How To Upgrade To Netherite In Minecraft 1.21 (Big Update Questions: Part 1)

Everything you need to know about the changes to upgrading your gear from Diamond to Netherite in Minecraft 1.20. This is video number 1 of 6 releasing today to answer your big update questions about the Trails & Tales update!

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[gingersaremad]

Yay more mindless searching in the nether. It was so fun searching for hours for a stronghold and now for a bastion. Woo

[sadcowboycat]

this is by far the worst update in minecraft history.

[marcoashley]

I really dislike this change, netherite isn’t really a good upgrade and it’s not worth the grind. Not only did they make netherite pointless after nerfing its knockback resistance but they also want you to look for a bastion to upgrade. This doesn’t make the game harder but rather a pain in the ass just to get a slight buff that has absolutely nothing special

[jmalex]

I've been procrastinating making a bunch of backup netherite gear...I should probably get on that now that it has an actual release date

[jdsgotninelives]

Initially my heart sank because I'm new to Minecraft and only just started reconoitering the Nether. I was however delighted when you demonstrated that templates could be crafted from templates. I'm actually looking forward to the challenge. Also, 1.20 drops in just a few days and I'm so looking forward to cherry and archeology.

[bextomoose]

I'm pretty conflicted on this change. Like sure, Netherite is the best armor in the game, but is it really worth the hassle? What does it give you, some, idk, knockback resistance? It can't be burned in lava? When do you need that? And _7_ diamonds for one extra smithing template? Sure at some point diamonds may not be the rarest thing on your world but cmon, that's a lot. And my biggest concern is, what about old worlds? As far as I'm aware, only new Bastions will have the smithing templates so how far would you have to go to get some? If they were going to do this, I think they should've done it with 1.16 or not at all. Buffing Netherite also would've been an interesting idea. Maybe give it built in fire protection, that stacks with normal fire protection and isn't mutually exclusive with other protection enchantments

[cleryfrey]

Because I'm lazy, I upgraded my stuff to netherite just before the 1.20 update. Getting that netherite template is gonna be hard. I don't want to waste diamonds to duplicate a netherite template so I just upgraded them as early as now.

[juderbutter]

So I’m never going to get netherite armor again good to know

[cdredstone]

I really hope someone makes a mod that removes upgrade kits because the armor trimming was my favorite part about the update.

[elevated]

It already was annoying to try and find ancient debris, now we also have to do this? And for what an extra point of damage or extra durability? It's literally not worth it anymore. I'll just stick to diamond.

[TheStephenStephen]

In my last legit survival world it took me a mere week to get fully enchanted Netherite Armour so I’m honestly really glad that they’re making it harder. I love grinding for things in Minecraft so this is easily one of my favourite new changes!

[voidartist]

Oh how I'm starting to miss the old minecraft. I'll stick with diamond armor. Just made Hardcore a lot more difficult for absolutely no reason whatsoever

[idunno_]

They should've made the netherite upgrade craftable with netherite ingots or a block. I think they made it too hard to get and probably unfair in mutliplayer since one person could just get all the upgrades nearby and be the only person with netherite gear

[inge]

Good to know, get all my tools upgraded before 1:20

[CHAOS_E]

Guess I’m grinding for the next few days to get as much netherite gear as I can before the update comes.

[Azabien]

Glad I got the achievement before the update. Now I don't have to suffer getting full netherite again.

[JurJurVugter]

Can’t they just do one diamond to dupe a template and seven blocks of the type

[andrewmathewson]

I normally play with cheats enabled, so what I plan on doing is collecting enough resources to make, say, a netherite helmet, then use /give to get the helmet and throw the previously mentioned resources at a cactus so not to dupe my items.

[Erolsaurus]

I wish that they would make the Smithing Template and other new items craftable. It would fix the issue of having to make a new world every update. I have this issue with Terraria as well, but to a lesser degree.

[superwhatevergamin]

Craft templates with templates.
Because that's convenient.
And they didn't even let us keep potion glint as an optional thing.

Honestly, the one redeeming feature here is Bannered Sheilds. Tricked out armor is nice too, but... We finally get the sheild update. :)