On March 14, 2024, Mojang released Minecraft Snapshot 24w11a, introducing many new features for the upcoming 1.21 update. Usually, snapshots are released on Wednesdays, but this week, it was delayed to Thursday.That said, there were no complaints from the community, as developers have introduced many exciting features, such as a new weapon called the mace, a new block called the heavy core, two armor trims, three pottery sherds, and more. All of these fresh features are available under experimental 1.21 features.Players can download Minecraft Snapshot 24w11a to try out these features. Continue reading to find the complete patch notes for Minecraft Snapshot 24w11a.Minecraft snapshot 24w11a patch notes: All you need to knowExperimental features in Minecraft snapshot 24w11aAdded the MaceAdded Breeze RodAdded Heavy CoreAdded 2 new Armor TrimsAdded 3 new Pottery SherdsAdded 2 new Banner PatternsUpdated Vault loot tableUpdated Trial ChambersBlocksHeavy CoreA mysterious, dense block which can be combined with a Breeze Rod to craft a brand-new weapon: the Mace!ItemsBreeze RodPlayers will now received breeze rods on defeating breeze, similar to blaze rods from blazes.An item dropped by the Breeze that can be crafted into 4 Wind Charges, or used with the Heavy Core to craft the MaceMaceMinecraft 1.21 update gets mace, a new melee weapon :A new heavy weapon to smash your enemies!Leverage the weight of this new weapon to deal additional damage the farther you fall before hitting your targetTry it out by jumping down toward your target, and hit them before you hit the groundSuccessfully striking a target in this way will negate any damage accumulated from the fall, similar to how a Wind Charge worksOther entities near the struck enemy will be knocked back by the immense force of the MaceUsing a Mace will decrease its durability like any other weapon; repair it with Breeze Rods at an anvilPlayers can use a Mace in combination with Wind Charges to launch up and deliver devastating smash attacks on their enemiesMobsBreezeDrops 1-2 Breeze Rods when killed by a playerThe number of Breeze Rods dropped is affected by looting enchantmentsPottery sherdsAdded Flow, Guster, and Scrape Pottery SherdsBanner patternsAdded Flow and Guster Banner PatternsArmor trimsAdded Bolt and Flow Armor Trims and Smithing TemplatesBolt can be duplicated using a Copper Block or Waxed CopperFlow can be duplicated using a Breeze RodTrial chambersAdded new chambers and variations, with new challengesRemade chamber_9, and renamed it to "slanted"Remade chamber_3, and renamed it to "pedestal"Added Flow, Guster, and Scrape Pottery Sherds to the Decorated Pots in the decor structure poolTrial Spawners will now appear more frequently in the corridorsChanged the layout of the blocks around the VaultsThe loot tables of Vaults in Trial Chambers have been updated to address some inventory management issuesYou will now get no more than 1 unstackable item per VaultYou will more often get rewards which can stack togetherHorse Armor and Saddles have been removed from the loot tableVaults in Trial Chambers can now eject:Wind ChargesBolt Armor Trim Smithing TemplateFlow Armor Trim Smithing TemplateFlow Banner PatternGuster Banner PatternHeavy CoreChanges in Minecraft snapshot 24w11aAdjusted flying behaviour for Bees and Parrot to keep them from overshooting their position when flying up and downAdditionally, a warning toast will be shown periodically while in gameStatus effect particle colors are no longer blended into one particle colorAll active visible status effect particles are now rendered separatelyThe frequency of emitting status effect particles has been lowered to clutter the screen lessUpdated the wolf armor crack texturesMenu background blur has been updated to look better and be more performantWolf variantsWhen summon in other ways (e.g. using the Spawn Egg or using the summon command), the wolf variant selection follows the natural spawning biome rules with the following extensions:Rusty Wolf: will be selected in all Jungle biomes, including Jungle and Bamboo Jungle BiomesSpotted Wolf: will be selected in all Savanna biomes, including Savanna and Windswept Savanna BiomesStriped Wolf: will be selected in all Badlands biomes, including Badlands and Eroded Badlands BiomesTechnical changesThe Data Pack version is now 35The Resource Pack version is now 29Data pack version 35Removed any entity sub-predicateComponent-specific item predicate properties have been moved to separate field predicatesAdded slot name contents for single-slot entities like item frames and item displaysContents of item entity can now be accessed through contents slot nameAdded new loot functionsPlayers who want to take a thorough look into the technical changes in the snapshot 24w11a can check the official Minecraft patch notes here.