Java Edition 20w16a

Minecraft 20w16a
20w16a.png: Infobox image for Minecraft 20w16a the version in Minecraft
Java Edition 20w16a.png: Infobox image for Minecraft 20w16a the version in Minecraft
Edition

Java Edition

Release date

April 15, 2020

Type

Snapshot

Snapshot for

1.16

Downloads

Client (.json)
Server

Obfuscation maps

Client
Server

Protocol version

712

Data version

2526

Resource pack format

5

Data pack format

5

Minimum Java version

Java SE 8

20w16a is the twelfth snapshot for Java Edition 1.16, released on April 15, 2020,[1] which adds bastion remnants, ruined portals, chains, and a new music disc.

Additions

Blocks

Chains

  • Generate in bastion remnants and ruined portals.
  • Crafted using 2 iron nuggets and 1 iron ingot in a vertical line formation.
  • Texture connects to those of the lantern and its soul variant.

Items

Music discs

  • Added the "Pigstep" music disc, composed by Lena Raine.
    • Can only be found in bastion remnants.
    • Has a red disc color instead of black.
    • When played in a jukebox, a redstone comparator output produces a signal strength of 13.

World generation

Bastion remnants

  • Generate in all Nether biomes, except basalt deltas.
  • Four types of structures generate: bridge, hoglin stables, housing units, treasure room.
  • Are the only source of the "Pigstep" music disc and piglin banner pattern.
  • Piglins and hoglins spawn here.
  • Spawners that spawn magma cubes can be found in bastion remnants.
  • A barrier block was accidentally left in the treasure room type.

Ruined portals

  • Shattered remains of nether portals.
  • Generate in the Overworld and the Nether.
  • Can be buried underground or underwater.
  • A loot chest can be found beside the portal.

General

Tags

  • Added new creeper_drop_music_discs item tag.
    • Contains all music discs except "Pigstep".
    • Used to determine what music discs creepers can drop.

Changes

Blocks

Chiseled nether bricks

  • Changed the texture of this block; the center now more closely resembles a skeleton or wither skeleton skull.

Crying obsidian and obsidian

Gilded blackstone

  • Can now be found in bastions, making it obtainable in Survival.

Jigsaw blocks

  • Added a button in the GUI that generates a jigsaw structure starting from the jigsaw block, using a given generation depth.

Quartz bricks

  • Changed texture of the block; the bottom row of bricks has been shifted to the right about 14 of a block.

Structure blocks

  • Expanded the maximum size per axis from 32 to 48.

Items

Banner patterns

  • The piglin banner pattern can now be found in bastions, making it obtainable in Survival.

World generation

Biomes

General

Miscellaneous

  • Added a JMX MBean to monitor dedicated server tick times.​

Tags

Fixes

15 issues fixed

From released versions before 1.16

  • MC-37557 – Sometimes a minecart sound plays/subtitle shown when loading a world.
  • MC-91163 – Certain subtitles show up when the player is too far away to hear the sound.
  • MC-99727 – Ghasts can be located using subtitles.
  • MC-154617 – Server hangs on stop due to rcon.

From the 1.16 development versions

  • MC-171020 – New Nether biomes do not work properly in buffet worlds.
  • MC-175288 – Creating a warped forest superflat world with decorations freezes.
  • MC-175919 – Villagers sometimes stop farming.
  • MC-177136 – All compasses and lodestone compasses point to the same target, regardless of what type of compass it is.
  • MC-177238 – Windows symbolic link in saves/ is no longer followed as of 20w14a.
  • MC-177253 – Running a set_attributes function throws java.lang.NullPointerException if it contains an undefined attribute.
  • MC-177316 – Lodestone compass in item frame does not update after turning.
  • MC-177462 – Respawn anchor explodes client side.

From the previous development version

  • MC-177942 – Fortresses do not generate in basalt deltas.
  • MC-177957 – Texture is not correct on the white quartz brick or on the polished quartz brick.
  • MC-178368 – Lodestone compass does not point to its lodestone block when rotated in an item frame.

Video

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