Tricky Trials

Tricky Trials[1] is a major update released on June 13, 2024,[2] as Java Edition 1.21 and Bedrock Edition 1.21.0. The update focuses on the trial chambers, which serves as a place for "combat adventures", and miscellaneous features related to "tinkering."[3] The update adds new copper and tuff blocks, the crafter, bogged, and 20 paintings, among many other features. In the trial chambers, trial spawners spawn hostile mobs as a challenge, including breezes that jump in the air and shoot wind charges at players. Vaults reward players for completing trials. Ominous bottles can be used to trigger ominous trials for even bigger rewards. Maces are new melee weapons that can each be crafted by combining a heavy core and a breeze rod. The name of the update was revealed in Minecraft Monthly on April 26, 2024.

Experimental features for this update have been released prior to the finalized release as part of 1.20.3 and 1.20.5 on Java Edition, and as part of 1.20.50, 1.20.60, 1.20.70, and 1.20.80 on Bedrock Edition.

Nine new ambient tracks from Lena Raine, Kumi Tanioka, and Aaron Cherof were added; all tracks play on the main menu.