Minecraft 1.21: Release Date, New Mobs, Biomes, Features and More

 Minecraft 1.20 update brought various much-awaited and desired changes to our blocky worlds. From brand-new mobs such as Sniffer and camels to the ability to customize armor with armor trims, an archeology system in Minecraft, and more, Minecraft 1.20 is truly a fantastic update. However, now that the hype has settled, the community is interested in what’s next. And that’s what we are covering here, shedding light on the release date and new features such as mobs and biomes coming with the Minecraft 1.21 update.

[UPDATE | October 15, 11:30 AM PST] – As confirmed during the Minecraft Live 2023 event, Mojang is satisfied with the way they handled the development and beta testing of the previous update. So, they are following the same release cycle as last year, which means you will only get the Minecraft 1.21 update in 2024, as expected.

“While next year’s update doesn’t have a name yet, I’m going to call it “1.21” for now, even though it’ll be coming midway through 2024,” said Mojang’s Sophie Austin in an official blog post. The official release date is still under wraps, but we will update this post once we have more information. So, stay tuned.

Let’s talk about the previous update pattern for a second to speculate the release timeline for the next update. Minecraft 1.17 was initially supposed to be a massive Caves & Cliffs update, but it wasn’t ready for rollout on time. Therefore, it was split into Minecraft 1.17 Caves & Cliffs Part 1 and Minecraft 1.18 Caves & Cliffs Part 2. These updates were released on June 8, 2021, and November 30, 2021, respectively.

The next major update, Minecraft 1.19 Wild Update was then released on June 7, 2022. So, as you can see, Mojang has been following a bi-annual update cadence for the previous few updates. But that changed with the Minecraft 1.20 Trails and Tales update, which was released a year after the Wild Update, on June 7, 2022.

Why the delay? This was, unfortunately, a result of community disappointment as a lot of promised features were canceled or delayed. So, with the Minecraft 1.20 update, the developers decided not to overpromise and underdeliver like the previous updates. And we expect the same pattern to continue with the upcoming Minecraft 1.21 update. So, the next major Minecraft 1.21 update will be released sometime in June 2024. Here’s a quick rundown of the recent update cycle:

Minecraft Update Name	Release Date
Minecraft 1.17 Caves & Cliffs Part 1	June 8, 2021
Minecraft 1.18 Caves & Cliffs Part 2	November 30, 2021
Minecraft 1.19 The Wild	June 7, 2022
Minecraft 1.20 Trails and Tales	June 7, 2023
Minecraft 1.21 Update	possibly June 2024

Minecraft 1.21 Name: What Is the Update Called

The last major update MC 1.20 didn’t have an official name when it was first announced back in October 2022. Minecraft 1.20 received its official name several months later. This was possibly an outcome of the community discontent mentioned in the previous section. For this reason, Mojang will possibly take its sweet time with naming Minecraft 1.21 and focus on the features first. And that’s exactly how Mojang is approaching this update, which will heavily focus on combat and tinkering.

While we initially speculated that an inventory update, End update, or biome-specific update is desirable by the community, Mojang has decided to give us something even better. Though we don’t have an official name just yet, Minecraft 1.21 will be termed something similar to the “COMBAT and TINKERING” update.

Well, the official name would be more catchy like the Trails and Tales update or the Wild update, but we will have to make do with this for now. We will update this section once we have more official information, so stay tuned. And let us know your thoughts on the new combat changes in this update, which we have detailed below.

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