Java Edition 20w12a

20w12a is the seventh snapshot for Java Edition 1.16, released on March 18, 2020, which adds respawn anchors and polished basalt, as well as several other changes and fixes.

Blocks

 * Polished basalt
 * Obtained by smelting normal basalt.
 * Purely decorative and directional, like normal basalt.
 * Respawn anchor
 * Crafted with crying obsidian.
 * Can be used to set spawn points using glowstone as charges.
 * A maximum of 4 charges can be set at once, and one charge is depleted with each respawn.
 * Emits a slight amount of light, which gets stronger for each charge added.

General

 * Tags
 * Added the block tag.
 * Contains soul sand and soul soil.
 * Determines what blocks can support soul fire.

Blocks

 * Nether gold ore
 * Can now be mined with any pickaxe.
 * Now drops a 2-6 golden nuggets, instead of itself, when mined.
 * This is affected by Fortune the same way other ores are, for a maximum possible drop of 24 golden nuggets with Fortune III.


 * Soul Fire
 * Now burns on soul sand in addition to soul soil.

Items

 * Hoe
 * Are now the appropriate tools for mining sponges and wet sponges.

Mobs

 * Bee
 * Reduced the maximum distance a bee can wander away from its home hive when randomly wandering to around 22 blocks.


 * Parrot
 * Parrots imitate hostile mobs less often.
 * Parrots do not randomly imitate hostile mobs when gamemode is on peaceful.

Gameplay

 * Advancements
 * Added hoglins to Two by Two.


 * Bartering
 * Piglins now give a book enchanted with Soul Speed as opposed to an enchanted book.


 * Recipe book
 * The sign recipes are now grouped.
 * The netherite ingot recipes are now grouped.

General

 * Materials
 * Weeping and twisting vines now use the "plant" material.
 * Shroomlights now use the "grass" material.


 * Tags
 * The block tag is no longer used in setting the required pickaxe tier.


 * Splashes
 * The list of available splashes was changed to:
 * "Wash your hands!"
 * "Soap and water!"
 * "Support local businesses!"
 * "Stay home and play games!"
 * "Stay safe!"
 * "Stay strong!"
 * "Cough or sneeze into your elbow!"
 * "Don’t touch your face!"
 * "Support elderly relatives and friends!"
 * "Prepare, but don’t hoard!"
 * "Gamers unite – separately in your own homes!"
 * "Save the world – stay inside!"
 * "Shop for your elders!"
 * "Hang out with your friends online!"

Fixes
60 issues fixed


 * - Dismounting an entity places riding entity / player half block too high
 * - Silent tag is not working for some entities
 * - Casting issue: Bone meal particles break at high coordinates (floating point precision) (not yet marked as fixed)
 * - Several Non-Ticking blocks are marked as ticking forcing the growth-algorithm to check chunks needlessly
 * - Chorus Flower plant, Bamboo, Sugarcane, Cactus and other plants grow instantly when supporting block is replaced with same block type
 * - Mouse click in cat hissing sounds
 * - Recipe book resets itself to closed state after death
 * - Parrots imitating hostile mobs in peaceful is not that peaceful
 * - Grass and mycelium don’t decay underwater
 * - Pathfinding prefers North (negative Z) direction
 * - Parrot summoned with negative Age has smaller hitbox
 * - Camera can be positioned inside of snow layers
 * - Clicking onto a bed in daytime doesn’t grant the advancement “Sweet Dreams”
 * - Item duplication with chested donkeys, mules and llamas
 * - Bees not animating their pollen gathering
 * - Bees become stuck wandering to the north-west after completing a task, or randomly in large numbers
 * - NBT-Tag “Silent:1b” doesn’t work for bees.
 * - Potion effect timers for higher levels can remain at 0:00 after the higher level has run out if multiple levels of the same effect were applied in descending order
 * - Structure taiga_meeting_point_2 from zombie villages has 1 misrotated log
 * - Misrotated floor blocks in desert_tool_smith_1 basement
 * - Recipe book and filtering craftable do not stay open for blast furnace and smoker when (re)loading the world
 * - Netherite ingot recipes are not grouped
 * - Camera can be positioned inside of soul sand
 * - Hoglins are not required by ‘Two by Two’ advancement
 * - Smelting netherite scraps doesn’t provide the right amount of experience
 * - Piglins can turn into adult chicken jockeys in the overworld
 * - Fossils in the nether cause caves / floating islands to generate and can break through the nether roof
 * - Dismounting passenger moves to a nearby block when ridden entity dies
 * - Sign crafting recipes of various wood types are not grouped
 * - Falling out of water death message still does not seem to appear
 * - Nether Fossile support islands cut off at chunk borders
 * - Mobs dismount vehicles only in front of the boat, even if there is danger ahead
 * - Village church entrance does not generate correctly
 * - Crimson and Warped Hyphae and Stripped Hyphae are switched in Creative inventory
 * - Removing fire and soul fire with shears will reduce the shears’ durability
 * - Fireworks shot from a crossbow do not explode instantly when hitting a solid block
 * - Roof of savanna_mason_1 is cut off
 * - Structure savanna_temple_2 contains one misrotated block
 * - Two misrotated blocks in savanna_small_house_5
 * - Misrotated block in savanna_butchers_shop_1
 * - Inconsistent rotation of logs under windows in savanna_small_house_4
 * - Structure snowy_library_1 no longer has snow under the roof
 * - Three misrotated blocks in snowy_armorer_house_2
 * - Misrotated block at snowy_weapon_smith_1
 * - Three misrotated blocks in snowy_small_house_2
 * - Three misrotated blocks in snowy_butchers_shop_1
 * - Arrow animation stuck on loop when a flame bow is used to detonate TNT
 * - Village structure snowy_masons_house_1 has two misrotated blocks
 * - Fixed item frames do not take void damage
 * - Several misrotated blocks at snowy_medium_house_2
 * - Chorus flowers remove arrow and trident velocity
 * - Soul speed decreases durability on boots in creative mode
 * - Soul speed particles are generated in spectator mode
 * - Placing fire on soul sand does not place soul fire
 * - Soul fire torch is in the piglin_repellents item tag twice
 * - Piglins are not attracted to Nether gold ore
 * - Shroomlight preferred tool is now both Axe and Hoe
 * - Soul Speed 3 on Soul Soil in water keeps and increases player momentum
 * - Soul Speed Enchanted Books from bartering with piglins do not work in an anvil
 * - Soul Speed doesn’t break boots
 * - Soul speed enchantment books can be found in chests
 * - Mining speed of crimson and warped wall signs is not affected by an axe