Java Edition 20w09a

20w09a is the fourth snapshot for Java Edition 1.16, released on February 26, 2020, which adds crying obsidian and targets and renames zombie pigmen among other changes.

Blocks

 * Crying obsidian
 * Is only decorative for now, but will have uses in the future.
 * Can be obtained by bartering with piglins.
 * Has a light level of 10.
 * Emits purple particles.
 * Can be moved by pistons.


 * Targets
 * Redstone component that can be activated by shooting projectiles into it.
 * The closer to the center the projectile hits on one of its faces, the stronger the redstone signal.
 * Can be crafted using a hay block and 4 redstone dust pieces.

Gameplay

 * Advancements
 * Added new "Bullseye" advancement.
 * To complete this advancement, the player has to shoot a projectile into the center of one face of a target block.


 * Recipe book
 * The recipes for crimson and warped signs have been added to the recipe book and are unlocked by having the respective planks.


 * Tags
 * Added new block tag.
 * Includes ladders, vines, scaffolding, and weeping vines.
 * Used in mob pathfinding and to determine what blocks the player can climb.
 * Added new entity tag.
 * Includes the arrows tag, snowballs, fireballs, small fireballs, eggs, tridents, dragon fireballs, and wither skulls.
 * Used to determine what entities will break chorus fruit when hit.

General

 * Particles
 * Added three particles for crying obsidian:.

Blocks

 * Crimson and warped signs
 * Can now be crafted.


 * Fungi
 * Renamed to "Fungus".
 * Can now be added to flower pots.
 * Can now only be grown in huge fungi when on the same type of nylium.


 * Lava
 * Now pushes entities.


 * Nether sprouts
 * Now have the replaceable plant material.


 * Purpur pillar
 * Changed the top texture to match the texture $$.


 * Roots
 * Can now be placed into flower pots.
 * Warped roots now have the replaceable plant material.


 * Stripped crimson and warped stems
 * Changed the top texture.


 * Weeping vines
 * Are now climbable.
 * Now have the replaceable plant material.

Items

 * Diamond axe, diamond boots, diamond helmet, diamond hoe, diamond leggings, diamond pickaxe, diamond shovel, diamond sword, golden hoe, golden pickaxe, netherite pickaxe, wooden hoe, and wooden pickaxe
 * Changed their textures slightly to match the textures $$.


 * Hoes
 * Can now break nether wart blocks and warped wart blocks quickly.

Mobs

 * Hoglin
 * Slightly tweaked the texture. Some colors were tweaked and transparent pixels were removed.


 * Piglin
 * Now have an  data value that prevents them from zombifying in the Overworld.
 * Baby piglins now ride on the back of baby hoglins.


 * Skeleton horses and zombie horses
 * Can now be leashed.


 * Zombie pigman
 * Has been renamed to "Zombified Piglin".
 * Updated model and texture.
 * The texture used is the same texture added in 20w07a.

Non-mob entities

 * Minecart
 * Now checks dismount position height against entity height.

Gameplay

 * Bartering
 * Bartering loot has been restructured to be more appealing to survival players.
 * The new loot for bartering consists of:
 * Common barters ($20/226$ chance or about 8.85%): 6–10 shroomlight, 1 fire charge, 8–16 gravel, 4–10 leather, 4–10 warped fungus, 4–16 nether brick, 1 obsidian, or 1–3 crying obsidian.
 * Uncommon barters ($10/226$ chance or about 4.42%): 8–16 nether quartz, 5–12 glowstone dust, 2–6 magma cream, 4–8 ender pearl, or 8–24 string.
 * Rare barters ($5/226$ chance or about 2.21%): 1 warped nylium, 1 potion or 1  splash potion.
 * Very rare barter ($1/226$ chance or about 0.44%): 1 netherite hoe.
 * In this snapshot, all item amounts will be 1-5 due to a bug.
 * Piglins will now inspect gold ingots first before throwing out the item they choose to barter for the player if they're still around.


 * Recipe book
 * Stained glass pane recipes now only unlock when the player has the same color of stained glass in their inventory.


 * Sounds
 * and sounds are now part of the "ambient/environment" sound category adjustable in options.
 * Shearing sound category was changed from "friendly creatures" to "players" for players using shears and "blocks" for dispenser using shears.


 * Tags
 * Added potted crimson fungus, warped fungus, crimson roots, and warped roots to the block tag.

General

 * Nether fog
 * Color now transitions smoothly between biomes.


 * The Nether
 * Changed the ambient lighting in the Nether, it is now much darker.


 * Textures
 * Removed duplicate and unused textures for stripped warped logs.

Video
Video made by Slicedlime: