Java Edition 16w35a

16w35a is the fourth snapshot released for Java Edition 1.11.

Additions

 * Internationalization
 * New strings within the game were made available for internationalization:
 * command output

Blocks

 * Blocks with custom names, including banners, hoppers, chests, furnaces, enchanting tables, dispensers, droppers, brewing stands, and minecarts, will retain their custom name when the block is dropped as an item, and when the item is placed again
 * Use the  tag


 * Carpets
 * 1 carpet now smelts 0.335 items, increased from 0.33.
 * 3 carpets can now fully smelt 1 item.


 * Ladders
 * 1 ladders now smelts 1.5 items, increased from 1.165.
 * 2 ladders can now fully smelt 3 items.


 * Trapdoors
 * Placing trapdoors right next to redstone sources now update to an open state

Mobs

 * Blazes
 * Will take damage when hit by a splash water bottle.


 * Enderman
 * Will take damage and teleport when hit by a splash water bottle.


 * Saddled pigs
 * Are now able to be renamed by name tags


 * Ender dragons
 * Now shows their hitbox when hitboxes are shown using.

World generation

 * Desert village wells
 * The bottom most part of the well is now made of sandstone instead of cobblestone.

General

 * Options
 * Changed the title and description of "Snooper Settings"
 * Brings it into line with the new privacy policy
 * Title is now "Feed us data!" instead of "Machine Specs Collection"
 * Description is now "We always want to improve Minecraft and, to help us do that, we'd like to collect some information. This lets us know what hardware to support and where the big problems are. It also gives us a sense of the size of our active player base, so we know if we're doing a good job. You can view all the information we collect below. If you want to opt out then you can simply toggle it off!"


 * Shields
 * Now block 100% of the damage dealt in melee combat, up from 66%.
 * Zombies without any weapons will not deal any damage to the player, nor damage the shields durability.
 * Creeper explosions deal 0 damage to the player.
 * Wither skeletons will not inflict the wither effect when hit by them.
 * Burning zombies will not set the player on fire.
 * Husks will not apply the Hunger effect.
 * Strays will not apply the Slowness effect.

Video
Video made by slicedlime:

Trivia

 * Unlike most of the first-of-the-week snapshots, this was released on a Thursday instead of Wednesday, similar to the snapshots before 14w26a.
 * 16w35a was previously removed from the launcher for some time, but was added back in September 2018.