Java Edition 1.21.5, named Spring to Life, is a game drop to 1.21 for Java Edition, released on March 25, 2025.
Additions
Blocks
- Bush
- Cactus Flower
- Firefly Bush
- Leaf Litter
- Wildflowers
- Short Dry Grass
- Tall Dry Grass
- Test Block
- Test Instance Block
Items
Mobs
- Pigs, Cows and Chickens
- Added warm and cold variants.
- The pre-existing variant before this update is now temperate.
- Added warm and cold variants.
- Wolves
- Added 6 new wolf audio variants.
Structures and Features
- Added fallen trees similar to Bedrock Edition, with birch trees having a long and short variant
Changes
Blocks
- Lodestone
- Can now be crafted with an Iron Ingot surrounded by 8 chiseled stone bricks, making it renewable.
- Can now be found in ruined portal chests.
- Leaves
- All leaf blocks now have leaf particles dropping from them, similar to the cherry and pale oak trees.
- Beacon
- Beacon beams are now bigger from further away to make them more visible
- Block of Iron
- Changed the sounds of the Block of Iron to more low-pitched metal sounds.
- The unused Wolf howl sound is unfortunately removed in Snapshot 25w08a.
- Removed Herobrine
Items
- Spawn Eggs
- Changed the texture of all spawn eggs.
- Each spawn egg now has their own unique visual which captures the personality and character of every mob it spawns.
- Changed the texture of all spawn eggs.
Mobs
- Camels
- Camels now spawn in deserts, even outside of desert villages.