Java Edition 1.20

1.19. 2
Edition	Java Edition
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 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. Currently, Mojang has not given any known name to it. There will be more features for 1.20 that will be introduced in future snapshots.

Planned additions

Blocks

Block of Bamboo

• New log-like block.
• Block of bamboo can be crafted from 9 bamboo and can be stripped like other wood logs.
• Bamboo planks crafted from block of bamboo yield only 2 planks compared to 4 for wood logs.

Bamboo Planks

• Crafted from block of bamboo.
• Can be used to craft respective buttons, doors, fences, fence gates, pressure plates, signs, slabs, stairs, and trapdoors.
• Can be used to craft bamboo rafts and bamboo raft with chests.
• Can be used to craft wooden blocks or items, (eg. chest)

Bamboo Mosaic

• A variant exclusive to the bamboo plank set.
• Crafted by arranging 2 bamboo slabs in a vertical strip.
• Can be used to craft respective stairs and slabs variant.

Chiseled Bookshelf

• Can store up to six books, enchanted books, or books and quills.
  • Books in chiseled bookshelves can be added or removed from any slot by targeting the specific slot.
  • 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.
• Can be used with a hopper and dropper.

Hanging signs

• A more expensive version of normal signs, which can be crafted with 2 chains and 6 stripped logs, resulting 6 of them.
• Has a total of 10 wood variants: oak, spruce, birch, jungle, acacia, dark oak, mangrove, crimson, warped, and bamboo.
• Can be hung up in the following ways:
  • Underneath a block that can provide support in the center, like a full block or a fence.
    • When the hanging sign is placed underneath a full block, the chains will be on parallel sides of the sign. Signs in this configuration can be placed in 4 cardinal directions (North, South, East, West)
    • When the hanging sign is placed underneath a non-full block, such as a fence, or when placed while sneaking, the chains will take on an upside-down v-shape. Signs in this configuration can be placed in 16 different angles.
  • Attached to the solid side of a block.
  • Attached to the side or underneath another hanging sign.
• Cannot be placed directly on the ground without support from the side or above.
  • However, hanging signs that have a horizontal bar will not pop when the supporting block is removed.
• If it is hanging off the side of a block and that block is broken, it will remain hanging in the air. But if it is hanging underneath of a block and that block is broken, it will also break immediately.
• Unlike regular signs, the space available for text is much smaller.
• Text can be dyed and tinted with glow ink sacs to make text glow.

Piglin Head

• Piglins will now drop their heads when killed by a charged creeper.
• The piglin head will flap its ears when powered by redstone, or when worn by a player while walking.

Sniffer Egg

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

Ancient Plants

• 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.

Spawn Eggs

• Camel spawn egg

Mobs

Camels

• A rideable entity, which can be equipped with a saddle and ridden by two players.
• Have 32 × 16 health points.
• Spawn naturally in desert villages.
• Can be bred with cactus, and will follow players holding a cactus on hand.
• Mobs that are 2 blocks tall and lower cannot reach the player (except spiders) when the player is riding it, due to its height.
• Can walk over 1.5 block tall obstacles (such as fences and blocks with a slab on top).
• Will randomly sit down.
  • While sitting, it is difficult to convince them to move.
• Can either walk slowly or sprint quickly.
• Can also dash forward (if the player uses the jump key while riding it) but will lose stamina for a while.
  • When it loses stamina, it cannot sprint or dash again for a few seconds.
  • A dash can extend more than 10 blocks when executed perfectly.

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.
• Can be bred according to the Minecraft Launcher Mob Vote descriptive section for the sniffer.

Entities

Raft

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

Planned changes

Blocks

Note Block

• When placing a mob head on a note block, that note block will now play one of the ambient sounds of that mob when played by a player or powered by redstone.

Head

• They can be placed on top of note blocks without sneaking now.

Player Head

• Now can contain a  note_block_sound NBT tag.
  • Must be a resource location for a valid sound event.
  • When present, this determines the sound a note block makes when the head is placed on top of it.

Gameplay

Advancement

• Camels are now required for the "Two by Two" advancement.
• "Glow and Behold!" advancement can be obtained by using a glow ink sac on a hanging sign now.
  • The description now says "Make the text of any sign glow".