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Minecraft 1.21 Snapshot 24w18a Patch Notes, Gameplay, and Release Date

Minecraft 1.21 Snapshot 24w18a introduces new features and fixes bugs in the game. Explore exciting additions and improvements, enhancing your Minecraft experience with this latest update.

by Rubaditsha

Updated May 07, 2024

Minecraft

Minecraft is a game where you can explore and build stuff in a big world made of blocks. It was made by a person named Notch in 2009 and released fully in 2011. Lots of people play it every month, around 140 million. You can play it on lots of devices like computers, phones, and game consoles.

In Minecraft, you can do different things depending on what mode you choose. You can gather materials, make tools, and build houses to survive. Or you can have endless supplies and build whatever you want. There are also modes for adventuring, watching others, and playing really tough challenges.

People love Minecraft so much that they make their own stuff for the game, like new worlds and tools. It has won many awards and is called one of the best games ever. Some use it to learn about things like science and computer stuff. Microsoft bought Minecraft in 2014 and has made other games based on it. There's even going to be a Minecraft movie in theaters soon.

Minecraft 1.21 Snapshot 24w18a Patch Notes

Here are all the new features in the 24w18a snapshot that are released with the Minecraft 1.21 update:

NEW FEATURES

All Features from the experimental 1.21 pack have been moved to vanilla
Added 5 new paintings by artist Sarah Boeving
Added 15 new paintings by artist Kristoffer Zetterstrand
Added 9 new music tracks
Added 3 new music discs

MUSIC

Added 9 new background music tracks which will all play in the main menu
Some of these new songs play in specific biomes in-game:
featherfall
Plays in Badlands, Cherry Grove, Flower Forest, and Lush Caves
deeper
- Plays in Deep Dark and Dripstone Caves
eld_unknown
- Plays in Dripstone Caves, Grove, Jagged Peaks, and Stony Peaks
endless
- Plays in Dripstone Caves, Grove, Jagged Peaks, and Stony Peaks
pokopoko
- Plays in Dripstone Caves, Grove, Jagged Peaks, and Snow Slopes
The following have been added to the pool of songs which play in Overworld biomes that do not have biome-specific music:
- featherfall
- komorebi
- puzzlebox
- watcher
- yakusoku

MUSIC DISCS

Added 3 new music discs
Aaron Cherof - Precipice can be found rarely in standard Vaults
- Has a comparator output of 13 when played in a Jukebox
Lena Raine - Creator can be found rarely in Ominous Vaults
- Has a comparator output of 12 when played in a Jukebox
Lena Raine - Creator (Music Box) can be found rarely in Decorated Pots broken in Trial Chambers
- Has a comparator output of 11 when played in a Jukebox

PAINTINGS

Added five new paintings by artist Sarah Boeving:
- baroque
- humble
- meditative
- prairie_ride
- unpacked
Added fifteen new paintings by artist Kristoffer Zetterstrand:
- backyard
- bouquet
- cavebird
- changing
- cotan
- fern
- endboss
- finding
- lowmist
- orb
- owlemons
- passage
- pond
- sunflowers
- tides

CHANGES

Rotten flesh has been removed as a possible item for Trial Spawners to eject
Mace enchantments are slightly more common in Ominous Vaults
Projectile knockback is no longer dependent on the shooters position
- Projectiles such as Arrows and Fireballs knock back in the direction they travel
- Projectiles such as Splash Potions and Fireworks knock back away from themselves
- Projectiles shot by a Dispenser will also knock back
Updated the confirmation-screens in Realms to show as popups

TRIAL CHAMBERS

Spider spawners have been moved to the "melee" category
Slime spawners have been moved to the "small melee" category
Made various layout changes in intersections and corridors
Added new trap dispenser style to chambers
Fixed various broken jigsaw connections in the corridors
Made seams match in corridors
Added new entrance variations
Fixed various broken or incorrect jigsaw data
Added empty Chests to chamber entrances

OMINOUS TRIAL SPAWNER

Ominous Trial Spawners with mobs that are unable to wear equipment now spawn double the total mob count over the course of the challenge
- These spawners will also have an additional mob out at once during its challenge
Bottle o' Enchanting is no longer a possible projectile for Ominous Trial Spawners

COPPER DOORS AND TRAPDOORS

Copper Doors and Trapdoors are now crafted from Copper Ingots instead of Copper Blocks
Oxidized variants of Copper Doors and Copper Trapdoors can no longer be crafted
- Waxed variants can still be crafted with Honeycomb

TECHNICAL CHANGES

Resource Pack version is now 33
Data Pack version is now 42
Removed the update_1_21 feature flag and built-in datapack

Minecraft Gameplay

Minecraft is a game where you can do almost anything you want. You don't have to follow specific goals; you can choose how to play. You look at the game world either through the eyes of your character or from outside.

In Minecraft, everything is made of blocks, like building blocks. You can pick them up and put them down wherever you like. The world is really big, and it's created as you explore. There are different places like forests, mountains, and deserts, and the time changes from day to night.

You can play in different ways. In "Survival" mode, you have to find things to stay alive, like food and shelter. In "Creative" mode, you have endless materials to build whatever you want. There are also special places called dimensions, like the Nether and the End, where you can find new challenges and adventures.

And you can play with friends in multiplayer mode, either on special servers or just with people you know. Minecraft lets you be creative and have fun in a world that you can shape however you like.

Minecraft Release Date

Minecraft was released on November 18, 2011. It was a game where you could do a lot of things without having to follow specific goals. Players explored, built, and created in a big world made of blocks. Everything in the game looked like it was made of blocks, like building blocks.

Players could play the game from the perspective of their character or from outside. They could pick up blocks and put them down wherever they liked. The world was really big, and it was created as players explored. There were different modes players could play in.

In "Survival" mode, they had to find things to stay alive, like food and shelter. In "Creative" mode, they had endless materials to build whatever they wanted. Players could also play with friends online. Minecraft was a game where they could use their imagination and have fun in their own way.

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