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|image=MInecraft Java Edition 1.21.4 Title Screen.png
|title=Minecraft 1.21.4
|edition=Java
|type=Minor update
|name=[[The Garden Awakens]]
|date=December 3, 2024
|prevparent=1.21
|prev=1.21.3
|next=1.21.5
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'''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 ==
=== [[Block]]s ===
'''[[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 [[creaking]]s at night or during [[thunderstorm]]s 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
* [[Flower|Eyeblossom]]
'''Resin family blocks'''
* [[Resin Clump]]
* [[Block of Resin]]
* [[Resin Bricks]]
* [[Chiseled Resin Bricks]]
* Resin Brick Slab
* Resin Brick Stairs
* Resin Brick Wall

=== [[Item]]s ===
; [[File:Resin Brick.png|36px|left|link=Resin Brick]] '''[[Resin Brick]]'''
* Can also be used to trim armor
'''[[Spawn Egg]]s'''
* Creaking Spawn Egg

=== [[Mob]]s ===
; [[File:Creaking Minecraft JE BE.png|36px|left|link=Creaking]] '''[[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 {{cmd|summon}} command or from a [[Monster Spawner|monster spawner]], which is not connected to a creaking heart, persist through day and night, and deals {{hp|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 {{cmd|summon}} command.
* It emits particles that lead to its creaking heart when hit or damaged.
*It cannot be put in [[Boat]]

=== Non-mob [[Entity|entities]] ===
* [[Boat|Pale oak Boat]]
* [[Boat with Chest|Pale oak Boat with Chest]]

=== [[Biome]]s ===
'''[[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 Disc|Music discs]] are exceptional.

=== Generated features ===
* Pale Oak
* Pale Moss patch