As the Nether Update creeps ever closer, Minecraft has gotten yet another Snapshot of the upcoming content for you to explore. Snapshot 20W19A introduces some pretty exciting new stuff. Remember, Snapshots are effectively betas of the upcoming content and are prone to change at any time. The things you see here may not make it to the full release in their current forms.
You can find the full notes from Snapshot 20W19A below:
This snapshot contains another round of tweaks and bug fixes, but also the quality of life features such as strider distancing. It might not be as important as social distancing, but we hope you’ll like it. Stay safe and wash your hands!
Patches of blackstone and gravel now generate in all Nether biomes, and patches of soul sand now generate in Soulsand ValleysAdded “distance by strider” statistic
Villagers can now spawn iron golems regardless of their profession status or latest working timeBastions are now a bit less commonLowered the amount that weeping and twisting vines grow when bonemealedYou now need to use shears to get an item when breaking Nether SproutsTweaked spawning of mobs to more closely adhere to mob caps
Fish now have their own mob category and mob cap
MC-87949 – The shield use statistic is not workingMC-89956 – Levitation has no effect if gliding with elytraMC-116293 – Functioning clock and compass in recipe bookMC-125613 – Datapack tag “stairs” does not use #wooden_stairsMC-145862 – Villagers try to sleep in occupied bedsMC-152084 – Villagers occasionally stand up out of beds at night, then can never sleep in that bed againMC-152170 – When a villager takes the bed of another villager then the bed’s previous owner will not look for a new bedMC-157077 – Villagers will not sleep in beds at nightMC-158542 – Iron Golems don’t stop spawningMC-160250 – Naturally generated villagers are not pathfinding towards their POI; POI detection range is too smallMC-166764 – Villagers spawned on world generation have a lower follow range than villagers spawned by other meansMC-170612 – Villagers spawned by meeting points have frozen AI and do not move when that chunk is freshly generatedMC-172107 – Piglins and Hoglins don’t get zombified in the endMC-172524 – Letters of name tag render inconsistently when sneaking (within the same name tag)MC-172899 – Piglins with blocks (pumpkins) equipped on their heads show z-fightingMC-173015 – Crimson roots, Warped roots, and Nether sprouts are not randomly offsetMC-173115 – Mobs can spawn inside of wither rosesMC-174568 – Rail updates are 3-4x times laggier since 1.13MC-174909 – Endermen don’t teleport when on magma blocksMC-175251 – Fish are spawning in with extremely high numbers. Over 200 different entities of cod every five minutesMC-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 bottomMC-178487 – Saddles on untamed horses no longer renderMC-179989 – Smithing Table and Anvil UI does not have “Inventory” title above player inventoryMC-180064 – Piglins would rather use an unenchanted crossbow instead of an enchanted crossbowMC-180297 – Player name color in list appears too darkMC-180407 – Piglin bartering is limited to dropping a single item stack from the loot tableMC-180410 – Enderman spawn rate seems very low on upgraded worldsMC-180575 – Dispensers now always plays “dispenser failed” when dispensing glowstoneMC-181353 – Warped and Crimson Doors have no hingesMC-181418 – Entity names can no longer be coloredMC-181424 – Fish (and other items from fishing) cannot be caught with a fishing rodMC-181461 – Enchantement glint doesn’t render on shields, tridents and elytraMC-181479 – Map marker labels do not render properlyMC-181524 – Redstone does not visually connect when going up soul sandMC-181566 – Powered redstone dust only generates particles at the center of the blockMC-181944 – Font of category/section text in creative mode item selection screen is much thicker than in 1.15.2MC-182595 – Parity issue: Blackstone doesn’t generate in ore veins in nether wastes
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