Minecraft 1.21 Review: Does It Live Up to the Hype?

Jun. 13, 2024

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One of the biggest Minecraft updates has finally made its way to players and everyone is excited to explore the trial chambers and revamp theirMinecraft farmswith crafters! Now that Minecraft 1.21 features are out, you must be wondering if they truly deserve your attention. Well, I’ve been testing the Minecraft 1.21 update since the release of the first snapshot, so let me share my views on all the new features in this release.

There are quite a lot of new features with theMinecraft 1.21 update. These include:

As you can see, the Minecraft 1.21 update packs a total of94 additions. However, it’s safe to say that these features have been polished nicely. They function as planned and don’t have significant bugs or exploit opportunities. That said, how do these new features interact with the old ones? So, let’s talk about that.

The features in the latest Minecraft 1.21 updatemainly focus on the combataspect of the game. Many of them are part of the newtrial chambers, which aims to provide exciting and unpredictable battles that the player will enjoy. Some players claim Minecraft is too easy, so this new structure is going to offer harder challenges and greater rewards if you’re up for them.

Not only that but due to the brilliantvaultsandominous vaults, every player will be rewarded, no matter how late they are to the party. I say that because, unlike chests, the vaults give every player who interacts with them rewards individually. As a major problem on the multiplayer servers, it’s good to see the 1.21 update fixing it with a smart solution.

Thecrafterblock on its own has helped with plenty of inconveniences that would arise during the day-to-day grind and gameplay. So, it is more than a welcome addition in multiplayer and single-player worlds. I can’t wait to see the redstone mechanic maestros and fanatics put the crafters to good use in theirMinecraft farms.

On the other hand, some features may seem a bit unbalanced. Yeah, we are talking about the mace and brand-newpotioneffects. TheMinecraft maceis a new melee weapon that’s extremely powerful in the right hands. It can be enchanted with 3 uniquemace enchantments, which provide additional power and abilities.

Despite all this, I believe that the mace has been tamed to be powerful but not broken with testing in snapshots. So, I would say the mace fits in with the rest of the game’s world very well. However, the same might not be said for potions.

There are 4 new potions –potion of oozing, infestation, weaving, and wind charging. These potions have an intended use inside trial chambers to make ominous trials more difficult. However, the oozing potion in particular is themost controversial one.

It summons two medium slimes upon the death of an affected mob or player. These slimes drop slime just like normal slimes, so you can imagine how easily players can get slime with just one splash potion of oozing and a bunch of chickens.

This addition in my opinion doesn’t make much sense. Theslime farmswon’t be as efficient and useful as they used to be, so simplyno one will bother building them. Furthermore, you’ll obtain morh slime, so this resource will essentially become free. But if Mojang is making slime easier to obtain then maybe that’s the point.

Maybe Minecraft 1.22 will have something important to do with slime and players will need them in large quantities. Or this may just be an easy way to get slime in case you don’t feel like hunting them in a swamp or making a farm.

Apart from this, there is also the potion of weaving, which generates cobwebs upon the death of an affected mob or player. This is an easy way of obtaining cobwebs, though that is acceptable, as they were difficult to get and weren’t renewable before.

The community’s feedback and suggestions have created the crafter and the vault blocks, which have fixed some glaring issues in the game.

Minecraft 1.21 was expected to be a new 1.16 update that would finally fix the End dimension and make it more lively as the endgame location. Instead, Mojang focused on mechanics that were not necessary to be upgraded immediately. That said,the developers have been regularly listening to the community’s feedback, so we can expect other requested features in the future.

Perhaps Mojang is working on a massive End Update but simply needs more time to execute it in the right way. They first focused on a smaller update introducing various useful items and blocks. What do you think about this possibility?

Let’s compare Minecraft 1.21 to last year’s 1.20 update. The1.20 updateadded fewer new features to the game than the latest update. However, it truly has a little bit of everything in it. From brand-new decorative blocks, thecherry grove biome, and cute passive mobs to changes implemented in most structures, thanks toarmor trimsandarcheology, there was so much to explore.

The 1.21 update, on the other hand, mainly focuses on improving one major game aspect – combat. Note that this doesn’t make the update fully stand out for me as it has adifferent goalaltogether. So, while a direct comparison wouldn’t be fair, 1.21 proves to be a feature-packed Minecraft update.

Now that we have looked at all the changes in Minecraft 1.21, I’ll give you my opinion on whether or not it is a good update. In short,yeah, I think this is a fairly good update. It adds many brand-new features that mostly complement the already-existing game features.

Moreover, some of its additions are a direct result of the community’s feedback, which is always a huge plus. Some of these items are surprises, making you look forward to trying them out in your world.

To add to this, Minecraft 1.21 is afulfilling updatefor players who like combat challenges. They would love exploring the trial chambers and fighting hordes of mobs with friends. The second sect who will appreciate this update are redstone fanatics, thanks to the new crafter block.

So, all in all, while we didn’t get an End Update, the quality-of-life features, great-looking decorative blocks, and the completely new and complex trial chamber make the 1.21 update worth the salt.

At least, that’s how I feel about the Minecraft 1.21 release. Do you agree with me? Would you say the 1.21 update is good enough? Leave your thoughts in the comments below!

I’m a gaming enthusiast with a strong passion for writing. My expertise lies in creating simple, to the point and clear content teaching you about various features, mechanics and community-based inventions related to Minecraft. In spare time, I love flying around in my Minecraft world and exploring stories of other pixelated games.