Java Edition 1.11.1

1.11.1 is an update for Minecraft released on December 20, 2016. It is not compatible with 1.11 servers.

Blocks

 * Iron Nuggets
 * Can be crafted from iron ingots, but are also received from smelting iron tools and armor.
 * Can be crafted into iron ingots.

Gameplay

 * Enchantments
 * Added Sweeping Edge Enchantment
 * Can be applied to a sword to increase the damage of the sweep attack.
 * The damage dealt will be (50% + 1)/(66.666...% + 1)/(75% + 1) on level I/II/III.

Blocks

 * Furnaces
 * Iron and golden tools and armor can be smelted into nuggets. Iron and golden horse armor can also be smelted.
 * Yield 1 iron or golden nugget per item respectively.

Non-mob entities

 * Fireworks
 * While flying using elytra, using a firework will give the player a boost for a certain amount of time. This will emit particle when in use.
 * Fireworks stay at the players location until they disappear or explode.
 * Longer flight duration on the rocket will make the boost last longer. You can increase the flight duration of a firework by crafting it with gunpowder in the other slots.
 * Fireworks with an explosion will deal damage at the end of their flight.
 * The right click on a block action for the fireworks is prioritized over the right click ability in midair. This simply means that when you look at a block while flying and right click, the rocket will shoot regularly, instead of being used as a boost.
 * Firework explosions now hurt surrounding mobs and players.
 * The damage radius of the explosion is about 2-3 blocks and is the same for any shape (large ball, creeper, burst, etc.) and the damage decreases with the distance to the explosion.
 * The damage amount at close range is about without armor on, and with full diamond armor, it equates to about.
 * Death message is "[player] went off with a bang".

Gameplay

 * Attack indicator
 * When in crosshair mode, the weapon is fully cooled, and a mob or entity is in range of attack, the attack indicator will be visible and will include a small plus sign (+) underneath the crosshair.


 * Enchantments
 * Mending is no longer compatible with Infinity on bows when trying to apply them with an anvil or when using the command.
 * Old bows with both enchantments applied will still keep their enchantments and remain working as they used to.
 * Anvils will no longer apply enchanted books to items, if the result has no effect
 * This can occur if all enchantments on the book are incompatible with existing enchantments on the item.
 * This can also occur if the enchanted book has no enchantments.

General

 * Totem of Undying
 * ID name changed from  to.


 * Statistics
 * Removed the 'Junk Fished' and 'Treasure Fished' statistics


 * Pistons
 * Added a new byte tag  for the   block entity, which is true if the block represents the piston head itself, and false if it represents a block being pushed.


 * Arrows
 * Added a new integer tag  to be used by the   entity, for displaying the custom potion color of a fired arrow item that had a   tag.

Trivia

 * Ability of smelting golden tools to get gold back was a feature suggested on Reddit.
 * The Luck and Bad Luck effects were going to be removed in this update, but lead developer Jeb changed his mind due to them being used in custom maps.
 * The Sweeping Edge enchantment was originally suggested as either Shearing Strike or Sweeping Strike by Reddit user ItsCraft.
 * This update had the shortest amount of snapshots, with only one snapshot released.