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Minecraft 1.21, 1.20.5 Snapshot 24w13a – Ominous Trials, Ominous Vault

7,382 views ❘ March 27, 2024 ❘ Author: Mojang Studios

Minecraft 1.21, 1.20.5 Snapshot 24w13a introduces ominous potions, three mace enchantments, ominous trials, ominous keys, new vaults, new chambers, and fixes bugs. Mojang have confirmed a new Enchantments for the Macee weapon, these will be added to the Minecraft 1.21 Update.

Features:

Changes to the Mace
Tweaks to the Breeze and Wind Charges
Redesigned Bad Omen
Added Ominous Bottle
Added 6 new mob effects
Added Ominous Trial Spawner
Added Ominous Vault
Added Ominous Trial Key

Mace

Added a new explosive particle effect when executing a smash attack with the Mace to really show the player’s power
Increased the power and range of the knockback effect from a smash attack
Introduced an even stronger knockback when falling for more than 5 blocks before attacking
When successfully striking a target, all vertical momentum will be reset in addition to negating any accumulated fall distance
The baseline additional damage dealt by the Mace smash attack has been slightly reduced to 3 (1.5 hearts) per fallen block
These existing enchantments can now be applied to the Mace:
- Mending
- Unbreaking
- Smite
- Bane of Arthropods
- Fire Aspect
- Curse of Vanishing
Three new enchantments have been introduced that are unique to the Mace:
- Density:
  - Common Enchantment, accessible in the Enchanting Table and on Enchanted Books in loot
  - Has 5 levels
  - Maces enchanted with Density do more damage per fallen block per Density level
  - Damage dealt per fallen block is increased by 1 per level of Density
- Breach:
  - Rare Enchantment, accessible in the Enchanting Table and on Enchanted Books in loot
  - Has 4 levels
  - Maces enchanted with Breach reduce the effectiveness of armor on the target
  - The effectiveness of the armor is reduced by 15% per Breach level
- Wind Burst:
  - Unique enchantment which can only be found in Ominous Vaults
  - Has 3 levels
  - Maces enchanted with Wind Burst will emit a Wind Burst upon hitting an enemy, launching the attacker upward and enabling the linking of smash attacks one after the other
  - Each level will bounce the attacker higher up in the air

Breeze & Wind Charges

The Breeze now avoids jumping into dangerous blocks or air
Wind Charges no longer collide with End Crystals

Ominous Events

Bad Omen has been expanded to give access to an optional experience in Trial Chambers
These optional experiences accessed through Bad Omen are now known as Ominous Events
- They are more challenging than usual, and are designed to shake up the experience in unique ways
- Illager Raids are an example of an existing Ominous Event
Bad Omen is getting some changes with this redesign:
- It has a new, shadowy icon and a sound for being applied to the player
- It no longer triggers a Raid directly when entering a village
  - Instead, it will transform into a Raid Omen variant with a duration of 30 seconds
  - Once the Raid Omen expires, a Raid will start at the location the player gained the Raid Omen
  - Like any other effect, players can drink a Bucket of Milk to clear the Raid Omen to prevent the Raid from starting
- It is no longer given to players that defeat a Raid Captain outside a Raid
  - Instead, players can gain access to Bad Omen by consuming a new Ominous Bottle

Ominous Bottle

An item which can be consumed by players to receive the Bad Omen effect for 1 hour and 40 minutes
- Comes in 5 variations, one for each Bad Omen level
- The bottle breaks when consumed
- Can be stacked to 64
Can be found uncommonly in any Vaults that are unlocked with Trial Keys, and is dropped by Raid Captains when defeated outside a Raid

Ominous Trials

A new Ominous Event that can be accessed by exploring a Trial Chamber with Bad Omen
This event will have players facing more powerful Trial Spawners if they dare!

Trial Omen

A variant that Bad Omen can transform into
- This occurs when the player is within detection range of a Trial Spawner that is not Ominous
- The Trial Omen has a duration of 15 minutes multiplied by the transformed Bad Omen’s level
Players that have Trial Omen are surrounded by ominous particles

Ominous Trial Spawner

A more powerful active phase of the Trial Spawner with unique challenges and rewards
- Provides a more challenging experience that advanced players can opt into for better rewards
If a Trial Spawner detects a player that has the Trial Omen effect, the spawner will become Ominous if:
- It is not in cooldown
- Or, it is in cooldown but was not Ominous during its last activation
  - Making it Ominous this way will bypass the cooldown
While active, it will:
- Glow blue instead of orange
- Emit soul flames instead of normal flames
- Very commonly spawns mobs with equipment if they can wear it
  - The equipment these mobs wear have armor trims applied from the Trial Chambers
  - Known issue: these mobs can currently drop their equipment on death, but they will not in the future
- Periodically spawn potions and projectiles on top of unsuspecting players and mobs
  - Based on their location, spawners in an area will select a random set of projectiles to spawn
  - These projectiles will always include a single type of Lingering Potion from a set of possible effects
Becoming Ominous will despawn any existing mobs it spawned and reset its challenge
- It will stay Ominous until it has been defeated and its cooldown has finished
When defeated, it will eject a different set of loot to normal Trial Spawners

Ominous Trial Key

A new variant of the Trial Key which can only be obtained by defeating an Ominous Trial Spawner
They can be used to unlock Ominous Vaults

Ominous Vault

A variant of Vaults that have a different texture and emit soul flames instead of normal flames
These can be found throughout the Trial Chambers in harder to find places and require an Ominous Trial Key to unlock
- These Vaults hold a more valuable set of rewards than the standard Vaults unlocked by Trial Keys

Mob Effects

The following effects have been added:
- Wind Charged
  - Affected entities will emit a wind burst upon death
  - Brewed with an Awkward Potion and a Breeze Rod
- Weaving
  - Affected entities will spread Cobweb blocks upon death
  - Non-player entities with this effect can walk through Cobweb at normal speeds
  - Brewed with an Awkward Potion and a Cobweb block
- Oozing
  - Affected entities will spawn two Slimes upon death
  - Brewed with an Awkward Potion and a Slime Block
- Infested
  - Affected entities have a 5% chance to spawn 1-2 Silverfish when hurt
  - Brewed with an Awkward Potion and a Stone block
These effects can be encountered while taking on an Ominous Trial Spawner
Some mobs are immune to these effects
- Slimes are immune to Oozing
- Silverfish are immune to Infested

Trial Chambers Loot

The loot found within Trial Chamber Vaults has been adjusted
Standard Vaults will give slightly less items of high quality, but also include the following changes:
- Ominous Bottle I – II can be found
- Flow Banner Pattern, Flow Armor Trim Smithing Template, and Heavy Core can no longer be obtained
  - Guster Banner Pattern and Bolt Armor Trim Smithing Template remain exclusive to standard Vaults
  - In Heavy Core’s place, standard Vaults will instead have a very rare chance of providing a Trident
Ominous Vaults can provide some particularly valuable items, to mention a few:
- Ominous Bottle III – V
- Enchanted Golden Apple
- Flow Banner Pattern and Flow Armor Trim Smithing Template
- Wind Burst, Breach and Density Enchantments for the Mace
- Heavy Core
The loot ejected from Trial Spawners have been adjusted
- It now has a focus on providing higher quality food more often to make replenishing between fights more safe
Ominous Trial Keys have a 30% chance of ejecting from a defeated Ominous Trial Spawner, replacing the usual 50% chance to eject Trial Keys

Trial Spawner

All spawners now increase the amount of mobs present at once by 0.5 for each additional player, down from 2
Baby Zombie spawners now only have 2 mobs present at once for its baseline, down from 3 mobs
Can now only activate when a player is in line of sight

Trial Chambers