21w16a is the eighteenth snapshot for Java Edition 1.17, released on April 21, 2021,[1] which adds dripstone growth and the ability to grow azalea trees.
Additions[]
Gameplay[]
- Pointed dripstone growth
- If a stalactite is hanging from a dripstone block with a water source above, it will slowly grow both the stalactite from above and a stalagmite from below.
- Growth speed is random but very slow; a single growth step can take several in-game days.
- A stalactite will only grow up to 7 blocks long.
- A stalactite will only cause stalagmite growth if the floor or stalagmite below is within 10 blocks.
- If the stalactite tip is inside water it won’t drip, and therefore will not trigger any growth.
- If the stalagmite tip is inside water or there is a fluid between the two dripstone blocks, it will not receive the water drops, and therefore will not be grown by a dripping stalactite.
- A stalagmite or stalactite will never grow into a fluid.
General[]
- Added the
moss_replaceable
block tag.- Contains the #base_stone_overworld block tag, the #cave_vines block tag, and the #dirt block tag.
- Added Russian (Pre-revolutionary) language.
- Added Chinese Traditional (Hong Kong) language.
Experimental[]
Changes have been made to the official Caves & Cliffs world generation preview datapack, which gives early access to the world generation coming in Java Edition 1.18.
- Large rare snaking collections of ore found underground.
- Copper mixed with granite is found at and above Y=0; iron mixed with tuff is found below Y=0.
Changes[]
Blocks[]
- Can now be fertilized with bone meal to form azalea trees.
- Tweaked the textures of these blocks.
- Now attempts to generate 6-24 times per chunk in mountains, instead of 1 time.
- The deepslate variant can now generate naturally.
- Can now have random texture rotation like deepslate.
- The model was slightly changed.
- The upper leaf is now correctly connected with stem.[more information needed]
- Grass, tall grass, ferns, tall ferns, sweet berry bushes, saplings, flowers, azaleas, sugar cane, dead bushes, and bamboo can now be placed on these blocks.
- Pumpkins and melons can now grow onto these blocks.
- Endermen can now pick up these blocks.
Items[]
- Tweaked the texture of raw ores.
Gameplay[]
- The recipes for stonecutting diorite into polished diorite slabs and stairs now unlocks when the player has diorite as opposed to polished diorite.
General[]
- Renamed the statistic for play time to
play_time
. - Included time when game paused for "Time with World Open" (
total_world_time
).
- Resource pack prompt
- Users who previously permanently declined server resource packs will now still be shown the pack prompt if the pack is mandatory, instead of being immediately disconnected.
- Added grass blocks, mycelium, and moss blocks to the
dirt
block tag. - Tweaked some tags to no longer unnecessarily mention blocks if they're in the dirt block tag.
- Tweaked the
lush_ground_replaceable
block tag to call themoss_replaceable
tag instead of thelush_plants_replaceable
tag, as well as adding gravel and sand. - Removed the
lush_plants_replaceable
block tag.
- Textures
- Removed the unused
rooted_vines_head.png
texture. - Removed stray pixels from the recipe book GUI button.
Experimental[]
Changes have been made to the official Caves & Cliffs world generation preview datapack, which gives early access to the world generation coming in Java Edition 1.18.
- Aquifers below Y=0 will sometimes be made of lava.
Fixes[]
- 56 issues fixed
- From released versions before 1.17
- MC-29522 –
stat.playOneMinute
adds a value of 1 every tick. - MC-55775 – Statistics screen sometimes doesn't show up to date information.
- MC-111534 – The firework rocket use statistic doesn't count rockets used for elytra boosting.
- MC-117653 – Recipes and advancements are not granted while most GUIs are open.
- MC-136560 –
minecraft.used:minecraft.elytra
not functioning. - MC-136681 – Debug Stick use statistic increases when not allowed to use it.
- MC-157116 – Food that are plantable counts towards using when right click on the ground.
- MC-180529 – TrueType fonts crash on Intel Graphics.
- MC-190128 – Using a flint and steel to ingite TNT is not tracked by the in-game stats.
- MC-223558 –
minecraft.used:minecraft.glass_bottle
doesn't increase when taking water from a cauldron using a glass bottle. - MC-223563 –
minecraft.used:minecraft.glass_bottle
doesn't increase when collecting honey from a beehive or bee nest. - MC-223638 –
minecraft.used:minecraft.shears
doesn't increase when carving a pumpkin. - MC-223639 –
minecraft.used:minecraft.shears
doesn't increase when collecting honeycombs from a beehive or bee nest. - MC-223755 –
minecraft.used:minecraft.water_bucket
doesn't increase when filling a cauldron with a water bucket.
- From the 1.17 development versions
- MC-203637 – Mobs don't avoid lava cauldrons when pathfinding despite of setting themselves on fire.
- MC-205236 – Frozen State doesn't go away after respawn when on a server.
- MC-208598 – Baby axolotls take damage when touching a solid block from below / eye height is outside of their hitbox.
- MC-212863 – Glow lichen use the same color as vines on maps.
- MC-213804 – Azalea and flowering azalea undersides are darkened.
- MC-213845 – Big dripleaf plants cannot be placed on top of each other.
- MC-213893 – scoreboard
minecraft.used:minecraft.glow_berries
triggers when right clicking the ground. - MC-213927 – Using bone meal on a sapling that is on a moss block consumes bone meal, but doesn't grow into a tree.
- MC-213998 –
root_vines_head
is unused in-game files. - MC-214129 – Several dirt blocks are not part of the
#minecraft:lush_plants_replaceable
tag. - MC-214293 – Mobs can spawn on top of azaleas.
- MC-215043 – The new small dripleaf's stem texture isn't connected properly with the upper leaf.
- MC-216787 – Cobwebs in mineshafts can generate as if supported by chains.
- MC-217411 – Anvils can become damaged when only falling one block.
- MC-218590 – Error message for
commands.give.failed.toomanyitems
doesn't translate item name. - MC-218614 – Inconsistency: Infested Deepslate can't be placed along axis.
- MC-218637 – Inconsistency: Infested deepslate is not rotated randomly like normal deepslate.
- MC-219211 – Two mysterious white pixels can be seen in the upper left corner of the recipe book icon.
- MC-219851 – Applying bone meal to a waterlogged big dripleaf stem creates more waterlogged big dripleaf stems.
- MC-219903 – Silverfish infesting deepslate cause it to rotate.
- MC-220024 – Shader compilation slows or fails the more asterisks are in a multiline comment.
- MC-220187 – Hitbox of azalea and flowering azalea is incorrect.
- MC-220190 – When bone mealing moss blocks with no spreadable blocks nearby, they don't grow grass, bushes and moss carpets.
- MC-220307 – TrueType Font glyphs render incorrectly.
- MC-220641 – Loyalty tridents disappear when your inventory is full.
- MC-220887 – Shader includes fail to compile correctly when missing newline at end of file.
- MC-221258 – Cannot place sugar cane, bamboo and dead bushes on moss blocks.
- MC-221628 – Entities don’t stop glowing after losing the glowing effect.
- MC-221652 –
/teleport
command to player does not work as in previous versions. - MC-221655 – Glow Squids and Axolotls Spawn in Monuments.
- MC-222004 – Grass block isn't in the
#dirt
block tag. - MC-222517 – A large amount of slime or honey blocks will crash the game.
- MC-222684 – You cannot grow azalea trees by bonemealing Azalea plants.
- MC-222778 –
minecraft.used:minecraft.candle
doesn't increase when placing a candle on to a cake.
- From the previous development version
- MC-223260 – Emerald ore does not generate as intended.
- MC-223382 – A marker's data tag can be shared among multiple markers.
- MC-223553 –
minecraft.used:minecraft.glow_ink_sac
doesn't increase when applying a glow ink sac to a sign. - MC-223554 –
minecraft.used:minecraft.ink_sac
doesn't increase when applying an ink sac to a sign. - MC-223555 –
minecraft.used:minecraft.COLOR_dye
doesn't increase when applying a dye to a sign. - MC-223557 –
minecraft.used:minecraft.bucket
doesn't increase when taking powder snow, lava, or water from a cauldron using a bucket. - MC-223756 –
minecraft.used:minecraft.powder_snow_bucket
doesn't increase when filling a cauldron with a powder snow bucket. - MC-223757 –
minecraft.used:minecraft.lava_bucket
doesn't increase when filling a cauldron with a lava bucket.
Video[]
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References[]
- ↑ "Minecraft Snapshot 21w16a" – Minecraft.net, April 21, 2021