Sniffers use their sharp sense of smell to sniff out and dig up ancient seeds.

Sniffers are huge, and cannot be tempted or tamed by players.Eggs can be hatched into snifflets, which can then be nurtured and grown into adult Sniffers.Sniffer eggs can be found in suspicious sand by using the archeology brush.This passive, friendly mob is available in both preview builds today. Sniffers are the first 'ancient' Minecraft mob added to the game, with players able to save them from extinction. The Sniffer was the winner of the Minecraft Live 2022 Mob Vote, and it's finally in the hands of players. Decorated pots can be crafted using bricks and pottery shards (if you want patterns), and make for good decoration.Pottery shards, a new item with unique patterns that can be crafted into pots.The new brush tool, which can be used to sweep away suspicious sand blocks in order to find hidden items, tools, and pottery shards.New suspicious sand blocks, which can be found around desert temples and desert wells.

Available in both preview builds today, the highlights of archeology include: Fortunately, archeology is officially back, redesigned, and arriving with the Minecraft 1.20 update later this year. This feature was initially announced alongside the 1.17 Caves & Cliffs Update, but was subsequently indefinitely delayed and essentially disappeared.

Minecraft 1.11.2 update