Minecraft’s new spear is already in the game in testing builds, and it is planned as part of the Mounts of Mayhem update, which has a “Holiday 2025” release window rather than a precise date for the full rollout.

Quick Scoop: When will the spear be added to Minecraft?

For anyone wondering “when will the spear be added to Minecraft?” , the key point is that the spear is tied to the Mounts of Mayhem update.

  • On Java Edition , the spear became playable in snapshot 25w41a (public testing), released in October 2025.
  • On Bedrock Edition , it appears in preview/beta builds (for example around version 1.21.130 and related betas) rather than only in the final stable version.
  • Mojang’s communicated window for the full Mounts of Mayhem update, which includes spears, is “later this year” / Holiday 2025 , and they did not initially give a specific calendar date.

So if you:

  1. Play Java and enable snapshots, you can already use the spear in the 25w41a snapshot and later test builds.
  1. Play Bedrock , you can look for it in the preview/beta channel as the Mounts of Mayhem content rolls through testing.
  1. Prefer only stable releases , the spear arrives for you with the full Mounts of Mayhem update, which was targeted for Holiday 2025 as the broad release window.

In short: the spear showed up first in snapshots and betas, and then rolled into the main game with the Mounts of Mayhem update in the Holiday 2025 release window, rather than on a single early-announced day.

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