Minecraft:Java Edition 25w06a

25w06a is the fifth Minecraft:snapshot for Minecraft:Java Edition 1.21.5, released on February 5, 2025,<ref>Template:Snap</ref> which adds Minecraft:cactus flowers, short and tall dry grass, new chicken variants and fixes bugs.

Additions

Blocks

File:Cactus Flower JE1.png Minecraft:Cactus flower

• A new type of flower which has a chance of generating on cacti in Minecraft:deserts and Minecraft:badlands.
• Can be placed on cactus blocks or any block which has center support at the top of the block.
• Has a chance of growing on cactus blocks.
  • If a cactus is one or two blocks high the flower has a 10% chance to grow instead of the cactus getting higher.
  • If a cactus is three blocks or higher the flower has a 25% chance to grow.
  • Cactus flowers will only grow if they have space on all four sides.
• Can be mined without any tool.
• Can be used in the Minecraft:composter, with a 30% chance to add a layer.
• Can be used to craft 1 Minecraft:pink dye.

File:Short Dry Grass.png Minecraft:Short dry grass

• Is one block high.
• Generates in the Minecraft:desert and Minecraft:badlands.
• Can be placed on types of Minecraft:sand, Minecraft:terracotta and Minecraft:dirt blocks like the Minecraft:dead bush.
• Can be obtained using Minecraft:shears or a Minecraft:Silk Touch tool.
• Can be bone mealed.
  • Using Minecraft:bone meal on short dry grass grows it into a tall dry grass.
• Can be used in the Minecraft:composter, with a 30% chance to add a layer.
• Minecraft:Sheep can eat short dry grass to regrow its wool.
• Can be used as fuel for smelting, where they smelt half an item.

File:Tall Dry Grass.png Minecraft:Tall dry grass

• Is one block high.
• Generates in the Minecraft:desert and Minecraft:badlands.
• Can be placed on types of Minecraft:sand, Minecraft:terracotta and Minecraft:dirt blocks like the Minecraft:dead bush.
• Can be obtained using Minecraft:shears or a Minecraft:Silk Touch tool.
• Can be bone mealed.
  • Using Minecraft:bone meal on tall dry grass places a neighbouring short dry grass next to the block if possible.
• Can be used in the Minecraft:composter, with a 30% chance to add a layer.
• Minecraft:Sheep can eat tall dry grass to regrow its wool.
• Can be used as fuel for smelting, where they smelt half an item.

Items

File:Blue Egg.png Minecraft:Blue egg

• A variant of the Minecraft:egg laid by the cold chicken variant.
• Spawns the cold chicken variant when hatched.

File:Brown Egg.png Minecraft:Brown egg

• A variant of the Minecraft:egg laid by the warm chicken variant.
• Spawns the warm chicken variant when hatched.

Mobs

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• New Chicken variants have been added.
  • Template:EntityLink: The pre-existing chicken variant.
    • Spawns by default where the cold and warm chicken variants do not spawn.
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• When bred by a Minecraft:player, a baby chicken variant will not be chosen by the current biome, but instead randomly selected from one of the parents' variants.

General

Minecraft:Game rule

• Added the Template:Cd game rule.
  • Default value: Template:Cd.
  • When Template:Cd, Fire and Lava ticks can occur outside of an 8 chunk range of a player.

Minecraft:Tag

• Added the Template:Cd block tag.
  • Contains blocks that can be eaten by Minecraft:sheep to regrow their Minecraft:wool.

• Added the Template:Cd item tag.
  • Contains all variants of the Minecraft:egg item.

Changes

Blocks

width=32x32 Minecraft:Bush

• The hitbox now reaches all the way to the ground.
• No longer prevents Minecraft:trees from growing.

Minecraft:Fire

• Will no longer burn or spread if no player is within 8 chunks.

Minecraft:Firefly bush

• Conditions for the firefly bush playing ambient sounds have changed. It now plays when all of the following conditions are met:
  • The firefly bush is not blocked from above by any collidable block (except Minecraft:leaves).
  • It is nighttime.
• No longer prevents Minecraft:trees from growing.

Minecraft:Leaf litter

• Can now be placed on any block which has center support at the top of the block.
• Now have a more appropriate color on maps.

General

• Any block in the simulation distance of a player or loaded by another source of chunk loading (such as Minecraft:ender pearls) may now receive random ticks, instead of just 8 chunks around players.
  • For example: if a chunk is loaded by an Minecraft:ender pearl or is in the spawn chunks, crops are able to grow, Minecraft:ice can melt, Minecraft:snow can fall, and a Minecraft:cauldron can be filled by rain.
  • Mob spawning, lava spreading fire, and lightning strikes still occur in the previous radius of 8 chunks around players.

Items

Minecraft:Cakes and Minecraft:pumpkin pies

• Can now be crafted using Minecraft:blue eggs or Minecraft:brown eggs.

Mobs

Minecraft:Bees

• Are now attracted to, and can be bred using Minecraft:cactus flowers.

World generation

Minecraft:Villages

• Pigs and cows spawned in desert villages are now of the warm variant.

Gameplay

Minecraft:Advancements

• The "Country Lode, Take Me Home" advancement has been moved from the Nether category to the Adventure category.

General

Minecraft:Data pack

• The Minecraft:pack format version is now Template:Cd.

Entity data

• The armor and off-hand equipment of players is now also stored in the Template:Cd field.
  • Although items written into the Inventory using armor and off-hand slot numbers still work.

Entity variant components

• Chicken variants can be data-driven adding entries to data/<namespace>/chicken_variant/<id>.json.
  • This feature is experimental.
  • Fields in file:
    • model - one of: normal, cold.
    • asset_id - namespaced id for this variant asset, resolves to assets/<namespace>/textures/<path>.png.
    • spawn_conditions - field described in uniform variant selection above.

Minecraft:Resource pack

• The Minecraft:pack format version is now Template:Cd.
• Added new textures for chicken variants:
  • cold_chicken
  • warm_chicken
• The texture chicken has been renamed to temperate_chicken.
• The temperate_chicken texture has been moved to a new folder:
  • entity/chicken.png -> entity/chicken/temperate_chicken.png

Tag

• The Template:Cd block tag has been renamed to Template:Cd.
• Added Template:Cd to the Template:Cd, and Template:Cd block tags, and the Template:Cd item tag.
• Added Template:Cd, Template:Cd, Template:Cd, and Template:Cd to the Template:Cd, and Template:Cd block tags.
• Added Template:Cd, and Template:Cd to the Template:Cd block tag.
• Added many biomes to the Template:Cd, and Template:Cd biome tags.

Minecraft:Tooltip

• Tooltips for Minecraft:fireworks and Minecraft:crossbows now show a compact form of multiple repeated stars or projectiles that are identical.