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1.17[3], the first release of an unknown update, is a major update to Java Edition with no set release date. It revamps mountains and fixes bugs. It also revamps combat.

Planned additions

General

Gameplay

Main article: Combat Tests

Note:In this section, this assumes that Combat would be updated in 1.17, it is likely that it may be added in an update such as 1.18.

Attributes
  • generic.attack_reach.
Enchantments
Shields
  • New shield indicator.
  • Sneaking, by default, automatically activates the shield.

Blocks and Items

Snowier Snow
  • Players can sometimes sink into the block.
Snowy Stone
  • Snow on top of stone gives the stone a different texture, like the Grass Block.
New Stone Variants?
  • Looking closely at the video and you see 3 stone textures, the original, the one at the surface, also the snowy stone texture, texture similar to gravel and the final one, a deepstone, texture similar to blackstone.

Mobs

Goats[4]
  • Spawn in mountain biomes.
  • Flee from players.
Moobloom, Glow Squid, and Iceologer
  • In Minecraft Live 2020, there will be a mob vote, similar to the MINECON Earth 2017 biome vote. Since this event is taking place in October 3rd, 2020, the new mob will added to this update, just like the Phantom with Update Aquatic. If it matches with 2017's vote, 1 mob will be chosen out of the three on Twitter and the others will most likely never make it into Minecraft.
  • Will most likely have similar characteristics of their main (like in the game in which they are located in).
  • Moobloom
    • A variant of the Mooshroom/Cow.
    • Will most likely spawn in areas that bees spawn in such as Plains and Flower Forests.
    • Most likely passive.
    • Will have something to do with bees.
  • Glow Squid
    • A variant of the Squid.
    • Spawn in Oceans.
    • Most likely passive.
    • Will illuminate, being the first entity to do so.
  • Iceologer
    • Most likely an illager.
    • Spawn in Mountains.
    • Hostile
    • Hurl ice clouds at the player.

Planned changes

General

Gameplay

Main article: Combat Tests
Combat?
  • Revamped.
  • As these tests are currently at the end of Phase 1 and there will be Phase 2 only, it may be added in 1.17/1.18.

Biomes

Deserts?
  • This biome is from MINECON Earth 2018 and they were stated to be added later.
  • Will have palm trees, meerkats, and oasis.
Mountains
  • Revamped.
  • Inhabited by Goats.
  • Contains snowier snow and snowy stone.
  • May contain new stone variants.
  • May contian the Iceologer.
Savannas?
  • This biome is from MINECON Earth 2018 and they were stated to be added later.
  • Will have baobabs, a new type of tree, termites, and ostriches.

World Generation

Mountains
  • Looks more realistic.
  • Have sharper and more jagged peaks.
  • Improved terrain generation.

Blocks and Items

Snow
  • If on top of stone, it becomes snowy stone.
Stone
  • If snow falls on top of stone, it becomes snowy stone.

Mobs

Note:The changes below may be added in a subsequent update such as 1.18.

Villagers
  • Unlocking a trade no longer freezes/crashes the server.

Announcement

Main article: Minecraft Live 2020

1.17 will be announced at Minecraft Live 2020, right at the start, unlike the annoucement of the Update Aquatic, Village & Pillage, and Nether Update announcements. Interestingly, certain devices in Bedrock Edition are going to be discontinued in October 2020 but this may or may not have anything to to with 1.17.

Fixes

Note:This fix version is 1.17+ meaning they may be fixed in 1.17, 1.17.x, 1.18, 1.18.x, or even later though highly unlikely.

14 issues fixed
From released versions before 1.17
  • MC-130449 – Cartographer villager freezes or crashes the game when unlocking explorer maps.
  • MC-130584 – When a structure loads, water sources in the structure spread into waterloggable blocks.
  • MC-169945 – Skeletons don't burn in minecarts while being exposed to daylight.
  • MC-189565 – Some entities do not render inside of spawners and producing error log spam in console, potentially causing lag.
  • MC-190896 – Lag when opening a shipwreck chest containing buried treasure map.
  • MC-195351 – Comparator in compare mode can schedule unneeded tileticks.
  • MC-196542 – Small cleanup for skylight propagation code.
  • MC-197009 – Referencing empty item tag in recipe can crash client.
  • MC-197140 – Jack o'Lantern doesn't come after Carved Pumpkin in Creative Inventory.
  • MC-197179 – Baby piglins that pick up leather don't despawn, cluttering the Nether with unnecessary baby piglins.
  • MC-197524 – Border chunks do not enforce neighbors to be loaded, causing light updates to get stuck.
  • MC-198129 – ReplaceBlobsFeature changed from 1.16.1 to 1.16.2, affecting Basalt Delta generation.
  • MC-198414 – If the angle in /spawnpoint is set to +-infinity, and the player dies, it will kick the player, and upon rejoin will crash the game.
  • MC-198807 – Making piglins and piglin brutes angry at certain entities (like dropped items) crashes the game.

Referances

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