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Minecraft 1.21 Update - What's New
Added Trial Chambers, the Breeze mob, mace weapon with wind charges, auto-crafter block, new copper and tuff block variants, and paintings.
Changes
#Gameplay(6)
- Added Trial Chambers as mid-game structure
- Trial Chambers feature trial spawners with scaling difficulty
- Added ominous trial events (activated by Bad Omen in Trial Chambers)
- Added mace weapon with smash attack (more damage from height)
- Added wind charge projectile (player-usable)
- Added Vault block (one-time lootable per player)
#Mobs(3)
- Added Breeze (wind-based mob in Trial Chambers)
- Added Bogged (skeleton variant, spawns in swamps and Trial Chambers)
- Breeze fires wind charge projectiles
#Blocks & Items(16)
- Added crafter block (auto-crafting via redstone)
- Added trial spawner (scales to player count)
- Added vault block and ominous vault
- Added heavy core (crafting component for mace)
- Added trial key and ominous trial key
- Added copper door and copper trapdoor
- Added copper grate (transparent copper block)
- Added copper bulb (redstone-toggleable light)
- Added chiseled copper
- Added tuff stairs, slabs, walls, and chiseled/polished variants
- Added 20 new paintings by artist Sarah Boeving
- Added flow, guster, and scrape armor trim patterns
- Added bolt armor trim (from Trial Chambers)
- Added wind charge item
- Added ominous bottle
- Added flow and guster banner patterns
#Commands(1)
- Improved data pack and resource pack version handling
Server Admin Migration Guide
- Trial Chambers generate in unexplored deep underground areas
- Crafter block enables auto-crafting - affects automation and economy
- Vaults are per-player, preventing loot hoarding
- Mace damage scales with fall distance - watch for exploit potential
- Wind charges provide mobility in combat
Known Issues
- Trial Chambers can occasionally generate overlapping other structures
- Mace damage scaling may need balance in PvP contexts
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