Biome
Pale Garden
A variant of the Dark Forest carpeted in Pale Moss, with Pale Hanging Moss below Pale Oak foliage. Animals do not spawn there naturally and the biome has no music.
Minecraft 1.21.4 “The Garden Awakens”
Released on 3 December 2024, Minecraft Java Edition 1.21.4 The Garden Awakens adds the Pale Garden, a moss-covered variant of the Dark Forest, with Pale Oak trees and Eyeblossoms. It also brings the Creaking, a hostile mob tied to the Creaking Heart, and the Resin block family.
Released 03 Dec 2024 39 new blocks & items Resource pack format 46 Data version 4189
Key takeaways
- New biome: the Pale Garden, a Dark Forest variant with Pale Oak trees, Pale Moss and no naturally spawning animals.
- New mob: the Creaking spawns at night from a Creaking Heart and freezes while a player looks at it.
- New wood: a full Pale Oak wood set, including boats and a boat with chest.
- Resin: Resin Clumps, Blocks of Resin and Resin Bricks with slabs, stairs, walls and Chiseled Resin Bricks.
- Eyeblossoms: flowers that open at night with glowing eyes and close during the day.
Headline features
The changes you will notice first, with the pages that go deeper.
Mob
Creaking
Spawns at night when a Creaking Heart sits between two Pale Oak Logs on the same axis. It freezes while watched, unless the player wears a Carved Pumpkin, and Illagers flee from it.
Blocks
Resin
Attacking a Creaking makes its Creaking Heart exude 2 to 3 Resin Clumps. Smelted, they give Resin Bricks, which also work as an armour trim material.
Blocks
Eyeblossom
Switches between Open and Closed with the day and night cycle. Open Eyeblossoms poison Bees and give Orange Dye, Closed ones give Gray Dye.
Official video
Published by Mojang on the official Minecraft YouTube channel.
Clicking loads the video from YouTube (youtube-nocookie.com).
Everything new in 1.21.4
compared with 1.21.3 · from the game files39Blocks & items
1Entities
1Biomes
New entities
Biome Pale Garden
Entity CreakingPale Hanging Moss × 25
Pale Hanging Moss
Pale Moss Block
Pale Moss Carpet
Pale Oak Button
Pale Oak Door
Pale Oak Fence
Pale Oak Fence Gate
Pale Oak Hanging Sign
Pale Oak Leaves
Pale Oak Log
Pale Oak Planks
Pale Oak Pressure Plate Show all 25
Pale Oak Sapling
Pale Oak Sign
Pale Oak Slab
Pale Oak Stairs
Pale Oak Trapdoor
Pale Oak Wall Hanging SignPale Oak Wall Sign
Pale Oak WoodPotted Pale Oak Sapling
Stripped Pale Oak Log
Stripped Pale Oak Wood
Pale Oak Boat
Pale Oak Boat with ChestBlock of Resin × 7
Other blocks & items × 7
Chiseled Resin Bricks
Closed Eyeblossom
Creaking Heart
Open EyeblossomPotted Closed Eyeblossom
Potted Open Eyeblossom
Creaking Spawn Egg What changed
ItemsBells, Lanterns, Copper Doors and Brewing Stands now drop with any tool; an Ender Chest broken with the wrong tool drops Obsidian.
MobsMobs compare armour and weapons on more criteria; Skeletons prefer Bows, adult Piglins and Pillagers Crossbows, Drowned Tridents.
ItemsSuspicious Stew effect durations now match Bedrock Edition, for example 11 seconds of Blindness.
GameplaySwords are no longer efficient at mining Moss Carpet; the Hoe remains the right tool.
MobsBaby Cats and Wolves get a collar colour mixed from their parents' colours when possible.
TechnicalData pack version 61 and resource pack version 46, with a new item model format driven by the minecraft:item_model component.
Mods & loaders for 1.21.4
Mods must be rebuilt for each version. Counts from the files published on Modrinth and CurseForge, in our catalog.
Popular mods Sodium · AvailableJust Enough Items (JEI) · AvailableFabric API · AvailableLithium · AvailableIris Shaders · AvailableOptiFine · Available
262 mods in our catalog have a 1.21.4 file → 245 texture packs and 53 maps in our catalog support 1.21.4.
How to play 1.21.4
- 01
Open the Minecraft Launcher and select Minecraft: Java Edition.
- 02
Go to Installations, create a new installation and choose version 1.21.4.
- 03
Back up your worlds before opening them in a new version.
Seeds for Minecraft 1.21.4
Worlds checked on 1.21.4: spawn biome, structures nearby and their coordinates.
Ancient City · Spawn: Meadow Ancient City right under a Meadow spawn
Ancient Cityat spawn
Trial Chambers187 blocks
Village (Plains)273 blocks
Desert Pyramid · Spawn: Desert Desert Pyramid right at a Desert spawn, Village 36 blocks away
Desert Pyramidat spawn- Village (Desert)36 blocks
- Trial Chambers167 blocks
Trial Chambers · Spawn: Plains Trial Chambers right under a Plains spawn
- Trial Chambersat spawn
- Village (Plains)198 blocks
Ruined Portal253 blocks
From first snapshot to release
3 snapshots, 3 pre-releases and 3 release candidates over 34 days.
- 24w44a30 Oct 2024
- 24w45a06 Nov 2024
- 24w46a13 Nov 2024
- 1.21.4-pre120 Nov 2024
- 1.21.4-rc128 Nov 2024
- 1.21.403 Dec 2024
Minecraft 1.21.4 FAQ
When was Minecraft 1.21.4 released?
On 3 December 2024, for Java Edition. Named The Garden Awakens, it follows the Bundles of Bravery drop (1.21.2) and requires Java 21, like every release since 1.20.5.
How do you find a Pale Garden in 1.21.4?
It generates as a variant of the Dark Forest. The seed 3515201313347228787 spawns a new player right next to one.
How does the Creaking work?
It activates when a survival or adventure player within 12 blocks looks at it, then freezes whenever it is watched. Its attack deals 3 damage, and hitting it makes its Creaking Heart release Resin Clumps.
Do 1.21.3 resource packs and mods work in 1.21.4?
Usually not without an update: the resource pack version rises to 46 with a new item model format, and the data pack version to 61.