What's new?
- Minecraft
- Minecraft: Bedrock
Minecraft
The latest Minecraft Snapshot is stuffed full of all sorts of nifty changes and a little new functionality that turns the experience into a far smoother and more enjoyable one. Here is a full overview
New Features
Features of the 1.21 experimental pack are now vanilla.
Added 20 new paintings by Sarah Boeving and Kristoffer Zetterstrand to further diversify the game's visuals.
With 9 extra background music tracks included with the collection of music, in addition to 3 music discs.
Music
Background music now loops in certain biomes, which can now create some atmospheric effects with greater ease.
Novel music tracks are playing as you enter each new biome, which makes the exploration enjoyable.
Music Discs
3 Music Discs by Aaron Cherof and Lena Raine have been added. All three have unique attributes and are of varying rarities.
Paintings
20 new Sarah Boeving and Kristoffer Zetterstrand paintings - a myriad of different ways to make players' rooms and worlds uniquely theirs.
Changes
Everything that was modified in this title's game mechanics encompasses mace-enchanted frequencies and projectile-knockback behaviour.
Confirmation screens have been made more user-friendly in Realms.
Trial Chambers
Major improvements and fixes were made to the Trial Chambers layout, trap dispenser additions, and jigsaw connections.
Ominous Trial Spawners now have mob spawning and projectile choice adjustments.
Copper Doors and Trapdoors now have slightly changed crafting recipes to be easier to craft.
Data Pack and Resource Pack now have more development and enhancements.
Ominous Trial Spawner
Ominous Trial Spawners now have mob spawning and projectile choice adjustments.
Copper Doors and Trapdoors
Copper Doors and Trapdoors now have slightly changed crafting recipes to be easier to craft.
Technical Changes
Data Pack and Resource Pack now have more development and enhancements.
Data now also rules everything from enchantments and paintings to other sophisticated elements, offering even more flexibility and customizability.
Fixed Bugs
Addressed countless bugs from gameplay mechanics to sound and visual inconsistencies, it ensured smoother gameplay experiences.
In summary, the said Snapshot brings along a lot of new content, a few tweaks, and quite several bug fixes, making the Minecraft game experience more interesting for players.
Minecraft: Bedrock
The freshest update to the Minecraft Bedrock Edition Preview has arrived, including new features, bug fixes, and technical updates.
New Features
15 new paintings created by Kristoffer Zetterstrand have been added for more variety in the art of the game.
3 new music discs and 9 background music tracks have been added, creating more exciting audio for the game.
Music
Music: the compositions of Aaron Cherof and Lena Raine are so individualistic and rare.
Background music is now played in specific biomes to help add further ambience to gameplay.
Paintings
Kristoffer Zetterstrand's new paintings offer players even more possibilities to choose how they would like to decorate their virtual worlds.
More Engaging Gameplay
Various blocks are working now and sounding correctly. This has now taken it to where tough blocks are also functioning.
Wind Charges have been changed to be non-damaging towards the Ender Dragon, and to better attempt to maintain a fine balance in gameplay.
Trial Chambers
More significant alterations have been visited upon Trial Chambers, which has seen several of the traps removed, and new entrance configurations installed.
Sinister Challenge Spawner
The Ominous Trial Spawner will now accurately throw keys and give more balanced rewards.
The mobs spawned by this spawner have a much higher chance of spawning with enchanted weapons and armour.
Character Maker
Hair and clipping issues with headwear have now been fixed, and the overall improvement in character appearance is much better.
User Interface
There have been improvements in text placement, together with navigation, with more detail paid to mobile devices.
Technical Upgrades
Updated add-ons and scripting engine, expanding what is possible to change in the game even more.
API changes and editor improvements will make the development process more streamlined for the creators.
General Enhancements
Deprecated the free camera experiment and applied several bug fixes to several item-related bugs.
Overall, Minecraft introduced an entire bundle of new content, improved gameplay, and technical updates to all Bedrock Edition players.