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Apr 26, 2024 · The Minecraft 1.21 update was first announced on Oct. 25, 2023, and since then, many planned features for it have been shared. A massive amount of fresh content is being added, so there’s a lot...
Apr 26, 2024 · Best answer: Mojang Studios has not confirmed an exact release date for the Minecraft 1.21 'Tricky Trials' update, yet. However, it's safe to assume that the studio is aiming for a...
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The next Minecraft update is all about adventure and challenge.
•Minecraft Live is the perfect stage on which to announce the next major Minecraft update every year.
•2023 is no different, with Mojang Studios officially unveiling the initial set of features for the as-yet unnamed Minecraft 1.21 content update.
•The update focuses on challenge and adventure, with new Trial Chambers with puzzles and combat challenges, with accompanying Trial Spawners, copper lightbulbs, and the new Breeze hostile mob.
•There's also the Crafter, though, which actually brings automated crafting to Minecraft and is perfect for redstone engineers.
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The biggest single feature from the Minecraft 1.21 update are Trial Chambers. Actually, both of the next two features below this are related to Trial Chambers, too! So what are they? Trial Chambers are new Minecraft dungeons, procedurally generated underground out of copper and tuff block sets. They also prominently feature copper bulbs, a new light source coming to players in this update.
Trial Chambers are dimly lit, mysterious structures that provide unique challenges for players to overcome. You may have to watch out for traps and puzzles, navigate maze-like areas, and prove your valor through various combat trials. In exchange, you may earn some valuable rewards. Trial Chambers are meant to add another layer to the "adventure" aspect of Minecraft, giving action-oriented players more reason to explore.
They're also home to copper bulbs, a new light source and another way to utilize copper blocks. Copper bulbs, like other copper blocks, can oxidize over time. The more oxidized a copper bulb, the dimmer the light it gives off! Again, like other copper blocks, players can wax copper bulbs to permanently fix them to a specific oxidization layer, or scrape them with an axe to change it or strip wax. They look quite dashing, and seem to be able to be placed the same as redstone lanterns — just like any other building block!
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Trial Spawners are a new kind of spawner, very different from the more traditional variant. Instead of endlessly spawning new mobs based on the ambient light around them, Trial Spawners will generate a specific number of mobs, then go dormant for an extended period of time before spawning the same set of mobs again.
Players can take on Trial Spawner challenges to defeat all the spawned mobs, in exchange for a reward. Instead of storing rewards in nearby chests, however, Trial Spawners actually produce the rewards themselves, placing the earned spoils on top after players have successfully vanquished all spawned mobs. There's no carefully mining holes through walls to take rewards out of chests, here. You'll have to overcome the Trial Spawner challenge.
If you believe Trial Spawners will be easy because you brought your friends, think again! These spawners are able to dynamically adjust how many mobs it spawns for its trial based on the number of nearby players. The more players there are, the more mobs will spawn.
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Another layer of challenge added to both Trial Chambers and Trial Spawners is the introduction of a brand-new hostile mob. This is the Breeze, a mob that shares a lot of similarities with the fiery Blaze from the Nether. It features a similar shape, and is highly mobile with its impressive jumping capabilities. Instead of shooting fireballs at players, though, the Breeze utilizes the destructive power of wind.
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Possibly the most exciting addition for many Minecraft players is... The Crafter. Yes, it is what you think it is — official, automated crafting in Minecraft. The Crafter is a new tool that will allow players to setup systems to automatically craft a specific recipe. It'll feature a new, intuitive UI that allows players to customize the crafting grid and input ingredients to craft a specific tool or block.
While these features are all exciting additions to Minecraft 1.21, it's almost certainly not the complete picture of the update. Mojang Studios now only announces features when they're already almost complete and ready for testing, that way players aren't disappointed when promised features either don't arrive or arrive in a changed form (looking at you, archeology).
For one, we'll likely see the winner of the Minecraft Live 2023 Mob Vote be a part of Minecraft 1.21, which is the Armadillo. There are probably also other features and mechanics that Mojang Studios may be designing or prototyping, but just aren't quite ready to show to players yet. Minecraft 1.21 isn't officially releasing until sometime in mid-2024, so there's still a lot of development time between us and the complete feature list for Minecraft's next content update.
When Minecraft 1.21 does arrive, though, it'll release simultaneously for Minecraft: Bedrock Edition on Xbox, Windows PC, PlayStation, Switch, and mobile devices, as well as Minecraft: Java Edition on Windows PC, macOS, and Linux. Mojang Studios has been investing a lot into feature parity for vanilla Minecraft, too, so both versions of Minecraft should get near-identical versions of the 1.21 update.
We're sure to learn a lot more as Minecraft 1.21 continues development, especially as Mojang Studios begins to release snapshots or preview builds to the Minecraft community for testing and feedback. Considering the Minecraft 1.20 update, that's likely to begin happening very soon.
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