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This guide is a simplified overview of all the changes in the Tricky Trials update (Java Edition 1.21 and 1.21.1), which assumes at least some familiarity with the Armored Paws drop (Java Edition 1.20.5).
Mobs
New
Changed
| Name |
Image |
Changed
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| General
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- Animals now panic for 2 seconds after taking damage (down from 4).
- Animals now panic based on the damage caused by predefined damage source types.
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Panda, wolf and polar bear
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Now panic only from cactus, freezing, fire, and lightning bolt damage.
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| Witch
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- Now always drops 4–8 redstone dust on death.
- This is to improve the viability of farms that utilize witch huts to obtain redstone dust.
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Blocks
New
Changed
| Name |
Image |
Changed
|
| Door
|
           
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Doors of different materials now default to being placed oriented together to form a double door instead of both being placed with the hinge on the same side of the block.
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Piston and sticky piston
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- Lowered volume of sounds.
- This was done to address the sounds being too harsh and loud when used in redstone contraptions.
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Sculk sensor and calibrated sculk sensor
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Added frosted ice being placed by Frost Walker to the list of events that produce a "Block Placed" vibration (frequency 13).
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Items
New
Changed
| Name |
Image |
Changed
|
Axe and shield
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When a player with an axe in the main-hand and a shield in the off-hand performs a use action, the game now prioritizes holding up the shield over using the axe (to strip wood or scrape copper).
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Non-mob entities
Changed
Structures
New
| Name |
Image |
Generates |
Chests |
Mobs |
Description
|
| Trial chambers
|
|
- Starting room generates between altitude Y=40 and Y=20, and majority of the rooms between Y=20 and Y=0.
- Players can use trial explorer maps to find trial chambers.
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Yes
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Only mobs that spawn from trial spawners: zombies, husks, spiders, cave spiders, silverfish, slimes, skeletons, strays, bogged, and breezes.
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Underground structures with multiple rooms, which offer different challenges to overcome.
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Changed
| Name |
Image |
Changed
|
| Obsidian platform
|
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When re-generated when a new player enters the end portal, instead of breaking all blocks 3 blocks above it the blocks are instead broken as if mined by a player, dropping the item and (if a container) all its contents.
|
Effects
New
Changed
| Name |
Image |
Changed
|
| Bad Omen
|
|
- Changed icon texture.
- No longer automatically granted when killing a raid captain.
- Now caused by drinking an ominous bottle.
- Becomes Raid Omen if in a village or Trial Omen if near a non-ominous trial spawner.
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Gameplay
Changed
| Name |
Changed
|
| Recipe book
|
Now repeats the last selected recipe when a "selected" key is pressed (space or enter key).
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Enchantments
New
| Name |
Maximum level |
Primary items |
Secondary items |
Incompatible with |
Description
|
| Breach
|
IV
|
|
None
|
Density
|
Reduces the effectiveness of armor.
|
| Density
|
V
|
|
None
|
Breach
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Increases damage dealt per block fallen.
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| Wind Burst
|
III
|
|
None
|
None
|
- Creates a burst of wind upon executing a smash attack.
- Cannot be obtained from the enchanting table.
|
Changed
| Name |
Changed
|
| Fire Protection
|
The "Burning Time" reduction effect now stacks from wearing several pieces.
|
| Blast Protection
|
The "Knockback Resistance" effect now stacks from wearing several pieces.
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Events
New
| Name
|
Description
|
| Ominous events
|
- A raid now counts as an ominous event.
- Another ominous event is the ominous trial, which starts when a player is within 15 blocks of a trial spawner while under the Bad Omen effect.
- During an ominous trial, trial spawners convert to ominous trial spawners, which give better loot, spawn stronger mobs and projectiles (splash potions, lingering potions, tipped arrows, wind charges).
|
Advancements
See also