Minecraft 1.21.11

Everything below is measured by comparing the game files of 1.21.10 with 1.21.11 — not copied from patch notes.

1.21.11 block and item additions

17 new blocks and items. Hover a slot for the name; click to open its page.

Items +17

Camel Husk Spawn EggCopper Nautilus ArmorCopper SpearDiamond Nautilus ArmorDiamond SpearGolden Nautilus ArmorGolden SpearIron Nautilus ArmorIron SpearNautilus Spawn EggNetherite Horse ArmorNetherite Nautilus ArmorNetherite SpearParched Spawn EggStone SpearWooden SpearZombie Nautilus Spawn Egg

Mobs and entities +4

Camel HuskNautilusParchedZombie Nautilus

Status effects +1

How to make the new things 9

Hover a slot to see what goes in it.

Result	Made in	Recipe
Copper Spear	Crafting
Diamond Spear	Crafting
Golden Spear	Crafting
Iron Spear	Crafting
Netherite Horse Armor	Smithing
Netherite Nautilus Armor	Smithing
Netherite Spear	Smithing
Stone Spear	Crafting
Wooden Spear	Crafting

Sound events +67

New in-game text 184

Showing the first 80 of 184 new strings.

Read from Mojang’s own release notes for Minecraft: Java Edition 1.21.11, published 2025-12-09. Every entry keeps its original bug ID.

298 issues fixed, read from Mojang’s own patch notes. Each entry keeps its original bug ID.

Fixed bugs in 1.21.11 94

• MC-2791 The player model in the inventory screen renders in the wrong orientation when it's not standing up straight
• MC-22882 Ctrl + Q doesn't work on Mac
• MC-53491 The world border can change in size when the game is paused
• MC-54988 World border "warning" effect is not shown when graphics setting is set to "Fast"
• MC-54989 Sliders can be moved to positions between available values
• MC-64087 Revengeful zombies / Zombie reinforcements will try to attack you in creative mode
• MC-73186 Gaps between the faces of item models and complex block models
• MC-80476 On macOS, the "drop item stack" shortcut conflicts with the "quit Minecraft" shortcut
• MC-114265 Mipmaps are too dark around transparent edges in textures (e.g. side of grass
• MC-146862 Long effect names cause text to appear outside the effect box
• MC-147718 F1, F3, F3+[char] combos cannot be rebound
• MC-149630 Some particles have very thin, vertical lines that flash in and out around the particles
• MC-154651 Boats and rafts can break off paintings and item frames
• MC-159275 Map player markers on maps of the nether don't rotate when doDaylightCycle is disabled
• MC-162573 A white outline is rendered on composters' edges when viewed from far away
• MC-171688 Invisibility status of LivingEntity is not updated when ActiveEffects are modified directly
• MC-179383 Leaves not culled with graphics set to Fast
• MC-188602 In non-natural custom dimensions, if "bed_works" is set to true, beds cannot be used to skip the night or set the spawn point
• MC-189837 Nether fog is dark after rejoining a world that is thunder storming in the Overworld
• MC-195505 Short grass is unaffected by mipmap levels
• MC-199467 Certain entity animations stop after they've existed in world for too long
• MC-234358 Moiré patterns / aliasing on certain objects when viewed from a distance
• MC-237158 Magma blocks can generate on the ceilings of caves below aquifers
• MC-238715 The "minecraft:block.chest.locked" sound cannot be heard by other players when attempting to open locked blocks
• MC-241321 Darkness vignette effect is not shown when graphics setting is set to "Fast"
• MC-245854 Fast graphics description is slightly misleading
• MC-245895 View Bobbing stops working after long elytra flight
• MC-248499 Potion UIs displayed within the inventory don't have cyan outlines if the effects are granted by beacons or conduits
• MC-259368 Z-fighting occurs on trimmed armor items
• MC-263562 World types in Realms backup info screen are untranslatable
• MC-264151 Glass blocks do not use mipmapping, but glass panes do
• MC-266425 Recipes for new waxed copper blocks are not grouped
• MC-267364 Teleporting in the air is considered flying by server
• MC-269295 Jump bar progress renders unused pixels from dynamic texture atlas
• MC-271729 Armadillo scute drops are not affected by the mob_drops game rule
• MC-271938 Mace smash attack can push players in creative mode that are flying
• MC-271941 Music discs can sometimes spawn inside jukeboxes when ejected from them
• MC-274828 Horse armor item and entity model tint affects the entirety of the textures
• MC-276382 Leather horse armor leggings & helmet parts are untextured
• MC-276445 Highlighted text within the anvil and creative inventory interfaces renders blue making it difficult to read
• MC-277768 Mipmapping no longer affects items
• MC-278742 Creakings cannot be ridden by any entities using commands
• MC-279076 Certain mobs will always retarget the player upon reloading the chunks, regardless of distance or gamemode
• MC-295949 Flying through vines with an elytra cancels the flight
• MC-296952 F4 key to toggle shaders cannot be rebound
• MC-297328 Unloading and reloading an area causes invisible entities to be visible until you get close enough.
• MC-297367 Checkbox filled status isn't narrated
• MC-298405 Text components in the "label" of input controls in dialogs don't support "hover_event"
• MC-298767 Piercing arrows phase through mobs that are in the same block
• MC-298915 Multishot crossbows loaded in survival or adventure mode show their secondary charged projectiles on a separate line in the tooltip
• MC-298942 Character body moves instead of the head when riding a happy ghast
• MC-299136 Hyper Potions (Ian Tsuchiura) is not mentioned in the credits and splash texts
• MC-299196 Waypoints fade out when an advancement is granted
• MC-299876 Labels for booleans within dialogs are rendered in a slightly different shade of white than normal
• MC-300588 Waypoint modifications reset upon death
• MC-300642 When texture atlases are large, gaps are rendered between blocks that have a low resolution
• MC-300979 The movement and duration messages in the demo introduction screen now have a text shadow
• MC-301127 Music stops and restarts when trying to connect to a server when the music frequency is set to constant
• MC-301271 Object text components do not render in some places unless there are text glyphs on the same line
• MC-301311 The “Transfer Now” button no longer renders highlighted when the java realms information box is selected
• MC-301424 entity_data item component detection is broken in resource packs
• MC-301516 The mouse cursor doesn’t change to the hand shape when hovering over tabs in the “Create New World” menu and similar screens
• MC-301517 The mouse cursor doesn’t change to the hand shape when hovering over arrows in the singleplayer, multiplayer, resource packs, and data packs menus
• MC-301518 The mouse cursor doesn’t change to the hand shape when hovering over checkboxes
• MC-301520 The mouse cursor doesn’t change to the hand shape when hovering over the difficulty lock button
• MC-301527 The mouse cursor doesn’t change to the resize shape when scrolling in the advancements menu
• MC-301557 The shading direction of the bolts on single and large copper chests does not match
• MC-301595 Music toasts briefly appear in the pause menu after a song has finished
• MC-301632 Comparators measuring jukeboxes do not update when a music disc is taken out of a jukebox if the music disc has already finished its song
• MC-301754 The hand animation plays when right-clicking shelves with nothing in your hand
• MC-301756 The “This is a Snapshot Realm…” box outline is rendered above the delete realm interface
• MC-301763 The outline of the “Invited” element within the realms “Players” tab renders above other tabs when selected and when a scroll bar is present
• MC-301805 Selected item outline on statistics screen renders outside of scissor area
• MC-301879 Double weathered and waxed weathered copper chests' bottom texture looks off compared to the other variants
• MC-301988 Buttons in the telemetry screen are not aligned properly in some languages
• MC-302030 Setting commandBlocksEnabled to false prevents command blocks from being edited
• MC-302071 Single and double copper chests have inconsistent side textures
• MC-302111 Elements within the resource pack and data pack menus are not selected in order when using the TAB key
• MC-302184 Copper golems in cave/void air never turn into statues
• MC-302209 Debug renderers stop working when changing dimensions
• MC-302246 Sprite object component does not render in server list depending on component tree
• MC-302254 Cursor changes do not work for command suggestions
• MC-302288 All shelves have the oak tan map color
• MC-302325 When the player toggles a debug renderer using its hotkey (F3+B, F3+G) while in the debug options screen, the corresponding entry is not updated
• MC-302338 The narrator button in the Accessibility Settings menu doesn't update upon pressing Ctrl+B
• MC-302362 Clicking on "Singleplayer" or "Multiplayer" in the main menu then immediately clicking on a world or server joins it even when not clicking the play button
• MC-302409 Lightning that strikes waxed lightning rods do not deoxidize nearby unwaxed copper blocks
• MC-302469 Creepers at the player's exact position with an explosion radius of 0 set the player's velocity to NaN
• MC-302477 Loot tables stopped supporting SNBT as entity data
• MC-302482 Resource and data pack names can overlap selection boxes when the scroll bar is present
• MC-302493 The mouse cursor doesn't change to the hand shape when hovering over the close button in the "Add Realm" screen
• MC-302516 Zombie villagers spawn as the variant matching the biome at 0, 0, 0
• MC-302549 Server main thread deadlock during respawn position resolution when the entire world spawn radius is filled with fluids
• MC-302601 A white outline is rendered on anvils' top texture when viewed from far away

Every build Mojang published on the way to 1.21.11, in order.

1. Snapshot

   6

   Weekly work-in-progress build. Things break and get removed again.

   25w41a25w42a25w43a25w44a25w45a25w46a

2. Pre-release

   5

   Feature-complete; only bug fixes land between here and release.

   1.21.11-pre11.21.11-pre21.21.11-pre31.21.11-pre41.21.11-pre5

3. Release candidate

   3

   The build Mojang intends to ship unless a blocking bug turns up.

   1.21.11-rc11.21.11-rc21.21.11-rc3

4. Release

   1.21.11

   The build that shipped. Everything above led here.