Java Edition 1.17.1

1.17.1 is an upcoming minor update to, with no set release date.

General

 * Languages
 * Added Classical Chinese.

Blocks

 * Cauldrons
 * Powder snow now fills cauldrons 2 times as fast as before.

Items

 * Spyglass


 * Tweaked held model texture to include glass on the backside.

Mobs

 * Axolotl
 * Blue axolotls now only spawn through breeding.


 * Drowned
 * Increased the drop probability of copper ingot from 5% to 11%, and increased the drop rate boost with each level of Looting spell from 1% to 2%.
 * This change is to match 's drop rates.


 * Goats
 * Breeding common goats now has a chance to produce screaming goats.
 * Status effects applied to goats now also apply when the goat is jumping or ramming.


 * Zombies, Zombie Villagers, Husks and Drowned
 * No longer pick up glow ink sacs.
 * This prevents zombies from persisting after picking up the loot of a dead glow squid.

General
Added 12 cave biomes 1. Spegetti Caves where every thing looks spegetti it's common 2. Noodles Caves noodles common biome 3. Cheese Caves just cheesy common biome 4. Tree Caves full of trees very common biome 5. Blackberry Caves uncommon biome 6. Lush Caves common biome 7. Dark Caves common biome 8. Meadow Caves uncommon biome 9. Basil Caves rare biome 10. Fries Caves uncommon biome 11. Burger Caves common biome 12. Sand Caves very rare biome!
 * Protocol
 * Handshake packet padding method for "hostname" and "port" field has reverted to pre-1.17 when the server address which used is a SRV record.
 * Now, data padded in these field will use the address and port which SRV record pointed at, instead of using "server address" as "hostname" and 25565 as "port".


 * Fonts
 * Some new characters have been added.
 * Includes several currency symbols and some new emoji.
 * The new characters are: ✂🍖🪣🔔⏳⚑₠₡₢₣₤₥₦₩₫₭₮₰₱₲₳₵₶₷₸₹₺₻₼₿


 * Languages
 * Removed the following languages due to incomplete translations:
 * East Allgovian German
 * Manx
 * Sicilian


 * Logging
 * Deaths of named mobs are now logged.

Fixes

 * Other


 * Duplication exploit with anvils.