Minecraft 1.21.80.21

The Minecraft Beta and Preview 1.21.80.21 update has been released! This update introduces 6 changes and fixes 6 bugs. However, due to certain problems, the developers had to bring back a previous issue.

Experimental

• Player Dots on the Locator Bar now show correctly regardless of Simulation Distance.

Changes

• Due to unexpected codebase issues identified during Preview, reverted a recent change that caused "invincible pet" mobs to despawn.
  • Mobs in worlds opened during Preview may have despawned, but players updating to the upcoming 1.21.70 release should be unaffected.
  • As always, remember to keep backups of your worlds before major updates.
• Enforced minimum Android and iOS requirements for devices running the Deferred Technical Preview for maintained performance, stability, and visuals moving forward.
  • For Android, a Adreno 640, Mali-G68, Mali-G77, or Xclipse 530 GPU or higher is required.
  • On iOS devices, an A12 or M1 or higher device is required.
• Removed access to Virtual and Mixed Reality gameplay.
• Added 'music_definition' field to 'minecraft:biome_music' component in client_biome json files.
  • Determines the music in the biome.
  • If the 'biome_music' component or the 'music_definition' property is missing, the music will be determined automatically based on the dimension.
  • If an empty string is specified, the biome will not play any music..
• Adding "Clear Download Cache" button to storage for clearing files that got stuck due to a downloading error.
• Adding "Manage Storage" button if download fails due to lack of space with instructions on what needs to be cleared out.
• Make friends drawer and play screen more performant using a cached view.

Fixes

• Fix ambient occlusion issue for non 1x1x1 blocks.
  • When a block around any of these smaller non 1x1x1 blocks is broken, the AO computation is correctly applied to the face in the direction of that broken block. Previously the wrong face could be seen getting lightened/darkened.
  • A list of blocks affected: stairs, walls, gates, buttons, cakes, plates, fences, anvil, grindstone, hopper, bell, lectern, eggs, brewing stand.
• Fixed server client desync issue during portal travel on Realms.
• Farm animal spawn eggs used in the Mangrove Swamp biome will now spawn the same variants of Chicken, Cow, and Pig as seen in the Java Edition.
• Worlds are no longer missing from the Storage menu.
• Bundle tooltip no longer sometimes renders as if having a different amount of items.
• Auto clearing the download cache on startup if it detects that it is running out of space.