Minecraft:Java Edition 21w19a

21w19a is the twenty-first Minecraft:snapshot for Minecraft:Java Edition 1.17, released on May 12, 2021,<ref>Template:Snap</ref> which increases the minimum Java version to 16, removes unfinished features (Minecraft:bundles, Minecraft:candles and Minecraft:sculk sensors) and fixes bugs.

Additions

General

Minecraft:Tags

• Added mineable/axe, mineable/hoe, mineable/pickaxe, and mineable/shovel block tags.
  • Blocks with these tags can be destroyed more quickly with the matching tool.
• Added needs_stone_tool, needs_iron_tool, and needs_diamond_tool block tags.
  • If a block requires the correct tool to drop, these tags determine which tier of that tool is required.

Changes

Blocks

Minecraft:Anvils

• The maximum length a name of an item can have after being renamed has been increased from 35 characters to 50 characters.

Minecraft:Candle cakes

• Renamed from "[Color] Candle Cake" to "Cake with [Color] Candle".

Mobs

Minecraft:Bee

• Can now pollinate Minecraft:cave vines.

Minecraft:Squid and Minecraft:glow squid

• Minecraft:Leads now work with them again.

Items

Minecraft:Hanging roots

• Changed the way the item model is displayed in the player's right hand.
• Are now twice as big when dropped as an item entity.

Command format

Template:Cmd

• New syntax:
  • Template:Cmd
    • Same as old version of the command.
  • Template:Cmd
    • Copies item for source to target(s), optionally applying modifier.
  • Template:Cmd
    • Modifies item (without copying).

Gameplay

Minecraft:Creative inventory

• Removed Minecraft:sculk sensors, Minecraft:bundles, and Minecraft:candles.
  • These items can still be accessed through commands.

Minecraft:Recipes

• Removed recipes for Minecraft:bundles and Minecraft:candles.
• Grouped the recipes for crafting copper ingots from a block of copper with other recipes for copper ingots.

General

Minecraft:Splashes

• Changed the splash "Now Java 8!" to "Now Java 16!"

Minecraft:Tags

• Added cave vines to the bee_growables block tag.
• Removed moss blocks from the lush_ground_replaceable block tag.
• Added azaleas and flowering azaleas to the saplings block and item tags.

Technical

• Java requirement changed from version 8 to version 16.

Experimental

Changes have been made to the official Caves & Cliffs world generation preview data pack, which gives early access to the world generation coming in Minecraft:Java Edition 1.18.

Recipes

• Unhid the recipe to craft bundles and candles.