Java Edition 1.21.5

Java Edition 1.21.5 is a minor update to 1.21 in Java Edition, named Spring to Life. It released on March 25, 2025. Before its release, it was known as the Spring Drop. Its bedrock edition counterpart is 1.21.70.

Additions[]

Blocks[]

• Bush
• Cactus Flower
• Firefly Bush
• Leaf Litter
• Wildflowers
• Short Dry Grass
• Tall Dry Grass
• Test Block
  • Test Instance Block

Items[]

• Blue Egg
• Brown Egg

Mobs[]

• Pigs, Cows and Chickens
  • Added warm and cold variants.
    • The pre-existing variant before this update is now temperate.
• Wolves
  • Added 6 new wolf audio variants.

Structures[]

• Added fallen trees similar to Bedrock Edition, with birch trees having a long and short variant

Changes[]

Blocks[]

• Lodestone
  • Can now be crafted with an Iron Ingot surrounded by 8 chiseled stone bricks, making it renewable.
  • Can now be found in ruined portal chests.
• Leaves
  • All leaf blocks now have leaf particles dropping from them, similar to the cherry and pale oak trees.
• Beacon
  • Beacon beams are now bigger from further away to make them more visible

Items[]

• Spawn Eggs
  • Changed the texture of all spawn eggs.
    • Each spawn egg now has their own unique visual which captures the personality and character of every mob it spawns.

Mobs[]

• Camels
  • Camels now spawn in deserts, even outside of desert villages.