Java Edition 20w09a

20w09a is the fourth snapshot for Java Edition 1.16, released on February 26, 2020, which re-adds crying obsidian, target blocks, 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.


 * Target
 * 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.
 * 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: