1.21 - The Forest Update

1.21, the first release of The Forest Update, is a major update to Java Edition, released on July 23, 2024. The update was announced on October 18, 2023, during Minecraft Live 2023. It introduces new blocks, mobs, items and other features to the forest biome.
==Additions==
===Blocks===
Willow Leaves
*Generates in willow trees.
*A decorative block.
Willow Log
*Generates in willow trees.
*Can be crafted into willow planks and wood.
*Like all other logs it has a stripped variant.
Willow Planks
*Crafted from willow logs.
*Can be used to craft respective slabs, stairs, fences, fence gates, pressure plates, signs, hanging signs, buttons, doors, boats and trapdoors.
Willow Sapling
*A new type of sapling which grows into a willow tree when planted.
*Drops from willow leaves.
*Growth can be accelerated with bone meal.
*Can be placed in flower pots.
Button Mushroom
*Spawns in forests, birch forests & dark oak forests.
*Can be placed in flower pots.
===Items===
Raw Venison
*Dropped by deer.
*Restores 1.5 bars of hunger.
*Can be cooked in a furnace or blast furnace.
Cooked Venison
*Restores 3 bars of hunger.
*Obtained by cooking raw venison in a furnace or blast furnace.
Willow Boat
* A new type of boat, crafted with willow planks.
Music Disc Bloom
*A new music composed by Lena Raine.
*Dropped by creepers killed by skeletons or any variant of the skeleton in any forest biome.
===Mobs===
Deer
*Has 15 health points.
*Will flee from the player and wolves unless they are crouching.
*Spawns in forests, birch forests, dark oak forests and taigas.
*Comes in 2 variants, being male and female.
*Can be bred using any sapling except for mangrove propugales.
*Drops 1-2 raw venison and 0-1 hide on death.
Squirrel
*Has 3 health points.
*Spawns in forests, birch forests, flower forests, plains, dark oak forests and taigas.
*Can be bred using sweet berries.
*Can be tamed using saplings and can sit on the player’s shoulder.
*Drops nothing on death.
Moobloom
*Added from the 2023 mob vote, where it beat both the tuff golem and glare.
*Has 10 health points.
*Spawns in flower forests.
*Can be bred using wheat.
*Drops 1-2 raw beef on death.
*Can be sheared to get 1 buttercup.
*Can be milked by right-clicking the moobloom with an empty bucket.
*Bees are able to collect pollen from mooblooms and will follow them until the moobloom strays too far from the bee’s nest.
===World Generation===
Willow Trees
*New type of tree variant that is found in forest and flower forest biomes.
*Has a unique shape, with a bident-shaped trunk that leads up to willow leaves.
===Gameplay===
Advancements
*Added 2 new advancements:
**Unseen
***Sneak up to a deer without getting noticed
**You Monster!
***Kill any tamed mob
Enchantments
*Long Reach
**Only has one level.
**Used on swords to increase their range by 1 block.
==Changes==
===Blocks===
===Items===
Leather
*Re-named to hide and given a darker texture.
===Mobs===
Fox
*Now will attack squirrels.
Wolf
*Now will attack deer.
===World Generation===
==Gallery==
File:Deer.jpeg|The deer.
File:Squirrel.jpeg|The squirrel.
File:PeeCow.jpeg|The moobloom.
File:WeepingWillow.jpeg|The willow tree.
File:ButtonShroom.jpeg|The button mushroom.
File:VenisonRaw.jpeg|Raw venison.
File:VenisonCooked.jpeg|Cooked venison.
File:Bloom.jpeg|Music Disc Bloom.
File:WillowBoat.jpeg|The willow boat.
File:Hide.jpeg|The new texture for leather/hide.
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