Java Edition 1.21

1.21 is an upcoming major update to Java Edition scheduled to release in mid-2024, with initial development versions scheduled for "the coming weeks". Originally announced at Minecraft Live 2023 on October 15, 2023, the update is said to focus on "combat adventures and tinkering". It includes several copper block variants, trial chambers, and armadillos, the winner of the 2023 mob vote. It also includes the new crafter, new tuff brick types, and more enemies that spawn in the trial chambers.
==Additions==
===Blocks ===
====Baobab Log====
*A new type of wood.
* Found in baobab trees, with baobab leaves, which can drop baobab fruit.
*Can be crafted into planks, wood, doors, trapdoors, fences, fence gates, buttons, pressure plates, signs, and boats.
====Sawmill====
*Like a stonecutter, but with wood planks.
*Has the same interface as a stonecutter.
* Accepts:
**Oak Logs/Planks
**Spruce Logs/Planks
**Birch Logs/Planks
**Jungle Logs/Planks
**Acacia Logs/Planks
**Dark Oak Logs/Planks
**Crimson Logs/Planks
** Warped Logs/Planks
**Mangrove Logs/Planks
**Maple Logs/Planks
**Orange Logs/Planks
**Banana Logs/Planks
**Baobab Logs/Planks
*Any input can make its respective plank, slab, fence and log/stem fence variants.
*Credit to TheCrayCray for inspiration.
==== Log/Stem Fence ====
* A new type of fence.
* The same recipe as a normal fence, but the planks are replaced with logs/stems.
* Are technically 1.5 blocks tall, and cannot be jumped over.
* Looks like a fence, but with the wood type's respective log/stem texture.
====Tomb====
*A new, uncraftable block.
*Generates in savanna pyramids.
*Cannot be picked up, even with Silk Touch.
*Can be pushed with pistons.
==== Termite Mound====
*Less than a full block.
*Like bee nests, termites come out when broken.
====Ostrich Egg====
* Up to 4 can be placed in one block.
*Function similar to turtle eggs, but can be laid anywhere.
===Items===
====Baobab Fruit ====
*Drops from baobab leaves.
*Fill 4 hunger points.
*Can be fed to elephants, to breed them.
====Sawdust====
*Drops in quantities of 3-5 when a termite eats a log or wood block.
*Has a similar texture to glowstone dust, but is more beige rather than yellow.
====Spawn Egg====
*Added ostrich spawn egg and elephant spawn egg.
===Mobs ===
====Ostrich====
*A new mob spawning in savannas and baobab deserts.
*Has 16 health (8 hearts).
*Can be tamed by riding it until heart particles appear.
*Can be controlled without saddles, yet still need taming to control.
*Drop 1-3 feathers when killed.
*Can be bred with any type of seed. They will lay ostrich eggs upon being bred.
*Are faster than horses, but only jump about as high as a player.
*Randomly will stick its head in the ground, and sometimes finds loot. The loot includes:
**Nothing: 25.5%
**String: 12.3%
**Stick: 11.4%
** Apple: 10.8%
** Rotten Flesh: 9.2%
**Bone: 9.1%
**Gunpowder: 6.7%
** Iron Nugget: 6.2%
**Salmon: 3.5%
** Ink Sac: 2.3%
**Phantom Membrane: 1.7%
**Emerald: 1.3%
====Termite====
* A new mob spawning in savannas and baobab deserts, and can come out from termite mounds or be released when one is broken.
*Have 4 health (2 hearts).
* Like to eat wood, a new mechanic.
**They will sit on log or wood blocks of any type except for Crimson and Warped, and the block will give off breaking particles until fully eaten.
**They can also eat dead coral blocks.
*Spawn less frequently near savanna or baobab villages.
====Elephant====
*A new mob spawning in savannas.
* Have 40 health (20 hearts).
*Drop 1-4 leather when killed.
*Can be bred with apples, oranges, bananas, melon and baobab fruit.
*Are neutral, but only attack once when attacked, dealing 6 damage (3 hearts).
==== Zebra ====
* A new mob spawning in savannas.
* Have 16 health (8 hearts).
* Drop 0-1 leather when killed.
* Can be bred with wheat.
===World generation===
====Baobab Deserts====
*A new biome, typically spawning near savannas or desert biomes.
*Retains the same grass color as savannas.
*Include baobab trees, which are 2-3 blocks thick and up to 20 blocks tall.
*Also include termite mounds.
*Generally consist of baobab forests, hilly terrain and patches of sand, but mostly grass.
====Savanna Pyramid====
*A new naturally generated structure exclusively in savannas.
*The third temple/pyramid, following desert and jungle pyramids.
*Has a large main room, leading into four 2x2 piston doors, leading into the main room.
*The main room is down the stairs. It has a 3x3 cube of gold without corners, leaving 19 gold blocks.
*There are also four chests, containing typical dungeon loot.
*Is extremely rare, due to it's high reward.
*Consists of granite, polished granite, terracotta, and acacia wood.
*Contains a new block, the tomb, that is two blocks tall and unobtainable without /give or the creative inventory.
==== Baobab Village ====
* A new village type.
* Generates in baobab deserts.
==Changes==
*Advancements
**A Balanced Diet
**Now requires baobab fruit.
*Two by Two
**Now requires ostriches and elephants.
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