hostile mobs in Minecraft, then answer listener email about copper golem smarts, ice crystal caves, and enchanted echo shards in the February Chunk Mail Dispenser. Show notes for The Spawn Chunks are here: https://thespawnchunks.com/2026/02/16/the-spawn-chunks-389-baby-bobble-heads/ Join The Spawn Chunks Discord community! https://Patreo...

Joel, and Jonny welcome Cubfan135 to the podcast to talk about how his Minecraft adventure started, his appreciation for the deeper mechanics of the game, and his hopes for Minecraft’s future. Plus, new baby foxes, and armadillos in the new snapshot, and an email about golden possibilities. Show notes for The Spawn Chunks are here: https://thespawnchunks.com/2026/02/09/the-spawn-chunks-388-cubfan1...

Jonny, and Joel discuss the magical effect that the new golden dandelion will have on baby animals in Minecraft, then answer listener email about both experience in Vibrant Visuals on Bedrock Edition, and cautious anticipation of the feature on Java Edition. Show notes for The Spawn Chunks are here: https://thespawnchunks.com/2026/02/02/the-spawn-chunks-387-stay-young-and-vibrant/ Join The Spawn C...

Joel, and Jonny saddle up for more baby mob changes in the latest Minecraft snapshot, and discuss spears vs. tridents, rope ladders, and crafting happiness all in email from listeners. Show notes for The Spawn Chunks are here: https://thespawnchunks.com/2026/01/26/the-spawn-chunks-386-a-recipe-for-happiness/ Join The Spawn Chunks Discord community! https://Patreon.com/TheSpawnChunks The Spawn...

Jonny, and Joel cover a small technical snapshot for Minecraft 26.1, answer listener email about anvils, and explore Hytale – a new voxel, survival RPG – and discuss what lessons Minecraft, and Hytale can learn from one another. Show notes for The Spawn Chunks are here: https://thespawnchunks.com/2026/01/19/the-spawn-chunks-385-what-can-minecraft-learn-from-hytale/ Join The Spawn Chunks Discord co...