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20w16a is the twelfth snapshot for Java Edition 1.16, released on April 15, 2020,[1] which adds bastion remnants, ruined portals, chains, and a new music disc.

Additions[]

Blocks[]

Chains
  • Generate in bastion remnants and ruined portals.
  • Crafted using 2 iron nuggets and 1 iron ingot in a vertical line formation.
  • Texture connects to those of the lantern and its soul variant.

Items[]

Music discs
  • Added the "Pigstep" music disc, composed by Lena Raine.
    • Can only be found in bastion remnants.
    • Has a red disc color instead of black.
    • When played in a jukebox, a redstone comparator output will produce a signal strength of 13.

World generation[]

Bastion remnants
  • Generate in all Nether biomes, except basalt deltas.
  • Four types of structures generate: Bridge, Hoglin Stables, Housing Units, and Treasure Room.
  • Are the only source of the "Pigstep" music disc and piglin banner pattern.
  • Piglins and hoglins spawn here.
  • Spawners that spawn magma cubes can be found in bastion remnants.
Ruined portals
  • Shattered remains of nether portals.
  • Generate in the Overworld and the Nether.
  • Can be buried underground or underwater.
  • A loot chest can be found beside the portal.

General[]

Tags
  • Added new creeper_drop_music_discs item tag.
    • Contains all music discs except "Pigstep".
    • Used to determine what music discs creepers can drop.

Changes[]

Blocks[]

Chiseled nether bricks
  • Changed the texture of this block; the center now more closely resembles a skeleton or wither skeleton skull.
Crying obsidian and Obsidian
Gilded blackstone
  • Can now be found in bastions, making it obtainable in Survival.
Jigsaw blocks
  • Added a button in the GUI that generates a jigsaw structure starting from the jigsaw block, using a given generation depth.
Quartz bricks
  • Changed texture of the block; the bottom row of bricks has been shifted to the right about 14 of a block.
Structure blocks
  • Expanded the maximum size per axis from 32 to 48.

Items[]

Banner patterns
  • The piglin banner pattern can now be found in bastions, making it obtainable in Survival.

World generation[]

Biomes

General[]

Miscellaneous
Tags

Fixes[]

15 issues fixed
From released versions before 1.16
  • MC-37557 – Sometimes a minecart sound plays/subtitle shown when loading a world.
  • MC-91163 – Certain subtitles show up when the player is too far away to hear the sound.
  • MC-99727 – Ghasts can be located using subtitles.
  • MC-154617 – Server hangs on stop due to rcon.
From the 1.16 development versions
  • MC-171020 – New Nether biomes do not work properly in buffet worlds.
  • MC-175288 – Creating a warped forest superflat world with decorations freezes.
  • MC-175919 – Villagers sometimes stop farming.
  • MC-177136 – All compasses and lodestone compasses point to the same target, regardless of what type of compass it is.
  • MC-177238 – Windows symbolic link in saves/ is no longer followed as of 20w14a.
  • MC-177253 – Running a set_attributes function throws java.lang.NullPointerException if it contains an undefined attribute.
  • MC-177316 – Lodestone compass in item frame does not update after turning.
  • MC-177462 – Respawn anchor explodes client side.
From the previous development version
  • MC-177942 – Fortresses do not generate in basalt deltas.
  • MC-177957 – Texture is not correct on the white quartz brick or on the polished quartz brick.
  • MC-178368 – Lodestone compass does not point to its lodestone block when rotated in an item frame.

Video[]

Video made by slicedlime:

References[]

  1. "Minecraft Snapshot 20w16a" – Minecraft.net, April 15, 2020
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