Java Edition 1.21.4 is a minor update to 1.21 in Java Edition, named The Garden Awakens. This update adds features from this game drop. The update is released on December 3, 2024.
Additions
Blocks
- Can be found activated in the Pale Garden biome.
- Can be mined and relocated with a Silk Touch tool.
- Can be crafted using two Pale Oak logs and a block of Resin.
- It only activates when placed between two Pale Oak logs in the same orientation and can't be deactivated unless the block is broken.
- Spawns creakings at night or during thunderstorms when activated and links itself to them.
New pale oak wood type
- Pale Oak Log and its stripped variant
- Pale Oak Wood and its stripped variant
- Pale Oak Planks
- Pale Oak Stairs
- Pale Oak Slab
- Pale Oak Sign and its hanging variant
- Pale Oak Button
- Pale Oak Pressure Plate
- Pale Oak Door
- Pale Oak Trapdoor
- Pale Oak Fence
- Pale Oak Fence Gate
New Foilage and vegetation blocks
- Pale Hanging Moss
- Pale Moss Block
- Pale Moss Carpet
- Pale Oak Leaves
- Pale Oak Sapling
- Eyeblossom
Resin family blocks
- Resin Clump
- Block of Resin
- Resin Bricks
- Chiseled Resin Bricks
- Resin Brick Slab
- Resin Brick Stairs
- Resin Brick Wall
Items
- Can also be used to trim armor
- Obtained from mining resin clumps or destroying the creaking heart
- Creaking Spawn Egg
Mobs
- A new spooky hostile mob spawned by active creaking hearts during the night or thunderstorms.
- Can also be spawned using a spawn egg, by the
/summoncommand or from a monster spawner, which is not connected to a creaking heart, persists through day and night, and deals 1
damage, killing it instantly or in a single hit.
- Can also be spawned using a spawn egg, by the
- It moves and attacks when a player is looking away from it.
- Unlike most mobs, it can only be killed by destroying its respective creaking heart.
- Although it can also be killed instantly when spawned using a spawn egg or by the
/summoncommand.
- Although it can also be killed instantly when spawned using a spawn egg or by the
- It emits particles that lead to its creaking heart when hit or damaged.
- It cannot be put in boats
Non-mob entities
Biomes
- A rare new biome that generates with pale oak trees, pale moss blocks, pale moss carpets, pale hanging moss, and eyeblossoms.
- It is quiet in the daytime, but very eerie at night.
- It is also where creakings spawn during nighttime or during thunderstorms.
- Music soundtracks will go silent when moving from an existing biome into the Pale Garden. Music discs are exceptional.
Generated features
- Pale Oak
- Pale Moss patch