Summary
A potential gamechanger has come toMinecraft. Revealed as part of the influx of snapshots leading up to 1.21, the new wind charge item will make a great addition toMinecraft—one that could hugely shake up parkour, combat, and travel.
The big star ofMinecraft’s 1.21 trial chamberstructure, the breeze is a new mob that will be making its full debut later this year. The creature flies around and blasts gusts of air, triggering traps and knocking players around. Not only is this mob interesting for its support role (focusing less on raw damage and more on controlling movement), but for what it might drop. That question has been answered with the reveal of the wind charge—a nifty little item that fires a consumable projectile akin to the breeze’s own, knocking around the player and mobs as well as activating certain redstone components.
Everything There Is To Know About Minecraft’s New Wind Charge Item
By turning on Java’s experimental data pack (with the item to be added to Bedrock’s ‘Experiments’ option in the future), playerscan accessMinecraft’s new wind chargeright now. Once players get their hands on the item, they have access to a whole new way to travel—a method already dubbed as a ‘double-jump’ by players—as well as a particularly unique weapon.
Using Minecraft’s Wind Charge
The wind charge drops fromMinecraft’s new breeze mob, a creature exclusive to the trial chamber structure and spawning only from the trial spawners within. Once slain, a breeze will drop 5-6 wind charges. These stack to 64 and a player need only throw one as if throwing a snowball, which will consume one of the charges held. When thrown, the charge will cause a small explosion upon impacting a block or an entity, one that will knock back creatures within its radius.
This knockback effect functions as the breeze’s own projectile does, putting theMinecraftmob’s power in player hands. The only difference is that they deal 10% more knockback at the cost of a smaller explosion size. Players throwing the charge and hitting themselves up in the air will also only take fall damage if they fall below where the projectile burst. This makes the tool great for hitting players up in the air, allowing for walls to be scaled and double jumps to be pulled off with good timing. The projectile can also be shot at entities, knocking them around as a breeze would—though they can be deflected with a counterattack just as a ghast fireball can be.
In addition, wind charges interact with certain blocks and redstone implements. They’ll flip non-iron trapdoors and doors and trigger inputs like buttons. They’ll also break chorus flowers, ring bells, shatter pots, and extinguish candles. All of this utility makes the item a great reason to seek out one ofMinecraft’s upcoming trial chamberswhen 1.21 arrives. Since breezes only spawn from trial spawners, farms can be established for the item (though the spawner does temporarily deactivate for 30 minutes after a wave of mobs is defeated, putting a cap on the charge’s power somewhat).
Purposes For Minecraft’s Wind Charge
If a player can time their usage right and manage the resource well, the wind charge drop may cause thebreeze to switch upMinecraftfor good. It will greatly hasten Ender Dragon fights, allowing players to easily scale obsidian towers and avoid fall damage when thrown up. Moreover, it can slow down a pursuing group of creatures, such as speedy pillagers or piglins. It could also allow for traps to be activated at a safe distance without an elaborate redstone connection. Given that the wind charge can be fired by dispensers, this alone is another huge boon for redstone.
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