SSP – Hold My Spear

After two days full of non-stop horse breeding, I have finally achieved the (near) perfect horse. Clocking in at 54 sticks ($14.1m/s$), 5 block jump height and 24 health, this grey horse combined with my Sharpness V netherite spear can one-hit almost every common mob.

Side note: I’ve made the decision to take Fire Aspect off of my spear, because in the event that I don’t one-hit a zombie, the zombie might set me on fire (if you didn’t know, zombies that are on fire have a $(30 * regionalDifficulty)$ percent chance to set you ablaze if it’s on fire, learn more about regional difficulty here). Also, I learned Looting can be applied to spears!

Throughout my horse breeding, I also learned that mutation may occur, which is the slight chance that a bred horse will come out with colour/markings different to that of its parents.

After spending ~30 hours with Mounts of Mayhem, I can conclude that as far as game drops go, this is a great one. Maybe even my favourite of them all! Now, I’m wondering if the four game drops we’ve had in 2025 meet the same expectations as a typical yearly update did. That’s Spring to Life (spring), Chase the Skies (summer), the Copper Age (fall), and Mounts of Mayhem (winter).

These four game drops have introduced:

• one new tiered weapon, the spear (first since 2024’s Tricky Trials, the mace)
• one new gear tier, copper (first since 2020’s Nether Update, netherite)
• six new mobs, the Happy Ghast, Copper Golem, Parched, Camel Husk, Nautilus and Zombie Nautilus (seven if you count the Zombie Horse as a “new mob”)
• six new mob variants, the coral Zombie Nautilus, the warm farm animals and the cold farm animals (seven if you count the regular Zombie Nautilus as a “new variant”)
• two new music discs, Tears and Lava Chicken (first since 2024’s Tricky Trials, Creator, Creator (Music Box) and Precipice)
• two new flowers, the cactus flower and wildflowers (first since 2023’s Trails & Tales, the torchflower and pitcher plant)
• one new painting, Dennis (first since 2024’s Tricky Trials, which added 20 – too many to list here!)
• many new additions to the copper set of blocks
• …and much more

Personally, I feel the game drops have met my expectations for a yearly update. In fact, I feel the choice to switch to game drops entirely is a good one. It brings me back to my SSP, and Minecraft as a whole, much more often. If you have any other thoughts, let me know in the comments (assuming anyone is actually reading these)!