Minecraft 1.17 Snapshot 21w15a

Minecraft has witnessed exponential growth over the years, especially in the past few months, with many streamers and millions of players playing the game on a daily basis. The game is all prepare to receive the Caves and Cliffs Update later on this yr, which will be adding tons of new biomes, mobs and much more.

While there is still some time to go for the Caves and Cliffs update to release, Mojang Studios regularly releases some of the updates via snapshots and Bedrock beta updates. The adjacent Snapshot that slated to go far in the game is 21w15a and here is all yous demand to know virtually information technology.

MORE MINECRAFT: Minecraft one.17 Snapshot 21w14a – Patch Notes

When volition Minecraft Snapshot 21w15a release?

Minecraft Snapshot 21w15a is at present live and bachelor for download.

Minecraft Snapshot 21w15a – Patch Notes

Here are the patch notes of Minecraft Snapshot 21w15a.

CAVES & CLIFFS WORLD GENERATION

Curiosity's Avengers | Holiday Content Trailer

The riskier and technically more complex globe generation changes for the Caves & Cliffs update volition exist shipped in a later update and have been switched off in this snapshot. This means:

World summit has been switched back to the 1.16 levels
Noise caves and aquifers accept been switched off
Cavern and ravine carvers have been returned to their old settings
Crack carvers have been switched off
Ore distribution has been returned to the 1.16 setup
Copper now generates between the lesser of the world and peak 192, being most common around peak 96
Tuff at present generates in blobs between heights 0 and 16
Worlds created in snapshot 21w05b or any earlier version can now once again be opened
Worlds created in whatsoever version between snapshot 21w06a and 21w14a can no longer be opened

THE CAVES & CLIFFS PROTOTYPE Data PACK

You tin still try out the world generation for the later update using a datapack which activates the changes as an experimental custom world:

Download the data pack
Launch the game, go to the "Create New World" screen, and click the "Data Packs" button
Drag the downloaded zip file onto the Minecraft window
The game volition ask you if you want to add the data pack – click "Yes"
Click the play arrow on the data pack that simply appeared in the listing – this will motion it to the list on the right-paw side of the screen
Click the "Done" push and continue creating your world as normal

Keep in mind that the earth you create with the data pack will exist flagged as experimental by the game, and such worlds are not guaranteed to work in future versions. Also, please note that yous can't add information packs that alter the globe generation to existing worlds, so you must create a new earth to admission the experimental features.

NEW FEATURES IN 21W15A

Goats will ram anything that moves… and also armor stands

CHANGES IN 21W15A

A crinkly, crunchy sound at present plays when Bone Repast is used
Reordered some blocks in the Edifice Blocks Tab in Artistic Card
Goats will avoid walking on Powder Snowfall
Creepers know won't cartel mess with Goats
The main menu background has been updated
Tweaked the textures of raw ore items
Just like other ore materials, you lot can arts and crafts a meaty version with raw ore items in society to salve inventory space

Comparing textures of raw ores between snapshot 21w14a and snapshot 21w15a.

New raw ore textures in snapshot 21w15a. Click hither for a link to the full resolution image.

Edifice BLOCKS TAB

All ores take been reordered to be in the same location in the creative inventory
Compact forms of raw and refined underground materials take been reordered

TECHNICAL CHANGES IN 21W15A

Added the Mark entity
Added /debug function
selector and nbt conversation components can at present configure separators between elements
Servers can now customize a message to display when prompting players about custom resource packs

MARKERS

Markers are a new type of entity meant for custom use cases like map making and data packs.

Only exist on the server side, are never sent to clients
Practice non exercise any updates of their own
Have a data compound field that can contain any data

/DEBUG FUNCTION

New debug subcommand executes control with same syntax every bit function

Every executed command, message (even if it would be normally invisible), consequence or error is stored to file
Cannot be run from inside functions

CHAT COMPONENT SEPARATORS

Components that print lists of names, similar selector or nbt can now override separator (", " by default) with separator chemical element
Examples:
- {"selector": "@due east[type=chicken]", "separator": "|"}
- {"nbt": "CustomName", "entity": "@e[type=chicken]", "interpret": true, "separator": {"text": "*", "colour": "red"}}

CUSTOM SERVER RESOURCE PACKS

When require-resource-pack is used in server.backdrop, there'due south now an option for servers to add a custom message.

A dedicated server can configure additional message to be shown on resource pack prompt (resource-pack-prompt in server.backdrop, expects conversation component syntax, can incorporate multiple lines)

Fixed BUGS IN 21W15A

MC-203855 – A geode configured_feature causes a crash when use_alternate_layer0_chance is used with no entries in inner_placements
MC-212145 – Summoning Glow Lichen using /setblock doesn't place whatever lichen but creates light until the block is updated
MC-212273 – Glow Lichen doesn't render when beingness held by an Enderman
MC-215836 – Deepslate uses the same color as stone on maps
MC-215844 – Rock still generates around lava pools at depression levels
MC-216588 – Characteristic placement – coffee.lang.IllegalArgumentException: spring must be positive
MC-218588 – Cracked deepslate bricks & tiles are in the incorrect position in the creative inventory
MC-218698 – Infested deepslate makes the onetime "stone" sounds
MC-218705 – Deepslate emerald ore is separated from other deepslate ores in the artistic inventory
MC-218749 – Deepslate coal ore doesn't drib feel
MC-218944 – Copper ore and deepslate copper ore accept inconsistent textures
MC-219972 – Deepslate gold ore has an inconsistent pixel
MC-221501 – Water splash potions don't give the axolotl 1.5 minutes of wet
MC-221718 – Lava fog repeatedly fails to return each block at certain y-levels
MC-221798 – Blindness doesn't return correctly
MC-222104 – Beacon beam fog is incorrectly computed
MC-222266 – Goats don't set on
MC-222522 – Nether Gold Ore is no longer smeltable

Have something to tell us about this article?

Gaming Trailers

Doc Armughanuddin

@armughanuddin

Md (He/Him) is the Caput of Content- India for DualShockers. He is pursuing Estimator Science Technology and is really passionate about gaming and technology. You tin can discover him bully circuitous coding bug during the day, and covering the latest happenings in the industry at night.