Minecraft Dungeons:Creeping Winter

This page describes content that is a part of the Creeping Winter DLC.

“	A creeping winter spreads across the land, consuming everything it touches – and at the center of the storm is the Wretched Wraith. The only chance to stop the biting frost is for a hero to face new missions and relentless enemies. Hunt down the source of corruption and discover new armour, weapons, and artifacts!	„
	— In-game pre-purchase description

The Creeping Winter is a paid DLC for Minecraft Dungeons released on September 8, 2020.^[1]^[2]^[3] It is the second DLC in Minecraft Dungeons and is located in the Island Realms tab. It is the only DLC that has two boss missions.

Appearance[]

CreepingWinterIsland — The island on which Creeping Winter takes place.

Creeping Winter is set in an unnamed snowy island. The island contains a river in a frozen fjord that flows across the majority of the island. The island also contains a lonely fortress and villages dotted around the land. To the north is a large iceberg with a partially frozen village on top. Many Spruce trees grow throughout the island.

Additions[]

The following is included in Creeping Winter:

Armor[]

Added[]

Snow Armor
- Frost Armor

Artifacts[]

Added[]

Ice Wand

Consumables[]

Effects[]

Heroes[]

Missions[]

Mechanics[]

Added[]

Icy water entrapping heroes within breakable ice.
Low friction ice surfaces.

Entities[]

Added[]

Mobs and other entities that are first introduced by Creeping Winter:

Includes[]

Mobs that appear in Creeping Winter but introduced in the Mainland or other DLCs:

Cave Spider
Cow
Creeper (Arcade)
Enchanter
Geomancer
Geomancer Bomb (Non-attackable)
Geomancer Wall (Non-attackable)
Key Golem
Melee Skeleton (Arcade) ^{[unofficial name]}
Mob Spawner
Mountaineer (Howling Peaks)
Pig
Piggy Bank
Pillager
Royal Guard
Sheep
Skeleton
Skeleton Horse (Arcade) (Mob-like)
Skeleton Horseman (Arcade)
Slime
Spider
Vanguard
Villager (Objective)
Vindicator
Vindicator Chef
Wraith
Zombie

Free[]

Unused[]

Quest Giver (Unused)

Weapons[]

Snow Bow
- Winter's Touch

Achievements[]

Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
Chill Out	Defeat 5 mobs with a single ice wand attack.	—	10G	Silver
Frozen Fists	Complete Frosted Fjord without having a melee or ranged weapon equipped at any time.	Complete Frosted Fjord without having both melee and ranged weapons equipped at any time.	30G	Gold
Lone Champion	Complete Lone Fortress on Adventure or Apocalypse difficulty.	—	50G	Gold
Lost in the Snow	Complete the Lost Settlement secret mission.	—	20G	Silver
Smooth Operator	Slide a total distance of 500 blocks on ice.	—	10G	Silver

History[]

Minecraft Dungeons
Dungeons Beta					Exists internally: teaser poster, island map, Arctic Fox, Icy Creeper, Frozen Zombie, and Lone Fortress music
1.1.1.0					Exists internally: DLC title logo, Wretched Wraith, Iceologer, Illusioner, Polar Bear, Sweet Brew, Snow Bow, Winter's Touch, Snow Armor, Frost Armor, music tracks and loading screens for Frosted Fjord, Lost Settlement and Lone Fortress.
1.1.1.0					Changed internally: teaser poster design.
May 29, 2020					Creeping Winter named alongside the reveal of Jungle Awakens.
Aug 11, 2020					Additional information on the Creeping Winter DLC, with the release date confirmed to be on September 8, 2020.
Aug 27, 2020					More additional information on the Creeping Winter DLC, with the release time set to be at 07:00 UTC.
1.4.3.0					Creeping Winter released.
1.7.2.0					Changed Frozen Zombie bursts of speed to no longer occur.
1.7.2.0					Fixed occasional crash when launching Frosted Fjord.
1.8.0.0					Added Frostwarden.
1.8.0.0					Fixed Arctic Fox Cosmetic playing incorrect sound upon equipping.
1.10.2.0					Changed Lone Fortress voiceovers to say "Lone Fortress" instead of "Lonely Fortress" and "Wretched Wraith" instead of "Wicked Wraith".

Gallery[]

Early concepts for the Minecraft Dungeons: Creeping Winter key art.
The logo for Creeping Winter.
Cover art for Creeping Winter.
Cover art for Creeping Winter without the logo.
A preview for Creeping Winter. Note that it is actually the preview for Jungle Awakens with a slight blue tint.
A teaser for Creeping Winter. Pictured are four heroes, four Frozen Zombies, an Iceologer, two Icy Creepers, two Arctic Foxes, the Wretched Wraith boss and an Ice Wand.
The loading screen for the Frosted Fjord. Pictured are three Frozen Zombies, two Icy Creepers, a Polar Bear and an Illusioner.
The loading screen for the Lone Fortress. Pictured are two Frozen Zombies and two Strays; albeit very distant. There are also two Enchanter staues outside the fortress.
An early leaked image of the Lost Settlement level.
A teaser image from the Minecraft Dungeons Twitter Page that features dozens of Icy Creepers, 3 Bees and 3 Players.
An image of Frosty sporting Frost Armor and an Arctic Fox taken from this article
The shard that started the winter, it is within the Lone Fortress.