Java Edition 21w08a

Minecraft 21w08a
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Edition

Java Edition

Release date

February 24, 2021

Type

Snapshot

Snapshot for

1.17

Downloads

Client (.json)
Server

Obfuscation maps

Client
Server

Protocol version

 dec1073741840
 hex40000010

Data version

2697

Resource pack format

7

Data pack format

7

Minimum Java version

Java SE 8

21w08a is the eleventh snapshot for Java Edition 1.17, released on February 24, 2021,[1] which renames grimstone to deepslate, adds deepslate ores, and makes changes to cave generation.

Additions

Blocks

Cobbled deepslate

  • Drops from deepslate when mined with a pickaxe without Silk Touch.
  • Functions identically to cobblestone and blackstone in that it can be used to craft basic tools, furnaces, and brewing stands.
  • Is used to craft all the deepslate variant blocks instead of regular deepslate.
  • Has wall, stair, and slab variants as well.

Deepslate ores

  • Added deepslate variants of diamond, iron, gold, lapis lazuli, and redstone ores.
  • Take twice as long to mine as normal ores.
  • Have the texture of deepslate replacing the normal stone texture.
  • Take place of ores that generate in deepslate.
    • Normal stone ores may still generate deep underground if they replace a different block, such as tuff.
  • Can be used in blasting and smelting recipes like normal ores.
    • These recipes can be unlocked in the recipe book with deepslate ores as well.

Smooth basalt

World generation

Crack carvers

  • Deep, long cracks in the ground that are thinner and straighter than canyons.[2]
  • Can reach over 90 blocks in depth.
  • They are very similar to canyons in Bedrock Edition.

General

Tags

  • Added the deepslate_ore_replaceables block tag.
    • Contains deepslate.
  • Added the diamond_ores, iron_ores, lapis_ores, and redstone_ores block and item tags.
    • Contain the normal and deepslate variants of each ore type.
  • Added the stone_ore_replaceables block tag.
    • Contains stone, granite, diorite, andesite, and tuff.

Changes

Blocks

Blackstone, deepslate, polished deepslate, chiseled deepslate, deepslate bricks, deepslate tiles and stair, slab and wall variants

  • Textures have been tweaked slightly.

Gold ore

Coal ore, copper ore, emerald ore, iron ore, lapis lazuli ore, redstone ore

  • Tweaked texture.

Deepslate

  • Renamed from "Grimstone".
  • Is no longer used to craft or repair any blocks or items.
  • Has new unique breaking, placing, and footstep sounds.
  • Can only be mined with a Silk Touch pickaxe.

Lava

  • Now replaces air below Y=-55.

Spore blossoms

  • Particles now appear in the air around the block.

World generation

Amethyst geodes

  • Can no longer generate fully in midair.
  • The tuff layer has been replaced with smooth basalt.

Andesite

  • No longer generates below Y=0.

Caves

  • Tweaked cave sizes.[3]
  • Ravines and regular cave carvers now generate below Y=0.
  • Added more variation to carvers.[4]
  • Caves are now more filled with water.

Glow lichen

  • Generates almost twice as often.[5]

Lava

  • Once again generates at the bottom of the world starting at Y=-54.
  • Lava springs can now generate below Y=0.

Water

  • Water springs can now generate below Y=0.
Ore distribution changes.

Mineral distribution

  • Ore distribution has been changed again.
    • Iron now generates below Y=0, but in smaller blobs and not as frequently.
      • This was determined to be a bug, which was fixed in snapshot 21w08b.
    • Gold is a little more common, but with 50% of blocks exposed to air skipped.
    • Diamond is the same, but with 50% blocks exposed to air skipped as well.
    • Increased frequency of buried lapis.
    • Copper is now less common.

Mineshafts

  • Now generate again in the open air in caves.
  • No longer appear floating.

Tuff

General

Slime and honey blocks in the "Redstone" tab.

Creative inventory

  • Slime blocks and honey blocks have been moved to the "Redstone" tab.
    • The categories of the recipes for these blocks in the recipe book have moved as well.
  • Lectern position within the "Redstone" tab has been moved out of the "essential" group.

Tags

  • Added tuff to the base_stone_overworld block tag.
  • Added deepslate gold ore to the gold_ores block and item tags.

Fixes

3 issues fixed

From the 1.17 development versions

  • MC-213926 – Rooted dirt footstep sounds are considerably quieter than normal dirt footstep sounds.
  • MC-214782 – Geodes can generate floating in caves.
  • MC-214843 – Old-style caves do not generate past Y=0.

Video

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