20w12a is the seventh snapshot for Java Edition 1.16, released on March 18, 2020,[1] which adds respawn anchors and polished basalt, as well as several other changes and fixes.
Additions
Blocks
- Obtained by smelting normal basalt.
- Purely decorative and directional, like normal basalt.
- Crafted with crying obsidian.
- Can be used to set spawn points using glowstone as charges.
- A maximum of 4 charges can be set at once, and one charge is depleted with each respawn.
- Emits a slight amount of light, which gets stronger for each charge added.
General
- Added the
soul_fire_base_blocksblock tag.
Changes
Blocks
- Can now be mined with any pickaxe.
- Now drops a 2-6 golden nuggets, instead of itself, when mined.
- This is affected by Fortune the same way other ores are, for a maximum possible drop of 24 golden nuggets with Fortune III.
Items
- Are now the appropriate tools for mining sponges and wet sponges.
Mobs
- Reduced the maximum distance a bee can wander away from its home hive when randomly wandering to around 22 blocks.
- Parrots imitate hostile mobs less often.
- Parrots do not randomly imitate hostile mobs when gamemode is on peaceful.
Gameplay
- Added hoglins to Two by Two.
- Piglins now give a book enchanted with Soul Speed as opposed to an enchanted book.[2]
- The sign recipes are now grouped.
- The netherite ingot recipes are now grouped.
General
- Weeping and twisting vines now use the "plant" material.
- Shroomlights now use the "grass" material.
- The
gold_oresblock tag is no longer used in setting the required pickaxe tier.
- The list of available splashes was changed to:
- "Wash your hands!"
- "Soap and water!"
- "Support local businesses!"
- "Stay home and play games!"
- "Stay safe!"
- "Stay strong!"
- "Cough or sneeze into your elbow!"
- "Don’t touch your face!"
- "Support elderly relatives and friends!"
- "Prepare, but don’t hoard!"
- "Gamers unite – separately in your own homes!"
- "Save the world – stay inside!"
- "Shop for your elders!"
- "Hang out with your friends online!"
Fixes
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- MC-3328 - Dismounting an entity places riding entity / player half block too high
- MC-64242 - Silent tag is not working for some entities
- MC-76810 - Casting issue: Bone meal particles break at high coordinates (floating point precision) (not yet marked as fixed)
- MC-100342 - Several Non-Ticking blocks are marked as ticking forcing the growth-algorithm to check chunks needlessly
- MC-113809 - Chorus Flower plant, Bamboo, Sugarcane, Cactus and other plants grow instantly when supporting block is replaced with same block type
- MC-114000 - Mouse click in cat hissing sounds
- MC-122128 - Recipe book resets itself to closed state after death
- MC-129137 - Parrots imitating hostile mobs in peaceful is not that peaceful
- MC-130137 - Grass and mycelium don’t decay underwater
- MC-140545 - Pathfinding prefers North (negative Z) direction
- MC-148936 - Parrot summoned with negative Age has smaller hitbox
- MC-149375 - Camera can be positioned inside of snow layers
- MC-160959 - Clicking onto a bed in daytime doesn’t grant the advancement “Sweet Dreams”
- MC-161754 - Item duplication with chested donkeys, mules and llamas
- MC-163918 - Bees not animating their pollen gathering
- MC-166980 - Bees become stuck wandering to the north-west after completing a task, or randomly in large numbers
- MC-168384 - NBT-Tag “Silent:1b” doesn’t work for bees.
- MC-169965 - Potion effect timers for higher levels can remain at 0:00 after the higher level has run out if multiple levels of the same effect were applied in descending order
- MC-170584 - Structure taiga_meeting_point_2 from zombie villages has 1 misrotated log
- MC-170591 - Misrotated floor blocks in desert_tool_smith_1 basement
- MC-170773 - Recipe book and filtering craftable do not stay open for blast furnace and smoker when (re)loading the world
- MC-170940 - Netherite ingot recipes are not grouped
- MC-171133 - Camera can be positioned inside of soul sand
- MC-172188 - Hoglins are not required by ‘Two by Two’ advancement
- MC-172690 - Smelting netherite scraps doesn’t provide the right amount of experience
- MC-172820 - Piglins can turn into adult chicken jockeys in the overworld
- MC-173199 - Fossils in the nether cause caves / floating islands to generate and can break through the nether roof
- MC-173220 - Dismounting passenger moves to a nearby block when ridden entity dies
- MC-173420 - Sign crafting recipes of various wood types are not grouped
- MC-173487 - Falling out of water death message still does not seem to appear
- MC-173552 - Nether Fossile support islands cut off at chunk borders
- MC-173791 - Mobs dismount vehicles only in front of the boat, even if there is danger ahead
- MC-173828 - Village church entrance does not generate correctly
- MC-173832 - Crimson and Warped Hyphae and Stripped Hyphae are switched in Creative inventory
- MC-173837 - Removing fire and soul fire with shears will reduce the shears’ durability
- MC-174049 - Fireworks shot from a crossbow do not explode instantly when hitting a solid block
- MC-174071 - Roof of savanna_mason_1 is cut off
- MC-174072 - Structure savanna_temple_2 contains one misrotated block
- MC-174073 - Two misrotated blocks in savanna_small_house_5
- MC-174075 - Misrotated block in savanna_butchers_shop_1
- MC-174076 - Inconsistent rotation of logs under windows in savanna_small_house_4
- MC-174077 - Structure snowy_library_1 no longer has snow under the roof
- MC-174078 - Three misrotated blocks in snowy_armorer_house_2
- MC-174079 - Misrotated block at snowy_weapon_smith_1
- MC-174082 - Three misrotated blocks in snowy_small_house_2
- MC-174083 - Three misrotated blocks in snowy_butchers_shop_1
- MC-174174 - Arrow animation stuck on loop when a flame bow is used to detonate TNT
- MC-174234 - Village structure snowy_masons_house_1 has two misrotated blocks
- MC-174258 - Fixed item frames do not take void damage
- MC-174391 - Several misrotated blocks at snowy_medium_house_2
- MC-174429 - Chorus flowers remove arrow and trident velocity
- MC-174464 - Soul speed decreases durability on boots in creative mode
- MC-174466 - Soul speed particles are generated in spectator mode
- MC-174467 - Placing fire on soul sand does not place soul fire
- MC-174476 - Soul fire torch is in the piglin_repellents item tag twice
- MC-174480 - Piglins are not attracted to Nether gold ore
- MC-174489 - Shroomlight preferred tool is now both Axe and Hoe
- MC-174502 - Soul Speed 3 on Soul Soil in water keeps and increases player momentum
- MC-174513 - Soul Speed Enchanted Books from bartering with piglins do not work in an anvil
- MC-174522 - Soul Speed doesn’t break boots
- MC-174690 - Soul speed enchantment books can be found in chests
- MC-174785 - Mining speed of crimson and warped wall signs is not affected by an axe
References
- ↑ "Minecraft Snapshot 20w12a" – Minecraft.net, March 18, 2020
- ↑ MC-175172