Minecraft 21w11a

Everything below is measured by comparing the game files of 21w10a with 21w11a — not copied from patch notes.

21w11a block and item additions

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

Blocks +2 · −2

Cave VinesCave Vines Plant

Removed: minecraft:cave_vines_body, minecraft:cave_vines_head

Particles +4

Sound events +3

Block states changed

New in-game text 9

Reworded text 1

Wording Mojang changed in this version.

Read from Mojang’s own release notes for Minecraft Snapshot 21w11a, published 2021-03-17. Every entry keeps its original bug ID.

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

Fixed Bugs in 21w11a 110

• MC-1483 Snow covered grass/podzol/mycelium block side texture does not match original block
• MC-12363 Lava / water / powder snow bucket desync when using it while rapidly turning
• MC-70850 False negatives during occlusion culling
• MC-71530 Spectators can't see through lava
• MC-145501 Librarian and zombie librarian torso top texture is incorrect
• MC-150054 Spectral arrow texture on item and entity aren't consistent
• MC-150784 Brewing Stand bottle outline incorrect
• MC-154006 Overworld wood signs use the outdated wood texture on all sides
• MC-160195 Jungle door inventory texture is outdated
• MC-160388 Painting back texture has not been updated with the texture update
• MC-195806 Smoker's top and bottom textures have inconsistently colored pixels
• MC-197561 Carved pumpkins and jack o'lanterns create swastikas
• MC-197883 Jigsaw Structures causing DataFixer spam
• MC-198805 Floating pixel in the tailfin of a guardian/elder guardian
• MC-202760 Area effect cloud does not enforce a maximum radius
• MC-203554 block.amethyst_block.chime has no subtitle
• MC-203561 Amethyst crystal cluster drops items when block is moved directly by a piston without actually breaking the block
• MC-203623 Inconsistency: Breaking amethyst crystals with hands doesn't drop the item, but breaking the block they are placed on drops them
• MC-203676 Tinted Glass suffocates entities inside of it
• MC-203753 Spyglass use statistic never increases
• MC-203918 Mobs can spawn on tinted glass
• MC-204016 When filling a lava cauldron with lava, the lava is placed on the ground, not in the cauldron. This also affects powder snow.
• MC-204862 Tinted glass is not included in the impermeable tag
• MC-205913 Lightning rod can spawn skeleton horses with skeletons
• MC-206787 World Border is rendered upside down
• MC-207557 Frozen hearts in hardcore mode look identical to frozen hearts in survival mode
• MC-211513 Trident returning to owner not in the same world can cause permanent player kick
• MC-212123 Player lighting is inconsistent in the inventory and appears darker on the front
• MC-212226 Bone Meal can still be used on a Glow Lichen when it is unable to grow
• MC-212410 Cannot compost glow lichen
• MC-213743 Spectators can't see through powder snow
• MC-213764 Removing the block supporting a spore blossom allows the spore blossom to float
• MC-213765 Cave vine blocks are inconsistent in ID from other similar blocks
• MC-213768 Removing the support block for hanging roots allows it to float
• MC-213778 Cave vines cannot be climbed
• MC-213782 Cave vines do not slow you down like other vines
• MC-213798 Cave vines head and body emit different light levels
• MC-213886 Bone meal cannot be used on dripleaf stems
• MC-213911 Cave vines body and cave vines head share the same name
• MC-213980 Moss appropriate tool is axe rather than hoe
• MC-214568 Setting a lectern on fire causes z-fighting
• MC-215036 Snow layers in "Snowy Kingdom" superflat preset generate 64 blocks above the ground
• MC-215384 Azaleas cannot be used as a fuel
• MC-216134 Gilded blackstone texture does not match the new side texture of blackstone
• MC-216184 Player takes no fall damage on blocks above y=316
• MC-216227 Sugar cane item texture is no longer accurate from 13w36a forward
• MC-216737 When replacing tuff, ores still generate with a "stone" background below y=0
• MC-216945 Teams become dysfunctional when any entity leaves the team
• MC-216965 Flat "slices" of terrain generating in cracks
• MC-217303 Potential optimization target in DepthBasedReplacingBaseStoneSource
• MC-217546 stat.fallOneCm is not updated when falling onto a block above y=316
• MC-217802 Some blocks generate at wrong Y height in a superflat world
• MC-218587 Lightning rod still can't be waterlogged
• MC-218594 Debug chunk borders don't render properly
• MC-218596 Debug pie is blacked out
• MC-218597 Water has no fog anymore
• MC-218603 Screen turns dark grey when switching dimension
• MC-218604 Hanging roots can generate hanging on other hanging roots, making them float
• MC-218609 Mipmapping causes some block faces to become too dark
• MC-218610 Banners are unimpacted by light levels
• MC-218626 Cannot enchant items
• MC-218635 With fast graphics, the freezing overlay renders black, and covers the whole screen black in first person
• MC-218640 Broken spyglass overlay on fast graphics
• MC-218641 Red vignette shown when outside the world border is too intense
• MC-218645 The carved pumpkin overlay turns the screen completely black when using fast graphics
• MC-218652 The green nausea overlay no longer renders
• MC-218653 Glowing effect no longer changes to team color
• MC-218655 Floating water generates excessively in lush caves
• MC-218660 The nether portal overlay no longer renders, whilst using fast graphics
• MC-218695 Shulkers do not flash red when hurt or killed
• MC-218712 Debug pie has purple box when moving an enchanted item
• MC-218713 Right clicking to open alternate recipes does not show the recipes
• MC-218729 Noise cave entrances cause unnatural, smooth edges in terrain
• MC-218734 Caves generate with very blocky areas
• MC-218748 At sunset, a blue line appears in the northern and southern skies
• MC-218753 Ambient occlusion of the player seen in the survival inventory has changed
• MC-218765 Glowing effect no longer renders around translucent pixels
• MC-218793 Two white lines appear on the Mojang loading screen
• MC-218817 Cave Vines can generate without supporting blocks
• MC-218825 M1 ARM Macs crash when using Fabulous Graphics mode as was the case in older versions, but no lack of support warning is shown
• MC-218830 World border is white
• MC-218834 You can see block hitboxes very clearly whilst in powder snow/lava
• MC-218845 Mojang logo screen flashes blue before changing to red
• MC-218852 World border is occasionally shown as a solid color upon being loaded
• MC-218877 The red flash when a mob is hurt/killed appears to be slightly dimmed
• MC-218881 When selecting text in the end, the sky gets highlighted
• MC-218911 The background of hover-event text becomes blue when text is selected in an anvil or chat
• MC-218945 Spyglass has a gradient effect while freezing
• MC-218979 Cave ceilings and floors sometimes too flat or blocky
• MC-218988 Fire is rendered dark in the player/horse/llama UI
• MC-218990 Transparency buffers start with blue background instead of empty background
• MC-219002 The wither's wither armor has a blue aura around it
• MC-219006 The background opacity of subtitles and chat, are affected by a potion effect UI fading out
• MC-219014 Charged creeper layer makes clouds and entities invisible
• MC-219036 World border is shown as a solid color when picking up items or experience orbs
• MC-219039 World border does not render when below the world
• MC-219049 Reloading resource packs no longer shows the progress bar while the transparent background is shown
• MC-219105 Entity hitboxes can be seen whilst inside of powder snow/lava
• MC-219108 Chat scroll bar is offset
• MC-219111 Social interactions scroll bar appears broken
• MC-219126 Xray with spyglass
• MC-219155 Cast fishing line is disconnected from the rod
• MC-219180 Slime blocks, honey blocks, stained glass, and ice are fully lit when moved by pistons
• MC-219208 Xray using enchanted items
• MC-219212 Entity shadows can be seen whilst inside of powder snow/lava
• MC-219224 The background opacity of command syntax help is affected when highlighting text
• MC-219278 Being inside of a block no longer shows the block texture
• MC-219281 Dying ender dragon is rendered too bright
• MC-219392 Lead/fishing line is no longer affected by the fog from powder snow/lava
• MC-219597 End portal and end gateway textures expand as the player travels further from the block

This build was part of the run-up to 1.17. Everything tested here landed in that release.