Java Edition 20w51a

Minecraft 20w51a
Edition	Java Edition
Type	Snapshot
Release date	December 16, 2020
Snapshot for	1.17
Downloads	Client (.json) Server
Obfuscation maps	Client Server
Protocol version	0x40000009
Data version	2687

20w51a is the fifth snapshot for Java Edition 1.17, released on December 16, 2020, which adds axolotls, a gamerule to control when night is skipped when sleeping, makes changes to the sculk sensor, and fixes bugs. This is the last snapshot released in 2020.

Additions

Items

Bucket of Axolotl

• Obtained by right-clicking on an axolotl while holding a water bucket.

Axolotl Spawn Egg

• Added axolotl spawn eggs.

Mobs

Axolotls

• Do not spawn naturally.
• Can be caught using a water bucket.
• Are passive towards players.
• Can be bred using tropical fish.
• Come in five different colors: yellow, brown, white, pink, and the rare blue.
• May play dead when damaged, receiving Regeneration I.
• Attack drowned, guardians, elder guardians, squid and fish.
  • Are always hostile to fish and squid, and hostile to drowned and guardians only when tempted with tropical fish.

Command format

/gamerule playersSleepingPercentage

• Controls what percentage of players must sleep to skip the night.
• When set to 0, a single player is sufficient to skip the night, and night is skipped immediately without the falling asleep transition.
• When set over 100, the night cannot be skipped.
• Set to 100 by default.

General

Tags

• Added the axolotl_tempt_items item tag.
  • Contains the tropical fish item and bucket of tropical fish.
  • Items in this tag can be used to tempt axolotls.
• Added the occludes_vibration_signals item tag.
  • Contains the wool item tag.
  • As thrown entities, items in this tag will not trigger vibrations.
• Added the axolotl_always_hostiles entity type tag.
  • Contains tropical fish, pufferfish, salmon, cod, and squid.
  • Axolotls are always hostile towards entities in this tag.
• Added the axolotl_tempted_hostiles entity type tag.
  • Contains drowned and guardians.
  • Axolotls are hostile towards entities in this tag if they have been tempted.

Changes

Blocks

Sculk sensor

• "Eating Start" has been removed as an event.
• Walking on wool no longer causes vibrations.
• Throwing wool as an item on the ground no longer causes vibrations.
• Sculk sensors are now silent while waterlogged.

Items

Bundles

• When destroyed, it drops the items it currently has.

Shulker boxes

• Like bundles, they drop their items when destroyed.

General

Resource packs

• Bundle icons are now a separate texture.

Tags

• Removed the eating_start game event from the vibrations game event tag.

Fixes

10 issues fixed

From released versions before 1.17

• MC-149799 – When a crossbow is loaded and in the offhand, you do not see it anymore if you carry an item in the main hand
• MC-176615 – It is possible to destroy netherite items with lava by putting them inside a container

From the 1.17 development versions

• MC-203563 – Cake appears eaten for a split second when putting a candle on it
• MC-203568 – Trying to put a candle onto a candle cake duplicates the candle
• MC-204058 – Placing a candle on a cake causes hunger display desync
• MC-204146 – Netherite can burn whilst inside of a bundle
• MC-205057 – Bundle inventory preview is off-center inside of the tooltip box
• MC-205212 – Desync when putting a candle on a cake in Survival mode
• MC-207405 – Nether stars can be blown up while being inside of a bundle/shulker box
• MC-208082 – Game stalls when any message is displayed in chat while playing with an expired session

Video

Video made by Slicedlime: