Java Edition 20w19a

20w19a is the fifteenth snapshot for Java Edition 1.16, released on May 6, 2020.

World generation

 * The Nether
 * Patches of blackstone and gravel now generate in all Nether biomes, and patches of soul sand now generate in soul sand valleys.

Gameplay

 * Statistics
 * Added a statistic for distance by strider.

General

 * Tags
 * Added block tag.
 * Contains the  block tag, as well as wither roses and sweet berry bushes.

Blocks

 * Crimson and Warped Doors
 * Texture changed to include hinges.


 * Nether sprouts
 * Now require shears to be obtained.

Mobs

 * General
 * Tweaked spawning of mobs to more closely adhere to mob caps.


 * Fish
 * Now have their own mob category and mob cap.


 * Iron golems
 * Villagers can now spawn iron golems regardless of their profession status or latest working time.


 * Spawning
 * Mobs can no longer spawn in wither roses.
 * Spawning has been tweaked more closely follow mob caps.

World generation

 * Bastions
 * Are now a bit less common.

General

 * Tags
 * Changed the block and item tags to use their respective  tag.
 * This has effectively made crimson and warped stairs a part of this tag.

Fixes
37 issues fixed


 * MC-87949 - The shield use statistic is not working
 * MC-89956 - Levitation has no effect if gliding with elytra
 * MC-116293 - Functioning clock and compass in recipe book
 * MC-125613 - Datapack tag “stairs” does not use #wooden_stairs
 * MC-145862 - Villagers try to sleep in occupied beds
 * MC-152084 - Villagers occasionally stand up out of beds at night, then can never sleep in that bed again
 * MC-152170 - When a villager takes the bed of another villager then the bed’s previous owner will not look for a new bed
 * MC-157077 - Villagers will not sleep in beds at night
 * MC-158542 - Iron Golems don’t stop spawning
 * MC-160250 - Naturally generated villagers are not pathfinding towards their POI; POI detection range is too small
 * MC-166764 - Villagers spawned on world generation have a lower follow range than villagers spawned by other means
 * MC-170612 - Villagers spawned by meeting points have frozen AI and do not move when that chunk is freshly generated
 * MC-172107 - Piglins and Hoglins don’t get zombified in the end
 * MC-172524 - Letters of name tag render inconsistently when sneaking (within the same name tag)
 * MC-172899 - Piglins with blocks (pumpkins) equipped on their heads show z-fighting
 * MC-173015 - Crimson roots, Warped roots, and Nether sprouts are not randomly offset
 * MC-173115 - Mobs can spawn inside of wither roses
 * MC-174568 - Rail updates are 3-4x times laggier since 1.13
 * MC-174909 - Endermen don’t teleport when on magma blocks
 * MC-175251 - Fish are spawning in with extremely high numbers. Over 200 different entities of cod every five minutes
 * MC-177839 - Blackstone and blackstone walls use the blackstone side face on the bottom, while blackstone stairs and slabs use the blackstone top face on the bottom
 * MC-178487 - Saddles on untamed horses no longer render
 * MC-179989 - Smithing Table and Anvil UI does not have “Inventory” title above player inventory
 * MC-180064 - Piglins would rather use an unenchanted crossbow instead of an enchanted crossbow
 * MC-180297 - Player name color in list appears too dark
 * MC-180407 - Piglin bartering is limited to dropping a single item stack from the loot table
 * MC-180410 - Enderman spawn rate seems very low on upgraded worlds
 * MC-180575 - Dispensers now always plays “dispenser failed” when dispensing glowstone
 * MC-181353 - Warped and Crimson Doors have no hinges
 * MC-181418 - Entity names can no longer be colored
 * MC-181424 - Fish (and other items from fishing) cannot be caught with a fishing rod
 * MC-181461 - Enchantement glint doesn’t render on shields, tridents and elytra
 * MC-181479 - Map marker labels do not render properly
 * MC-181524 - Redstone does not visually connect when going up soul sand
 * MC-181566 - Powered redstone dust only generates particles at the center of the block
 * MC-181944 - Font of category/section text in creative mode item selection screen is much thicker than in 1.15.2
 * MC-182595 - Parity issue: Blackstone doesn’t generate in ore veins in nether wastes