Minecraft 1.24, also just known as The Update that Changed the World II, is a major update released on July 27, 2025. It adds weapon rarities to the game, completely revamps the forest and desert biomes, and also acts as a second Update Aquatic.
Changes
- Bugs fixed.
- Build height is now 500 blocks and the bottom of the world is 300 blocks lower.
- The Deep Dark Biome now only generates a lot deeper.
- Things can be placed below the void in creative mode.
- Zombies will now turn into husks upon entering the Nether.
- Fur renamed to seal fur.
Changes to the forest biome
- Dark Oak and Spruce trees can now occasionally spawn in normal forests.
- The bigger the forest is, the bigger the trees tend to be.
- Foxes can now spawn in forests, but rarely.
Changes to the desert biome
- Strays can now spawn in deserts, but with a different texture.
- Your hunger bar depletes a little faster in a desert.
- Especially in deserts, but also in other biomes, you will get the nausea effect when your hunger bar is below 2.
Changes to aquatic biomes
- Deep oceans are now a lot deeper.
- Squid now spawn more rarely in rivers and shallow oceans, but spawn a lot in deep oceans.
- Drowned now give off a faint glow.
Additions
Weapon Rarities
Weapons now have different rarities:
- Expendable
- Durable
- Epic
- Legend
- Mythic
1.24.1: Minor Food Update
- Sushi- Crafted with dried kelp and raw fish.
- Apple Juice- Crafted with an apple and a bowl.
- Orange- Dropped from trees in jungle and savanna biomes.
- Orange Juice- Crafted with an orange and a bowl.
- Apple Pie- Crafted with milk, sugar, an egg, apples, and wheat.
Mobs
- Brown Bear- A neutral mob found in forests and taigas. They are basically brown polar bears.
- Black Bear
- Squirrel- A passive mob found in forests. They drop squirrel fur and raw squirrel.
- Deer- A passive mob found in forests. They drop raw venison, but also drop deer fur (I added fur in my 1.20 update).
- Moose- A neutral mob found in taigas. They have lots of health, lots of attack damage, and drop antlers, which can be crafted with an amethyst crystal into enchanted antlers.
- Scorpion- A neutral mob found in deserts and badlands. They give you the poison effect.
- Oyster- A passive mob found in oceans. They drop pearls.
- Bioluminescent Shrimp- A passive mob found in deep oceans that glows. It can be trapped in a bucket.
Trees
- Palm wood, stripped wood, plank, etc.
- Pine wood, strippped wood, plank, etc.
- Maple wood, blocks, and items.
Items
- Infinity Blade- A weapon that has a 0.5% chance to spawn in a jungle temple. It is basically the best weapon in the game, but has a long cooldown and cannot be enchanted, meaning it will break if you use it as your primary weapon.
- Pearl- An item dropped by oysters. Villagers will give you lots of emeralds for them, and they can be used to craft blocks of pearl.
- Antlers- Dropped by Moose.
- Deer Fur- A variant of fur dropped by deer. It can be used as a carpet or hung on the wall as a decoration. It can also be made into armor, like seal fur.
- Squirrel Fur- A variant of fur dropped by squirrels. It can be used just like deer and seal fur.
- Raw Squirrel
- Cooked Squirrel
- Raw Venison
- Cooked Venison
- Venison Stew- Crafted like rabbit stew but with cooked venison
- Squirrel Stew
- Deer fur armor
- Squirrel fur armor
Blocks
- Pearl Block- A decorative block crafted with pearls.
- Ender Pearl Block
An Ender Pearl Block
- Ender Eye Block
- Netherrack Brick Block
- Polished Netherrack Block
- Iron, Gold, Diamond, Netherite, Amethyst, Titanium, and other mineral slabs and stairs
Biomes
- Barren Tundra- A biome with a lot of podzol, spruce and pine trees, and dead bushes.
- Palm Island- A small island with some palm trees.
- Jungle Island- A little jungle on an island.
- Maple Forest
- Tropical Beach- A beach with palm trees and occasionally jungle ones.
- Soul Sand Deltas- A Soul Sand Valley but with large basalt spikes that usually have some Soul Lava on top.
Strucutres
- Woodland Palace- A huge structure that generates deep in Maple Forests.
- Little Ocean Temple- A small prismarine gazebo with a chest. These generate on islands, and a skeleton head always generates
- Temple of the Creeper- A creeper temple!!!
Advancements
- Really Overpowered- Have golden boots, Netherite chestplate and leggings, a blaze crown, and stand on a Block of Ascension all at the same time.