Java Edition 20w13a

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20w13a is the eighth snapshot for Java Edition 1.16, released on March 25, 2020,^[2] which adds the strider mob, lodestone and fixes some bugs.

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Lodestone

• Crafted from a netherite ingot and chiseled stone bricks.
• Using a compass on one creates a lodestone compass, which points to that lodestone block.
• Its functionality applies in all dimensions.

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Warped fungus on a stick

• Crafted with a fishing rod and warped fungus.
• Can be used to control striders in the same way as a carrot on a stick with pigs.

Spawn eggs

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  Strider spawn egg
  • Spawns striders.

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Strider

• A new passive mob that spawns in the Nether on lava oceans.
• Can be saddled and controlled with warped fungus on a stick.
• Is damaged by water and rain.
• Can be bred with warped fungi.
• Can spawn with zombified piglins or baby striders riding them.
  • If they spawn with a zombified piglin, they also have a saddle equipped.

Tags

• Added the logs_that_burn block and item tags.
  • Contains the dark_oak_logs, oak_logs, acacia_logs, birch_logs, jungle_logs, and spruce_logs block and item tags, respectively.
• Added the non_flammable_wood block and item tags.
  • Contains crimson and warped stems, hyphae, planks, and other wood blocks, as well as stripped variants where applicable.
  • Items in the item tag cannot be used as fuel in a furnace.
• Added the strider_warm_blocks block tag.
  • Contains lava.
  • Unless a strider is in a block in this tag, it shivers.

Basalt

• Can now be made if lava touches blue ice while flowing over soul soil.

Bee nests

• Now appear yellow on maps.

Campfires

• Can now be crafted with stems and hyphae.

Fences

• Nether wood fences now connect to other wood fences.

Hyphae and stems

• Now use the nether wood material.
  • Can no longer catch fire from lava.

Jigsaw block

• Can have one of 12 orientations.
• Added new property Joint type to describe if attached piece can be rotated (rollable) or not (aligned).
• NBT field target_pool has been renamed to pool.
• attachement_type has been split into name (on parent block) and target (on child block).

Nether gold ore

• The texture has been changed.
• Now drops experience when mined.

Nether planks, stairs, slabs, doors, buttons, trapdoors, pressure plates, and signs

• Can no longer be used as fuel in furnaces, blast furnaces, or smokers.

Note block

• Now plays the bass instrument when placed on blocks in the nether wood material.

Polished basalt

• Can now be crafted from basalt in a 2×2 grid, similar to other polished blocks.
• Can no longer be smelted.
• Can now be crafted from basalt in a stonecutter.

Respawn anchors

• Can be charged with a dispenser filled with glowstone.
• Can no longer be destroyed by the ender dragon.

Smoker

• Can now be crafted with stems and hyphae.

Charcoal

• Can now only be smelted from items in the logs_that_burn block tag.
  • This change does not affect gameplay, as the new tag only contains items charcoal could be smelted from.

Compass

• Now points to the center of the spawn point block instead of its northwest corner.

Villagers

• Farmers can now use bone meal to make their crops grow faster.
• Farmers now put excess seeds in their composter.
• Farmers share excess wheat with other farmers, so more farmers can make bread.

Zombified piglins

• Texture has been tweaked.

Advancements

• Breeding striders can now be used to unlock "The Parrots and the Bats" advancement.

Bartering

• Items enchanted with Soul Speed are now slightly more common.

Creative inventory

• Moved bamboo, kelp, and sugar cane to the "Decoration Blocks" tab.

Fishing

• Open water is now calculated differently. Each layer in the 5×4×5 area around the bobber must meet one and only one of the following criteria:
  • Have only water source blocks, waterlogged blocks without collision, or bubble columns.
  • Have only air or lily pads.

Recipe book

• Charcoal now unlocks using the logs_that_burn item tag.

Tags

• Added the respawn anchor to the dragon_immune block tag.
• Changed the logs block and item tags to use the logs_that_burn, crimson_stems, and warped_stems block and item tags, respectively.

47 issues fixed

From released versions before 1.16

• MC-4641 – Third level of flowing lava will not create cobblestone when coming into contact with water.
• MC-118080 – Bows without pulling predicate animate when other bows are pulled back.
• MC-172307 – All loaded tileticks instantly run in the first tick after loading the chunk.
• MC-173367 – Arrows are floating in midair after being pushed by piston.
• MC-175171 – Fishing bobber can get stuck on a ledge when being reeled in.

From the 1.16 development versions

• MC-171003 – Crimson and Warped stairs, planks and slabs can be used as fuel in a furnace.
• MC-171286 – Warped fences and Crimson fences don’t connect with other fences.
• MC-171484 – Shields, crossbows, bows, and fishing rods don’t show their proper animations in first-person mode after certain actions.
• MC-171526 – en_us.json issue: weeping_vines and weeping_vines_plant have the same name.
• MC-171830 – Smokers cannot be crafted using crimson or warped stems.
• MC-172123 – Using a spawn egg on a mob without a baby variant spawns an adult mob of the same type without a weapon.
• MC-172279 – Can’t craft campfire with nether stems or hyphae.
• MC-173258 – Back of zombified piglin heads has very different texture/shading compared to the other sides.
• MC-173791 – Mobs dismount vehicles only in front of the boat, even if there is danger ahead.
• MC-174368 – Minecarts can no longer eject entities into an open trap door.
• MC-174428 – Nylium can be bonemealed underwater with seagrass above it.
• MC-174434 – Sugar Cane, Kelp and Bamboo are in the incorrect creative inventory tab.
• MC-174481 – en_us.json issue: twisting_vines and twisting_vines_plant have the same name.
• MC-174510 – Stems, Hyphae, and variants do not use the Nether Wood material.
• MC-174537 – Zombie Pigman hooves are still visible on Zombified Piglin texture.
• MC-174642 – Hitbox of twisting vine is incorrect.
• MC-174731 – Modifying “soul.json” (inside of “particles” folder) causes crash.
• MC-174787 – Arrow physics doesn’t work correctly when in a target that is moved.
• MC-174823 – Sprinting and walking scoreboards don’t update properly.
• MC-174988 – Bee nests are brown on maps.

From the previous development version

• MC-175165 – Using glowstone on a respawn anchor doesn’t consume it.
• MC-175174 – Respawn anchor is considered obstructed if all its sides are covered or air.
• MC-175178 – Anchor uses up the glowstone charge even though it didn’t respawn you.
• MC-175185 – No datafixer for item AttributeModifiers UUIDs.
• MC-175191 – Respawn Anchor charging cannot be heard by other players.
• MC-175193 – Using glowstone in the offhand does not charge respawn anchor.
• MC-175199 – In snowy_medium_house_2, some blocks are still misrotated.
• MC-175204 – Four misrotated blocks in snowy_masons_house_1.
• MC-175208 – Incorrect grammar “Your have no home bed or respawn anchor, or it was obstructed.”.
• MC-175209 – Dying in a different dimension than your respawn anchor will cause the anchor to not play the depletion sound.
• MC-175210 – Respawn anchor uses a charge after leaving the end dimension through the end portal.
• MC-175218 – Looking at a map of an area with spruce sign, jungle sign or dark oak sign in it crashes the game.
• MC-175219 – Respawn Anchor plays the “Respawn Point set” sound when right-clicked even when its already your respawn point.
• MC-175224 – Nether gold ore does not yield any experience when mined.
• MC-175239 – Villagers are generated very rarely in villages.
• MC-175278 – Fishing near lily pads prevents players from receiving treasure loot table.
• MC-175289 – Respawn anchor isn’t in the #dragon_immune tag.
• MC-175322 – Clicking on a fully charged respawn anchor with a glowstone block doesn’t activate it.
• MC-175327 – The crafting recipe of Polished Basalt is inconsistent.
• MC-175514 – Villager Gossips still use old UUID NBT format (TargetMost and TargetLeast).
• MC-175827 – Entities not loading in structure blocks (duplicate UUID).
• MC-175830 – F3 + I copies UUID.