
The Spawn Chunks 343: Minecraft Springs To Life
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Jonny, and Joel give the rundown of all of the new features, an changes in Minecraft 1.21.5, the Spring To Life drop, share their gameplay plans for the new content, and answer a listener email about happy ghasts.

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Joel
- The Citadel | Westhill
- Not all of the mods for The Citadel server have been updated to 1.21.5 as of yet. So, The Citadel is still on 1.21.4.
- In some cases it’s a mod library holding back a few mods. Once those mod libraries update, the mods available for 1.21.5 should be quick to follow.
- The Citadel will be updating to 1.21.5 as soon the essential mods for performance are all updated.
- Client side, some performance mods help with a screen stutter performance issue when streaming.
- Smaller quality of life mods that are also client side won’t hold up a server update as they can just be updated down the road whenever they are ready.
- Not all of the mods for The Citadel server have been updated to 1.21.5 as of yet. So, The Citadel is still on 1.21.4.

Jonny
- The Minecraft Survival Guide, Season 3
- Went out to find all the new foliage additions in Spring To Life, and tried most of them out in the wheat field.
- Firefly bushes are a great addition. Buried a few firefly bushes so the fireflies appear even during the day.
- Dry grass is also great. It does definitely stand out from the default wheat texture.
- Wildflowers work well where pink petals don’t make as much sense.
- Leaf litter feels like it needs trees near by for context.
- More Than Just A Wheat Farm! Minecraft Survival Guide S3 Ep 117 (YouTube.com/Pixlriffs)
- Went out to find all the new foliage additions in Spring To Life, and tried most of them out in the wheat field.
- Misadventures SMP
- Decorated the house – The Sky Pirate Loft – in Meriport.
- The workshop, and storage floor is still a work in progress.
- Ran a couple of dungeons, including The Lost Crypt, designed by MythicalSausage.
- Waiting on a land claim to be approved before starting a Sky Ruins build.
- A New Adventure! Misadventures Minecraft SMP Ep 1 (YouTube.com/Pixlriffs)
- Decorated the house – The Sky Pirate Loft – in Meriport.




Minecraft News
- Minecraft: Java Edition 1.21.5, Spring To Life (Minecraft.net)

Chunk Mail
FROM: Cinqo
SUBJECT: A Ghastly Missed Opportunity Perhaps?
Howdy! Hope you are both having a great day!
The talk of the village is the happy ghast. I think the utility, and concept is great! (I’ve been waiting for a rideable flying mob for years.) That fact that you can stand on it as a moving platform is inspired. However I think it looks a bit… odd…
I know I’m not alone in thinking that the happy ghast looks almost modded. I’m wondering if it’s specifically because it is a ghast. Is it a good thing that Mojang seems to be adding depth, and hinting at lore to an existing mob like the ghast, or should they have used this opportunity to add another ancient mob like the sniffer?
I’d be also curious to hear your thoughts on if Mojang should continue this method for the future. To add depth to the world instead of expanding it.
Thank you!
Cinqo has made the advancement [one of these days] while continuing his search for more Minecraft ancient flora and fauna.
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Springing To Life
Now that Minecraft 1.21.5 “Spring To Life” is here, Jonny and Joel share their immediate, and future plans for some of the new features, and discuss how some of the gameplay changes could mean a new approach to, or even revisiting older technical builds to bring them up to date.