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Minecraft 1.21 update, aka the Tricky Trials update, is still a while away from release. Be that as it may, the update has garnered plenty of excitement, primarily thanks to its plethora of features including new structures, new mobs, and the first unique weapon implemented in the game in years. In early Java snapshots and Bedrock previews, the results have been pretty promising for many fans of the sandbox game.
The Tricky Trials update is believed to have a release date in early June 2024. Moreover, Mojang has stated in recent betas that all of the major features it has planned for the update have been shown in snapshots/previews. However, for players who don’t regularly play these experimental updates, it doesn’t hurt to examine what to know about the Minecraft 1.21 update.
Minecraft 1.21 update - All features we know about
New Mob - The Bogged
Spawning in swamps, mangrove swamps, and trial chambers in Minecraft 1.21 is the bogged, a new variation of the skeleton mob. They’re quite similar to standard skeletons but can fire poisonous arrows at their targets, making every shot they land much more deadly by comparison. On the upside, these swampy skeletons can be sheared to receive mushrooms and drop their poisonous arrows upon death.
The Wind Charge
In addition to being the primary attack of breeze mobs, wind charges can be collected from killed breezes by breaking down breeze rods and then used as players see fit. Players can throw these projectiles, which will cause a small amount of damage and a large amount of knockback with its AOE wind burst. Wind charges can also be placed in dispensers and similar blocks, allowing players to use them in some pretty creative builds, including elevators and hidden doors.
Reworked Bad Omen Effect and Ominous Events
Minecraft 1.21 has reworked the mechanics of the Bad Omen status effect to give it additional capabilities. The effect is now activated when players consume a new ominous bottle item which can be found in trial chamber vaults and by killing pillager raid captains outside of a raid. Once Bad Omen is active, it can transform into two different ominous events depending on the generated structure a player enters.
If players enter a village, Bad Omen will trigger a raid omen, activating a pillager raid like the original Bad Omen mechanics did. However, if players enter a trial chamber, this will trigger a trial omen, which converts the trial spawner and vault blocks in the chamber into ominous variants. This increases the overall challenge of the trial chamber but allows players to reap better rewards from vaults upon their success.
New Weapon - The Mace
By combining heavy cores found in ominous trial vaults with breeze rods dropped by breezes, players can craft the mace, a new unique melee weapon in Minecraft 1.21. While the weapon deals fairly average damage when swung around on the ground, the weapon shines when players use it for aerial assaults. Thanks to its smash attack, the mace accumulates damage output as players accumulate fall damage, which provides the potential to one-hit kill targets.
Moreover, the mace can be enchanted with a wide variety of melee weapon enchantments. It also possesses three unique enchantments including Density (which increases damage accumulated as players fall), Breach (reduces the effectiveness of armor on targets), and Wind Burst (simulates the effect of a wind charge when players land a successful falling attack, allowing them to bounce back up into the air and land additional blows).
Four New Status Effects
Minecraft 1.21 has introduced four new status effects, complete with the ability to be brewed into potions and crafted into tipped arrows. As such, these effects can be applied to players and mobs alike, and they have a wide range of different applications. The new effects include:
- Infestation - Upon being harmed, an entity afflicted with Infestation has a 5% chance to spawn 1-2 silverfish.
- Oozing - Upon death, an entity with the Oozing status effect will spawn two slimes.
- Weaving - Upon death, an entity afflicted with Weaving will spawn cobweb blocks. Non-player entities are capable of moving through these cobwebs at normal speed.
- Wind Charged - Upon death, an entity with the Wind Charged effect will emit a burst of air as if a wind charge was detonated.
Trial Chamber Maps
Keeping in tandem with many of Minecraft’s generated structures, the Tricky Trials update is introducing explorer maps that reveal the location of nearby trial chambers. They can be obtained by trading with journeyman-level cartographer villagers. Players who are familiar with other explorer maps won’t find any surprises with trial chamber maps, but if they can’t use commands to find these new structures, these maps will get the job done.
Three New Pottery Sherds, Two New Armor Trims, and more
The introduction of archeology and armor trims in recent Minecraft updates has led to the Tricky Trials update introducing a few new goodies as well. Players who loot decorated pots in trial chambers can now find three new pottery sherd types: Flow, Guster, and Scrape. Meanwhile, looting trial chamber vaults can provide players with smithing templates for two new armor trims: the Flow and Bolt patterns.
In addition to these customization options, two new banner patterns have also been introduced as part of looting trial chamber vaults: Guster and Flow, which resemble the pottery sherd patterns but can be dyed in different colors like most banner patterns.
Hopefully, these new finds will broaden the customization players can utilize when crafting decorated pots or trimming their armor to find the perfect design they’re aiming for.
Check out our Minecraft 1.21 guides:
Minecraft Armadillo guide || Minecraft Trial Chambers guide || Minecraft Breeze guide || Minecraft Trial Key guide
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