The latest Minecraft trailer for 2025 rolls out huge stats on millions of players jumping into the blocky world. Besides those big numbers, the video finally explains where the chicken jockey – one of the most loved or hated mobs – came from.
New Minecraft trailer gives fans the origin story of the popular chicken jockey
Mojang put out a new trailer highlighting 2025's top stats, like mobs spawned, copper golems crafted, and more. The interactive video turns key entities and items from game drops into a fun story. Beyond the tech details, it shows how the chicken jockey got started.
The clip begins with a chicken trying to make friends with various mobs. It approaches the copper golem and iron golem, but they ignore it. Then it watches the player hanging out with new mounts and mobs like the happy ghast, looking even more down.
Things shift to night, where the player dodges the chicken while wearing a pumpkin head – a tip of the hat to avoiding endermen. The chicken hangs its head low.
That changes fast. Next up: a village raid. Zombies swarm in, peaceful mobs scatter. Amid the chaos, the chicken runs into a baby zombie. They connect in a weird way, with hearts popping and fireworks going off in the background.
Cut to the classic chicken jockey: baby zombie riding the chicken, sealing their famous bond – one boosted by A Minecraft Movie. The trailer closes with the duo chasing the player with other hostile mobs, their link like redstone and a lever: simple alone, unstoppable together.
When is Minecraft movie 2?
Warner Bros. announced A Minecraft Movie 2 for July 23, 2027, bringing back director Jared Hess. Details on plot, cast returns like Jason Momoa and Jack Black, or anything else are still locked down – it's early days, but expect more Overworld chaos.