Minecraft 1.21.50.25

The Minecraft Beta and Preview 1.21.50.25: the update adds Resin and new blocks, a new flower - Eyeblossom. Various issues have been fixed and some changes have been made. Details below and on the developers website.

Resin

• Resin Clumps are a new multi-face block:
  • Dropped by the Creaking Heart when it is destroyed.
  • Placed around the Creaking Heart when its Creaking is attacked.
  • Can be crafted into a Block of Resin.
  • Can be hardened into Resin Bricks in a furnace.
  • Can be used to trim armor.
• Resin Bricks can be crafted into the Resin Brick set:
  • Brick block
  • Stairs
  • Walls
  • Slabs
  • Chiseled Resin Brick block
• Both can be found in Chests in the Woodland Mansion.
• Blocks of Resin can be crafted into a Creaking Heart using two Pale Oak Logs.

Eyeblossom

Eyeblossoms are new flowers that generate in the Pale Garden biome. Unique features:

• They exist in two variants: Closed and Open Eyeblossom.
• Eyeblossoms transition between the two variants based on the time of day.
  • During the night, Eyeblossoms will become Open.
  • During the day, they will become Closed.
  • In dimensions that do not have a day/night cycle, they will remain as-is.
• Eyeblossoms planted on the ground will communicate with each other, helping each other to open or close.
• Open Eyeblossoms have glowing eyes during the night.
• Eyeblossoms can be obtained by bonemealing the grass in the Pale Garden biome.
• Bees get poisoned when they interact with Eyeblossoms.
• Suspicious Stew made from Eyeblossom will have Blindness or Nausea effect depending on the variant.
• Gray or Orange Dye can be crafted from Closed and Open Eyeblossoms respectively.

Experimental

• Added experimental toggle "Aim Assist" to allow easy targeting while using custom camera perspectives.
  • Aim Assist currently targets blocks. Entites will be enabled in a future release.
• Aim Assist can be enabled through "/aimassist" command.
  • Aim Assist's targeting behavior (distance, width, and height) can be configured through the settings under "aim_assist" folder using a behavior pack.
  • Aim Assist will highlight the selected target. The highlighting textures are customizable through textures under "textures\ui" folder using a resource pack.

Changes

• Further adjusted the color of the Pale Garden sky at the horizon to more closely match Java.
• The texure of the Pale Oak Sign model and UI has been adjusted for consistency with other signs.
• Pale Oak Saplings can now be composted.
• Pale Hanging Moss now uses the same sounds as other Moss and Pale Moss blocks.
• Increased frequency of the Pale Hanging Moss ambience sound.
• Pale Hanging Moss no longer generates on Pale Oak trees grown from Pale Oak Saplings.
• Creaking Heart
  • Naturally generated Creaking Hearts now drop 20 to 24 experience, even when collected with Silk Touch.
  • Increased frequency of the Creaking Heart ambience sound.
  • The texture of the inactive Creaking Heart has been updated to be more consistent with its active state.
• Creaking
  • Increased the speed of aggravated Creakings.
  • Creakings now deal more attack damage.
  • When a Creaking Heart is destroyed, its Creaking will now twitch for a few seconds before crumbling.
  • Creakings spawned by a Creaking Heart will crumble when stuck in a hole with a Player for more than 5 seconds.
  • A Creaking crumbling now causes nearby Sculk Catalysts to bloom.
  • The Creaking's walking animation has been updated.
  • The Creaking's attack animation has been updated.
  • A Creaking spawned by a Creaking Heart no longer avoids damaging blocks.
  • A Creaking spawned by command or Spawn Egg is no longer invulnerable to Fire and Lava.
  • A Creaking spawned by command or Spawn Egg now avoids damaging blocks.
  • The Creaking's attack speed has been decreased to match Java.
• The following blocks now only drop when broken with a pickaxe:
  • Blast Furnace
  • Cauldron
  • Dispenser
  • Dropper
  • Enchanting Table
  • Furnace, Hopper
  • Smoke
• The following blocks that require support now always drop when broken with any tool: all Copper Doors, Iron Door, Heavy Weighted Pressure Plate, Light Weighted Pressure Plate, Polished Blackstone Pressure Plate, and Stone Pressure Plate.
• Budding Amethyst is now slower to mine with an improper tool.
• The following blocks (which always drop) are now mined faster when using the incorrect tool: Bell, Brewing Stand, Crafter, Ender Chest, Lantern, and Soul Lantern. Note that the Ender Chest is considered an 'always drops block' even though the drop is not an Ender Chest.
• Grass and Nylium no longer decay to Dirt and Netherrack when below Slime, Honey, Hopper, or Chemical Heat (Education Edition block).
• Grass and Nylium now decay to Dirt and Netherrack when below Observer.
• Pale Oak Saplings can now grow on Moss Blocks and Pale Moss Blocks.

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where the color of a Shulker Box was not listed as part of the name.
• The camera now rotates the correct way around the X and Y axes when using the /camera command.
• Using an empty Bundle now causes an animation to play in both first and third person.
• Second passenger in a Boat or Camel will now also have the warning message when hitting unloaded chunk.
• Player spawn algorithm has been improved so it is more difficult to spawn in water or powder snow.
• Removed the unintended darker tinting of Kelp.
• All projectiles on fire now ignite Minecart with TNT & TNT blocks.
• The textures of the Pale Oak Sign and Pale Oak Hanging Sign items have been adjusted for consistency with other signs.
• Breeze now plays the correct idle sound if not on a solid surface.
• Removed Opt-out option from Realms Stories Settings, now that it is in the Timeline tab instead.
• Fixed an issue where players were unable to create a new world on an active Realm.
• Wet Sponges now play correct block sounds.
• Changed contents of chest in end_2 to reference a loot table.
• The size of Shield items no longer changes when the item is moved between slots.
• Bundles that are moved under a player's cursor now correctly update their tooltip.
• It is now possible to collect crafting output with a bundle to add the crafted items to the bundle.
• Touch Controls: Fixed a bug where boats were interactable during control customization.
• Touch controls: in joystick modes, it is now possible to double tap "fly up" to stop flying.
• Touch controls: tapping fly up and fly down in quick succession no longer causes the player to stop flying.
• Tools in the hotbar no longer animate when their durability decrease.
• Remove 'X' closing button from the Command Block UI when player is using Gamepad.
• Fixed an issue that caused IP addresses with bad input to not be properly validated before joining an external server in the New Servers Tab (Preview only).
• A popup now appears showing the item's name when it is selected in a Bundle's tooltip on touch screen devices.