Java Edition 20w11a

Minecraft 20w11a

Edition	Java Edition
Release date	March 11, 2020
Type	Snapshot
Snapshot for	1.16
Downloads	Client (.json) Server
Obfuscation maps	Client Server
Protocol version	706
Data version	2513
Resource pack format	5
Data pack format	5
Minimum Java version	Java SE 8
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20w11a is the sixth snapshot for Java Edition 1.16, released on March 11, 2020, which adds nether gold ore, twisting vines and the Soul Speed enchantment.

Additions

Blocks

Nether gold ore

• Found in the Nether, at any height.
• Behaves exactly like normal gold ore.

Twisting vines

• Another variant of vines found in warped forests.
• Grows upward, unlike weeping vines.
• Can be climbed.

Gameplay

Enchanting

• Added Soul Speed enchantment.
  • A new treasure enchantment only obtainable via bartering with piglins. However if obtained through bartering the book cannot be applied to boots due to a bug.
  • Only available on boots.
  • Allows faster walking on soul sand and soul soil.
    • There is a 4% chance that the durability of the boots goes down for each soul sand or soul soil block stepped on.
  • Cannot be obtained from enchanting tables, fishing, or trading. However, can be found in chest loot in this snapshot due to a bug.

General

Particles

• Added a new particle type: soul.
  • Used when walking on Soul Sand or Soul Soil when wearing boots with the new Soul Speed enchantment

Tags

• Added the gold_ores block and item tags.
  • Contains gold ore and nether gold ore.
  • Blocks in this tag require an iron pickaxe or better to be mined.
  • Many recipes use this tag.
• Added the piglin_repellents item tag.
  • Already existed in the prior snapshots as a block tag, but now extends to items.
  • Contains soul fire torches and lanterns.
  • Piglins don't attempt to pick up items in this tag.
• Added the soul_speed_blocks block tag.
  • Contains soul sand and soul soil.
  • The Soul Speed enchantment uses this tag to test for which blocks increase speed.

Changes

Blocks

Bells

• Now rings when hit by any projectile.

Campfires

• Now ignites when hit by any burning projectile.

Crying obsidian

• Can no longer be pushed by pistons.
• Can no longer be destroyed by the ender dragon.
• Now requires a diamond or netherite pickaxe to be mined.

Fire and soul fire

• No longer has a breaking animation.
• No longer sounds like wool when broken.
• Now have loot tables.

Potted bamboo

• Model change to remove a useless face at the bottom that caused z-fighting.
• Before:
• After:

Smithing table

• Now plays a sound when used.

Snow

• Doors, rails, buttons, torches, pressure plates and redstone can now be placed on a full-block of snow layers.

Soul sand

• Doors, rails, buttons, torches, pressure plates and redstone can be placed on it once again.
• Soul sand with a rail on top no longer slows down minecarts.

TNT

• Now ignites when hit by any burning projectile.

Vines

• Now play a sound when climbed.

Weeping vines

• Now have a ¹⁄₃ chance to drop 1 item, with the maximum increased by 2 per level of Fortune.
• Now play a sound when climbed.

Items

Bone meal

• Can now be used to grow kelp, weeping vines, and twisting vines.

Hoe

• Are now the appropriate tools for mining targets, dried kelp blocks, and shroomlights.
  • Due to a bug, axes still mine shroomlights faster.

Gameplay

Bartering

• Piglins can now offer iron boots and enchanted books with the Soul Speed enchantment.

Commands

• /locate can now be used to locate nether fossils.

General

Tags

• Added twisting vines to the climbable block tag.
• Added crying obsidian to the dragon_immune block tag.
• Added potted warped fungus to the hoglin_repellents block tag.

Fixes

47 issues fixed

From released versions before 1.16

• MC-81659 – Fireball and witherskull hitboxes are frequently invisible for some seconds.
• MC-104900 – Skeletons, illusioners and piglins with crossbows have broken agility reaction when hit or walking on certain blocks when provoked.
• MC-104949 – Mobs cannot jump shorter than half of the blocks.
• MC-128247 – Dolphins can jump way too far causing them to hit on land.
• MC-134900 – server.properties generator-settings for level-type FLAT not implemented; property is stored in ignored flat_world_options NBT.
• MC-145140 – Fireballs cannot be interacted with when summoned.
• MC-146928 – Cannot place doors, rails, buttons, pressure plate, redstone, etc. on soul sand.
• MC-148935 – Zombies with no AI still convert into drowned.
• MC-170836 – Cannot set the top of soul sand on fire.
• MC-173732 – Fire and soul fire do not have loot tables

From the 1.16 development versions

• MC-171079 – Comparators no longer work as expected reading containers through powered blocks.
• MC-171213 – Blocks that are affected by gravity do not destroy Nether sprouts when dropped from above.
• MC-171589 – Fire makes block burned noise before the block disappears.
• MC-171756 – Weird fire bug.
• MC-171860 – Nether fossils have code implying an unimplemented /locate function.
• MC-172266 – Crossbow wielding piglins do not properly walk backwards to target the player when very close.
• MC-172323 – Game crashes when summoning a hoglin with the attack damage attribute set to 0 or giving a hoglin Weakness with a very high level (255).
• MC-172374 – Can teleport to invalid y coordinates and crash the game.
• MC-172428 – Piglins and hoglins do not look at their target.
• MC-172470 – When the piglin holds the bow, it will try to attack and follow the enemy eventually stood there not moving.
• MC-172530 – Piglins indefinitely stand around dropped golden items if mobGriefing is disabled.
• MC-172903 – Piglins which convert into zombified piglins delete armor if equipped.
• MC-173050 – Hoglins cannot hit some mobs with large hitboxes.
• MC-173156 – Z-fighting at bottom of potted bamboo; bottom texture of bamboo is exposed.
• MC-173160 – Weeping vines plants can be replaced by weeping vines "sapling" (small block) by just right-clicking.
• MC-173167 – Netherite sword/tools not sorted with other swords/tools.
• MC-173180 – Hoglins are not scared of warped fungus in flower pots.
• MC-173219 – No sound when climbing weeping vines.
• MC-173243 – Crying obsidian is movable by pistons.
• MC-173283 – Piglin admiring held gold ingot does not drop it when killed.
• MC-173302 – Crying obsidian can be harvested with any pickaxe.
• MC-173384 – Crying obsidian can be destroyed by the ender dragon.
• MC-173433 – Killing a baby hoglin does not yield experience.
• MC-173462 – Baby piglins can hold soul fire torches.
• MC-173467 – Piglins admiring bartering gold ingot drop nothing when converting to zombified piglin.
• MC-173484 – Death message from falling off a trapdoor does not mention it by name.
• MC-173485 – Death message from falling off scaffolding does not mention it by name.
• MC-173706 – NullPointerException in server tick loop when trying to load a flatland world with Nether biome.

From the previous development version

• MC-173725 – Anvil name field does not automatically receive focus anymore and is unclickable.
• MC-173731 – Fire and soul fire play a sound and produce particles when extinguished.
• MC-173739 – Missing sound for event: minecraft:block.smithing_table.use.
• MC-173766 – Thrown tridents disappear after hitting and damaging a mob or entity.
• MC-173776 – Hoes do not mine targets faster.
• MC-173792 – End gateways do not work using ender pearls.
• MC-173829 – Lava and fire randomly make extinguishing sound.
• MC-173858 – Unable to set LeftHanded to 1b for piglins.
• MC-174326 – Mobs do not spawn on soul sand, causing weird mob spawning in soul sand valleys.

Videos

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