Minecraft 1.21.2 Snapshot 24W37A Patch Notes

Nothing is worse than an ender pearl not placing you where it should, but as of this snapshot, that trouble should be gone for good! Today, we explore Minecraft 1.21.2 Snapshot 24W37A, the changes it brings, and how ender pearls will load chunks to ensure you get to where you are supposed to be.

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New Features

Changes

Thrown Ender Pearls now load and tick chunks
Added language support for High Norwegian

Ender Pearl Chunk Loading

Ender Pearls now ensure that the chunk they are in or travel into is always loaded and ticking
They also load chunks when crossing to a new dimension, so that they can always continue to travel
This ensures that Ender Pearls can always land, and makes cross dimensional Ender Pearl travelling more predictable
Ender Pearls now unload when a player logs out, and reappear whenever that player logs back in, similar to how mounts currently behave

Mob Conversion Details

In last week’s snapshot, we fixed a bug related to which data gets transferred between mobs when converted from one type to another (ex: zombie to drowned). This week, we have reverted a few of those changes (health, attributes, and loot tables are no longer transferred).

Here is a full list of tags, data, and other properties which get transferred when a mob is converted (only relevant for mobs that can have these properties):
- AbsorptionAmount
- active_effects
- Age
- AngerTime
- AngryAt
- ArmorDropChances
- ArmorItems
- Brain.memories.minecraft:angry_at.ttl
- Brain.memories.minecraft:angry_at.value
- CanBreakDoors
- CanPickUpLoot
- CustomNameVisible
- CustomName
- fall_distance
- FallFlying
- Fire
- ForcedAge
- HandDropChances
- HandItems
- HurtByTimestamp
- HurtTime
- Invulnerable
- IsBaby
- Leash
- LeftHanded
- Motion
- NoAI
- NoGravity
- OnGround
- Passengers
- PersistenceRequired
- PortalCooldown
- Position
- RootVehicle
- Rotation
- Silent
- SleepingX
- SleepingY
- SleepingZ
- Tags
- Team
Mobs that split into several mobs rather than converting from one type into another do not transfer the following properties:
- ArmorDropChances
- ArmorItems
- fall_distance
- FallFlying
- HandDropChances
- HandItems
- HurtByTimestamp
- HurtTime
- Leash
- Motion
- OnGround
- Passengers
- Position
- Rotation
- SleepingX
- SleepingY
- SleepingZ
Some properties mentioned in MC-88967 are intentionally not transferred in any conversion:
- Attributes
- Gossips
- Health
- Loot tables
- VillagerData
- Xp

Technical Changes

The Data Pack version is now 53
Resource Pack version is now 38

Data Pack Version 53

Loot tables

Tool value (used for functions like match_tool) is now available for some additional loot table types
- archaeology – used brush
- vault – inserted key (not available when displaying items)
- shearing – shears
Chickens laying eggs is now controlled by a loot table found at gameplay/chicken_lay
Armadillos randomly dropping scutes is now controlled by a loot table found at gameplay/armadillo_shed

Hero of the Village Gift Loot Tables

The loot given by Villagers is now controlled by two additional loot tables:
- gameplay/hero_of_the_village/unemployed_gift – used if the Villager is unemployed
- gameplay/hero_of_the_village/baby_gift – used if the Villager is a baby

Tags

Item Tags

duplicates_allays: Items that can be used to duplicate Allays when dancing
panda_eats_from_ground: Items that a Panda will pick up from the ground and eat
brewing_fuel: Items that can be used as fuel in a Brewing Stand

Item Component Changes

minecraft:fire_resistant -> minecraft:damage_resistant

Has a new field: types, hash-prefixed damage type tag
- Items with this component, when in entity form, will be resistant to the damage types included in the tag
- This component also affects whether the equipped item will be damaged when the wearer is hurt by a given damage type

minecraft:item_name

Name provided by this component always has the lowest priority
- That means it will be overriden by components like minecraft:potion_contents

minecraft:potion_contents

Added optional string field custom_name
- When present, it will be used to generate containing stack name
- For example, if value is foo and item is minecraft:lingering_potion, the name of item will be translation of item.minecraft.lingering_potion.effect.foo

minecraft:equippable

Added the following fields
- swappable: boolean (default: true), whether the item can be equipped into the relevant slot by right-clicking
- damage_on_hurt: boolean (default: true), whether this item will be damaged when the wearing entity is damaged

Added minecraft:death_protection

If present, this item will protect the holder from dying by restoring a single health point
Format: object with fields
- death_effects: An optional list of effects that are applied when the item protects the holder
  - These effects are the same as those specified by the on_consume_effects field in the consumable component

Predicates

salmon entity sub-predicate

Added minecraft:salmon entity sub-predicate
Fields:
- variant: one of small, medium, large

Advancements

Triggers

minecraft:killed_by_crossbow -> minecraft:killed_by_arrow

Will now trigger whenever an Arrow kills an entity, not just when fired from a Crossbow
Has a new optional Item Predicate field, fired_from_weapon
- Can be used to match the item used to shoot the arrow

Resource Pack Version 38

GUI Sprites

The appearance of a highlighted slot may now be customized by replacing sprites:
- container/slot_highlight_front: The sprite to render in front of highlighted slots
- container/slot_highlight_back: The sprite to render behind highlighted slots
Likewise, the appearance of a highlighted item within the Bundle can be customized with the following sprites:
- container/bundle/slot_highlight_front
- container/bundle/slot_highlight_back

Fixed bugs in 24w37a

MC-119369 – Boats crash/break and can kill their passengers when falling certain distances
MC-206436 – Stonecutter ignores anything over 64 when shift-clicking
MC-260537 – Tree growth can replace leaves that have the ‘persistent’ block state set to true
MC-265399 – Players’ heads are incorrectly positioned while exiting the swimming/crawling state when other players are on screen
MC-275205 – The hand animation is delayed and doesn’t play all the time
MC-275300 – Mace smash attack damage does not work with mobs, even though particles and sounds happen
MC-275302 – The animation speed of end crystals is no longer constant
MC-275352 – Spectral arrow texture is not updated properly for Programmer Art
MC-275406 – Grammatical error in “options.rotateWithMinecart.tooltip”
MC-275468 – Gamerule minecartMaxSpeed can’t be set through functions
MC-275504 – Custom model data is not applied to open bundle
MC-275538 – Breeze still do not attack when super close to them
MC-275751 – Head snaps when coming out of crawling
MC-275765 – Missing full stop in string gamerule.minecartMaxSpeed.description
MC-275792 – Bottom faces of torches and soul torches are not culled against solid blocks
MC-275833 – Hand animation plays higher than before
MC-275883 – Riding a minecart cluster into a wall freezes the game
MC-275909 – Wrong death message is displayed when being killed by a mob’s smash attack
MC-275964 – Bundles can remain in the open state when held by the mouse cursor via swapping items
MC-275990 – Bundles can remain in the open state through the crafting table
MC-276025 – Model overrides are not applied to items shown in an open bundle
MC-276111 – Salmon spawned from a bucket are the wrong size for one tick
MC-276127 – Fractions in bee nest tooltip are not padded with whitespace
MC-276134 – Can’t scroll in creative inventory while hovered over the bundle
MC-276263 – explosion_power nbt does not work for minecarts with tnt
MC-276293 – Mobs no longer get damaged by sweet berry bushes
MC-276295 – Zombies always kill villagers
MC-276296 – Worn chainmail armor has a missing texture
MC-276297 – Worn netherite armor appears as diamond armor
MC-276299 – Horse armor doesn’t render properly in horse inventory
MC-276301 – Item tooltip padding is gone
MC-276304 – Carved pumpkins and skulls can be equipped through right-clicking
MC-276310 – Players’ capes detach from their bodies when wearing non-chestplate items in the chest slot
MC-276311 – Players’ capes illogically point upward when flying with non-elytra items
MC-276314 – Wind charges cause entities to be launched extremely high when directly hit by them
MC-276315 – Teleport command runs at the entity’s position and ignores location from execution context
MC-276316 – Ender pearls no longer teleport entities to the point of impact
MC-276317 – Projectiles visually update slowly when their motion is changed
MC-276320 – Shields no longer block incoming projectiles
MC-276321 – Elytra loses durability when taking damage
MC-276322 – Boats don’t drop as items when destroyed
MC-276326 – “Air” item lost its name
MC-276327 – The item_name component no longer overrides potion names
MC-276335 – Cured villagers have the wrong movement speed
MC-276338 – Converted mob keeps the same loot table of the first mob
MC-276339 – Witches converted from villagers move very fast
MC-276344 – Hovered items in bundles do not reflect any tooltip_style component
MC-276364 – Non-armor items with equippable tag cannot be given to wolves
MC-276365 – Armor sleeves do not follow arms when switching to and from items and on item use animations
MC-276370 – Golden armor pieces have wrong max durabilities
MC-276376 – /tp command cannot teleport to the correct facing angles
MC-276378 – Converted witches lose their armor yet are still protected by it
MC-276383 – Using Pick Block on boats crashes the game
MC-276384 – Players’ capes detach from their bodies when moving
MC-276394 – Some specially rendered elements are no longer affected by fog of any type
MC-276415 – Turtle helmet does not give water breathing effect when equipped on any slot other than the head
MC-276429 – Projectiles move after hitting a block
MC-276433 – set_enchantments function removes enchantments component from books
MC-276463 – Armor on piglins detach from their bodies while bartering
MC-276476 – Crash when a boat is destroyed by a hazard
MC-276480 – Projectile no longer moves correctly when it is deflected
MC-276484 – Fireballs and wither skulls do too much damage
MC-276495 – Creative player can go through nether portal without being teleported when throwing riptide trident
MC-276501 – Returning tridents get stuck on blocks and spam sounds
MC-276527 – Duplicate UUID error causes player to teleport to origin when riding on a pig after it is converted by lightning
MC-276533 – Game crashes when three or more skeletons are about to release their arrows

How to Install Minecraft 1.21.2 Snapshot 24W37A

Minecraft 1.21.2 Snapshot 24W37A Installation Screenshot

Installing Minecraft 1.21.2 Snapshot 24W37A on Java Edition is as easy as can be! Below, we have detailed the three steps each player will need.

First, open the Minecraft Launcher and enable snapshots under the “Installations” tab.
Second, click “New Installation” and then “Latest Snapshot” in the drop-down menu.
Third, click “Create,” and a new snapshot installation will be a selectable option before clicking “Play.”

With that, the setup is complete! But never forget snapshots can corrupt old worlds. Ensure backups have been taken!

How to Create Minecraft 1.21.2 Snapshot 24W37A Servers

At MelonCube Hosting, Minecraft 1.21.2 Snapshot 24W37A servers are already available to try! Simply select your desired package, then the snapshot, and your server will be set up following checkout before quickly coming online.