Java Edition 1.21.6
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Minecraft 1.21.6
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There is a guide for this update!See Java Edition guides/Summer Drop 2025 for a guide to all of the new features introduced in Summer Drop 2025.
1.21.6, the release of the Summer Drop 2025, is an upcoming version of Java Edition that is set to release in June 2025.[1]
Additions
Blocks
- Found in soul sand valleys.
- Can be crafted using ghast tears and a bone block.
Items
- Used to spawn a happy ghast.
- Used to fly on happy ghasts.
- Have 16 variants, matching the color of wool used to craft the harness.
Mobs
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- Spawned after a dried ghast gets hydrated in water.
- Can be turned into a happy ghast by feeding snowballs.
Experimental
Gameplay
- The player locator bar is a new UI element on the player HUD that displays the direction of other players in the world.
- When the player locator bar experiment is enabled and there are multiple players in a world, the player locator bar will appear on-screen for each player, replacing the experience bar. The player level number will still be visible as before above the player locator bar.
- The player locator bar will display colored indicators when the camera is facing within 120 degrees towards another player. If another player is 30 degrees above or below the camera's viewport (the screen) an up or down arrow will be displayed.
- Players in spectator mode are not visible on the player locator bar.
- A player can hide and prevent their indicator from appearing on the locator bar via the following means:
- Sneaking.
- Wearing a head or a carved pumpkin.
- Being under the invisibility effect.
- Can be disabled by map creator or server operator.
Changes
Mobs
Ghast
- Updated its texture.
General
- The pack format version is now
73.
- The pack format version is now
56
Fixes
References
- ↑ Jump up to: a b "The Spring to Life game drop comes today, the summer drop updates comes in June!" – @JustJosIt on X (formerly Twitter), March 25, 2025 (archived)
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