Java Edition 20w14a

Minecraft 20w14a
Edition	Java Edition
Type	Snapshot
Release date	April 2, 2020
Snapshot for	1.16
Downloads	Client (.json) Server
Obfuscation maps	Client Server
Protocol version	710
Data version	2524

20w14a is the eighth snapshot for Java Edition 1.16, released on April 2, 2020. It adds zoglins, makes some changes to striders, and fixes bugs.

Additions

Mobs

Zoglins

• Created when a hoglin is brought into the Overworld
• Attack most mobs in sight

Items

Zoglin Spawn Egg

Changes

Items

Compass

• The compass now has LodestonePos, LodestoneDimension, and LodestoneTracked data fields. If LodestoneTracked is zero, the game will skip checking for a lodestone in the specified position.

Warped Fungus on a Stick

• Now has 100 durability instead of 25.
• Only takes 1 damage per strider item consume

Mobs

Striders

• Strider riding speed has now been significantly increased to be more similar to that of riding a boat

General

Attributes

• Items and entities will no longer keep unknown attributes
• Names of some attributes have been renamed to meet resource location requirements

Miscellaneous

• The main menu background is now in the Nether
• Region files are now opened in synchronous mode to increase reliability

Fixes

31 issues fixed

From released versions before 1.16

• MC-83039 – End City chests generate destroyed, items on the ground
• MC-91893 – Missing subtitles for various sounds
• MC-109248 – Extended piston head not removed when /setblock is used to place a different piston base.
• MC-115750 – Advancement "Monster Hunter" (kill_a_mob) is not granted for killing certain hostile mobs
• MC-116756 – Reversed and inconsistent subtitles for iron trapdoor
• MC-124428 – Firework star crashes game if there's an int array but no colors
• MC-125055 – Igloo generates with brewing stand and flower pot contents dropped (and placed)
• MC-127316 – General statistics out of order
• MC-133049 – Compasses don't point to the correct location when in an item frame on the ground or on the ceiling
• MC-154427 – Villagers only pick up four stacks of items
• MC-164129 – Ender dragon inner hitboxes are rendered offset by approximately 200 blocks
• MC-164446 – Tags don't load if one of their values is invalid, causing all data packs to unload
• MC-169975 – Highlight players (spectators) key doesn't affect any players other than yourself
• MC-175201 – Misrotated floor block in savanna_small_house_1, savanna_small_house_2, savanna_small_house_3 and savanna_small_house_7
• MC-176644 – Observers don't trigger when a fence connects to a newly grown tree

From the 1.16 development versions

• MC-171020 – New nether biomes don't work properly in buffet worlds
• MC-172069 – Piston arms are not deleted when the base of a pulsing piston is replaced with another piston
• MC-173192 – Fluid collision is too high
• MC-173684 – Spawning under the portal when using a nether portal
• MC-173774 – Shulker bullets do not act as a projectile
• MC-173875 – Item frames cannot be interacted with after unloading and reloading the chunk
• MC-174231 – Ocelots are no longer spawning
• MC-174838 – Target detection of fireworks is unreliable
• MC-175434 – Fireworks launched from upwards-facing dispensers explode inside of the dispenser block
• MC-175985 – Lodestone compass needle doesn't have an animation
• MC-175990 – Lodestone compass needle spins around quickly when the lodestone has been destroyed or is not in the same dimension
• MC-176052 – Using a compass on a lodestone plays no hand animation
• MC-176195 – Many mountable mobs and vehicles can still be shot by the rider's arrows
• MC-176231 – Compasses with custom enchantments does not display enchanted glint
• MC-176269 – Right-clicking Lodestone with Compass also uses offhand item

From the previous development version

• MC-176420 – Lodestone compass sound is in friendly creatures option