Java Edition guides/Trails & Tales
For the Bedrock Edition version of this guide, see Bedrock Edition guides/Trails & Tales.
Trails & Tales
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| ◄ The Wild UpdateBats and Pots ► | |
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This guide is a simplified overview of all non-experimental changes in Trails & Tales update (Java Edition 1.20 to Java Edition 1.20.2), which assumes at least some familiarity with The Wild Update (Java Edition 1.19.x releases, excluding experimental features in these versions).
Mobs
New
| Name | Image | Habitat | Drops | Note |
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| Camel |
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Spawns in desert villages. | 1–3XP (when killed by a player or tamed wolf). |
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| Sniffer |
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1–3XP (when killed by a player or tamed wolf) |
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Changed
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| General |
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| Elder guardian |
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Drops tide armor trim upon death. |
| Slime |
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Is now affected by the Jump Boost effect. |
| Magma cube |
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Is now affected by the Jump Boost effect. |
| Bee |
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Can now collect pollen from chorus flower or spore blossom. |
| Frog | ![]() ![]()
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Now panic when damaged while attached to leads. |
| Goat |
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Now panic when damaged while attached to leads. |
| Villager |
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Blocks
New
| Name | Image | Obtaining | Tool Required | Uses | ||||||
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| Block of bamboo |
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Axe | Can be crafted into bamboo planks. | ||||||
| Block of stripped bamboo |
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Can be obtained by right clicking a block of bamboo with any tier of axe, this consumes one durability on the axe. | Axe | Can be crafted into bamboo planks. | ||||||
| Cherry log |
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Found naturally as part of cherry trees. | Axe | Can be crafted into cherry planks. | ||||||
| Cherry wood |
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Axe |
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| Stripped cherry log |
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Can be obtained by right clicking a cherry log with any tier of axe, this consumes one durability on the axe. | Axe |
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| Stripped cherry wood |
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Can be obtained by right clicking cherry wood with any tier of axe, this consumes one durability on the axe. | Axe |
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| Bamboo and cherry planks |
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Axe | Function the same as every other plank type. | ||||||
| Bamboo and cherry button and pressure plate |
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Axe | Produce a redstone signal when pressed or stepped on. | ||||||
| Bamboo and cherry door and trapdoor |
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Axe | Can be opened and closed. | ||||||
| Bamboo and cherry fence and fence gate |
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Axe |
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| Bamboo and cherry sign |
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Axe |
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| Bamboo and cherry slab and stairs |
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Axe | Used for decoration. | ||||||
| Bamboo mosaic |
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Axe | Used for decoration. | ||||||
| Bamboo mosaic slab and stairs |
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Axe | Used for decoration. | ||||||
| Calibrated sculk sensor |
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Hoe |
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| Cherry leaves |
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Found naturally as part of cherry trees. | Shears, hoe, sword | Have a chance to drop a cherry sapling. | ||||||
| Cherry sapling |
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Drops from cherry leaves. | Any |
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| Pink petals |
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Any |
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| Chiseled bookshelf | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
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Axe |
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| Hanging signs | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
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Axe |
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| Decorated pot | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
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Any |
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| Suspicious sand |
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Generates naturally in desert pyramids, wells, and ocean ruins. | Shovel | Loot can be obtained by brushing it. | ||||||
| Suspicious gravel |
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Generates naturally in ocean ruins and trail ruins. | Shovel | Loot can be obtained by brushing it. | ||||||
| Piglin head |
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Can be obtained when piglin dies from a charged creeper explosion. | Any |
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| Sniffer egg |
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Can be obtained by breeding sniffers, or from brushing suspicious sand in warm ocean ruins. | Any | Hatches into snifflets. | ||||||
| Torchflower |
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Can be obtained from growing torchflower seeds. | Any |
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| Pitcher plant |
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Can be obtained from growing pitcher pods. | Any |
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Changed
| Name | Image | Changed |
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| Block of amethyst |
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Can now re-emit the vibration of an adjacent sculk sensor. |
| Note block |
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| Signs | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
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| Sculk sensor |
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| Smithing table |
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GUI reworked to include smithing templates. |
| Wool, carpets and beds | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
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Colored variants can now be dyed any other color. |
| Cactus |
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Can be used to breed camels. |
| Wither rose |
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Is now grouped with other small flowers in the Creative inventory. |
| Barrier |
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| Chorus flower | ![]()
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No longer provides support for hanging or standing blocks. |
| Decorated pot |
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Now have Creative inventory tooltips. |
| Enchanting table |
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Reverted the texture of lapis slot to the texture before 1.18-pre5, to make the consistency with smithing table. |
| Jukebox and tripwire hook |
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Now use plank sounds instead of stone. |
| Lever, redstone comparator and redstone repeater |
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Now uses stone sounds instead of plank. |
| Pink petals | ![]() ![]() ![]()
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The size of the hitbox now increases with the number of petals. |
| Sculk sensor and calibrated sculk sensor |
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| Smithing table |
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Now in the custom recipes, the upgrade material can be sent to the GUI instantly with the ⇧ Shift + left click shortcut. |
| Sponge and wet sponge | ![]()
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They now have custom sounds. |
| Redstone dust, redstone comparator and redstone repeater |
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Now check for attachment when receiving PP update from beneath. |
| Head | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
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Items
New
| Name | Image | Obtaining | Uses | ||||
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| Brush |
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Used to brush suspicious sand and gravel to find loot. | ||||
| Pottery sherds | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
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Can be obtained from trail ruins, desert pyramids, desert wells, and ocean ruins. |
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| Netherite upgrade |
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Can be found in bastion remnants.
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| Smithing templates | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
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Can be found in their corresponding structures. |
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| Relic music disc |
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Can only be obtained when brushing suspicious gravel within trail ruins, with a 1 in 12 chance of appearing as a rare loot. | Plays the track Relic. | ||||
| Torchflower seeds |
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Obtained when the sniffer digs the ground. |
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| Pitcher pod |
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Obtained when the sniffer digs the ground. | Can be planted on farmland to grow pitcher plant. | ||||
| Spawn eggs for new mobs | ![]()
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Obtained from the creative inventory. | Spawn the respective mob. |
Changed
| Name | Image | Changed |
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| Armor | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
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| Fish buckets | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
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Are now listed in the same order as the fish items in the Creative inventory. |
| Potion of Slow Falling |
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Has had its color tweaked to make it more distinguishable from the potion of Invisibility. |
| Chorus fruit |
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Now resets fall distance when eating it. |
| Explorer map | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
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Updated structure icons on explorer maps sold by cartographers. |
| Music discs | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
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The "Pigstep" music disc is now the last one of the music discs in the Creative inventory. |
Non-mob entities
New
| Name | Image | Creation | Drops | Note | ||||
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| Bamboo raft and cherry boat |
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None | Can be used to cross water. | ||||
| Bamboo raft with chest and cherry boat with chest |
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None | Can be used to transport items over water. |
Gameplay
Changed
| Name | Changed |
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| Smithing table functionality |
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| Wither effect particle colors | Adjusted to make them more distinguishable. |
Structures
New
| Name | Image | Generates | Chests | Mobs | Description |
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| Cherry trees |
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Generate in cherry groves. They can also be grown from cherry saplings. | No | None | A tree made of cherry leaves and cherry logs. |
| Trail ruins |
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Generate in jungle, old growth pine taiga, old growth spruce taiga, snowy taiga, old growth birch forest, and taiga biomes. | No | None |
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Changed
| Name | Image | Changed |
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| Ancient city |
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Chests now contain ward armor trim and silence armor trim. |
| Bastion remnant |
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Chests now contain netherite upgrade and snout armor trim. |
| Desert pyramid |
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| Desert well |
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Now includes suspicious sand underwater. |
| End city |
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Chests now contain spire armor trim. |
| Jungle pyramid |
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Chests now contain wild armor trim. |
| Nether fortress |
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Chests now contain rib armor trim. |
| Ocean ruins | ![]()
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Now include suspicious sand and suspicious gravel blocks. |
| Pillager outpost |
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Chests now contain sentry armor trim. |
| Shipwreck |
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Chests now contain coast armor trim. |
| Stronghold |
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Chests now contain eye armor trim. |
| Woodland mansion |
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Chests now contain vex armor trim. |
Biomes
New
| Name | Image | Description | Structures |
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| Cherry grove |
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Advancements
| Icon | Advancement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) |
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![]() | Careful Restoration | Make a Decorated Pot out of 4 Pottery Sherds | — |
![]() | Crafting a New Look | Craft a trimmed armor at a Smithing Table | — |
![]() | Little Sniffs | Feed a Snifflet | Feed torchflower seeds to a snifflet. This is a hidden advancement, meaning that it can be viewed by the player only after completing it, regardless of if its child advancement(s), if any, have been completed. |
![]() | Planting the Past | Plant any Sniffer seed | Plant either This is a hidden advancement, meaning that it can be viewed by the player only after completing it, regardless of if its child advancement(s), if any, have been completed. |
![]() | Respecting the Remnants | Brush a Suspicious block to obtain a Pottery Sherd | Brush either suspicious sand or suspicious gravel and have any pottery sherd in the inventory. These two events can happen separately from one another. |
![]() | Smells Interesting | Obtain a Sniffer Egg | Have a sniffer egg in the inventory. This is a hidden advancement, meaning that it can be viewed by the player only after completing it, regardless of if its child advancement(s), if any, have been completed. |
![]() | Smithing with Style | Apply these smithing templates at least once: Spire, Snout, Rib, Ward, Silence, Vex, Tide, Wayfinder | — |
![]() | The Power of Books | Read the power signal of a Chiseled Bookshelf using a Comparator | Place a comparator on any side of a chiseled bookshelf, or the chiseled bookshelf against a comparator with the back of the comparator running into it. |


























































































































































































































































































































