7 Things You Should Do Before Minecraft 1.21 Update Release

Jun. 5, 2024

TheMinecraft 1.21 releaseis around the corner and everyone, including us, is so excited to finally play around with the crafter, trial chambers, and new blocks. If you already have a Minecraft world you will be playing in with the newest update, then you should make some preparations. This guide will show you the major things you should do before the release of the Minecraft 1.21 update to get ready for the new content.

1. Stock up on Copper and Tuff Blocks

Minecraft 1.21brings loads of new copper and tuff blocks, includingcopper grates,copper bulb, chiseled copper, copper doors and trapdoors, tuff stairs, slabs and walls,tuff bricks,polished tuff, and more.

So, the first thing to do before the release is to gather lots of tuff andcopper blocks.

Tuff generates only deep underground, so exploring caves or strip-mining are both amazing ways to locate and get some of this stuff. Copper ores are usually generated throughout the Minecraft world, but most ores appear around Y level = 47 and 48. OurMinecraft ore distributionguide will help you even further in finding copper and other ores.

In case you didn’t know, witches are now guaranteed todrop 4-8 redstone dust on death. So, witch farms are far more reliable and powerful due to this change. If you want to play around with redstone in Minecraft a lot, then a witch farm will help you get all theredstone dustyou’ll need for crafting recipes.

Speaking of redstone, one of the most important additions in the Minecraft 1.21 update is the new crafter. This block requires a redstone signal and can auto-craft any item.

Furthermore, using a crafter is quite expensive, as it requires five iron ingots, tworedstone dust, acrafting table, and adropper. Making aniron farmis therefore essential, but it will also help out in making so many other components.

The Witch farm will take care of all your redstone dust needs and acobblestone generatorwill provide all the cobblestone you’ll need for droppers. Moreover, if youmake a tree farm, you’ll have an unlimited source of logs and wood for the rest of your world’s life.

This update majorly focuses on thetrial chambersand the combat challenges inside it. So, the more prepared you are for the battles, the better. As the fourth thing to do before Minecraft 1.21’s release, we would recommend you make severaldiamond swords, or even betternetherite swords,shields, and each piece of diamond ornetherite armor.

After that, you’ll want to enchant them withsword enchantmentsandbest armor enchantments, so you can be as powerful and protected as possible. Not only that, but you will want to havemending enchantmenton them and your main gear, as well as aMinecraft XP farmso you can easily repair the items.

Having a greatsource of foodis just as important. So, making acow farmfor steak,chicken farmfor cooked chicken, or avillager trading hallfor the golden carrots is highly recommended.

While we are on the topic ofvillagers, let’s take a look at cartographers and shepherds. One of the ways you canfind trial chambersis by buying aTreasure mapfrom the cartographer and following it to the structure.

So, to prepare for this update, you shouldbreed villagersand apply the job of a cartographer to the villager via acartography tablewhen the update drops. They sell the map when at the journeyman or third level, so you’ll also have to gather someemeralds. You may need several villagers to get the map.

On the other hand, a shepherd’s master-level trade is three paintings, andMinecraft 1.21 added 20 new paintingsto the game, so you’ll want to decorate with them. You may alsomake a wool farmif you want tomake the paintingsyourself.

After you’re done gathering resources and preparing the mobs, it’s time to back up your world. By doing so, you ensure that your world is safe from any potential issues or bugs that might appear in the first week of the update as well as because of trimming your world, as shared in the next section. Backing up your world is simple. Here are the steps explaining the process:

When you update your world, the game will choose not to disturb the already-generated chunks. So, the trial chambers will not spawn in areas you have already loaded or explored. Thus, many players tend to trim their world before the update to remove all chunks where they haven’t done anything significant.

This will ensure there are trial chambers closer to your spawn point, and you don’t have to travel for tens of thousands of blocks just to locate the first one. However, trimming your world is not all that simple. It requires you to install an app that will modify your world file size and delete chunks. You can check out thisvideo tutorialon the topic to get started.

And there you have it, everyone. If you have reached the end of this guide, it means you now know about the most important actions you can do before the Minecraft 1.21 update releases next week. Which one will you do first?

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