Java Edition 20w15a

20w15a is the eleventh snapshot for Java Edition 1.16, released on April 8, 2020, which adds a new nether biome, new music tracks, new blocks and other changes and fixes.

Blocks

 * Blackstone
 * Generates in Basalt Delta.
 * Can be used in place of stone to craft furnaces and stone tools,


 * Soul Campfires
 * Have a blue flame instead of orange.

Gilded Blackstone

 * Has a chance of dropping gold.

Gameplay

 * Biomes
 * Added Basalt Delta.

Mobs

 * Striders
 * Now turn purple outside of lava.


 * Zoglins
 * Are now undead.

Blocks

 * Banner Patterns
 * Now have a Piglin pattern.

Fixes
MC-171463 - Iron Bars don’t fully connect to walls MC-172120 - Hoglins don’t try to avoid fire MC-172209 - Non-fire resistant mobs don’t try to avoid walking into fire MC-172226 - Baby animals, villagers, and zombie villagers spawned with a spawn egg on an adult entity always are of the same variant MC-172268 - Bartering with a piglin by right-clicking does not display hand animation MC-174542 - Killing baby hoglins drops leather and porkchop MC-174559 - Baby hoglins/zoglins uses the same attack damage as an adult when spawned in some cases MC-175030 - Curse of Binding doesn’t affect Piglins MC-175169 - Respawn Anchor can create ghost blocks when it explodes MC-175176 - Using return portal in The End softlocks the game if /spawnpoint was used in The End MC-175256 - Screen is overlayed with a grey opaque texture when inside of a transparent block MC-175274 - “Quartz pillar” is translated as “White wool” (“Lana blanca” instead of “Pilar de cuarzo”) in Spanish (Spain) MC-175356 - Piglins and hoglins do not avoid magma blocks MC-175538 - Fish/Swimming sounds are louder than they should be MC-175566 - Piglins with full inventories drop the items they received MC-176095 - Striders have an unused fin in the strider.png texture file MC-176384 - CompassItem checks twice if LodestonePos tag exists MC-176517 - striders spawn in underground lava pockets MC-176633 - Lime carpets are named “acacia slab” in Spanish (Spain) MC-177069 - Dispenser will not drop glowstone as item when not connected to a respawn anchor MC-177085 - Missing UUID field in attributes crash the game MC-177102 - Zoglins aren’t considered an undead mob MC-177225 - Tag minecraft:water used before it was bound