Another snapshot is now going out. This time around, we fixed quite a few bugs, and we also introduced some changes to some Caves & Cliffs features, and additionally, we added some extra context for the narrator..

CHANGES IN 21W20A

Actually made Geodes rarer this time
GUI narration now includes position and usage of hovered or focused element
Tilling Rooted Dirt with a Hoe will now convert it into Dirt, and pop out a Hanging Roots item
Axolotls will now only play dead when in water
Llamas no longer spit at players in peaceful mode

CHANGES TO THE CAVES & CLIFFS PREVIEW

Download the updated datapack.

TECHNICAL CHANGES IN 21W20A

Added a new NBT tag for entities - “HasVisualFire” – which will cause any entity with this flag to visually appear on fire, even if they are not actually on fire

FIXED BUGS IN 21W20A

MC-610 - Grass / Flowers / Snow are placed incorrectly in newly created chunks
MC-102220 - Barrier Blocks are not shown when “Show Invisible Blocks” is selected in Save Structure Blocks
MC-149777 - Crash when loading world: java.util.ConcurrentModificationException when using Java 11 or above
MC-172304 - Piglins, piglin brutes, hoglins, zoglins and axolotls can attack their own teammates
MC-189535 - Catching a fish in a bucket on creative mode doesn’t give player new bucket
MC-191338 - Name color for Minecart with Command Block is incorrect
MC-192591 - Name color for Structure Void is incorrect
MC-198200 - Crash when leaving out processors in a template pool: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: bound must be positive
MC-203712 - Amethyst Geodes cause floating water/lava to generate when intersecting water/lava caves/pools
MC-203867 - Amethyst geodes can overwrite bedrock
MC-204393 - Lava Cauldron emits redstone signal strength 1 instead of 3
MC-204902 - Dirt paths are no longer compatible with the programmer art resource pack
MC-205104 - Rideable mobs are not affected by powder snow’s freezing effect while being ridden
MC-205120 - Freezing hearts aren’t displayed properly in Programmer Art resource pack
MC-205250 - Amethyst geodes can generate in a stronghold and can potentially destroy the end portal frames
MC-205680 - minecraft:location_check predicate floating point imprecision
MC-206107 - Parrots sitting on shoulders do not freeze in powder snow
MC-206131 - Amethyst blocks are transparent / don’t conduct Redstone
MC-206601 - Potion particles are showing when looking through spyglass
MC-206839 - Pointed dripstones cause extreme durability damage to helmets
MC-207324 - Mobs and particles sometimes don’t fully render behind stained or tinted glass
MC-207366 - Trying to modify the world height of a world after it’s already been generated gives a null pointer exception
MC-208586 - Axolotls get stuck and spin constantly on top of lily pads
MC-208589 - Axolotls have a swimming animation (move their body up- and downwards) when on land
MC-208601 - Axolotls do not avoid lava when pathfinding
MC-208617 - Axolotls sometimes twitch rapidly when adjusting their rotation
MC-208641 - Axolotl movement glitch on stairs
MC-208649 - Breeding axolotl with a bucket of tropical gives back a bucket instead of a water bucket
MC-208654 - Collecting an axolotl with a water bucket in creative mode replaces the original bucket
MC-208675 - Axolotls sometimes use walking animation when in shallow water
MC-208682 - Axolotls frequently get stuck inside of waterlogged blocks
MC-208691 - Axolotls play dead even when they take damage without being attacked by an entity
MC-208735 - Axolotls attempt to pathfind towards unreachable water, then start spinning, eventually drying out and dying
MC-209324 - Pointed Dripstone can be broken with tridents in spawn protection
MC-212125 - Only one glow lichen drops when using shears on multiple in a single block space
MC-212531 - Shulkers can rotate their heads up and down
MC-212931 - Fire extinguishing sound doesn’t play when mobs are extinguished with rain/water
MC-214041 - Mob can’t properly or difficult walk on big dripleaf, when the big dripleaf is 4 blocks or more from the ground
MC-214909 - Top half of a small dripleaf can turn into a ghost block when placing it in water while the water is being removed
MC-215665 - Amethyst Geodes can overlap with dungeons
MC-216214 - netherrack_replace_blobs with water as target crashes the game
MC-216980 - Comma splices in two source strings (EN_US)
MC-217113 - Foxes spawned inside of powder snow sleeps
MC-217608 - The big dripleaf texture is not vertically centered
MC-217742 - Campfires and TNT can be lit by players using arrows shot from flame bows in spawn protection
MC-219856 - F3 + L isn’t sorted alphabetically in the debug screen
MC-219870 - The Mojang loading screen upon start up flashes black
MC-220063 - Sweet berries and glow berries sound events are named extremely differently
MC-220128 - Parity Issue: Rooted dirt won’t turn into the dirt and drop roots item after tilling with hoe in Java
MC-220694 - Name color for knowledge book is incorrect
MC-220867 - Fossils can generate through bedrock
MC-221566 - Name color for light is incorrect
MC-221694 - Strays do not spawn in powder snow
MC-221833 - Light blocks are not shown within structure block bounds with Show Invisible Blocks on
MC-221863 - Powder Snow can be broken by players on fire in spawn protection
MC-221984 - Collecting an axolotl in a bucket and then placing it resets its kill cooldown
MC-222002 - Light item displays the wrong level number
MC-222116 - Splash water bottles doesn’t extinguish candle cakes
MC-222797 - Axolotl can be bred with just tropical fish items, not just bucket ones
MC-223322 - Chorus flowers can be broken with projectiles in spawn protection
MC-223372 - You can decrease the level of a water or powder snow cauldron, through the use of an entity on fire in spawn protection
MC-224320 - minecraft.used:minecraft.potion doesn’t increase when filling a partially filled cauldron with a water bottle
MC-224322 - Powder snow can create ghost blocks in creative mode
MC-224480 - Powder snow doesn’t melt into water in cauldrons
MC-224482 - Superflat presets no longer generate with decorations
MC-225078 - Upgrading from 1.12.2 and below will cause items to lose enchantments
MC-225253 - Dying in a nether portal softlocks the player on the “You Died!” menu
MC-225347 - cave_vines_plant isn’t in #bee_growables
MC-225352 - Geodes have not been made “significantly rarer”
MC-225360 - Cannot resolve SRV records: unknown host

GET THE SNAPSHOT

Snapshots are available for Minecraft: Java Edition. To install the snapshot, open up the Minecraft Launcher and enable snapshots in the "Installations" tab.

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