Java Edition 1.20

1.20 is an upcoming major update to set to release sometime in 2023. The update was announced at Minecraft Live 2022 on October 15, 2022. Currently, Mojang has not given any known name to it. There will be more features for 1.20 that will be introduced in future snapshots.

Blocks

 * Bamboo Planks.png Bamboo Planks
 * Crafted from bamboo.
 * Can be used to craft respective slabs, stairs, fences, fence gates, pressure plates, signs, buttons, doors, bamboo rafts, hanging signs, and trapdoors.
 * Can also be crafted into bamboo mosaics, a new block.


 * Bamboo Mosaic.png Bamboo Mosaic
 * Crafted from bamboo slabs.
 * Can be used to craft respective slabs and stairs.


 * Chiseled Bookshelf.png Chiseled Bookshelf
 * Can store up to six books, enchanted books, or books and quills.
 * Books are directly added and removed, so there is no interface.
 * Can be used with a redstone comparator to detect the last slot that was interacted with.


 * Oak Hanging Sign.png Hanging Sign
 * Has a total of 10 wood variants: oak, spruce, birch, jungle, acacia, dark oak, mangrove, crimson, warped, and bamboo.
 * Crafted using stripped logs or blocks of stripped bamboo and chains.
 * Has 3 block variants: hanging from the side of a block, hanging below a wider block, and hanging below a narrower block such as fences or chains.
 * Text can be dyed and tinted with glow ink sacs to make text glow.
 * Cannot hold as much text as a regular sign.
 * Acts like a regular sign.


 * Can be found in ocean ruin chests.
 * Hatches into a baby sniffer.
 * Hatches into a baby sniffer.


 * Can be grown from ancient seeds.
 * Can be grown from ancient seeds.

Items

 * Can be dug out of the ground by the sniffer.
 * Can be planted on the ground to grow new plants.
 * Can be planted on the ground to grow new plants.


 * Piglin Head
 * Piglins will now drop their heads when killed by a charged creeper.
 * The piglin head will flap its ears when powered by redstone, or when worn by a player while walking.


 * Spawn Eggs
 * Camel Spawn Egg JE2 BE2.png Camel Spawn Egg

Mobs

 * Camel.png Camel
 * A rideable entity.
 * Mobs like zombies and husks can't reach entities riding camels due to its height.
 * Can carry up to two players at a time.
 * Can be bred with cactus to produce a baby camel.
 * Can dash to walk faster, or to jump over obstacles such as ravines and rivers.


 * SnifferPixel.png
 * Won the mob vote during Minecraft Live 2022.
 * An ancient mob that is hatched from sniffer eggs, which can be found in chests in underwater ruins. Upon hatching, the sniffer can find ancient seeds, which can be used to grow new types of decorative plants.

Non-mob entities

 * Bamboo Raft
 * A new type of boat, crafted with bamboo planks.
 * Can be used to craft a variant with a chest.

Planned changes

 * Mob heads
 * Can now be used on note blocks to play a specific ambient sound.