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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

Polished basalt
  • Obtained by smelting normal basalt.
  • Purely decorative and directional, like normal basalt.
Respawn anchor
  • 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

Tags

Changes

Blocks

Nether gold ore
  • 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.
Soul Fire

Items

Hoe

Mobs

Bee
  • Reduced the maximum distance a bee can wander away from its home hive when randomly wandering to around 22 blocks.
Parrot
  • Parrots imitate hostile mobs less often.
  • Parrots do not randomly imitate hostile mobs when gamemode is on peaceful.

Gameplay

Advancements
  • Added hoglins to Two by Two.
Bartering
  • Piglins now give a book enchanted with Soul Speed as opposed to an enchanted book.[2]
Recipe book
  • The sign recipes are now grouped.
  • The netherite ingot recipes are now grouped.

General

Materials
  • Weeping and twisting vines now use the "plant" material.
  • Shroomlights now use the "grass" material.
Tags
  • The gold_ores block tag is no longer used in setting the required pickaxe tier.
Splashes
  • 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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60 issues fixed

  • 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

  1. "Minecraft Snapshot 20w12a" – Minecraft.net, March 18, 2020
  2. MC-175172
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