20w13a is the eighth snapshot for Java Edition 1.16, released on March 25, 2020,[1] which adds the Strider mob, Lodestone and fixes bugs.
Additions
Blocks
- Crafted from Netherite and Chiseled Stone Bricks
- Using a compass on one creates a Lodestone Compass which points to that Lodestone block
Items
- Crafted with a stick and warped fungus.
- Can be used to control striders in the same way as a carrot on a stick.
Mobs
- Spawns in lava oceans and lakes in the Nether.
- Can be saddled and controlled with warped fungus on a stick.
- Moves in and out of lava.
- Is damaged by water and rain.
- Has a baby variant.
- Has a chance of spawning on an adult Strider's head
Gameplay
- Added the
logs_that_burnblock and item tags.- Contains the
dark_oak_logs,oak_logs,acacia_logs,birch_logs,jungle_logs, andspruce_logsblock and item tags, respectively.
- Contains the
- Added the
non_flammable_woodblock and item tags.- Contains crimson and warped stems, hyphae, planks, and other wood blocks, as well as stripped variants where applicable.
- Added the
strider_warm_blocksblock tag.- Contains lava.
Changes
Blocks
- Can now be made if lava touches blue ice while next to soul soil.
- Now appear yellow on maps.
- Now use the nether wood material.
- The texture has been changed.
- Can now be crafted from basalt in a 2x2 grid, similar to other polished blocks.
- Can no longer be smelted.
- Can now be crafted from basalt in a stonecutter.
- Can be charged with a dispenser filled with glowstone
- Can no longer be destroyed by the ender dragon.
Items
- Can now only be smelted from items in the
logs_that_burnblock tag.- This change will not affect gameplay, as the new tag only contains items charcoal could be smelted from.
Mobs
- Farmers will now put excess seeds in their composter
- Farmers can now use bone meal to make their crops grow faster
- Texture has been tweaked
Gameplay
- Items enchanted with Soul Speed are now slightly more common.
- Charcoal now unlocks using the
logs_that_burnitem tag.
- Added the respawn anchor to the
dragon_immuneblock tag. - Changed the
logsblock and item tags to use thelogs_that_burn,crimson_stems, andwarped_stemsblock and item tags, respectively.
References
- ↑ "Minecraft Snapshot 20w13a" – Minecraft.net, March 25, 2020