Java Edition 21w19a

21w19a is the twenty-first snapshot for Java Edition 1.17, released on May 12, 2021, which increases the minimum Java version to 16, removes unfinished features (bundles, candles and sculk sensors) from the survival and creative inventory, and fixes bugs.

General

 * Tags
 * Added, , , and block tags.
 * Blocks with these tags can be destroyed more quickly with the matching tool.
 * Added, , and block tags.
 * If a block requires the correct tool to drop, these tags determine which tier of that tool is required.

Blocks

 * Anvils
 * The maximum length a name of an item can have after being renamed has been increased from 35 characters to 50 characters.


 * Candle Cakes
 * Renamed from "[Color] Candle Cake" to "Cake with [Color] Candle".

Mobs

 * Bee
 * Bees can now pollinate cave vines.


 * Squid and Glow Squid
 * Leads now work with them.

Items

 * Hanging Roots
 * Changed the way the item model is displayed in the player's right hand.
 * Are now twice as big when dropped as an item entity.

Command format



 * New syntax:
 * Same as old version of.
 * Same as old version of.

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