Minecraft has been one of the most popular survival games out there in the past decade, and it continues to grow over the years. Mojang Studios is gearing up to launch the major Caves and Cliffs later this year, and it will be adding tons of new content in the game.

Before the major update releases for the game, Mojang Studios have been releasing certain features via snapshots and beta updates. Recently, the game made a number of changes to copper and introduced Lush Caves as well.

When will Minecraft 1.17 Snapshot 21w13a release?

Minecraft 1.17 Snapshot 21w13a was slated to release on 31st March. The update is already live and players can download it.

Minecraft 1.17 Snapshot 21w13a - Patch Notes

Here are the complete patch notes of Minecraft 1.17 Snapshot 21w13a.

NEW FEATURES IN 21W13A

Added the goat!
Added an accessibility option

GOAT

Goats spawn in Mountains
Goats can scale the sides of mountains with their incredible jumps!
Goats can be tempted and bred using Wheat
Goats are another source of milk!

ACCESSIBILITY

Added an alternative solid black background color for the Mojang Studios loading screen, toggleable with the “Monochrome Logo” accessibility option

CHANGES IN 21W13A

Tweaks to Caves
Tweaks to Ore Distribution
Tweaks to Powdered Snow
Dripstone clusters can now be found rarely in normal caves
Deepslate blobs can now be found between heights 0 and 16
Axolotls and glow squids now spawn in underground water sources
Axolotls will now always chase after and attack squids, glow squids, tropical fish, cod, salmon, pufferfish, drowned, guardians, and elder guardians
Axolotls now have a two-minute cooldown after hunting non-hostile targets such as fish, squids, etc.
They will prioritize targeting hostile mobs first before hunting.
Bees now see Flowering Azalea (and Flowering Azalea Leaves) as flowers
Additions to Wandering Trader and Mason trades
Additions to chest loot tables

CAVE TWEAKS

Mineshaft tweak: increased the max length of pillars and chains.
Carver tweaks: made carvers less likely to be too flat to walk through.
Noise cave tweaks:
- Increased likelihood of megacaves (large cheese caves)
- Reduced likelihood of toothpick pillars (tall 1-block thin pillars)
- Other tweaks to make the cheese caves more varied and interesting.

ORE DISTRIBUTION TWEAKS

Slightly more iron
Larger diamond blobs sometimes form

POWDERED SNOW

Powder snow’s durability/hardness was slightly increased
Freeze time has decreased to 7 seconds and hurt frequency has decreased to 2 seconds
Entities on fire now melt Powder Snow when colliding
Increase vertical movement speed within Powder Snow
Strays, Polar Bears, and Snow Golems are now immune to freezing
Mobs now shake when they are fully frozen
Skeletons converting to strays now only require the 7 seconds it takes for an entity to be fully frozen to begin converting, instead of the 30 seconds it took before
Leather horse armor now protects horses from freeze damage
Mobs that enjoy the heat (Blazes, Magma Cubes, and Striders) take increased freeze damage

TRADE & LOOT TABLE ADDITIONS

Added the following trades to Mason:
- Will sell 4 Dripstone blocks for 1 emerald
Added the following trades to Wandering Trader:
- Will sell 2 Pointed Dripstones for 1 emerald
- Will sell 2 Rooted Dirt for 1 emerald
- Will sell 2 Moss Blocks for 1 emerald
Moss blocks can be found in Shipwreck chests
Glow Berries can be found in Mineshaft chest minecarts