Minecraft’s Clouds Get a Major Overhaul with New Patterns and Features!

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Summary

  • Minecraft‘s latest experimental snapshot updates cloud patterns for a more packed and unique look.
  • Quality-of-life tweaks in the update allow players to feed carrots to horses, mules, and donkeys.
  • The update adds new sound effects for lead snaps and removing items from llamas, enhancing player experience.

A fresh experimental build has been unveiled for the Java Edition of Minecraft, incorporating several user-friendly enhancements to existing game features as well as a significant revamp in the depiction of cloud formations in the sky. This minor alteration significantly alters the appearance of Minecraft worlds, and some enthusiasts have even discovered an amusing hidden reference nestled within the diverse array of cloud shapes and patterns.

This year, Minecraft has been frequently releasing snapshot updates, and the annual Minecraft LIVE event recently showcased a lot of new content scheduled for the game in 2025. Fans have caught a sneak peek at several upcoming features in test versions made available for both Java and Bedrock editions. For instance, players have been introduced to Minecraft’s cheerful Ghast mob and revamped leashing mechanics. Additionally, those playing with the preview versions of Minecraft on the Bedrock Edition have had a sneak peek at the game’s upcoming Vibrant Visuals, a significant graphical and lighting overhaul that will eventually be available for both Java and Bedrock editions.

Vibrant Visuals is revamping the cloud looks within Minecraft, and the experimental Java Edition version has significantly altered the game’s cloud designs altogether. Previously, Minecraft clouds were sparse and straightforward in shape, but now they are denser and generate entirely new formations and patterns. An intriguing aspect of this minor update is a hidden reference where the creeper face can appear within the cloud patterns. The exact rarity of seeing this is unclear, but some enthusiasts like YoungBiro05 have showcased these unique cloud configurations in their own screenshots.

Minecraft’s New Cloud Patterns Hide a Familiar Face

As a devoted Minecraft enthusiast, I can’t help but get excited about the latest updates! Not only have they added enthralling new sound effects for when a lead snaps or items like saddles, carpets, and armor are taken off llamas by players, but they’ve also been working tirelessly on refining upcoming features. For instance, they’ve been concentrating on enhancing the ghastling and happy ghast mobs, which at this moment are only available in the game’s preview versions.

New Features

  • Updated the pattern of clouds in the sky
  • Horses, Donkeys, and Mules can now be fed carrots to heal, grow, and improve their temper

Music and Sound

  • Added a new sound for when a Lead snaps
  • Added new custom sounds for shearing Saddles, Horse Armor, and Carpets from Llamas

Technical Changes

  • The Data Pack version is now 78
  • The Resource Pack version is now 62

Data Pack Version 78

Dialogs

  • run_command click actions will now correctly close dialogs and book screens even if the command does not require elevated permissions
  • Dialogs should now correctly return to the previous non-dialog screen on close in all cases
  • If a new dialog is received by the client while warning screen is visible, it will not replace it, but when user clicks the “Back” button, the new dialog will be restored instead
  • The sizes of elements in dialogs are now restricted:
    • buttons – between 1 and 1024 (inclusive)
    • minecraft:plain_message dialog body – between 1 and 1024 (inclusive)
    • minecraft:item dialog body
      • width of description – between 1 and 1024 (inclusive)
      • width – between 1 and 256 (inclusive)
      • height – between 1 and 256 (inclusive)
    • minecraft:text input control – between 1 and 1024 (inclusive)
    • minecraft:single_option input control – between 1 and 1024 (inclusive)
    • minecraft:number_range input control – between 1 and 1024 (inclusive)

minecraft:text Input Control

  • max_length – maximum length of input, positive integer with default of 32
  • multiline – if present, allows users to input multiple lines, optional object with fields:
    • max_lines – if present, limits maximum lines, optional positive integer
    • height – height of input, optional integer in range 1 to 512
      • If this field is omitted, but max_lines is present, the height will be chosen to fit the maximum number of lines
      • If this and max_lines are both omitted, it will default to a height that fits 4 lines

minecraft:number_range Input Control

  • The steps field has been replaced with a new field:
    • step – step size, optional positive float
      • If present, only values of initial + * step will be allowed
      • If absent, any value from range the is allowed
  • initial – if not specified, now defaults to the middle of the range

minecraft:multi_action_input_form Dialog Type

  • Added new field columns – positive integer describing number of columns, default: 2

Resource Pack Version 62

Sounds

  • Added entity/leashknot/break for when a Lead snaps
  • The following sounds have been renamed:
    • entity/leashknot/break1 -> entity/leashknot/unleash1
    • entity/leashknot/break2 -> entity/leashknot/unleash2
    • entity/leashknot/break3 -> entity/leashknot/unleash3
    • entity/leashknot/place1 -> entity/leashknot/leash1
    • entity/leashknot/place2 -> entity/leashknot/leash2
    • entity/leashknot/place3 -> entity/leashknot/leash3
  • The following sounds have been added for shearing Saddles, Horse Armor, and Carpets from Llamas
    • mob/horse/armor_unequip
    • mob/horse/saddle_unequip
    • mob/llama/unequip

Fixed bugs in 25w21a

  • MC-36696 – Clicking on the statistics button on the menu screen advances the game by 1 tick
  • MC-112730 – Beacon beam and structure block render twice per frame
  • MC-236464 – Beacon beams emitted from below the player are invisible after reloading chunks
  • MC-258336 – Frost Walker causes frequent visual corruption near chunk borders on Threaded and Semi-Blocking Chunk Builder
  • MC-296337 – Minecarts cause memory usage increases and crashes
  • MC-297264 – Cat breeds are not seed based anymore
  • MC-297336 – Experience orbs from thrown bottles o’ enchanting are very prone to getting stuck inside blocks when thrown against a corner
  • MC-297615 – Untranslatable error message when trying to join a closed Realm
  • MC-297803 – The string “menu.custom_screen_info.contents” misspells “personal” as “pesonal”
  • MC-297806 – music.game.swamp.labyrinthine misspells the song’s title
  • MC-297808 – music.game.oxygene is missing the grave accent sign
  • MC-297812 – Bold text is rendered differently than in previous versions
  • MC-297813 – Amos Roddy is not listed in the credits
  • MC-297823 – music.game.mice_on_venus is using wrong capitalization
  • MC-297845 – Clicking the Statistics button in Singleplayer does not play the button click sound until you resume playing
  • MC-297846 – The music toast flashes in the pause menu when the Music slider is set to zero
  • MC-297875 – Text shadow from underlined text overlaps the text below it in chat messages
  • MC-297888 – Text no longer renders in a consistent order across different fonts
  • MC-297917 – The client stops responding when showing a dialog with an extremely wide button
  • MC-297977 – Dialog columns layout has extra spacing between the grid and the overflow linear layout

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2025-05-21 20:45