Java Edition 1.20

1.20
Edition	Java Edition
Official name	Archaeology Update
Planned release date	2023
Development versions	Snapshots (6) Pre-releases (7) Release candidates (1) (View all)
See also other instances of 1.20	Bedrock Edition PlayStation 3 Edition PlayStation 4 Edition PlayStation Vita Edition

1.20 (Archeology Update) is an upcoming major update to Java Edition set to release sometime in 2023. The update was announced at Minecraft Live 2022 on October 15, 2022. There will be more features for 1.20 that will be introduced in future snapshots.

Planned additions

Blocks

Bamboo Planks

• Crafted from bamboo.
• Can be used to craft respective slabs, stairs, fences, fence gates, pressure plates, signs, buttons, doors, bamboo rafts, hanging signs, and trapdoors.
• Can also be crafted into bamboo mosaics, a new block.

Bamboo Mosaic

• Crafted from bamboo slabs.
• Can be used to craft respective slabs and stairs.

Chiseled Bookshelf

• Can store up to six books, enchanted books, or books and quills.
• Books are directly added and removed, so there is no interface.
• Can be used with a redstone comparator to detect the last slot that was interacted with.

Hanging Sign

• Has a total of 10 wood variants: oak, spruce, birch, jungle, acacia, dark oak, mangrove, crimson, warped, and bamboo.
• Crafted using stripped logs and chains.
  • Bamboo hanging sign recipe requires bamboo planks instead of stripped logs and gives 2 hanging signs instead of 6.
• Has 3 block variants: hanging from the side of a block, hanging below a wider block, and hanging below a narrower block such as fences or chains.
• Text can be dyed and tinted with glow ink sacs to make text glow.
• Cannot hold as much text as a regular sign.
• Acts like a regular sign.

Sniffer Egg

• Can be found in ocean ruin chests.
• Hatches into a baby sniffer.

Ancient Plant

• Can be grown from ancient seeds.

Items

Ancient Seeds

• Can be dug out of the ground by the sniffer.
• Can be planted on the ground to grow new plants.

Mobs

Camel

• A rideable entity.
  • Mobs like husks can't reach entities riding camels due to its height.
  • Can carry up to two players at a time.
• Can be bred with cactus to produce a baby camel.
• Can dash to walk faster, or to jump over obstacles such as ravines and rivers.

Sniffer

• Won the mob vote during Minecraft Live 2022.
• An ancient mob that is hatched from sniffer eggs, which can be found in chests in underwater ruins. Upon hatching, the sniffer can find ancient seeds, which can be used to grow new types of decorative plants.

Non-mob entities

Bamboo Raft

• A new type of boat, crafted with bamboo planks.
• Can be used to craft a variant with a chest.

Planned changes

Blocks

Bamboo

• Can be crafted into bamboo planks.

Cactus

• Can be used to breed camels.

Planks

• Can be crafted into chiseled bookshelf.

Wooden slabs

• Can be crafted into chiseled bookshelf.

Items

Saddle

• Can be placed on camels.