Minecraft Dungeons ‘Hidden Depths’ DLC is officially coming May 26 with new ‘Raid Captains’
Explore the murky depths if you dare.
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What you need to know
Minecraft Dungeonsis now a full-fledged and wonderfully featured action-RPG set in the ever-growingMinecraftuniverse. However, the game is far from finished, with a few more expansions already confirmed to be heading to the co-op game in the future. Today, Mojang Studios has announcedthe next Minecraft Dungeons DLC, Hidden Depths, coming to the game through theMinecraft Dungeons Season Pass. Asoriginally teased at Minecraft Live, the nextMinecraft DungeonsDLC is heading to… the oceans!
Hidden Depths is taking Minecraft Dungeons underwater, opening up a whole new universe of potential environments, puzzles, and baddies for the player to discover and conquer. Players familiar with vanilla Minecraft will likely encounter returning foes like drowned and guardians, as well as all-knew hostile mobs to defeat. Mojang Studios isn’t sharing much else at this time, but we’ll likely learn more and more as we get closer to release.
Alongside the Hidden Depths DLC expansion (which will be available through the Season Pass or as a separate purchase), Mojang Studios is also continuing its previous habit of releasing a free update to all players simultaneously. This time around, it seems the free update will once again include new enchantments and levels. There’s also a brand-new feature known as “Raid Captains,” which are apparently super-challenging enemies that players can find scattered throughout the Minecraft Dungeons world and defeat for powerful loot.
The Hidden Depths DLC for Minecraft Dungeons releases forXbox Series X,Xbox Series S, Xbox One, PC,PS5, PS4, andSwitchonMay 26, 2021. In case you’re not all caught up in Minecraft Dungeons, the last DLC expansion wasFlames of the Nether, an absolutely massive release that fixed many of the last lingering issues players had with Minecraft Dungeons.Minecraft Dungeons also recently added official cross-save support, meaning you can now carry your progression and characters across devices without losing your valuable gear and time.
Because of the ongoing support and love Mojang Studios has given to Minecraft Dungeons, the game has quickly evolved to become one of thebest games on Xbox. Because it’s also included onXbox Game Pass, this also makes Minecraft Dungeons one of thebest games on Xbox Game Pass.
The real base version of Minecraft Dungeons.
Minecraft Dungeons has a base version, but the edition most players should be considering when purchasing Minecraft Dungeons is the Hero Edition. Minecraft Dungeons: Hero Edition includes a ton of content at a still-great price, and is only getting better with time as updates are released. Players can decide if they want to take it farther with more expansions.
Explore new worlds in Minecraft Dungeons.
It’s been a busy first year for Minecraft Dungeons, and now the ARPG dungeon-crawling Minecraft spin-off is looking ahead towards its future, with four new expansions planned. The first two, Howling Peaks and Flames of the Nether, are available right now, but players can also grab the new Season Pass to gain immediate access to all four expansions as soon as they launch.
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Zachary Boddy (They / Them) is a Staff Writer for Windows Central, primarily focused on covering the latest news in tech and gaming, the best Xbox and PC games, and the most interesting Windows and Xbox hardware. They have been gaming and writing for most of their life starting with the original Xbox, and started out as a freelancer for Windows Central and its sister sites in 2019. Now a full-fledged Staff Writer, Zachary has expanded from only writing about all things Minecraft to covering practically everything on which Windows Central is an expert, especially when it comes to Microsoft. You can find Zachary on Twitter@BoddyZachary.
