Java Edition 20w27a

20w27a is the first snapshot for Java Edition 1.16.2, released on July 1, 2020, which adds piglin brutes and fixes bugs.

Mobs

 * Piglin brutes
 * Stronger, hostile variants of piglins.
 * Wield golden axes.
 * Are always hostile towards players, unlike piglins.
 * Only spawn during world generation in bastions.

General

 * Tags
 * Added block tag.
 * Contains mycelium, podzol, and crimson and warped nylium.
 * Used to determine which blocks mushrooms can be placed on and which blocks huge mushrooms can grow on even if the light level is high.

Items

 * Crimson and warped fungi
 * Can now be placed on mycelium.

Mobs

 * Zoglins
 * Can now be leashed.

World Generation

 * Bastion remnants
 * Now spawn piglin brutes on world generation.
 * Normal piglins may still spawn.

Gameplay

 * Advancements
 * Added piglin brutes to "Monster Hunter" and "Monsters Hunted".

General

 * Menu
 * Dropping resource packs into the menu now updates the list of resource packs without needing a reload.
 * Data packs can now have a pack.png in the root folder, and will display it in the data pack menu.