20w09a is the fourth snapshot for Java Edition 1.16, released on February 26, 2020,[1] which adds crying obsidian, target blocks and renames zombie pigmen among other changes.
Additions[]
Blocks[]
- Is only decorative for now, but will have uses in the future.[2]
- Can be obtained by bartering with piglins.
- Has a light level of 10.
- Emits purple particles.
- Can be moved by pistons.
- Redstone component that can be activated by shooting projectiles into it.
- The closer to the center the projectile hits on one of its faces, the stronger the redstone signal.
- Can be crafted using a hay bale and 4 redstone dust pieces.
Gameplay[]
- Added new "Bullseye" advancement.
- To complete this advancement, the player has to shoot a projectile into the center of one face of a target block.
- Found in the "Adventure" tab.
- The recipes for crimson and warped signs have been added to the recipe book and are unlocked by having the respective planks.
- Added new
climbable
block tag.- Includes ladders, vines, scaffolding, and weeping vines.
- Used in mob pathfinding and to determine what blocks the player can climb.
- Added new
impact_projectiles
entity tag.- Includes the arrows tag, snowballs, fireballs, small fireballs, eggs, tridents, dragon fireballs, and wither skulls.
- Used to determine what entities will break chorus fruit when hit.
General[]
- Added three particles for crying obsidian:
dripping_obsidian_tear
,falling_obsidian_tear
, andlanding_obsidian_tear
.
Changes[]
Blocks[]
- Can now be crafted.
- Renamed to "Fungus".
- Can now be added to flower pots.
- Can now only be grown in huge fungi when on the same type of nylium.
- Now pushes entities.
- Now have the replaceable plant material.
- Changed the top texture.
- Can now be placed into flower pots.
- Warped roots now have the replaceable plant material.
- Changed the top texture.
- Are now climbable.
- Now have the replaceable plant material.
Items[]
- Diamond axe, diamond boots, diamond helmet, diamond hoe, diamond leggings, diamond pickaxe, diamond shovel, diamond sword, golden hoe, golden pickaxe, netherite pickaxe, wooden hoe, and wooden pickaxe
- Changed their textures slightly, fixing some texture inconsistencies.
- Can now break nether wart blocks and warped wart blocks quickly.
- Can now break soul soil quickly.
Mobs[]
- Slightly tweaked the texture. Some colors were tweaked and transparent pixels were removed.
- Now have an
IsImmuneToZombification
data value that prevents them from zombifying in the Overworld. - Baby piglins now ride on the back of baby hoglins.
- Can now be leashed.
- Has been renamed to "Zombified Piglin".
- Updated model and texture.
- The texture used is the same texture added in 20w07a.
Non-mob entities[]
- Now checks dismount position height against entity height.
Gameplay[]
- Bartering loot has been restructured to be more appealing to survival players.[1]
- The new loot for bartering consists of:
- Common barters (20⁄226 chance or about 8.85%): 6–10 shroomlight, 1 fire charge, 8–16 gravel, 4–10 leather, 4–10 warped fungus, 4–16 nether brick, 1 obsidian, or 1–3 crying obsidian.
- Uncommon barters (10⁄226 chance or about 4.42%): 8–16 nether quartz, 5–12 glowstone dust, 2–6 magma cream, 4–8 ender pearl, or 8–24 string.
- Rare barters (5⁄226 chance or about 2.21%): 1 warped nylium, 1 Fire Resistance potion or 1 Fire Resistance splash potion.
- Very rare barter (1⁄226 chance or about 0.44%): 1 netherite hoe.
- In this snapshot, all item amounts are 1–5 due to a bug.[3]
- Piglins will now inspect gold ingots first before throwing out the item they choose to barter for the player if they're still around.
- Stained glass pane recipes now only unlock when the player has the same color of stained glass in their inventory.
block.portal.travel
andblock.portal.trigger
sounds are now part of the "ambient/environment" sound category adjustable in options.- Shearing sound category was changed from "friendly creatures" to "players" for players using shears and "blocks" for dispenser using shears.
- Added potted crimson fungus, warped fungus, crimson roots, and warped roots to the
flower_pots
block tag.
General[]
- Nether fog
- Color now transitions smoothly between biomes.
- The Nether
- Changed the ambient lighting in the Nether, it is now much darker.
- Textures
- Removed duplicate and unused textures for stripped warped logs.
Fixes[]
- 55 issues fixed
- From released versions before 1.16
- MC-7424 – Fall damage death messages do not show the block players fall from correctly (ladders, vines, water).
- MC-102319 – Nether portal trigger and travel sounds are not assigned to any sound category.
- MC-111726 – Minecart dismount position always above the minecart, even if there's space next to it.
- MC-137554 – Shearing sound is in the "friendly creatures" sound category.
- MC-146834 – Zombie pigman's head bottom texture is flipped.
- MC-147601 – Purpur pillar block top texture has not changed to a new texture.
- MC-148869 – Player can clip through the ground when exiting a minecart or a boat.
- MC-149042 – Minecart dismount position is not consistent.
- MC-164435 – Stream sounds do not loop properly.
- MC-166246 – Skeleton horses cannot be leashed.
- MC-170273 – Diamond swords use the wrong pallet.
- MC-170274 – Pickaxe textures are inconsistent.
- MC-170556 – Hoe textures are inconsistent.
- From the 1.16 development versions
- MC-170815 – Soul sand valley fossils generate duplicated/stacked.
- MC-170823 – Crimson and Warped trees spawn on top of the Nether roof.
- MC-170833 – Crimson fungi and warped fungi cannot be placed in flower pots.
- MC-170834 – Cannot replace warped forest foliage with other blocks.
- MC-170835 – Nether large fungi do not kill nylium underneath them.
- MC-170842 – Potted plant models are still missing their bottom due to faulty UV.
- MC-170844 – Nether sprouts do not break when their supporting block is removed.
- MC-170879 – Nether fog abruptly changes color when moving across biomes.
- MC-170890 – Users can get normal fire on soul soil.
- MC-170904 – When viewed in 3rd person mode, the cape renders incorrectly when sneaking while wearing a chest plate.
- MC-170915 – Hoglins have inconsistent texture.
- MC-170932 – Cave generator will not cut through
crimson_nylium
andwarped_nylium
, leading to lots of floating nylium. - MC-170954 – Lava spreads blue fire at invalid locations.
- MC-170961 – Mining speeds for breaking crimson and warped doors, trapdoors, fences, signs, stairs, and slabs are not faster with an axe.
- MC-170968 – Crimson and warped fungi replace certain blocks when growing.
- MC-170986 – Lava fire spread creates normal fire on soul soil.
- MC-171025 – Netherite items are not pushed in flowing lava.
- MC-171048 –
HugeFungiConfiguration
has an unusedplanted
field. - MC-171077 – Soul fire can be
/setblock
on air, while normal fire cannot. - MC-171130 – Hoglin spawn egg is not sorted alphabetically in the Creative menu.
- MC-171245 – Warped and crimson signs cannot be crafted.
- MC-171448 – The top textures of stripped stems do not match the normal stem top textures.
- MC-171457 – New fungi wrongly named.
- MC-171491 – Fossils generate floating in the sky in buffet worlds.
- MC-171502 – In the texture files there is 2 sets of textures for the stripped warped stem.
- MC-171517 – Nylium, wart bushes, soul soil, or soul sand generate slightly below the Nether ceiling.
- MC-171548 – Soul soil is not mined quicker with a shovel.
- MC-171640 – Villagers, vindicators, and zombies do not properly interact with the new crimson/warped doors
- MC-171731 – Huge fungi generate on the lowest nylium block.
- MC-171961 – Nether wart block and warped wart block do not have a tool assigned.
- MC-172084 – Soul sand and soul soil have no sounds.
- MC-172090 – Piglins would rather hold a golden item than a crossbow.
- MC-172096 – Baby hoglins and baby piglins do not seem to play with each other.
- MC-172112 – Hoglin walking sound is subtitled as "Hoglin dies" instead of "Footsteps".
- MC-172151 – Dark oak saplings are called "Jukebox/Note Blocks" in English (United Kingdom).
- MC-172203 – Soul sand and soul soil have no subtitles for breaking, placing and when being walked on.
- MC-172356 – Piglin admiring held gold ingot drops it when killed.
- MC-172363 – Piglins are not attracted to certain golden items.
- MC-172434 – Baby piglins do not sound high-pitched when zombified.
- MC-172486 – Piglins drop two shields when killed while holding one in their offhand.
- MC-172516 – Piglins/hoglins become persistent when within 16 blocks of a player, causing massive lag due to piling up entities.
- MC-172580 – Piglin can no longer pick up items when equipped with a shield.
Video[]
Video made by Slicedlime:
References[]
- ↑ a b "Minecraft Snapshot 20w09a" – Minecraft.net, February 26, 2020
- ↑ "It's decorative for now, but will have uses later ;)" – @kingbdogz on X, February 26, 2020
- ↑ MC-173165