Java Edition 1.21.4

Minecraft 1.21.4
Edition	Java Edition
Official name	The Garden Awakens
Release date	December 3, 2024
Protocol version	Pending
Data version	Pending

Java Edition 1.21.4 is a minor update to 1.21 in Java Edition, named The Garden Awakens. This update adds features from this game drop. The update is released on December 3, 2024.

Additions

Blocks

Creaking Heart

• Can be found activated in the Pale Garden biome.
• Can be mined and relocated with a Silk Touch tool.
• Can be crafted using two Pale Oak logs and a block of Resin.
• It only activates when placed between two Pale Oak logs in the same orientation and can't be deactivated unless the block is broken.
• Spawns creakings at night or during thunderstorms when activated and links itself to them.

New pale oak wood type

• Pale Oak Log and its stripped variant
• Pale Oak Wood and its stripped variant
• Pale Oak Planks
• Pale Oak Stairs
• Pale Oak Slab
• Pale Oak Sign and its hanging variant
• Pale Oak Button
• Pale Oak Pressure Plate
• Pale Oak Door
• Pale Oak Trapdoor
• Pale Oak Fence
• Pale Oak Fence Gate

New Foilage and vegetation blocks

• Pale Hanging Moss
• Pale Moss Block
• Pale Moss Carpet
• Pale Oak Leaves
• Pale Oak Sapling
• Eyeblossom

Resin family blocks

• Resin Clump
• Block of Resin
• Resin Bricks
• Chiseled Resin Bricks
• Resin Brick Slab
• Resin Brick Stairs
• Resin Brick Wall

Items

Resin Brick

• Can also be used to trim armor

Spawn Eggs

• Creaking Spawn Egg

Mobs

Creaking

• A new spooky hostile mob spawned by active creaking hearts during the night or thunderstorms.
  • Can also be spawned using a spawn egg, by the /summon command or from a monster spawner, which is not connected to a creaking heart, persist through day and night, and deals 1 damage, killing it instantly or in a single hit.
• It moves and attacks when a player is looking away from it.
• Unlike most mobs, it can only be killed by destroying its respective creaking heart.
  • Although it can also be killed instantly when spawned using a spawn egg or by the /summon command.
• It emits particles that lead to its creaking heart when hit or damaged.
• It cannot be put in Boat

Non-mob entities

• Pale oak Boat
• Pale oak Boat with Chest

Biomes

Pale Garden

• A rare new biome that generates with pale oak trees, pale moss blocks, pale moss carpets, pale hanging moss, and eyeblossoms.
• It is quiet in daytime, but very eerie at nighttime.
• It is also where creakings spawn during nighttime or during thunderstorms.
• Music soundtracks will go silent when moving from an existing biome into the Pale Garden. Music discs are exceptional.

Generated features

• Pale Oak
• Pale Moss patch