Java Edition 20w15a

20w15a is the eleventh snapshot for Java Edition 1.16, released on April 8, 2020, which adds a new nether biome, new music tracks, new blocks and other changes and fixes.

Blocks

 * Blackstone
 * Generates in Basalt Deltas.
 * Can be used in place of stone to craft furnaces and stone tools.
 * Is not blast resistant.
 * Has a slab, stair, and wall variant.


 * Blackstone Slab, Blackstone Stairs, Blackstone Wall
 * Decorative blocks crafted from blackstone.


 * Chiseled Nether Bricks
 * New variant of Nether Bricks.


 * Chiseled Polished Blackstone
 * Decorative block crafted from polished blackstone.


 * Cracked Nether Bricks
 * New variant of Nether Bricks.


 * Cracked Polished Blackstone Bricks
 * Decorative blocks crafted from polished blackstone.


 * Gilded Blackstone
 * Has a chance of dropping 2-5 gold nuggets.
 * Currently only available via the creative inventory or by using commands.


 * Polished Blackstone
 * Crafted with 4 Blackstone.
 * Has a chiseled, slab, stair, and wall variant.
 * Can be crafted into buttons and pressure plates.


 * Polished Blackstone Bricks
 * Crafted with 4 Polished Blackstone
 * Has a cracked, slab, stair, and wall variant.


 * Polished Blackstone Brick Slab, Polished Blackstone Brick Stairs, Polished Blackstone Brick Wall
 * Decorative blocks crafted from polished blackstone bricks.


 * Polished Blackstone Button and Polished Blackstone Pressure Plate
 * Redstone blocks crafted from polished blackstone.


 * Polished Blackstone Slab, Polished Blackstone Stairs, and Polished Blackstone Wall
 * Decorative blocks crafted from polished blackstone.


 * Quartz Bricks
 * Decorative block crafted from quartz.


 * Soul Campfire
 * Have a blue flame instead of orange.
 * Crafted with soul sand or soul soil instead of coal.
 * Piglins are repelled by soul campfires.

Items

 * Piglin Banner Pattern
 * New pattern for banners, the Piglin.
 * Use in Loom to apply Piglin pattern to the banner.

Biomes

 * Basalt Deltas
 * A volcanic biome in The Nether.
 * Filled with pillars of Basalt and large areas of Blackstone.
 * Ghasts, magma cubes, and striders spawn in this biome.

General

 * Accessibility
 * Chat line spacing can be adjusted.
 * A chat delay can be set between 0 (default) and 6 seconds.


 * Music
 * Added 3 new soundtracks to the Nether.


 * Sound
 * Added ambient sounds for the basalt deltas.


 * Tags
 * Added block tag.
 * Contains campfires and soul campfires.
 * Bees, parrots, and turtles will view blocks in this tag as dealing fire damage and pathfind accordingly.
 * Campfires use this tag to determine if they are lit or not.
 * Flint and steel uses this tag to determine if it can light campfires.
 * Added block tag.
 * Contains:
 * container blocks (chests, trapped chests, ender chests, barrels, the  block tag)
 * and gold blocks (blocks of gold, gilded blackstone, and the  block tag).
 * Piglins will become hostile towards a player that destroys a block in this tag.
 * Added item tag.
 * Contains cobblestone and blackstone.
 * Items in this tag can be used to craft furnaces and will unlock the recipe in the recipe book.
 * Added item tag.
 * Contains cobblestone and blackstone.
 * Items in this tag can be used to craft stone tools and will unlock the recipes in the recipe book.
 * Added item tag.
 * Parallels the block tag.
 * Contains soul sand and soul soil.
 * Items in this tag can be used to craft soul fire torches and campfires and will unlock the recipes in the recipe book.

Blocks

 * Dispensers
 * Can now saddle pigs and tamed horses.
 * Can now put horse armor on horses.
 * Can now put carpets on tamed llamas.
 * Can now put chests on tamed llamas, tamed donkeys, and tamed mules.
 * Can now shear mooshrooms.
 * Can now shear snow golems.


 * Furnaces
 * Can now be crafted with Blackstone.


 * Soul fire torches
 * Can now be crafted with soul sand.


 * Walls
 * Now connects to glass panes, iron bars, and sea pickles.

Items

 * Stone axes, hoes, pickaxes, sovels, and swords
 * Can now be crafted with blackstone.


 * Hoes
 * Are now the default tool for mining Leaves.


 * Fungi, Nether sprouts, Roots, Twisting vines, nether wart blocks, warped wart blocks, and weeping vines
 * Can now be composted.

Mobs

 * Magma cubes
 * Spawn commonly in basalt deltas.


 * Striders
 * Now turn purple outside of lava.
 * When outside lava, their facial expression changes textures slightly.
 * Can now only spawn if the block above the lava is air.
 * Baby striders ride on top of bigger striders.


 * Zoglins
 * Are now undead.

General

 * Tags
 * Added polished blackstone, and (where applicable) blackstone blocks and items to the block and item tags.
 * Added soul campfires to the block tag.
 * Added the  block tag and removed lanterns and soul fire lanterns from the  block tag.


 * Textures
 * Removed an unused fin from the strider texture.

Trivia

 * This is the second biggest snapshot of this update since 20w06a.


 * The Gilded Blackstone's gold texture looks similar to the old texture of the Nether Gold Ore.