Tricky Trials

Tricky Trials^[1] is a major update released on June 13, 2024,^[2] as Java Edition 1.21 and Bedrock Edition 1.21.0. It focuses on the trial chambers, serving as a place for "combat adventures", and miscellaneous features related to "tinkering".^[3] It adds new copper and tuff blocks, the crafter, bogged, and 20 paintings, among many other features. In the trial chambers, trial spawners spawn hostile mobs as a challenge, including breezes that shoot wind charges at players. Vaults reward players for completing trials. Ominous bottles can be used to trigger ominous trials for greater rewards. Maces are new melee weapons that can each be crafted by combining a heavy core and a breeze rod. The name of the update was revealed in Minecraft Monthly on April 26, 2024.

Experimental features for this update have been released prior to the finalized release as part of 1.20.3 and 1.20.5 on Java Edition, and as part of 1.20.50, 1.20.60, 1.20.70, and 1.20.80 on Bedrock Edition.

Crafter

• Crafted using five iron ingots, two redstone dusts, a crafting table, and a dropper.
• Used to craft an item when powered on.

New copper blocks:

• Chiseled copper
• Copper grate
  • Can allow light to shine through.
  • Can be waterlogged.
• Copper door
• Copper trapdoor
• Copper bulb
  • Crafted using three of the respective copper blocks, a blaze rod, and a redstone dust.
  • Light level depends on oxidation state.
  • Can be toggled on with redstone.
  • Does not need power to continue to emit light.

Heavy core

• Obtained from unlocking ominous vaults at a 7.5% chance.
• Used to craft the mace.

Trial spawner

• Generates in trial chambers.
• Spawns a limited number of mobs.
• Once all the mobs are defeated, the trial spawner ejects a reward.
• Ominous trial spawner
  • Changes from a trial spawner when a player approaches with the Trial Omen effect active.
  • Spawn mobs with equipment, as well as shooting potions and projectiles.
  • Ejects a different set of loot compared to the normal trial spawner.

Tuff block set:

• Tuff stairs
• Tuff slab
• Tuff wall
• Chiseled tuff
• Polished tuff
  • Polished tuff stairs
  • Polished tuff slab
  • Polished tuff wall
• Tuff bricks
  • Tuff brick stairs
  • Tuff brick slab
  • Tuff brick wall
  • Chiseled tuff bricks

Vault

• Generates in trial chambers.
• Unlocks with a trial key and ejects loot once per player.
• Ominous vault
  • Generates in trial chambers.
  • Has a unique loot table compared to the normal vault.

Armor trims:

• Bolt armor trim
  • Obtained from unlocking vaults at a 6.3% chance.
• Flow armor trim
  • Obtained from unlocking ominous vaults at a 22.5% chance.

Banner patterns:

• Flow banner pattern
  • Obtained from unlocking ominous vaults at a 15% chance.
• Guster banner pattern
  • Obtained from unlocking vaults at a 4.6% chance.

Breeze rod

• Obtained as drops from breezes.
• Can be used to craft wind charge, mace, and flow armor trim.
• Can also be used to brew potion of wind charging.

Mace

• A new melee weapon that can be crafted using a heavy core and a breeze rod.
• Deals 6HP damage, identical to that of a iron sword in Java Edition and a stone sword in Bedrock Edition.
• Has an attack speed of 0.6, 40% slower than that of a golden, diamond, or netherite axe.
• Attacking after having fallen at least 1.5 blocks performs a smash attack. The more blocks a player has fallen, the greater the damage of the smash attack.
  • Successfully striking a target with a smash attack negates any damage accumulated from the fall, similar to how a wind charge works, as well as resetting all vertical momentum.
  • Maces have a unique explosive particle effect when executing a smash attack.
  • In addition to the normal unique smash attack sound, a different unique sound is played performing a smash attack from a fall of more than 5 blocks.
  • Other entities near a smash-attacked target receive knockback, with a stronger effect when having fallen more than 5 blocks before attacking.
  • Smash attacks activates the Wind Burst enchantment.
• Can be repaired with breeze rods using an anvil.

Music discs:

• "Precipice" music disc
  • Obtained from unlocking vaults at a 3.6% chance.
  • The music was composed by Aaron Cherof.
• "Creator" music disc
  • Obtained from unlocking ominous vaults at a 7.5% chance.
  • The music was composed by Lena Raine.
• "Creator (Music Box)" music disc
  • Obtained from breaking decorated pots in trial chambers at a 1.4% chance.
  • The music was composed by Lena Raine.

Ominous bottle

• Obtained from unlocking vaults.
• Can also be obtained as drops by raid captains.
• Gives the player Bad Omen when consumed.

Potions:

• Potion of Infestation
  • Brewed by using stone.
  • Gives Infested effect.
• Potion of Oozing
  • Brewed by using a slime block.
  • Gives Oozing effect.
• Potion of Weaving
  • Brewed by using a cobweb.
  • Gives Weaving effect.
• Potion of Wind Charging
  • Brewed by using a breeze rod.
  • Gives Wind Charged effect.

Pottery sherds:

• These sherds can only be obtained in the form of pots on trial chambers.
• Flow pottery sherd
• Guster pottery sherd
• Scrape pottery sherd

Spawn eggs:

• Bogged spawn egg
• Breeze spawn egg

Tipped arrows:

• Arrow of Infestation
• Arrow of Oozing
• Arrow of Weaving
• Arrow of Wind Charging

Trial explorer map

• Sold by Cartographers
• Used to find trial chambers.

Trial key

• Obtained from trial spawners.
• Used to unlock a vault.
• Ominous trial key
  • Obtained from ominous trial spawners.
  • Used to unlock an ominous vault.

Wind charge

• Used as a projectile to knock entities back and activate certain redstone components.
• Used by the breeze.
• Can also be crafted with a breeze rod.

New enchantments for the mace:

• Breach
  • Reduces the effectiveness of armor.
• Density
  • Increases damage dealt per block fallen.
• Wind Burst
  • Creates a wind charged effect upon executing a smash attack.
  • Cannot be obtained from the enchanting table.

Infested

• Entities have a 10% chance upon being hurt to spawn 1-3 silverfish.

Oozing

• Upon death, entities can spawn two slimes within a 5x5x5 area.

Raid Omen

• Occurs when an entity with Bad Omen is near a valid village.
• Causes a raid to start.

Trial Omen

• Occurs when an entity with Bad Omen is near a trial spawner.
• Starts an ominous trial.

Weaving

• Upon death, entities leave behind 2-3 cobwebs within a 7x7x7 area.
• Entities with weaving can also move through cobwebs faster.

Wind Charged

• Upon death, entities release a burst of wind that deals knockback.

• Added 20 new paintings and painting sizes by the artists Sarah Boeving and Kristoffer Zetterstrand:

Picture	Name	Size	Artist
	Meditative	1×1	Sarah Boeving
	Prairie Ride	1×2
	Baroque	2×2
	Humble	2×2
	Unpacked	4×4
	Bouquet	3×3	Kristoffer Zetterstrand
	Cavebird	3×3
	Cotán	3×3
	Endboss	3×3
	Fern	3×3
	Owlemons	3×3
	Sunflowers	3×3
	Tides	3×3
	Backyard	3×4
	Pond	3×4
	Changing	4×2
	Finding	4×2
	Lowmist	4×2
	Passage	4×2
	Orb	4×4

Bogged

• Spawns in swamps and mangrove swamps.
• Can also be found in trial chambers.
• Shoots tipped arrows of poison.

Breeze

• Spawns in trial chambers.
• Jumps around and fires wind charges to deal knockback.
• Drops breeze rods when killed.

Trial chambers

• Giant underground structures made of tuff and copper blocks that provide players a mid-game combat challenge.
• The only place where breezes, trial spawners, and vaults appear.
• Consists of several chambers connected together through corridors.
• Each chamber has a trial spawner configured to either spawn the breeze, a melee mob (zombie, husk, or spider), a small melee mob (silverfish, baby zombie, cave spider, or slime), or a ranged mob (stray, skeleton, bogged).

• Added unique sounds for cobwebs for Bedrock Edition and monster spawners.

Ominous events

• Can be activated with Bad Omen.
• When near an active trial spawner, it starts an ominous trial.
• When near a village, it starts a raid.

Nine new ambient tracks from Lena Raine, Kumi Tanioka, and Aaron Cherof were added; all tracks play on the main menu.

• "Featherfall" by Aaron Cherof
  • Plays in badlands, cherry groves, flower forests, lush caves, and any other biome that does not already have a corresponding set of biome-specific music.
• "Watcher" by Aaron Cherof
  • Plays in any biome that does not already have a corresponding set of biome-specific music.
• "Puzzlebox" by Aaron Cherof
  • Plays in any biome that does not already have a corresponding set of biome-specific music.
• "komorebi" by Kumi Tanioka
  • Plays in any biome that does not already have a corresponding set of biome-specific music.
• "pokopoko" by Kumi Tanioka
  • Plays in dripstone caves, groves, jagged peaks, and snowy slopes.
• "yakusoku" by Kumi Tanioka
  • Plays in any biome that does not already have a corresponding set of biome-specific music.
• "Deeper" by Lena Raine
  • Plays in dripstone caves and the deep dark.
• "Eld Unknown" by Lena Raine
  • Plays in dripstone caves, groves, jagged peaks, and snowy slopes.
• "Endless" by Lena Raine
  • Plays in dripstone caves, groves, jagged peaks, and snowy slopes.

Banner patterns in Bedrock Edition

• Added unique item textures for each banner pattern.
• Each banner pattern item now includes their pattern in their name instead of as a subtitle.

Bad Omen

• The Icon texture has been changed.
• No longer automatically granted when killing a raid captain.
• Now caused by drinking an ominous bottle.
• Becomes Raid Omen if in a village or Trial Omen if near a non-ominous trial spawner.

Witch

• Now drops 4-8 of redstone dust.

• 1.21.1 was released to fix critical bugs.

• 1.21.1 was released to fix bugs related to 1.21.0.
• 1.21.2 was released to fix bugs related to 1.21.1.
• 1.21.3 was released to fix bugs related to 1.21.2.
• 1.21.20 was released to bring more parity from Java Edition, separate the IDs of many blocks, and fix bugs.
• 1.21.21 was released to fix bugs related to 1.21.20.
• 1.21.22 was released to fix bugs related to 1.21.21.
• 1.21.23 was released to fix bugs related to 1.21.22.
• 1.21.30 was released to change lots of names and rarities of blocks and items to parity with Java Edition, add bundles as an experimental feature, and update trial chambers.
• 1.21.31 was released to fix bugs related to 1.21.30.

Aaron Cherof - "Featherfall" (view on YouTube)

Aaron Cherof - "Watcher" (view on YouTube)

Aaron Cherof - "Puzzlebox" (view on YouTube)

Kumi Tanioka - "komorebi" (view on YouTube)

Kumi Tanioka - "pokopoko" (view on YouTube)

Kumi Tanioka - "yakusoku" (view on YouTube)

Lena Raine - "Deeper" (view on YouTube)

Lena Raine - "Eld Unknown" (view on YouTube)

Lena Raine - "Endless" (view on YouTube)

Lena Raine - "Creator" (view on YouTube)

Lena Raine - "Creator (Music Box Version)" (view on YouTube)

Aaron Cherof - "Precipice" (view on YouTube)

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  Tricky Trials logo
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  The update's logo with background
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  Key art
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  Key art with release date and logo
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  Alternate key art
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  Alternate key art wide version
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  Soundtrack artwork
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  Soundtrack artwork expanded
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  Ari and Noor with maces
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  Ari and Noor with maces detailed version
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  A breeze jumping
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  A trial spawner being looted
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  Zuri making art with the Tricky Trials blocks
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  Divider used on the website
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  Divider used on the website

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  A new set of Character Creator items as part of the Tricky Trials Update celebration.
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  The Trial Top, the first free Character Creator item.
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  The Trial Mask, the second free Character Creator item.
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  The Trial Leggings, the third free Character Creator item.

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  A crafter as seen in its reveal.
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  A crafter activating and ejecting a cherry hanging sign.
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  Slots may be disabled by clicking on them, which is useful for automating shaped recipes.
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  A corridor of the trial chambers.
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  The second floor of a trial chamber.
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  A staircase at the end of a trial chamber hallway.
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  A trap featuring a dispenser and two tripwires.
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  A large room with a trial spawner in the middle.
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  A trial chamber corridor with a trial spawner on the balcony.
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  A breeze firing a wind charge at a player during the "upcoming features" presentation at Minecraft Live 2023.
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  Breeze in a trial chamber.
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  Trial chamber.
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  Trial spawner.
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  Breeze.
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  Copper bulbs.
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  Decorative blocks.
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  Bogged near a trial spawner.
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  Armor trim.
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  Ditto.
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  Banner patterns.
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  Pottery sherd.
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  A build consisting of new blocks from the Tricky Trials Update.
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  A second build, a fountain made of tuff.
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  A third build, a living area with a cat.
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  A fourth build, featuring intricate pillars and a painting.

• See What’s New in the Minecraft Tricky Trials Update (Archive)
• Tricky Trials Update Features – Minecraft Help Center