The Spawn Chunks 382: Salty About Copper Aging
Joel, and Jonny peel back the wrapping paper on the first snapshot of 2026, and discuss emails from our listeners about looting copper golems, subtitle accessibility, and deep dungeon upgrades in another Holiday Chunkmail Dispenser.
The Spawn Chunks 381: Better Faster Stronger
Jonny, and Joel update their copper aging, and command center progress then answer listener emails about echo gear, mining villagers, and Minecraft transmogrified transportation in the Holiday Chunkmail Dispenser.
The Spawn Chunks 380: Stick’em With The Pointy End
Joel, and Jonny recap the details of the nautilus, parched, spear, and more in the now released Mounts Of Mayhem drop, then answer listener email about trapping sound, tapping into maps, and comparing Minecraft to other open world games that have more narrative structure.
The Spawn Chunks 379: What’s In A Number?
Jonny, and Joel run down the pre-release, and release candidate details for the imminent drop of Mounts Of Mayhem, answer listener email about camel husks, and nautilus, then discuss the pros, and cons of potential pet roaming in Minecraft.
The Spawn Chunks 378: Our Minecraft Christmas List
Joel, and Jonny chat about the confirmed drop date for Mounts Of Mayhem, answer listener email about fluffy furniture, and list the things they’d like to see in Minecraft if Mojang came down the chimney.
The Spawn Chunks 377: Nautilus And Novelty
Jonny, and Joel ponder the release date for Mounts Of Mayhem now in pre-release, answer listener email about concrete crafting ideas for furniture, and share their nautical plans for the next Minecraft drop.
The Spawn Chunks 376: Ride Or Die
Joel, and Jonny discuss technical tweaks to the feature complete, upcoming Mounts Of Mayhem drop, then answer listener email about Minecraft vanilla vibes, texture parity, and nitwit parties.
The Spawn Chunks 375: Coral Creatures and Final Features
Jonny, and Joel recap the final features swimming into the Mounts Of Mayhem snapshots, and hear from listeners about enchanting improvements, and the future of modding post Minecraft code deobfuscation.
The Spawn Chunks 374: More Mounts More Mayhem
Joel, and Jonny share their initial thoughts on the new parched, and camel husk mobs coming to Minecraft, and answer listener email about happy ghast mobility, and beacon viability.
The Spawn Chunks 373: No Such Thing As A Free Lunge
Jonny, and Joel talk about the new way to lunge, how player controlled sounds can influence gameplay, and debate magic vs. physics as the Minecraft enchantment systems continues to grow.
The Spawn Chunks 372: Finding In-Spear-ation
Joel, and Jonny run down the changes in the latest Mounts Of Mayhem snapshot, and answer listener email about steeds, spears, and creative Minecraft fears.
The Spawn Chunks 371: The Mayhem Is Mounting
Jonny, and Joel take the new Mounts Of Mayhem Minecraft snapshot in stride, swimming with the nautilus, and poking around with the spear. Plus a listener with their ear to the ground on granular sound control.
The Spawn Chunks 370: Sorting Out The Copper Age
Joel, and Jonny sort through the details of the new The Copper Age Minecraft drop, saddle up for some listener email, and share their plans for the copper golem, and shelves in future projects.
The Spawn Chunks 369: Unpacking Minecraft Live September 2025
Jonny, and Joel recap the Mounts Of Mayhem announcement from Minecraft Live, look forward to the pending release of The Copper Age, and give their first impressions of the nautilus mount, and the spear coming to Minecraft.
The Spawn Chunks 368: Predicting Minecraft Live September 2025
Jonny, and Joel tally bug fixes, and feature tweaks coming to The Copper Age drop, discuss the possibilities of Minecraft mannequins, and share their predictions for September’s upcoming Minecraft Live.
The Spawn Chunks 367: Grasping At Claws
Jonny, and Joel share the latest tweaks to the copper golem, their plans to cover the upcoming Minecraft Live broadcast, and listener email about mooblooms, rascals, vultures, and crabs.
The Spawn Chunks 366: Your Next Minecraft Direction
Joel, and Jonny relay bug fixes, and rendering changes as The Copper Age drop gets closer, listener email about The Minecraft Experience in Toronto, and talk about how to move on after completing large projects in Minecraft.
The Spawn Chunks 365: The Age Of Westhill
Jonny, and Joel cover bug fixes, and UI tweaks in the latest Minecraft snapshot for The Copper Age drop, answer listener email about controlling copper, and celebrate the completion of Joel’s Westhill build nearly five years in the making!
The Spawn Chunks 364: The Magic Of Copper
Joel, and Jonny talk copper golem changes, and codes of conduct added in the latest Minecraft snapshot, answer listener email about workstation alternatives, and discuss if copper could be a magic bullet for Minecraft.
The Spawn Chunks 363: Set Minecarts To Wax Speed
Jonny, and Joel cover the final features of the upcoming drop in this week’s Minecraft Snapshot, then answer listener email about copper golem compliance, waxing accelerator rails, and powered pickaxes.
The Spawn Chunks 362: Copper Hopes And Dreams
Celebrating 7 years of The Spawn Chunks podcast! This week, the full Render Distance version of the show is publicly available to everyone!
After the pre-show chat (16:50) Joel, and Jonny discuss new copper features in the latest Minecraft snapshot. Plus some highly oxidized ideas for more copper blocks, and answer listener email about how their gameplay has changed over time.
In the post-show (1:34:25) the copper snapshot discussion continues, plus a peek behind the scenes at some of the broader Minecraft listener, and viewer trends discussed in The Spawn Chunks Quarterly Hangout over the weekend.
The Spawn Chunks 361: We’re Still Here
Jonny, and Joel organize their thoughts on the shelf, and the copper golem arriving in the Minecraft: Java Edition snapshots, sort out an email question, and survive being removed from the game!
The Spawn Chunks 360: Minecraft Shelf Life
Joel, and Jonny take inventory of the changes to the copper golem, new dye sprites, and the functional, and decorative features of the surprising new shelf block in the latest Minecraft Bedrock Preview.
The Spawn Chunks 359: A Barrel of Copper Thoughts
Jonny, and Joel cover a Minecraft graphic hotfix, answer listener email about the utility of copper tools, golem garbage chutes, and player reach, then share tips for building your first Minecraft kingdom.