Minecraft Snapshot 25w34a, released on August 19, 2025, changes various aspects of the game among mobs, technical commands, and blocks. A large number of bugs and errors that interfered with comfortable gameplay are also addressed. Here we will cover the main changes that have the greatest importance.
August 12, 2025 saw the release of a new Minecraft snapshot 25w33a, which introduces experimental innovations and takes a fresh look at old and already familiar game details. The End dimension was touched upon, new mob interactions were added, and small chat improvements were introduced, which will be useful in multiplayer worlds or on servers.
25w32a — the second snapshot of the Minecraft: Java Edition 1.21.9 branch, released on August 5, 2025. The main theme is the "copper line": bars, chain, lantern, and torch made of copper, plus a number of recipe tweaks and technical datapack/resource pack versions. This update makes copper a full-fledged building material with oxidation, waxing, and a unified visual family.
On July 29, 2025, the first snapshot for Minecraft: Java Edition 1.21.9 — 25w31a was released. The update adds new blocks, items, mobs, and improvements. The main theme is the development of the copper industry: armor, tools, chests, and even a new mob — the Copper Golem. Decorative blocks, gameplay tweaks, and fixes for more than 50 bugs were also introduced.
The snapshot for Minecraft 25w21a was released on May 20, 2025, which is the last one for version 1.21.6. Now players will be able to feed some creatures with carrots, the developers have added new sounds to the game, and also fixed the clouds.
Snapshot 25w18a was released on April 29, 2025. In this update, the crafting recipes for the **Leash** and the **Dried Ghast** were changed, and a large number of bugs were fixed.
Snapshot 25w19a for Minecraft was released on May 6, 2025. It includes changes to fog and projectile physics, along with numerous bug fixes!
Snapshot 25w20a for Minecraft 1.20.6 was released on May 13, 2025. It finally added saddle crafting, new music, a record, and fixed numerous bugs.
The third snapshot for Minecraft version 1.21.6 has been released — 25w17a. While it doesn't bring many changes, it includes a lot of bug fixes and introduces the Player Locator as the main new feature.
Minecraft continues to improve and offers a variety of enhancements that positively affect the quality of adventures. This time, we take a look at the second snapshot 25w16 for update 1.21.6. The snapshot was released on April 15, 2025.
