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Minecraft 20w19a

Edition	Java Edition
Release date	May 6, 2020
Type	Snapshot
Snapshot for	1.16
Downloads	Client (.json) Server
Obfuscation maps	Client Server
Protocol version	715
Data version	2534
Resource pack format	5
Data pack format	5
Minimum Java version	Java SE 8
◄◄  1.15.2 1.16 1.16.1 ►► ◄  20w18a 20w19a 20w20a ►

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20w19a is the fifteenth snapshot for Java Edition 1.16, released on May 6, 2020, which fixed bugs and made tweaks to mob spawning.

Additions

World generation

The Nether

• Blobs of blackstone and gravel now generate in all Nether biomes at level of the lava ocean.
• Blobs of soul sand now generate in soul sand valleys at level of the lava ocean.

Gameplay

Statistics

• Added a statistic for distance by strider.

General

Tags

• Added prevent_mob_spawning_inside block tag.
  • Contains the #rails block tag, as well as wither roses and sweet berry bushes.
  • Mobs cannot spawn in blocks in this tag.

Changes

Blocks

Blackstone

• Now uses the top texture on the bottom face.

Crimson and warped doors

• Texture changed to include hinges.

Crimson and warped roots

• Are now randomly offset, similarly to grass and flowers.

Nether sprouts

• Now require shears to be obtained.
• Are now randomly offset, similarly to grass and flowers.

Redstone wire

• Now visually connects when traveling up soul sand, 8-layer snow stacks and the back of upside-down stairs.
• Particles are now generated across the entire area of the redstone wire; previously they only appeared at the center.
  • This now causes the particles to appear at the incorrect positions when millions of blocks away from the spawn point, due to precision loss (see Java Edition distance effects).

Twisting vines and weeping vines

• Lowered the amount that they grow when using bone meal.

Mobs

General

• Mobs can no longer spawn within blocks occupied by a wither rose (except wither skeletons).
• Spawning has been tweaked to more closely follow mob caps.
  • Mobs in soul sand valleys and warped forests create a radius around them that prevents other mobs of the same type from spawning, which gets bigger as more mobs spawn.

Fish

• Now have their own mob category and mob cap.

Hoglins and piglins

• Now become zoglins and zombified piglins respectively when in the End.

Iron golems

• Villagers can now spawn iron golems regardless of their profession status or latest working time.

World generation

The Nether

• Bastion remnants are now slightly less common.
• Tweaked biome distribution.

Gameplay

Creative inventory

• Block categories and tag names are no longer bold.

Recipe book

• Clocks and compasses no longer function in the recipe book menu.

General

Tags

• Changed the stairs block and item tags to use their respective wooden_stairs tag.
  • This has effectively made crimson stairs and warped stairs a part of this tag.

Fixes

45 issues fixed

From released versions before 1.16

• MC-87949 – The shield use statistic is not working.
• MC-89956 – Levitation has no effect if gliding with elytra.
• MC-116293 – Functioning clock and compass in recipe book.
• MC-125613 – Datapack tag #stairs does not use #wooden_stairs.
• MC-132236 – When executing /reload and then pressing L to open advancements, it instead tells me that there are no advancements unless I click.
• MC-145862 – Villagers try to sleep in occupied beds.
• MC-152084 – Villagers occasionally stand up out of beds at night, then can never sleep in that bed again.
• MC-152170 – When a villager takes the bed of another villager, then the bed's previous owner will not look for a new bed.
• MC-157077 – Villagers will not sleep in beds at night.
• MC-158542 – Iron golems do not stop spawning.
• MC-160250 – Naturally-generated villagers are not pathfinding towards their POI; POI detection range is too small.
• MC-164205 – Endermen do not spawn in the End if difficulty is set to Easy.
• MC-166764 – Villagers spawned during world generation have a lower follow range than villagers spawned by other means.
• MC-168139 – Enchanted armor pieces worn by entities lose their enchantment glint when looked at from certain angles.
• MC-168673 – Iron golems congregate all in the same place in some villages.
• MC-170612 – Villagers spawned by meeting points have frozen AI and do not move when that chunk is freshly generated.
• MC-172524 – Letters of name tag render inconsistently when sneaking (within the same name tag).
• MC-173115 – Mobs can spawn inside of wither roses.
• MC-174568 – Rail updates are 3–4x times laggier since 1.13.
• MC-174648 – You can unhighlight the recipe book button of crafting interfaces.
• MC-179989 – Smithing table and anvil UI does not have "Inventory" title above player inventory.
• MC-181566 – Powered redstone dust only emits particles at the center of the block.

From the 1.16 development versions

• MC-172107 – Piglins and hoglins do not get zombified in the End.
• MC-172899 – Piglins with blocks (pumpkins) equipped on their heads show z-fighting.
• MC-173015 – Crimson roots, warped roots, and nether sprouts are not randomly offset.
• MC-174024 – Spawn rates for dolphins and squid are higher than before.
• MC-174909 – Endermen do not teleport when on magma blocks.
• MC-175251 – Fish are spawning in with extremely high numbers. Over 200 different entities of cod every five minutes.
• MC-176356 – "Distance by Strider" statistic is missing.
• MC-177839 – Blackstone and blackstone walls use the blackstone side face on the bottom, while blackstone stairs and slabs use the blackstone top face on the bottom.
• MC-178487 – Saddles on untamed horses no longer render.
• MC-180064 – Piglins would rather use an unenchanted crossbow instead of an enchanted crossbow.
• MC-180297 – Player name color in list appears too dark.
• MC-180372 – Loading old beta or 1.0 worlds crashes the game.
• MC-180407 – Piglin bartering is limited to dropping a single item stack from the loot table.
• MC-180410 – Enderman spawn rate seems very low on upgraded worlds.
• MC-180575 – Dispensers now always plays "dispenser failed" when dispensing glowstone.
• MC-181353 – Warped and crimson doors have no hinges.

From the previous development version

• MC-181418 – Entity names can no longer be colored.
• MC-181424 – Fish (and other items from fishing) cannot be caught with a fishing rod.
• MC-181461 – Enchantment glint does not render on elytra, shields, and tridents.
• MC-181479 – Map marker labels do not render properly.
• MC-181524 – Redstone does not visually connect when going up soul sand.
• MC-181944 – Font of category/section text in creative mode item selection screen is much thicker than in 1.15.2.
• MC-182595 – Parity issue: blackstone does not generate in ore blobs in nether wastes.

Video

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