Minecraft 1.21.2 Java Edition Download
1.21.2 is an October 22, 2024 update for Minecraft: Java Edition 1.21. Besides standard changes and bug fixes, it contains new game content. Thus, it brings special bundles for storing resources, which allow you to place more items in your inventory. There are also several other innovations. The new 1.21.2 version features "experimental" content from the upcoming major update so that players can test it.
Minecraft 1.21.2 release date: October 22, 2024.
Contents:
New Content
The update adds babies for the following mobs: the dolphin, squid, glow squid, and salmon. The new variants have been added to obtain parity with Bedrock Edition.
Bundle
The main innovation of update 1.21.2 is special bundles for storing resources. The player can create this item themselves using a thread and leather in the crafting table. Despite its not particularly impressive capacity, the bundle can be useful for carrying various resources so that they do not take up space in the inventory. That is especially convenient if you carry individual items only. A bundle can be dyed in 16 colors. After dying, it cannot be washed in a cauldron.
The capacity of the new bundles is not that large: 64 items or blocks. The player can put either 64 different individual items or a 64x stack of some resource in it. If you put a bundle in a bundle, it will take up four cells, and if it is full, this will also be taken into account. However, you will not be able to put a shulker box in a bundle, even if it is empty.
Putting resources in a bundle is very simple: it is enough to open the inventory, take the desired item, hover over the bundle, and click the LMB.
· To see the stored items, point at the bundle.
· A special GUI will open. If you want to get resources out of the bundle, just hover over it and click the RMB.
· If you want to get a specific item, use the mouse wheel to scroll the list.
Banner Patterns
The update adds two new banner patterns: bordure intented and field masoned. They were previously available in Bedrock Edition only.
Experimental Content
When generating a new world, you will see the Experiments section. At the moment, it contains four options related to the upcoming update: Minecart Improvements, Redstone Experiments, Villager Trade Rebalance, and Winter Drop. The latter category is the most interesting, as it contains the main innovations of the major update, which, most likely, will be released in the winter — although that is just a suggestion.
Minecart Improvements
This content is aimed at making minecart rides more comfortable and, most importantly, fascinating. The developers have changed many parameters of this vehicle. They are available in the settings but are disabled by default. These settings add a special feature that makes the player sitting in a minecart rotate along with it.
There are also many other changes related to minecarts:
· The minecarts now turn more smoothly and are less likely to derail or stop.
· The experience of fast riding is better felt.
· The player can no longer place a minecart within another minecart.
· The minecarts acquire the right direction right after putting on the rails.
· The minecarts no longer pass through blocks on slopes and now collide with them.
Redstone Experiments
This category of the experimental content is related to the redstone. Its effectiveness has been improved, and the block update principle has been updated. The main goal was the same efficiency of a redstone wire regardless of position and orientation.
The redstone signal will update all blocks capable of receiving it. Even though there is not much information about this category for now, in the major update, the developers will certainly refine many other functions so that redstone circuits are even more efficient and useful.
Villager Trade Rebalance
Thanks to this rebalance, trading with villagers will become a highly profitable activity, as you will not have to spend several emeralds to get sticks anymore. The exchange will be more equivalent, and the villagers will be able to offer the player very profitable deals, which will be certainly hard to resist.
Winter Drop
However, the most interesting thing for players is perhaps the new content. With the release of major updates, the game becomes more diverse, and the abundance of innovations never ceases to amaze. Thus, the next major update will add new locations to explore, building blocks, creatures, etc., to the game. At the moment, some of the new options are already available, and you can activate them when creating a new world.
A new biome generated in the game world is called Pale Garden. It is a forest biome consisting of a new type of tree. The color of the soil there differs from other locations and corresponds to the color of the new trees. You will find the pale oak there, which resembles the dark oak in terms of structure — they differ only in color and bark texture.
Besides the new tree, the blocks of pale moss are generated in that biome, and you can see moss hanging from the foliage as well. The standard set of blocks can be crafted from the pale oak: planks, doors, boats, signs, and more.
The update adds a new mob called Creaking. It was created specifically for the new biome because its texture resembles that of pale oak. It entirely consists of the bark of that tree as well as moss hanging on it. Even though it is aggressive, it is not difficult to defeat.
If you summon this mob using a spawn egg, it will not have its natural properties, but you will still be able to learn something about it. Thus, if you look at the creaking, it will not attack you, but if you turn away from it, this creature will deal damage. However, the mob summoned using the egg has only one health point, so it will be easy to kill it.
But that is not the most interesting thing! The new creature can also appear in the game world in a different way, and then it becomes much more dangerous. Being in the dark in the pale garden, you can hear frightening sounds, which indicate that a creaking is already preparing to spawn.
Somewhere in the oaks, you will find a new block called the creaking heart. It is to this block that the creaker is tied, and thanks to it it spawns. It is not easy to find this block, as it is hidden somewhere in the bark of a tree and externally disguised by logs. The creaker itself is invincible, and you will not be able to kill it by just hitting it with something. However, if you try to hit it, you will see special particles that can lead you to a pale oak tree with a hidden block inside. Your task is to destroy this block as soon as possible so that the creaker disappears.
Changes
After you install update 1.21.2, you will find many changes that will make the game even more interesting and convenient. Thus, previously, the player could take damage when falling on a slime block while sneaking. The developers decided to fix that, so if you fall on the slime, under no circumstances will you receive damage anymore.
· New information is now available for the bee hive and bee nest, thanks to which the player can learn about the amount of honey and bees inside these blocks.
· The models for the activated redstone repeater and comparator have been changed. They now look more harmonious in circuits.
· The teleport cooldown of projectiles, minecarts, and boats has been dramatically reduced from 15 seconds to 0.1 and 0.5, respectively.
· Many other game parameters have been changed. For example, the breeze does not have a minimum attack distance anymore and becomes aggressive right at the sight of you.
· The wolf can now be fed with various types of fish to restore its health.
· Besides the changes, the update brings performance improvements, especially for distant rendering.
For more aesthetics, new sounds for monster spawners have been added. You will hear the unique sounds of the destruction of, placement of, and walking on this block. Also, the game now supports High Norwegian.
Bug Fixes
After the release of the major 1.21 update, many bugs were found. In 1.21.2, the developers have fixed 300 bugs identified not only in 1.21 but also in earlier game versions. As usual, Mojang continues to actively develop the project, release new versions, and fix flaws and bugs peculiar to even older versions of Minecraft!
Download Links
The 1.21.2 version is already available!
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