Minecraft 1.21

Mojang has announced Minecraft 1.21 at Minecraft Live 2023. This is a major new update that adds challenges, 2 new mobs, new melee weapons and more to the game. Bedrock is finally getting a hardcore mode, which could be an interesting new challenge for players.

Navigation

• Hardcode
• Trial Chamber
• Mobs
  • Breeze
  • Bogged
• Items
  • Trial Key
  • Ominous Trial Key
  • Ominous Bottle
  • Breeze Rod
  • Mace
  • Pottery Sherds
  • Smithing Templates
• Blocks
  • Trial Spawner
  • Ominous Trial Spawner
  • Vault
  • Ominous Vault
  • Crafter
  • Copper Bulb
  • Copper Grate
  • Copper Blocks
  • Tuff Blocks
  • Heavy core
• New mob effects

Hardcore mode

The long-awaited mode in which the player has only one life without the right to revive!

• Turns on when creating a world in the General tab.
• In case of death, the player will only be able to revive in Spectator mode.
• Hardcore mode cannot be enabled or disabled after world creation.

Trial Chambers

The developers wanted to add more adventure for those who love battles. A unique structure has been added to the game especially for this purpose!

• They come in different sizes and consist of Copper and Tuff blocks.
• At the level of the Deepslate, they occur more frequently.
• Each structure is randomly generated and includes:

  • Traps, Chests, and Battle Zones

• Each structure has a Trial Spouter with 3 categories of mobs:
  • Near: Zombie, Husk and Slime.

  • Small: Spider, Cave Spider, Baby Zombie, Silverfish.

  • Long-rage: Skeleton, Stray.

Breeze

A new and unique mob created especially for fans of combat. In the Trial Chamber, the player and his friends will be able to test their skills.

• Spawns via the Trial Spawner in some rooms of the Trial Chambers.
• Moves by jumping, able to use long jumps.
• Uses wind projectiles.
• The projectile creates a small explosion, throwing everyone in the vicinity away.
• Exploding projectile interacts with certain blocks:
  • Opens non-iron doors and trapdoors.
  • Opens Fence Gates.
  • Trigger Buttons.
  • Trigger Levers.
  • Interacts with the Bell.
  • Extinguishes candles.

Bogged

A skeleton variant covered in mushrooms and moss.

• Health: 16.
• Attack interval of 3.5 seconds.
• These mossy and mushroom covered Skeletons spawn naturally in Swamps and Mangrove Swamps.
• Can also be found spawning from Trial Spawners in some Trial Chambers.
• Drops 2 mushrooms when sheared (either both red, both brown, or one of each).
• Has a chance to drop Arrows of Poison when killed by players.

Trial Key

• An item that can only be obtained from Trial Spawners.

  
  

• Can be used to unlock Vaults.

Ominous Trial Key

• A variant of the Trial Key which has a 30% chance to eject when defeating an Ominous Trial Spawner.

  
  

• Can be used to unlock Ominous Vaults.

Ominous Bottle

A new potion with the following features:

• An item which can be consumed by players to receive the Bad Omen effect for 1 hour and 40 minutes.
  • Comes in 5 variations, one for each Bad Omen level.
  • The bottle breaks when consumed.
  • Can be stacked to 64.
• Ominous Bottles can be found uncommonly in any Vaults, and are dropped by Raid Captains which are defeated outside a Raid.

Breeze Rod

• An item dropped by a Breeze.
• Can be crafted into 4 Wind Charges.
• Can be used with the Heavy Core to craft a Mace.

Wind Charge

• Become the Breeze! Using this item will fire off a Wind Charge projectile similar to the Breeze's.
  • Can be used to launch entities away from the impact of the Wind Burst.
  • Grants 10% more knockback than a Breeze's, but has a much smaller area of impact.
  • Deals damage if it hits an entity directly.
  • Has a half-second cooldown after each use.
  • Can be fired from a Dispenser.
• Players can use Wind Charges to propel themselves high into the air.
  • Players that launch themselves with a Wind Charge only accumulate fall damage below the height of where they collided with the Wind Burst.
  • As an example, if a player uses a Wind Charge to launch themselves 9 blocks into the air, and they do not land lower than where they initially launched, they will take 0 damage.

Mace

A brand new melee weapon with unique abilities.

• A new heavy weapon to smash your enemies!
  • Has a base damage of 5.
  • Can be crafted with a Breeze Rod and a Heavy Core.
  • Using it will decrease its durability like any other weapon; can be repaired with Breeze Rods at an Anvil.
• Has a unique attack called the smash attack. When the player falls more than 1.5 blocks before hitting, a smash attack is triggered which has multiple effects:
  • Safe Fall: Resets all vertical momentum and negates any fall-damage accumulated from the fall.
  • Extra Damage: Does more damage the further the player fell before hitting the target with it:
    • For the first 3 blocks fallen: Add 4 damage per block.
    • For the next 5 blocks fallen: Add 2 damage per block.
    • For any blocks fallen after: Add 1 damage per block.
  • Great Knockback: Other entities near the struck enemy will be knocked back by the immense force of the Mace.
• Can be used in combination with Wind Charges to launch up and deliver devastating smash attacks to enemies.
• These existing enchantments can be applied to the Mace:
  • Mending.
  • Unbreaking.
  • Smite.
  • Bane of Arthropods.
  • Fire Aspect.
  • Curse of Vanishing.
• The Mace also has 3 exclusive enchantments: Density, Breach and Wind Burst.

Pottery Sherds

Added 3 new shards to create decorated pots:

• Flow
• Guster
• Scrape

Armor Trims

• Added Bolt Armor Trim and Smithing Template, found in Vaults.
  • Can be duplicated using a Copper Block or Waxed Copper.
• Added Flow Armor Trim and Smithing Template, found in Ominous Vaults.
  • Can be duplicated using a Breeze Rod.

Trial Spawner

• A new variant of Monster Spawners that ejects rewards upon defeat.
  • Cannot be crafted nor obtained by players in Survival - instead, they can be found naturally throughout Trial Chambers.
  • Very slow to mine and resistant to explosions, and will not drop even with Silk Touch.
  • Cannot be moved by Pistons.
• The challenge level will increase for each new player a Trial Spawner notices nearby.
  • The challenge level will not decrease until it is reset during a Trial Spawner's cooldown.
  • Trial Spawners can only notice players which are in line of sight, and will ignore Creative and Spectator players.
• Unlike normal Spawners, a Trial Spawner will spawn a limited number of mobs proportional to its current challenge level.
  • It can only spawn a mob at positions that are within line of sight.
  • It can spawn a mob regardless of any light level requirement the mob has.
  • Spawned mobs are persistent.
• Once all mobs are defeated, the Trial Spawner will eject a number of rewards which is proportional to the current challenge level.
  • After the rewards have been ejected, the Trial Spawner goes into cooldown for 30 minutes, during which it will no longer spawn mobs.
• When placed in Creative, Trial Spawners have no mob type set by default.
  • The mob type can be set by interacting with it while holding a Spawn Egg.
• Has an Ominous Trial Spawner variant, accessible through an Ominous Trial.

Ominous Trial Spawner

• A more powerful active phase of the Trial Spawner with unique challenges and rewards.
  • Provides a more challenging experience that combat-loving players can opt into for better rewards.
• If a Trial Spawner detects a player that has the Trial Omen effect, the spawner will become Ominous if:
  • It is not in cooldown.
  • Or, it is in cooldown but was not Ominous during its last activation.
    • Making it Ominous this way will bypass the cooldown.
• While active, it will:
  • Glow blue instead of orange.
  • Emit soul flames instead of normal flames.
  • Periodically spawn potions and projectiles on top of unsuspecting players and mobs.
    • Based on their location, spawners in an area will select a random set of projectiles to spawn.
    • These projectiles will always include a single type of Lingering Potion from a set of possible effects.
• The mobs it spawns are more powerful than usual:
  • Mobs that can wear equipment will often spawn with enchanted weapons and armor.
    • The armor these mobs wear have Armor Trims applied from the Trial Chambers.
    • All 3 of the following armor enchantments are applied to each piece:
      • Protection IV
      • Projectile Protection IV
      • Fire Protection IV
    • Sword enchantments can be either of the two:
      • Sharpness I
      • Knockback I
    • Bow enchantments can be either of the two:
      • Power I
      • Punch I
  • Mobs that cannot wear equipment will instead be spawned at double the total mob count over the course of the challenge.
    • The spawners for these mobs will also have an additional mob out at once during its challenge.
• Becoming Ominous will despawn any existing mobs it spawned and reset its challenge.
  • If those mobs picked up or equipped any items on the floor, those items will be dropped when they despawn.
  • It will stay Ominous until it has been defeated and its cooldown has finished.
• When defeated, it will eject a different set of loot to normal Trial Spawners.

Vault

• A block that holds locked treasure and loot - players must find the right key to eject its rewards.
  • Can be found throughout Trial Chambers, containing the structures' most valuable loot.
  • Vaults in Trial Chambers require a Trial Key to be unlocked.
  • Cannot be crafted nor obtained in Survival, and does not drop anything when mined.
  • Explosion resistant and cannot be moved by Pistons.
• Can be unlocked by an unlimited number of players.
  • After a player has unlocked a Vault, they cannot personally unlock that Vault again.
  • If a player has not unlocked a particular Vault before, this can be seen by an orange stream of particles that flow from the player to that Vault when nearby.
• Has a keyhole that will be open or closed depending on the players nearby.
  • If any nearby player has not unlocked that Vault, the keyhole will be open.
  • If all nearby players have unlocked that Vault, the keyhole will be closed.
• Within its cage, it will cycle through and display items which are possible to eject from its loot table.
  • Players cannot time their unlocks to eject the item that is currently displayed in the cage.
• The loot it ejects is randomized each time it is unlocked.
• Has an Ominous Vault variant, unlockable through an Ominous Trial.

Crafter

• A new block that enables the crafting of items and blocks via Redstone.
  • Can be crafted with 5 Iron Ingots, 2 Redstone Dust, 1 Crafting Table and 1 Dropper.
• Will eject one crafting result at a time when powered by a Redstone pulse.
  • Its current powered state is indicated by Redstone crystals on its back face, which will light up.
  • The crafting grid on its top face will light up red when it successfully crafts a recipe.
• Upon receiving a signal, it will eject the recipe result from the front face.
  • If the recipe output has any remainder items (such as a Bucket), the result and remainder items will be ejected together.
• When placed, the front face of the Crafter will face towards the player.

Copper Bulb

• A light-emitting block that can toggle its light emission through Redstone pulses.
• Oxidizes like other Copper blocks, and emits light based on oxidation level.
  • Copper Bulb: Light level 15.
  • Exposed Copper Bulb: Light level 12.
  • Weathered Copper Bulb: Light level 8.
  • Oxidized Copper Bulb: Light level 4.
• When placed, its light is off by default.
  • While it is unpowered, it will toggle its light on or off when it receives a Redstone pulse.
  • Its light will stay on even when the Redstone source is removed, and will only toggle off when it receives another Redstone pulse.
• A Redstone crystal can be seen in its center while it is powered by a Redstone signal.
• Similar to Glass Blocks, it does not conduct Redstone power.
• Comparators reading a Copper Bulb will output a signal strength of 15 if the Copper Bulb's light is on.
• The crafting recipe for 4 Copper Bulbs is:
  • 3 Copper Blocks of a shared oxidation level.
  • 1 Blaze Rod.
  • 1 Redstone Dust.

Copper Grate

• A new type of decorative block unique to the Copper family.
• Crafted with 4 Copper Blocks of a shared oxidation level.
  • Stonecutting a Copper Block into Copper Grates outputs 4 Copper Grates.
• Properties:
  • Transparent and allows light to pass through.
  • Mobs cannot suffocate inside them.
  • Cannot conduct Redstone.
  • Hostile mobs cannot naturally spawn on them.
  • Can hold water.

Copper Blocks

• Meet in the Trial Chambers.
• Can be crafted.
• They have several stages of oxidation.
• Blocks:
  • Chiseled Copper.
  • Copper Grate.
  • Copper Bulb.
  • Copper Door.
  • Copper Trapdoor.
  • Oxidized and waxed variants of all of the above.

Tuff Blocks

A set of new blocks for building and decorating with tuff! The following variants of tuff blocks have appeared:

• Stair, Slab, Wall, and Chiseled variants.
• Tuff Bricks with Stair, Slab, Wall, and Chiseled variants.
• Polished Tuff with Stair, Slab, and Wall variants.

Heavy Core

• A mysterious, dense block which can be combined with a Breeze Rod to craft the Mace.

• Can only be obtained from Ominous Vaults.

New mob effects

• Trial Omen
  • A variation on what a Bad Omen can be transformed into.
  • This occurs when the player is within detection range of a Trial Spawner that is not Ominous.
  • The Trial Omen will have a duration of 15 minutes multiplied by the transformed Bad Omen's level.
  • Players that have Trial Omen are surrounded by ominous particles.
• Wind Charged
  • Affected entities will emit a wind burst upon death.

  • Can be brewed as a Potion with an Awkward Potion and a Breeze Rod.

• Weaving
  • Affected entities will spread Cobweb blocks upon death.

  • Affected entities can move through Cobweb with 50% of their normal speed instead of 25%.

  • Can be brewed as a Potion with an Awkward Potion and a Cobweb block.

• Oozing
  • Affected entities will spawn two Slimes upon death.

  • Can be brewed as a Potion with an Awkward Potion and a Slime Block.

• Infested
  • Affected entities have a 10% chance to spawn 1-2 Silverfish when hurt.

  • Can be brewed as a Potion with an Awkward Potion and a Stone block.

• The effects are imposed while completing the Ominous Trial Spawner.
• Spawners choose a random unique effect, throwing Lingering Potion at mobs and players.
• Slimes are immune to the Oozing effect
• Silverfish are immune to the Infested effect.