Promotional image for the release of the update
The 1.21.8 Update is a minor update whose main feature is the move to the 1.21.8 version of Minecraft, along with a few minor bugfixes and changes.
It was released on the 18th of November 2025 .
Updated MRCL Recommended Modpack to 1.21.8.
Most items found on Earth will no longer be able to be stacked.
Consuming food from the cafeteria will now restore health.
Mirrors will now be able to reflect 10 lightning bolts from Possessed players instead of only 1.
Players will now have to hold right-click while holding food trays or mirrors to defend themselves from lightning bolts.
Earth now contains a few new biomes to allow for more customizability with Music Packs :
Some more flora has been added to certain seasons on Earth.
Tessens now have a different charging animation and will launch automatically once fully charged.
New Creativity structures have been added in the Volcano Replika and the Shell Sector .
The Desert Sector icon has been updated using a reference from the show.
The Sector 5 player step sounds should now be consistent.
The Sector 5 maze keys will now instantly stop the timer when hit instead of when the animation ends.
XANA Towers activated by xanafied players will no longer automatically deactivate by themselves.
The player skin portion of devirtualization animations will no longer be emissive (meaning it will not be abnormally bright in dark locations.)
Communication Cards of players that trust you will open automatically when they virtualize while you are sitting at the interface.
The Monster markers on the Virtual Map are now more stable.
Overvehicle markers have been added to the Virtual Map.
Terminals will remember the position of windows that have been closed, allowing them to be re-opened in the same spot until they are shut down.
The Virtual Menu has been heavily modified, no longer having a background due to technical issues caused by Minecraft and several sub-menus now using the vanilla game's "dialog" system.
Added two easter eggs.
Fixed the skies pack in the MRCL Recommended Pack setting the Frontier 's sky incorrectly.
Fixed the shaders in the MRCL Recommended Pack not setting the sky color correctly.
Fixed incorrect color on the percentage character on the tower DNA fix menu.
Fixed incorrect position when launching energy fields.
Fixed energy fields breaking when changing Power Colors while they are summoned (usually when being freed from xanafication.)
Fixed tessens being able to collide with each other when launched.
Fixed target selectors not following players correctly if they are on an overvehicle.
Fixed players affected by Telekinesis or Smoke Grab not being able to aim correctly.
Fixed telekinesis not applying the glow color on rocks and entities correctly.
Fixed Future Flash closing the Sector 5 maze if the user is the only player within the sector.
Fixed incorrect safe room position calculation in Sector 5 .
Fixed Sector 5 maze keys having glowing/lighting issues.
Fixed Sector 5 "access open" message being sent when the maze key is hit instead of when the access actually opens.
Fixed sector destruction not stopping on game over, leading to the Sector being missing after the server resets.
Fixed monsters not retargeting when being hit correctly.
Fixed the Scyphozoa being able to suffocate its prisoner inside walls.
Fixed Tower Attack effects being able to affect players in the virtualization animation.
Fixed No Gravity attack affecting players inside the factory elevator.
Fixed technical error when right-clicking roots without an item in hand.
Fixed items being able to be repaired in the inventory.
Fixed skates model disappearing when throwing them and picking them back up constantly.
Fixed inventories having a risk of being cleared when the server restarts.
Fixed Laptop being lost when leaving the server while it is placed down.
Theoretically fixed Virtual Map desync issues while viewing a player, displaying Earth.
Due to the Desert Sector icon being updated, all of Lyoko's sectors now have their official icons (aside from the Shell Sector .)
The Telekinesis/Smoke Grab aiming fix was accidental: it simply fixed itself when updating to 1.21.8.
Promotional image for the new item models
Promotional image for the new Volcano Replika creativity structures