The most recent Minecraft snapshot is here and it's a great one. Each snapshot shows off new mobs, new features, building types, and whatever else the devs feel like. It's a great way to test how the new features will interact with the game without causing too much disruption to players, and the 22w13a snapshot adds in the adorable Minecraft allay mob.

The allay is a new creature that's a kind of adorable blue sprite. They are friendly and useful. You can give them things that will earn you new friends who will assist in removing the item from the area around it. They're a bit odd, for sure, but we think they'll rapidly become one of the most popular internet mobs.

It's easy to appreciate the potential of these partners from how beautiful they look while reading a book. However you can also observe their other applications when you look at their behavior in the dark. We will see more players who use them and their unique characteristics soon.

This Minecraft snapshot doesn't contain the humble Allay. 22w13a also sees the re-introduction of old cities. These structures can be found in Deep Dark and you can explore them to discover their secrets. You'll find the Swift Sneaking enchantment in special chests. A new block called Reinforced Deepslate is also available.

There are several bugs fixed, including where locks on chests are inside chest boats, as well as some other things pertaining to Frogs too. There are also a handful of game-related changes, with some of them being renamed to make them more "grammatically consistent." If you're interested in going into the details of these updates, then you'll be pleased to know you can do so by reading the official announcement here.

If you're interested in playing with the Minecraft Allay, this post will also show you how to install the snapshot. Keep in F-email that doing this could corrupt your world, so be sure you use safe save protocol when doing so. It's important to back the world up.