Minecraft 1.17 Update, also known as the Caves and Cliffs update, was earlier slated to release later this year. However, due to the ongoing pandemic, it was announced that the update will be split into halves, with the first one coming in Summer 2021, while the second one will arrive during the Holidays.

Every week the developer Mojang Studios releases a Snapshot which includes one of the features of the Caves and Cliffs update. This week, we will be getting Minecraft 1.17 Snapshot 21w17a, and here is all you need to know about it.

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When will Minecraft Snapshot 21w17a release?

Last week, Snapshot 21w16aw was released and dripstone growth was added to the game. There was a wide range of bug fixes and performance improvements alongside that as well. The next Snapshot 21w16a is slated to release today, considering that a new Snapshot is released every week. Usually, the Snapshot goes live at around 3 PM GMT, so you can expect it to arrive at the same time today.

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Minecraft 1.17 Snapshot 21w17a – Patch Notes, Release Date, Time (Today, April 28)

As of now Mojang Studios has not released the patch notes for Minecraft 1.17 Snapshot 21w17a. For now you can check out the patch notes of Snapshot 21w16a below.

NEW FEATURES IN 21W16A

Azalea and Flowering Azalea can now be bonemealed to get an Azalea Trees
Added dripstone growth

DRIPSTONE GROWTH

If a stalactite is hanging from a dripstone block with a water source above, it will slowly grow both the stalactite from above and a stalagmite from below
Growth speed is random but very slow, a single growth step can take several minecraft days
A stalactite will only grow up to 7 blocks long
A stalactite will only cause stalagmite growth if the floor or stalagmite below is within 10 blocks
If the stalactite tip is inside water it won’t drip, and therefore won’t trigger any growth
If the stalagmite tip is inside water it won’t receive drops, and therefore won’t be grown by a dripping stalactite. Same thing if there is any fluid between the two tips
A stalagmite or stalactite will never grow into a fluid

CHANGES IN 21W16A

Tweaked the texture of raw ores and raw ore blocks

A comparison between the textures of raw ores in snapshot 21w15a and snapshot 21w16a.

New raw ore textures in snapshot 21w16a. Click here for a link to the full resolution image.

CHANGES TO THE CAVES & CLIFFS PREVIEW

Download the updated datapack here.

A lava aquifer in snapshot 21w16a. Click here for a link to the full resolution image.

Aquifers below height 0 will sometimes be lava aquifers instead of water aquifers
Ore veins can now spawn underground

ORE VEINS

Ore veins are large, rare, snake-like underground ore formations
Copper veins form above height 0 and are mixed with granite
Iron veins form below height 0 and are mixed with tuff

TECHNICAL CHANGES IN 21W16A

Users who previously permanently declined server resource packs will now still be shown the pack prompt if the pack is mandatory (instead of being immediately disconnected)
The statistic for play time has been renamed to play_time
There is now a statistic for “Time with World Open” (total_world_time) that also includes the time when the game was paused

FIXED BUGS IN 21W16A

MC-29522 – stat.playOneMinute adds a value of 1 every tick
MC-55775 – Statistics screen sometimes doesn’t show up to date information
MC-111534 – The firework rocket use statistic doesn’t count rockets used for elytra boosting
MC-117653 – Recipes and advancements are not granted while most GUIs are open
MC-136560 – minecraft.used:minecraft.elytra not functioning
MC-136681 – Debug Stick use statistic increases when not allowed to use it
MC-157116 – Food that is plantable counts towards using when right clicked on the ground
MC-190128 – Using a flint and steel to ingite TNT is not tracked by the in-game stats
MC-203637 – Mobs don’t avoid lava cauldrons when pathfinding despite of setting themselves on fire
MC-205236 – Frozen State doesn’t go away after respawn when on a server
MC-208598 – Baby axolotls take damage when touching a solid block from below / eye height is outside of their hitbox
MC-212113 – Glow Lichen can spawn underwater whilst not in a cave.
MC-212863 – Glow lichen use the same color as vines on maps
MC-213927 – Using bone meal on a sapling that is on a moss block consumes bone meal, but doesn’t grow into a tree
MC-213998 – root_vines_head is unused in-game files
MC-214129 – Several dirt blocks are not part of the #minecraft:lush_plants_replaceable tag
MC-214293 – Mobs can spawn on top of azaleas
MC-215270 – Moss requires air above a replaceable block to spread
MC-216787 – Cobwebs in mineshafts can generate as if supported by chains
MC-217411 – Anvils can become damaged when only falling one block
MC-218590 – Error message for commands.give.failed.toomanyitems doesn’t translate item name
MC-218592 – Azalea trees can generate inside of lakes (even completely submerged in water)
MC-218614 – Inconsistency: Infested Deepslate can’t be placed along axis
MC-218637 – Inconsistency: Infested deepslate is not rotated randomly like normal deepslate
MC-219155 – Cast fishing line is disconnected from the rod
MC-219211 – Two mysterious white pixels can be seen in the upper left corner of the recipe book icon
MC-219851 – Applying bone meal to a waterlogged big dripleaf stem creates more waterlogged big dripleaf stems
MC-219903 – Silverfish infesting deepslate cause it to rotate
MC-220024 – Shader compilation slows or fails the more asterisks are in a multiline comment
MC-220307 – TrueType Font glyphs render incorrectly
MC-220641 – Loyalty tridents disappear when your inventory is full
MC-220887 – Shader includes fail to compile correctly when missing newline at end of file
MC-221560 – Copper/Coal Ore in Deepslate Patches aren’t Deepslate Ores
MC-221628 – Entities don’t stop glowing after losing the glowing effect
MC-221652 – Teleport command to player does not work as in previous versions
MC-221655 – Glow Squids and Axolotls Spawn in Monuments
MC-222004 – Grass block isn’t apart of the #dirt block tag
MC-222517 – A large amount of slime or honey blocks will crash the game
MC-222684 – You cannot grow azalea trees by bonemealing Azalea plants
MC-222778 – minecraft.used:minecraft.candle doesn’t increase when placing a candle on a cake
MC-223260 – Emerald ore does not generate as intended
MC-223553 – minecraft.used:minecraft.glow_ink_sac doesn’t increase when applying a glow ink sac to a sign
MC-223554 – minecraft.used:minecraft.ink_sac doesn’t increase when applying an ink sac to a sign
MC-223555 – minecraft.used:minecraft.COLOR_dye doesn’t increase when applying a dye to a sign
MC-223557 – minecraft.used:minecraft.bucket doesn’t increase when taking powder snow, lava, or water from a cauldron using a bucket
MC-223558 – minecraft.used:minecraft.glass_bottle doesn’t increase when taking water from a cauldron using a glass bottle
MC-223563 – minecraft.used:minecraft.glass_bottle doesn’t increase when collecting honey from a beehive or bee nest
MC-223638 – minecraft.used:minecraft.shears doesn’t increase when carving a pumpkin
MC-223639 – minecraft.used:minecraft.shears doesn’t increase when collecting honeycombs from a beehive or bee nest
MC-223756 – minecraft.used:minecraft.powder_snow_bucket doesn’t increase when filling a cauldron with a powder snow bucket
MC-223757 – minecraft.used:minecraft.lava_bucket doesn’t increase when filling a cauldron with a lava bucket

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