Java Edition 20w48a

Minecraft 20w48a
Edition	Java Edition
Type	Snapshot
Release date	November 25, 2020
Snapshot for	1.17
Downloads	Client (.json) Server
Obfuscation maps	Client Server
Protocol version	0x40000007
Data version	2683

20w48a is the third snapshot for Java Edition 1.17, released on November 25, 2020, which adds dripstone, stalagmites and stalactites.

Additions

Blocks

Dripstone Block

• Decoration block.
• Does not generate anywhere currently, is only available from the creative inventory.

Pointed Dripstone

• Can be placed on the floor or ceiling, creating stalagmites or stalactites.
  • Stalagmites hurt entities which fall on top of them.
  • Stalactites will fall if unsupported, and hurt entities they fall on.
    • They will drip water into cauldrons, or lava if it is placed above the stalactite. Water drips even without any water above the block, but does not fill the cauldron.
      • Using a source block of lava above a stalactite allows for the creation of additional lava source blocks from cauldrons, making lava renewable for the first time since Beta 1.8.

Command format

Gamerules

• freezingDamage
  • Whether entities will take damage from freezing inside of powder snow.

General

Tags

• Added new freeze_immune_wearables item tag.
  • Contains leather boots, leather leggings, leather chestplate, and leather helmet.
  • Having an item in this tag in an armor slot prevents players from freezing.

Changes

Blocks

Budding Amethyst

• The texture has been changed. Has a more prominent "X" in its center.

Block of Amethyst

• The texture has been changed. It is now slightly less busy, striking a middle ground between the 20w45a and 20w46a textures.

Candles

• Can now only be placed on solid surfaces.
  • If the block a candle is placed on is broken, the candle will stay floating.

Cut Copper Slabs

• Crafting all variants of cut copper into slabs now gives 6 slabs instead of 4.

Items

Bundle

• Now show fullness as a number when advanced tooltips are enabled.

Candle

• The item textures have been changed to only have one candle.

Clock

• The texture has been changed. The gold is now more vibrant and better matches other instances of gold in the Texture Update texture.

Compass

• The texture has been changed. The iron is now more vibrant and better matches other instances of iron in the Texture Update texture.

Spyglass

• The spyglass is now a 3D model instead of a flat sprite.
• Using the spyglass now better anchors it to the player's "eye" when viewed in 3rd person.

Gameplay

Recipe Book

• Some recipe unlocking advancements had criteria names changed.
• The chiseled nether bricks recipe is now unlocked by having a nether brick slab instead of a nether bricks block.

General

Tags

• The snow_step_sound_blocks block tag was renamed to inside_step_sound_block.

Fixes

25 issues fixed

From released versions before 1.17

• MC-3615 – Lava and water are completely transparent at certain height levels
• MC-176614 – Swimming and doing certain actions make the player look very odd/does not have animations for swimming + doing certain actions
• MC-198864 – World border does not render below y0 / above y255
• MC-200696 – Clock's texture does not match the new gold color pallete

From the 1.17 development versions

• MC-203602 – Spyglass animation is wrong when swimming
• MC-203645 – Spyglass wobbles when walking while in use
• MC-203824 – Weird Hand animation when attacking and using spyglass at the same time
• MC-203925 – Items inside of a bundle disappear if you empty the bundle in the inventory when in Creative mode while the inventory is full
• MC-203951 – The elder guardian particle moves when an elder guardian moves
• MC-204323 – Inconsistency: Crafting copper blocks into slabs only yields 4 slabs instead of 6
• MC-204424 – Using a spyglass while gliding with an elytra points the spyglass down in third person view

From the previous development version

• MC-205041 – Full leather armour does not prevent freezing damage
• MC-205069 – Powdered snow doesn't give you frozen effect in creative mode
• MC-205072 – Snow Ambient Effect sometimes don't show correctly on the edge of a Powder Snow Block
• MC-205145 – Compass with nothing to point to will spin very rapidly when in bundle.
• MC-205197 – Creating a map from an empty map no longer plays a sound
• MC-205220 – Cannot manipulate horse.saddle using /item command
• MC-205269 – Chest closing sounds desynced with closing animations
• MC-205321 – Item modifiers that change the item type don't work on entities
• MC-205445 – The Fabulous graphics warning is shown at the wrong time
• MC-205454 – Bundles can be used to duplicate items in the crafting grid
• MC-205492 – The 'Include entities' option in the structure block UI is the opposite of the actual behavior
• MC-205567 – TNT flashes are translucent once again
• MC-205627 – Item modifiers that change the count to 0 don't completely remove the item
• MC-206058 – /item modify doesn't visually update the model of an item in an item frame