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For a guide about all content currently released in this update, see Java Edition guides/Caves & Cliffs.

1.17, the first release of Caves & Cliffs: Part I, is a major update to Java Edition announced at Minecraft Live 2020[1] and released on June 8, 2021.[2]

On April 14, 2021, Mojang Studios announced that the update would be split into two updates due to the amount and complexity of content, as well as team health.[3] Multiple features such as revamped mountain and cave generation, the lush caves and dripstone caves biomes, and increased world height were removed in 21w15a, and were subequently released in 1.18.[4] A data pack was included in the Minecraft.net article for 21w15a that re-enabled the removed features, and subsequent snapshots updated this data pack.

Additions

Blocks

Amethyst Bud
Amethyst Cluster
Azalea
Azalea Leaves
Block of Amethyst
Block of Copper
Block of Raw Metal
Budding Amethyst
Calcite
Candle
Cave Vines
Cobbled Deepslate
Copper Ore
Cut Copper
Cut Copper Slab
Cut Copper Stairs
Deepslate
Deepslate Ore
Dripleaf
Dripstone Block
Glow Item Frame
Glow Lichen
Hanging Roots
Infested Deepslate
Light
Lightning Rod
Moss Block
Moss Carpet
Pointed Dripstone
Potted Azalea
Powder Snow
Rooted Dirt
Sculk Sensor
Smooth Basalt
Spore Blossom
Tinted Glass
Tuff

Items

Amethyst Shard
Bucket of Axolotl
Bundle
Copper Ingot
Glow Berries
Glow Ink Sac
Powder Snow Bucket
Raw Copper
Raw Gold
Raw Iron
Spawn Eggs
Spyglass

Mobs

Axolotl
Glow Squid
Goat

Non-mob entities

Marker

World generation

Amethyst Geodes
Azalea Tree

Biomes

Dripstone Caves
A  biome.

A dripstone caves biome.

Lush Caves
A  biome.

A lush caves biome.

Command format

/debug function
/item
/perf
Item modifiers
Gamerules

Gameplay

Advancements
Death messages
Loot tables

General

The alternative Mojang Studios loading screen that appears when the Monochrome Logo option is turned on

The alternative Mojang Studios loading screen that appears when the Monochrome Logo option is turned on

Accessibility
Controls
Data Packs
Language
NBT
Particles
Predicate
server.properties arguments
Shaders
Splashes
Tags
Textures

Changes

Blocks

Anvils
Banners
Beacon
Blackstone, gilded blackstone, polished blackstone bricks, and cracked polished blackstone bricks and stair, slab and wall variants
Brewing Stand
Cakes
Cauldrons
Composter
Dispenser
Grass Block
Grass Path
Infested Blocks
Lapis lazuli block
Lectern
Mycelium
Ores
Name Old texture New texture Deepslate texture
Coal Ore Coal Ore JE2 BE2 Coal Ore JE5 BE4 Deepslate Coal Ore JE1 BE2
Diamond Ore Diamond Ore JE3 BE3 Diamond Ore JE5 BE5 Deepslate Diamond Ore JE2 BE1
Emerald Ore Emerald Ore JE3 BE2 Emerald Ore JE4 BE3 Deepslate Emerald Ore JE1 BE1
Gold Ore Gold Ore JE3 BE2 Gold Ore JE7 BE4 Deepslate Gold Ore JE2 BE1
Iron Ore Iron Ore JE3 Iron Ore JE6 BE4 Deepslate Iron Ore JE2 BE1
Lapis Lazuli Ore Lapis Lazuli Ore JE2 BE2 Lapis Lazuli Ore JE4 BE4 Deepslate Lapis Lazuli Ore JE3 BE2
Redstone Ore Redstone Ore JE2 BE2 Redstone Ore JE4 BE3 Deepslate Redstone Ore JE2 BE1
Pistons
Pumpkin
Rails
Signs
Smoker
Stonecutter
Structure block
Air, Cave Air and Void Air Structure Void Barrier Light
Before Air (shown) JE2 Structure Void (shown) JE2 Blank Blank
After Air (shown) JE2 Structure Void (shown) JE3 Barrier (shown) JE1 Light (shown) JE1

Items

Bone Meal
Clock
Compass and Lodestone Compass
Firework Rockets
Jungle Doors
Pufferfish
Shulker boxes
Spawn Eggs
Spectral Arrows
Sugar Cane
Suspicious Stew

Mobs

Bee
Cats
Drowned
Endermen
Foxes
Guardian and Elder Guardian
Husk, zombie and zombie villager
Llama
Polar bears
Shulkers
Skeletons
Slime
Squid
Villagers and Zombie Villagers
Wandering Traders

Non-mob entities

Experience Orbs
Minecarts
Paintings

World generation

Biomes
A 1

A 1.17 Mineshaft

Mineshafts
Strongholds
Shipwrecks

Command format

/debug
/give
/item
/replaceitem
/spawnpoint

Gameplay

Absorption effect
Advancements
Build limit
Glowing
Loot tables
NBT data
Recipe Book
Snowfall
Spawning
Spectator mode
Subtitles

General

Block Models
Code
Creative inventory
Credits
Custom dimensions
Data and Resource Packs
Dedicated servers
Entity storage
Game library updates
Languages
Materials
Menu screen
Narrator
Obfuscation map
Predicate
Protocol
Resource packs
Servers
Skins
Splashes
Statistics
Tags
Technical
Text
Textures
Title screen
Translation strings
World Selection

Fixes

335 issues fixed
From released versions before 1.17
Private issues
Other

Videos

Videos made by slicedlime:

Trivia

References

  1. a b "Minecraft Live: The Recap" – Minecraft.net, October 3, 2020
  2. This update adds amethyst geodes along with amethyst blocks and items, copper ore and its derived forms, deepslate and its variants, and the goat, glow squid and axolotl mobs.
  3. "A Caves & Cliffs Announcement" – Minecraft.net
  4. "Minecraft: Caves & Cliffs Update FAQ" – feedback.minecraft.net.
  5. MC-150784
  6. MC-1483
  7. MC-214568
  8. MC-203550
  9. MC-197561
  10. MC-102220
  11. MC-221833
  12. MC-221834
  13. MC-160195
  14. MC-197276
  15. MC-150054
  16. MC-216227
  17. MC-145501
  18. "Minecraft Snapshot 21w19a" – Minecraft.net, May 12, 2021
  19. MC-226535 — "Java Edition is using credits from Bedrock now" — resolved as "Works As Intended".
  20. "Minecraft Snapshot 21w13a" (archived) by Adrian Östergård – minecraft.net, Mar 31, 2021.
  21. a b "Minecraft 1.17 Release Candidate 1" – Minecraft.net, June 4, 2021
  22. https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/nub794/a_new_challenger_arrives_minecraft_117_release/h0wlnsc?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

Notes

  1. Re-enables features set to release for 1.18.