Java Edition 20w09a

Minecraft 20w09a
Edition	Java Edition
Release date	February 26, 2020
Type	Snapshot
Snapshot for	1.16
Downloads	Client (.json); Server
Obfuscation maps	Client; Server
Protocol version	704
Data version	2510
Resource pack format	5
Data pack format	5
Minimum Java version	Java SE 8

20w09a is the fourth snapshot for Java Edition 1.16, released on February 26, 2020,^[1] which adds crying obsidian, target blocks and renames zombie pigmen among other changes.

Additions

Blocks

Crying obsidian

Is only decorative for now, but will have uses in the future.^[2]
Can be obtained by bartering with piglins.
Has a light level of 10.
Emits purple particles.
Can be moved by pistons.

Targets

Redstone component that can be activated by shooting projectiles into it.
- The closer to the center the projectile hits on one of its faces, the stronger the redstone signal.
Can be crafted using a hay bale and 4 redstone dust pieces.

Gameplay

Advancements

Added new "Bullseye" advancement.
- To complete this advancement, the player has to shoot a projectile into the center of one face of a target block.
- Found in the "Adventure" tab.

Recipe book

The recipes for crimson and warped signs have been added to the recipe book and are unlocked by having the respective planks.

Tags

Added new climbable block tag.
- Includes ladders, vines, scaffolding, and weeping vines.
- Used in mob pathfinding and to determine what blocks the player can climb.
Added new impact_projectiles entity tag.
- Includes the arrows tag, snowballs, fireballs, small fireballs, eggs, tridents, dragon fireballs, and wither skulls.
- Used to determine what entities break chorus flowers when hit.

General

Particles

Added three particles for crying obsidian: dripping_obsidian_tear, falling_obsidian_tear, and landing_obsidian_tear.

Changes

Blocks

Crimson and warped signs

Can now be crafted.
Made obtainable in Survival mode.

Fungi

Renamed to "Fungus".
Can now be planted in flower pots.
Can now only be grown in huge fungi when on the same type of nylium.

Lava

Now pushes entities.

Nether sprouts

Now have the replaceable plant material.

Purpur pillar

Changed the top texture.

Crimson and warped roots

Can now be placed into flower pots.
Warped roots now have the replaceable plant material.

Stripped crimson and warped stems

Changed the top texture.

Weeping vines

Are now climbable.
Now have the replaceable plant material.

Items

Diamond axe, diamond boots, diamond helmet, diamond hoe, diamond leggings, diamond pickaxe, diamond shovel, diamond sword, golden hoe, golden pickaxe, netherite pickaxe, wooden hoe, and wooden pickaxe

Changed their textures slightly, fixing some texture inconsistencies.

Hoes

Can now break nether wart blocks and warped wart blocks quickly.

Shovels

Can now break soul soil quickly.

Mobs

Hoglin

Slightly tweaked the texture. Some colors were tweaked and transparent pixels were removed.

Piglin

Now have an IsImmuneToZombification data value that prevents them from zombifying in the Overworld.
Baby piglins now ride on the back of baby hoglins.

Skeleton horses and zombie horses

Can now be leashed.

Zombie pigman

Has been renamed to "Zombified Piglin".
Updated model and texture.
- The texture used is the same texture added in 20w07a.
Sound effects got reimplemented.

Non-mob entities

Minecart

Now checks dismount position height against entity height.

Gameplay

Bartering

Bartering loot has been restructured to be more appealing to survival players.^[1]
The new loot for bartering consists of:
- Common barters (²⁰⁄₂₂₆ chance or about 8.85%): 6–10 shroomlight, 1 fire charge, 8–16 gravel, 4–10 leather, 4–10 warped fungus, 4–16 nether brick, 1 obsidian, or 1–3 crying obsidian.
- Uncommon barters (¹⁰⁄₂₂₆ chance or about 4.42%): 8–16 nether quartz, 5–12 glowstone dust, 2–6 magma cream, 4–8 ender pearl, or 8–24 string.
- Rare barters (⁵⁄₂₂₆ chance or about 2.21%): 1 warped nylium, 1 Fire Resistance potion or 1 Fire Resistance splash potion.
- Very rare barter (¹⁄₂₂₆ chance or about 0.44%): 1 netherite hoe.
- In this snapshot, all item amounts are 1–5 due to a bug.^[3]
Piglins now inspect gold ingots first before throwing out the item they choose to barter for the player if they're still around.

Recipe book

Stained glass pane recipes now only unlock when the player has the same color of stained glass in their inventory.

Sounds

block.portal.travel and block.portal.trigger sounds are now part of the "ambient/environment" sound category adjustable in options.
Shearing sound category was changed from "friendly creatures" to "players" for players using shears and "blocks" for dispenser using shears.

Tags

Added potted crimson fungus, warped fungus, crimson roots, and warped roots to the flower_pots block tag.

General

Nether fog

Color now transitions smoothly between biomes.

The Nether

Changed the ambient lighting in the Nether, it is now lighter and more similar to Bedrock Edition.

Textures

Removed duplicate and unused textures for stripped warped logs.

Fixes

58 issues fixed

From released versions before 1.16

MC-7424 – Fall damage death messages do not show the block players fall from correctly (ladders, vines, water).
MC-102319 – Nether portal trigger and travel sounds are not assigned to any sound category.
MC-111726 – Minecart dismount position always above the minecart, even if there's space next to it.
MC-135106 – Upwards bubble columns allow for infinite flight in Survival at y≥256.
MC-135831 – Low gravity bug at world height.
MC-137554 – Shearing sound is in the "friendly creatures" sound category.
MC-146834 – Zombie pigman's head bottom texture is flipped.
MC-147601 – Purpur pillar block top texture has not changed to a new texture.
MC-148869 – Player can clip through the ground when exiting a minecart or a boat.
MC-149042 – Minecart dismount position is not consistent.
MC-153750 – Gravity decreases at y=256 when the player hops into water at y=255.
MC-164435 – Stream sounds do not loop properly.
MC-166246 – Skeleton horses cannot be leashed.
MC-170273 – Diamond swords use the wrong pallet.
MC-170274 – Pickaxe textures are inconsistent.
MC-170556 – Hoe textures are inconsistent.

From the 1.16 development versions

MC-170815 – Soul sand valley fossils generate duplicated/stacked.
MC-170823 – Crimson and Warped trees spawn on top of the Nether roof.
MC-170833 – Crimson fungi and warped fungi cannot be placed in flower pots.
MC-170834 – Cannot replace warped forest foliage with other blocks.
MC-170835 – Nether large fungi do not kill nylium underneath them.
MC-170842 – Potted plant models are still missing their bottom due to faulty UV.
MC-170844 – Nether sprouts do not break when their supporting block is removed.
MC-170879 – Nether fog abruptly changes color when moving across biomes.
MC-170890 – Users can get normal fire on soul soil.
MC-170904 – When viewed in 3rd person mode, the cape renders incorrectly when sneaking while wearing a chest plate.
MC-170915 – Hoglins have inconsistent texture.
MC-170932 – Cave generator will not cut through crimson_nylium and warped_nylium, leading to lots of floating nylium.
MC-170954 – Lava spreads blue fire at invalid locations.
MC-170961 – Mining speeds for breaking crimson and warped doors, trapdoors, fences, signs, stairs, and slabs are not faster with an axe.
MC-170968 – Crimson and warped fungi replace certain blocks when growing.
MC-170986 – Lava fire spread creates normal fire on soul soil.
MC-171025 – Netherite items are not pushed in flowing lava.
MC-171048 – HugeFungiConfiguration has an unused planted field.
MC-171077 – Soul fire can be /setblock on air, while normal fire cannot.
MC-171130 – Hoglin spawn egg is not sorted alphabetically in the Creative menu.
MC-171245 – Warped and crimson signs cannot be crafted.
MC-171448 – The top textures of stripped stems do not match the normal stem top textures.
MC-171457 – New fungi wrongly named.
MC-171491 – Fossils generate floating in the sky in buffet worlds.
MC-171502 – In the texture files there is 2 sets of textures for the stripped warped stem.
MC-171517 – Nylium, wart bushes, soul soil, or soul sand generate slightly below the Nether ceiling.
MC-171548 – Soul soil is not mined quicker with a shovel.
MC-171640 – Villagers, vindicators, and zombies do not properly interact with the new crimson/warped doors
MC-171731 – Huge fungi generate on the lowest nylium block.
MC-171961 – Nether wart block and warped wart block do not have a tool assigned.
MC-172084 – Soul sand and soul soil have no sounds.
MC-172090 – Piglins would rather hold a golden item than a crossbow.
MC-172096 – Baby hoglins and baby piglins do not seem to play with each other.
MC-172112 – Hoglin walking sound is subtitled as "Hoglin dies" instead of "Footsteps".
MC-172151 – Dark oak saplings are called "Jukebox/Note Blocks" in English (United Kingdom).
MC-172203 – Soul sand and soul soil have no subtitles for breaking, placing and when being walked on.
MC-172356 – Piglin admiring held gold ingot drops it when killed.
MC-172363 – Piglins are not attracted to certain golden items.
MC-172434 – Baby piglins do not sound high-pitched when zombified.
MC-172486 – Piglins drop two shields when killed while holding one in their offhand.
MC-172516 – Piglins/hoglins become persistent when within 16 blocks of a player, causing massive lag due to piling up entities.
MC-172580 – Piglin can no longer pick up items when equipped with a shield.

Video

Video made by Slicedlime:

References

↑ ^a ^b "Minecraft Snapshot 20w09a" – Minecraft.net, February 26, 2020.
↑ "It's decorative for now, but will have uses later ;)" – @kingbdogz on X (formerly Twitter), February 26, 2020
↑ MC-173165

Navigation

[20w09a-1] "Minecraft Snapshot 20w09a" – Minecraft.net, February 26, 2020.

[2] "It's decorative for now, but will have uses later ;)" – @kingbdogz on X (formerly Twitter), February 26, 2020

[3] MC-173165

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