Highlights
- Minecraft's Tricky Trials update promises exciting new content and challenges for players, including new locations, enemies, and weapons.
- The second pre-release patch for Minecraft's upcoming 1.21 update focuses on bug fixes and minor changes to improve gameplay and prepare for a smooth launch.
- The addition of Trial Chambers, Vaults, and powerful new weapons like the mace will offer players a fresh gameplay experience in Minecraft.
Mojang has released a small pre-release patch for Minecraft ahead of the game's 1.21 update. The Tricky Trials update for Minecraft is set to launch in mid-June and promises to bring a slew of exciting new content with it.
Minecraft has long stood as a shining beacon in the gaming community, being the best-selling video game of all time and maintaining a massive player base 15 years after release. Frequent content updates that have kept the game refreshing and fun for longtime fans of the game is a large part of this success, and Mojang intends to keep this going with Tricky Trials, the upcoming 1.21 update for the game. Minecraft revealed the name of the 1.21 Update in April this year, and since then, gamers have been given teasers of what is to come, such as new locations, enemies, and weapons.
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Minecraft's second pre-release patch for update 1.21 is out now. The pre-release consisted of a few minor changes, like making End Crystals immune to fire damage and changing the rarity of certain items. What the second pre-release mostly consists of is bug fixes, all of which were reported by players during the pre-release test. The patching of these bugs aims to make for a smoother launch of Tricky Trials when the update drops for Minecraft on June 13.
The Tricky Trials update looks to be a big one for Minecraft, and many fans are already having fun navigating the pre-release and exploring what's in store. The introduction of Trial Chambers and Vaults offers a new location for veterans to explore and grants a reward to those willing to overcome its challenges. The reward for these chambers, and a major talking point among fans of the game, is the ever-powerful mace, a weapon that completely turns the combat of Minecraft on its head. The mace is the first new proper weapon added to the game since the Trident in 2018 and introduces a slew of unique and devastating mechanics that have the capability of completely changing how combat in Minecraft plays out.
It's not just the player becoming powerful, as two new mobs are also being introduced that will test the mettle of anybody adventuring in the wilderness, and they look to be a satisfying addition to Minecraft's impressive roster of hostile mobs. The Breeze and the Bogged will both primarily populate the upcoming trial chambers, with Bogged also having a chance to spawn in Swamp biomes. Breezes fire ranged attacks from the air that can easily dislocate the player, while the Bogged have a chance to inflict poison with their arrows, forcing gamers to carefully evaluate how they will approach these chambers if they wish to succeed.
Minecraft is a game that has stood the test of time for so long thanks to its ability to cater to any play style. Whether living a simple life tending a farm, hunting down monsters in underground temples, or using Minecraft to recreate scenes from your favorite movie, there's always going to be something in this game for everyone.
Minecraft 1.21 Pre-Release 2 Patch Notes
Changes
- End Crystals are now immune to fire damage
- Added an attestation checkbox when submitting a player report
- Heavy Core, Trident and Mace are now considered of Epic rarity, giving their hover text a purple color
Technical Changes
- Data Pack version is now 47
Data Pack Version 47
- Added new placement modifier type fixed_placement to place features in a set of fixed positions
- Added new feature type end_platform for the obsidian platform in the end
Bug Fixes
- The Snout Banner Pattern is treated as common in the game.
- "Field Masoned", "Skull Charge", "Flow", and "Guster" banner patterns are not mirrored on the backside
- Flow banner pattern is treated as common loot
- Guster banner pattern is treated as common loot
- Infested or Oozing effect cloud shrinks when silverfish or slime enters it
- Advancement 'Local Brewery' not granted on shift-clicking
- Copper doors can be used as furnace fuel
- Your FOV doesn't change back to normal after jumping off from soul sand/soul soil while wearing soul speed boots
- Your FOV doesn't immediately change when jumping onto soul sand/soul soil while having the slow falling effect and wearing soul speed boots
- 'in_bounding_box' vertical position for 'spawn_particles' effect is anchored incorrectly
- Error when traveling through nether portal outside world border
- The gamerule spawnRadius doesn't work anymore on respawn (always respawn at the same place)
- block.portal.travel sound no longer plays when entering End portal
- End crystals now receive fire damage causing them to explode instantly
- Naturally generated End Stone drops in cases where the Obsidian platform generates inside the island
- Ender pearls don't work correctly when riding entities and cause players to be teleported for a split second
- Players cannot traverse dimensions when throwing ender pearls into portals while riding entities
- The ender dragon death animation is rendered behind blocks when using "Fabulous!" graphic settings
- Server crashes upon updating from 24w21b to 1.21 Pre-release 1.
- Each time you pass through an end gateway with an ender pearl from the main island, a new portal is created
- Crash when bow or crossbow enchanted with multishot runs out of durability
- Wind Charges can trigger Wind Burst
- Breaking a Carrot/Warped Fungus on a Stick no longer gives a Fishing Rod
- Throwing an ender pearl into the end fountain skips the credits
- Game crashes when saving after teleporting a leashed entity to another dimension
- Leads attached to a boat are deleted when breaking the boat
- trial_spawner_bottom texture is different from Bedrock
- Can respawn mid-air with default spawnpoint
Minecraft
Minecraft is a sandbox video game that puts players in procedurally generated worlds and offers them no guidance whatsoever in where to go or what to do, creating a sense of freedom that was unparalleled in 2011. Minecraft has gone on to become the highest-selling video game of all time.
