Java Edition 24w40a

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24w40a is the eighth and final snapshot for Java Edition 1.21.2, released on October 2, 2024,^[2] which introduced experimental features for the Winter Drop announced at Minecraft Live 2024 four days before, as well as the /rotate command.

/rotate

• New command to rotate entities.
• Syntax:
  • /rotate <target> <rotation>
  • /rotate <target> facing <facingLocation>
  • /rotate <target> facing entity <facingTarget> [<facingAnchor>]
• Parameters:
  • target: The entity to rotate.
  • rotation: Two rotation values in degrees denoting horizontal and vertical rotation.
    • May use relative (~) coordinate notation to specify rotation relative to current context rotation.
  • facingLocation: The coordinates of a location in the world for the rotated entity to face.
  • facingTarget: An entity for the rotated entity to face.
  • facingAnchor: Specifies the anchor of the facingTarget entity to rotate toward - feet or eyes (by default feet).

Particles

• Added particles block_crumble and trail.
• block_crumble has the following options:
  • block_state: The block states of the block.
• trail has the following options:
  • color: Color of the trail.
  • target: Where the trail points at.

Experiments

• Added the Winter Drop experimental data pack.

Options

• Added the "High Contrast Block Outlines" accessibility option, to make targeted block's outlines more visible.

Tag

• Added item tag #gaze_disguise_equipment for items that can be equipped to disguise the player looking for other mobs.

Dyed shulker boxes and bundles

• Can no longer be dyed twice with the same color.

/ride

• No longer makes players ride leash knots, lightning bolts and fishing bobbers.

Recipe book

• Dyeing recipe for bundles are now unlocked when dyes are obtained instead of undyed bundle.

Data pack

• The pack format version is now 56.

Enchantment definition

• Entity effect damage_item has been renamed to change_item_damage and now allows a negative value.

Realms

• The game mode for the last active world on a realm is now visible on the main Realms screen if applicable.

Resource pack

• The pack format version is now 40.

The listed additions and changes are only present when the "Winter Drop" experimental data pack is enabled.

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Creaking heart

• A “living” block generating in pale oak trees, covered on all sides by pale oak wood logs.
  • It can spawn a creaking mob when it is nighttime, and it is placed between two correctly aligned pale oak log blocks.
  • Is active during night and dormant during day.
• Sends a trail of particles toward the connected creaking when the creaking gets hit by the player.
  • Particle speed is affected by the distance of the creaking from the heart block.
• Mining the block is most efficiently done with an axe, but it only drops when using a Silk Touch tool.
  • When creaking heart block is destroyed, the connected creaking is removed.

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Pale hanging moss

• Generates naturally in the pale garden biome under the foliage of pale oaks.
  • Does not grow randomly, but can be bonemealed to grow down.

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Pale moss block

• Generates naturally in the pale garden biome As part of pale moss patches.
  • Can be bonemealed to spread to compatible blocks.

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Pale moss carpet

• Generates naturally in the pale garden biome As part of pale moss patches.
  • When placed, grows up to two blocks on the solid faces of any block that borders it.
  • Can be bonemealed to grow to full on all solid faces of any block that borders it.

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Pale oak leaves

• A new type of leaves.

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Pale oak log

• A new type of log, as well as a stripped variant.
• Can be used to craft pale oak wood and planks.

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Pale oak planks

• A new type of plank.
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Pale oak sapling

• A new type of sapling.
• Can be placed in flower pots.

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Pale oak wood

• A new type of wood, as well as a stripped variant.
• Can be used to craft pale oak planks.

Spawn egg

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  Added the creaking spawn egg.

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Creaking

• Spawns at night in the pale garden biome if there is a creaking heart block that has been generated in a pale oak tree.
  • Is not affected by light levels but spawns and despawns based on day/night cycle.
• It follows and attacks players up to 32 blocks away from its creaking heart block.
  • An activated creaking don't move if a player is looking at it.
  • A player wearing a carved pumpkin on their head can look at creaking without it freezing in place.
• Is invulnerable to damage.
  • When hit, a particle trail is shown between the creaking and the creaking heart block it is connected to.
  • When the creaking heart block the creaking is connected to is destroyed, the creaking is removed, with no loot or experience dropped from the mob.
• Cannot enter boats.
• If spawned from a creaking heart, it can not go through portals.
• The creaking spawn egg spawns a creaking mob that is not connected to a creaking heart. The creaking mob persists through day and night, loads and saves, and takes damage from attacks and other damage sources. It has one point of health (half a heart).
  • Creaking summoned from the creaking heart cannot be spawned with a spawn egg, nor can it be summoned with commands. It can only exist as a part of the creaking heart block.

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Pale garden

• A new biome which contains pale oaks and pale moss blocks/carpet.
• It is a variation of the dark forest biome, with pale oak trees instead of dark oak trees.
• Animal mobs do not spawn naturally.
• The grass in the pale garden has a desaturated, grayish look, the sky is a smoky gray, and water is a pale light blue.
  • Any tinted leaves places in the biome also get a desaturated, gray look.

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Pale oak

• A new type of tree which can be grown from pale oak saplings in a 2x2 configuration.
  • Generates naturally in the pale garden biome.

Pale moss patch

• A large patch consisting of pale moss, a pale moss carpet, and grass.

Sounds

• Ambient sounds in the pale garden biome do not come from the biome settings but are generated by blocks found in the biome.
  • Pale hanging moss emits subtle atmospheric sounds when it is attached to pale oak logs and pale oak leaves.
  • Creaking heart block emits a set of eerie sounds when it is active during night and surrounded by Logs on all sides.

Tags

• Added the #pale_oak_logs block and item tags.

Illagers and ravagers

• Are now afraid of the creaking.

Parrots

• Can now imitate the creaking.

Advancements

• The pale garden is now a requirement for "Adventuring Time".
• The creaking grants "Monster Hunter", and is now a requirement for "Monsters Hunted".

Tags

• Added pale_garden to the #is_forest, and #stronghold_biased_to biome tags.
• Added the pale oak wood types to their respective tags.

29 issues fixed

From released versions before 1.21

• MC-64265 – Teleporting passengers does not dismount them.
• MC-108323 – Underlines in chat and /title command intersect each other, causing an ugly effect when fading.
• MC-131215 – Cannot teleport an entity which is in a boat.
• MC-185144 – Item durability bar and all items render incorrectly in the villager trade UI.
• MC-259651 – updateSkyBrightness() is not used client-side, causing multiple issues.

From 1.21

• MC-272946 – The block outline is nearly invisible for some blocks.
• MC-273848 – Players can spawn underwater again in 1.21.

From 1.21.1

• MC-276005 – The text of sneaking players' name tags is rendered completely invisible or barely visible when the "Text Background Opacity". accessibility option is set to high values.
• MC-276852 – Shulker boxes can be colored in the same color they are made of.

From the 1.21.2 development versions

• MC-275505 – The /tp command forces a mounted entity to dismount.
• MC-275706 – Vanilla clients can't display items with components in recipe book anymore.
• MC-275790 – Non-existent entries in certain tags that are not required causes validation error.
• MC-276330 – Bundles no longer play a sound when being emptied.
• MC-276387 – Bundles can remain in the open state when using hotkeys to move them into different slots.
• MC-276391 – The item durability and bundle fullness bars render incorrectly when held over recipe book elements.
• MC-276440 – Items within bundle tooltips can be unselected by scrolling despite only one item being present.
• MC-276596 – Damageable horse armor with "damage_on_hurt" enabled doesn't take damage when the horse wearing it is hurt.
• MC-276640 – Riding an entity constantly teleported with relative coordinates produces jittery camera movement.
• MC-276651 – damage_item does not repair items when the value is negative.
• MC-276669 – Pausing the game spams "Trying to save removed ender pearl, skipping" to log if ender pearls have landed.
• MC-276806 – The text of name tags behind blocks or entities is rendered completely invisible or barely visible when the "Text Background Opacity" accessibility option is set to high values.
• MC-276850 – Bundles can be colored in the same color they are made of.
• MC-276876 – Lava cauldrons deal less damage to boats and minecarts than before.

From the previous development version

• MC-276947 – Command server output in singleplayer is printed into chat.
• MC-276948 – Split boat entity types have capitalized 'With'.
• MC-276949 – Old boat entity type translation keys are not deprecated.
• MC-276956 – Cannot access registries in container block entity "lock" field.
• MC-276980 – Projectiles on the wall in the water will continue to produce bubble trails.
• MC-277020 – Arrows produce bubble particles when on a block in water, and retain those particles when the water is removed.