We’re now releasing Minecraft: Java Edition 1.17.1. This release changes some behaviours of the features added in Caves & Cliffs: Part I, and it also fixes a few bugs and critical issues.

Changes in 1.17.1

• Blue axolotls can now only be obtained through breeding
• Non-screaming goats now have a rare chance to produce a screaming goat when bred
• Status effects on goats now also apply when the goat is jumping or ramming
• Raised the drop rate for copper ingots from Drowned to 11% + 2% per level of looting
• Powder snow now fills cauldrons 2 times faster than before (still pretty slowly, though!)
• Zombies, Zombie Villagers, Husks and Drowned will no longer pick up glow ink sacs

Technical Changes in 1.17.1

• Deaths of named mobs are now logged
• In case of DNS-based redirection, the client will send the hostname actually used to connect (this restores the pre-1.17 behaviour)

Fixed bugs in 1.17.1

• MC-123654 - “Sun, moon, and/or clouds are not showing if render distance is below 4”
• MC-131290 - “Enchantments are saved as shorts, but are loaded as and function with integer values”
• MC-156155 - Turkish lira sign (₺) appears as □ in the game
• MC-194736 - Duplicate text mapping for U+00B7
• MC-196999 - U+1FEC is wrong in Minecraft’s font
• MC-213986 - Pistons and dispensers can be used to create ghost blocks using powder snow
• MC-219018 - Ghost items can be created using /item (server doesn’t update client inventory correctly)
• MC-219290 - Calcite is too quiet compared to other blocks
• MC-221656 - Creative mode obtained Bucket of Axolotl/Tropical Fish only spawns one kind axolotl/tropical fish
• MC-222731 - Captured axolotl constantly tries to leave water
• MC-223350 - Loaded chunks sometimes don’t render until the player moves their head slightly
• MC-223368 - Strength and weakness potions / custom attack damage attributes does not change damage from goats
• MC-224894 - Light tickets are released too early
• MC-225816 - Hanging Roots appear large when an item entity
• MC-226461 - Logs can be replaced with stone near lava pools
• MC-226505 - Goat’s long jump is not affected by the jump boost effect
• MC-226512 - Goats do not use the damage of held items when ramming entities
• MC-226926 - Emerald ore generates too often
• MC-226948 - Withers are now affected by potion effects
• MC-227387 - World gen datapacks will likely crash or softlock the game
• MC-227435 - Lag when placing heads of non-existent players when on servers
• MC-227483 - root_system feature config’s codec uses a wrong field
• MC-227520 - Overworld Fossils always generate at bedrock level
• MC-227557 - End portal texture appears stretched after world conversion
• MC-227618 - Small dripleaf is consumed without being placed when used on tall seagrass
• MC-227651 - Group for lapis lazuli ore smelting and blasting recipes is misspelled
• MC-227821 - Client crash when trying to create/edit realm immediately after deleting previous one
• MC-227891 - Ender pearls despawn when player logs out of a server
• MC-228219 - Thrown ender pearls disappear upon entering the exit end portal
• MC-228343 - java.lang.NullPointerException when random_selector default feature isn’t found
• MC-228430 - “Very long loading pause while booting the game (”“Failed to add PDH Counter”", caused by oshi)"
• MC-228599 - Attempting to walk through flowing water constantly switches the player from swimming into normal mode
• MC-228802 - “Chunks not loading on a server / Cannot invoke ““cmq.a(int, int, int)”” because ““☃”” is null”
• MC-228828 - “Specifying the --server parameter when starting the game, causes the game to crash”
• MC-228858 - Axolotls despawning though named and on leashes.
• MC-229169 - Piglins can no longer hear players breaking protected blocks through walls
• MC-229191 - Diamond ore distribution changed between 1.16.5 and 1.17
• MC-229246 - Piglins and piglin brutes no longer call other piglins after attacking one of them behind walls
• MC-229299 - Blue axolotls can spawn naturally
• MC-229441 - You can steal the item a villager is holding for trade by killing it
• MC-229614 - Wandering Trader obtained tropical fish are only white kob
• MC-230716 - “”“death.attack.dryout”" and ““death.attack.dryout.player”” display raw translation strings (are untranslated)"

Get the Release

​To install the release, open up the Minecraft Launcher and click play!

Cross-platform server jar:

• Minecraft server jar

The Caves & Cliffs: Part II Preview:

• If you want to check out a few of the things that are upcoming in part II, you can download this data pack

Report bugs here:

• Minecraft issue tracker!

Want to give feedback?

• Head over to our feedback website or come chat with us about it on the official Minecraft Discord.