Minecraft:Java Edition 1.17.1

1.17.1 is a minor update to Template:JE, released on July 6, 2021, which changes some game mechanics and fixes bugs and crashes.<ref>Template:Mcnet</ref> It is not compatible with 1.17 servers. It is the last version to require Java 16.

Additions

General

Minecraft:Death messages

• Two previously untranslated death messages for some underwater mobs have been given messages:
  • <Name> died from dehydration.
  • <Name> died from dehydration whilst trying to escape <Name>.

Minecraft:Languages

• Added Classical Chinese.<ref group=note>Also available for versions since Minecraft:19w34a.</ref>

Enchanting

• All enchantments are now capped at level 255 in both display and power.

Changes

Blocks

width=32x32 Minecraft:Cauldrons

• Minecraft:Powder snow now fills cauldrons twice as fast as before.

Items

width=32x32 Minecraft:Spyglass

• Tweaked held model texture to include glass on the backside.

Mobs

width=48x48 Minecraft:Axolotl

• Blue axolotls now only spawn through Minecraft:breeding.

width=50x50 Minecraft:Drowned

• Increased the drop probability of a Minecraft:copper ingot from 5% to 11%, and increased the drop rate with each level of Minecraft:Looting from 1% to 2%.
  • This change is to match Template:Edition's drop rates.

width=43x43 Minecraft:Goats

• Breeding common goats now have a 2% chance to produce screaming goats.
• Status effects applied to goats now also apply when the goat is jumping or ramming.

Template:Animate Minecraft:Zombies, Minecraft:Zombie Villagers, Minecraft:Husks and Minecraft:Drowned

• No longer pick up Minecraft:glow ink sacs.
  • This prevents zombies from persisting after picking up the loot of a dead Minecraft:glow squid, which can cause performance issues with a large group of zombies.

General

Minecraft:Protocol

• Handshake packet padding method for "hostname" and "port" field has reverted to pre-1.17 when the server address which used is a SRV record.
  • Now, data padded in these field uses the address and port which SRV record pointed at, instead of using "server address" as "hostname" and 25565 as "port".

Minecraft:Fonts

• Some new characters have been added.
  • Includes several currency symbols and some new emoji.
  • The new characters are: ✂🍖🪣🔔⏳⚑₠₡₢₣₤₥₦₩₫₭₮₰₱₲₳₵₶₷₸₹₺₻₼₿

Minecraft:Languages

• Removed the following languages due to incomplete translations:
  • East Allgovian German<ref group=note>Also removed from 1.15's assets.</ref>
  • Manx
  • Sicilian<ref group=note>Also removed from 1.15's and 1.16's assets.</ref>

Logging

• Deaths of named mobs are now logged.

Fixes

Template:Fixes Other

• Duplication exploit with anvils.
• Fixed crashes.
• A private issue was fixed.
• Fixed some critical issues.

Trivia

• The last time that a major version had only one minor release (i.e., ending at 1.x.1) was with 1.0.1, released almost 10 years prior in 2011.

Gallery

• Terrain in this version.
  Terrain in this version.