Java Edition 20w14a

20w14a is the tenth snapshot for Java Edition 1.16, released on April 2, 2020, which adds zoglins, makes some changes to striders, and fixes bugs.

Items

 * Spawn eggs
 * Added zoglin spawn egg.

Mobs

 * Zoglins
 * Created when a hoglin is brought into the Overworld.
 * Unlike hoglins, they can't be bred or fed, and they don't flee from warped fungus.
 * Attack most mobs on sight, except for creepers and other zoglins.

Items

 * Compass
 * The compass now has,  , and   data fields. If   is zero, the game will skip checking for a lodestone in the specified position.
 * Compasses can now be enchanted with Curse of Vanishing.


 * Warped Fungus on a Stick
 * Now has 100 durability instead of 25.
 * Takes 1 damage whenever the strider's speed is boosted.

Mobs

 * Hoglins
 * Now become zoglins in the overworld
 * Now avoid nether portals and respawn anchors.


 * Piglins
 * Now avoid zoglins in the same way they avoid zombified piglins.


 * Striders
 * Strider riding speed has now been significantly increased to be more similar to that of riding a boat.

General

 * Advancements
 * The advancements "Monster Hunter" and "Monsters Hunted" now use elder guardians, ender dragons, endermites, vexes, withers, and zoglins.


 * Attributes
 * Items and entities will no longer keep unknown attributes.
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 * Main menu
 * The main menu background is now in the Nether


 * World save files
 * Region files are now opened in synchronous mode to increase prevent data loss and corruption after crash.
 * Dedicated servers can disable that by changing sync-chunk-writes inside server.properties.


 * Statistics
 * Are now ordered alphabetically.


 * Tags
 * Added nether portals and respawn anchors to the block tag.