Minecraft 1.21.40.21
The Minecraft Beta and Preview 1.21.40.21 update. This update aims to reorganize some items and blocks in the creation inventory. Read more below and on the developers' website.
Experimental
- Renamed Bundles names are now italicized in the tooltip.

Creative Inventory Changes
- Trial Chamber items:
- Trial Keys were moved to be next to Ominous Trial Keys, very ominous.
- Ominous Bottles were moved next to the existing Potions and were made into its own "Ominous Bottle" group.
- Stone group in the Nature tab:
- Stone was moved into the Stone group, finally.
- Stone is now the front block of the Stone group.
- Basalt and Smooth Basalt were moved into the Stone group.
- Tuff and Polished Tuff were moved into the Stone group.
- Decorative Stone in the Construction tab:
- Smooth Stone was moved into Decorative Stone.
- Tuff Brick, Chiseled Tuff, and Chiseled Tuff Bricks were moved from the Nature Category to Decorative Stone in the Construction Category.
- Prismarine Bricks were moved from the Decorative Stone group, now they are next to Prismarine and Dark Prismarine.
- Copper family etc.:
- Reordered Raw Iron, Raw Copper, Raw Gold to Raw Copper, Raw Iron, Raw Gold.
- The Copper, Iron, and Gold blocks were moved to match the Raw versions ordering.
- The Copper Doors were moved to all the other Doors.
- The Copper Trapdoors were moved to the group with all the other Trapdoors, this is not a trap.
- Copper Blocks and Copper Grates are now sorted by Block type then by Oxidation level, instead of Oxidation level then Block type.
- Tuff family:
- Tuff Stairs, Tuff Slabs, Tuff Walls, and their polished versions were moved from the Nature tab to the Construction Tab into their respective groups.
- Other blocks:
- Bricks are now placed before the Slabs group.
- This change only affects Bricks made from Clay and not all the brick blocks.
- Chiseled Nether Bricks and Cracked Nether Bricks were moved next to the Nether Brick Block and Red Nether Brick.
- Quartz Bricks placed next to the other Quartz blocks.
- Rooted Dirt is now next to the other Dirt blocks.
- Many Dirt blocks and Grass variants were shuffled around to match Java Edition.
- Gravel is now ordered after the Stone group and is next to Sand and Red Sand.
- Clay was moved from the Construction Category to the Nature Category, placed next to the Mud Block.
Changes
- Mobs can now perform Mace Smash attacks.
- Re-implemented the left handed mode on touch devices for accessing the inventory from the hotbar.
- Updated references to old block names in behavior pack wood recipe files.
- Updated references to old block names in remaining behavior pack recipe files.
- Removed some Keyboard key bindings from Settings that should only exist in Minecraft Education: Control Tips, Code Builder, and Immersive Reader.

Fixes
- Fixed an issue with shipwrecks only generating lower-slabs. (This fix will not alter already generated shipwrecks).
- Fixed an issue that caused some blocks to lose their ambient occlusion and for leaves in certain biomes to appear too bright.
- Carved Pumpkin and Skull now rotates with the Bogged's head when worn.
- Mob Spawner step sounds and hit sounds now play at their intended volume.
- Trial Spawner hit sounds now play at their intended volume.
- Wither Skeleton step sounds now play at their intended volume.

«Download» implies the possibility of switching to Google Play or another service. You will need a purchased game license to install the update.
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