Minecraft 1.10 update adds new polar and desert content

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Minecraft 1.10 update adds new polar and desert content
Minecraft has been updated to version 1.10. Simply load up the launcher to grab it.

This latest patch has a ton of fixes, apparently, but the main highlights are additions to the polar and desert biomes.

For advanced builders, the most interesting change is the addition of a Structure Block. Here's Mojang's description:

“This block allows map makers to store templates of structures and place them dynamically with the help of Redstone trickery. Since it's a technical block, you will not find it in the game menus, and is restricted to players who are admins in creative mode.”

Mojang shared the following patch notes:

Many bug fixes
Added Polar Bear
Added Husk and Stray
An auto-jump option
Improvements to some commands
Structure blocks for custom maps
Underground fossils made from bone blocks
Added Magma Block
Added Nether Wart Block and Red Nether Bricks
Some huge mushrooms can be even larger
A rare chance to find lonely trees in plains
Find abandoned mineshafts filled with gold in mesa biomes
Villages generate better paths between the buildings
More variations of villages, based on the biomes they are built in
Endermen have been spotted in the Nether
Removed Herobrine

As usual this patch is for the mothership Mac and PC build only; the console, mobile and Windows 10 builds run on their own schedule.