User:Humiebee/Sandbox/Red

1.17, the first release of an unknown update, is a major update to with no set release date. It revamps mountains and fixes bugs. It also revamps combat.

Gameplay
''Note:In this section, this assumes that Combat would be updated in 1.17, it is likely that it may be added in an update such as 1.18.
 * Attributes
 * Enchantments
 * Cleaving.
 * Shields
 * New shield indicator.
 * Sneaking, by default, automatically activates the shield.
 * Sneaking, by default, automatically activates the shield.

Blocks and Items

 * Snowier Snow
 * Players can sometimes sink into the block.
 * Snowy Stone
 * Snow on top of stone gives the stone a different texture, like the Grass Block.
 * New Stone Variants?
 * Looking closely at the video and you see 3 stone textures, the original, the one at the surface, also the snowy stone texture, texture similar to gravel and the final one, a deepstone, texture similar to blackstone.

Mobs

 * Goats
 * Spawn in mountain biomes.
 * Flee from players.
 * Moobloom, Glow Squid, and Iceologer
 * In Minecraft Live 2020, there will be a mob vote, similar to the MINECON Earth 2017 biome vote. Since this event is taking place in October 3rd, 2020, the new mob will added to this update, just like the Phantom with Update Aquatic. If it matches with 2017's vote, 1 mob will be chosen out of the three on Twitter and the others will most likely never make it into Minecraft.
 * Will most likely have similar characteristics of their main (like in the game in which they are located in).
 * Mooblooms.
 * A variant of the Mooshroom/Cow.
 * Will most likely spawn in areas that bees spawn in.
 * Most likely passive.
 * Will have something to do with bees.
 * Glow Squid
 * A variant of the Squid.
 * Spawn in Oceans
 * Most likely passive.
 * Will illuminate, being the first entity to do so.

Gameplay

 * Combat?
 * Revamped.
 * As these tests are currently at the end of Phase 1 and there will be Phase 2 only, it may be added in 1.17/1.18.

Biomes

 * Deserts?
 * This biome is from MINECON Earth 2018 and they were stated to be added later.
 * Will have palm trees, meerkats, and oasis.
 * Mountains
 * Revamped.
 * Inhabited by Goats.
 * Contains snowier snow and snowy stone.
 * May contain new stone variants.
 * May contian the Iceologer.
 * Savannas?
 * This biome is from MINECON Earth 2018 and they were stated to be added later.

World Generation

 * Mountains
 * Looks more realistic.
 * Have sharper and more jagged peaks.
 * Improved terrain generation.

Blocks and Items

 * Snow
 * If on top of stone, it becomes snowy stone.
 * Stone
 * If snow falls on top of stone, it becomes snowy stone.

Mobs
Note:The changes below may be added in a subsequent update such as 1.18.
 * Villagers
 * Unlocking a trade no longer freezes/crashes the server.

Announcement
1.17 will be announced at Minecraft Live 2020, right at the start, unlike the annoucement of the Update Aquatic, Village & Pillage, and Nether Update announcements. Interestingly, certain devices in are going to be discontinued in October 2020 but this may or may not have anything to to with 1.17.

Fixes
Note:This fix version is 1.17+ meaning they may be fixed in 1.17, 1.17.x, 1.18, 1.18.x, or even later though highly unlikely.