Java Edition 20w49a
Minecraft 20w49a


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| Release date |
December 2, 2020 | ||||||
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dec: 1073741832 | ||||||
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2685 | ||||||
| Resource pack format |
7 | ||||||
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7 | ||||||
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20w49a is the fourth snapshot for Java Edition 1.17, released on December 2, 2020,[1] which adds sculk sensors, the dripstone caves biome, and the ability to expand the world height limit.
Additions
Blocks
- A new redstone component.
- Detects vibrations, and emits a redstone signal.
- Emits a different strength if connected to a comparator, and the signal strength is based on the vibration's frequency.
- Vibrations can be occluded using wool blocks.
- Can only be obtained via the Creative inventory or commands such as
/give.
World generation
- A new underground biome.
- Made up of primarily dripstone blocks and stone, with large clusters of dripstone blocks hanging from the ceiling, pointed dripstone on the floor and ceiling and many pools of water.
- Does not generate naturally in normal worlds, and can only be generated using buffet worlds with "Dripstone caves" selected as the source biome or using custom world.
Gameplay
- Added death messages for being skewered by a falling stalactite:
- "<player> was skewered by a falling stalactite"
- "<player> was skewered by a falling stalactite whilst fighting <entity>"
- New particle types:
vibrationanddust_color_transition
General
- Added the
dripstone_replaceable_blocksblock tag.- Contains the
base_stone_overworldblock tag and dirt. - Used in dripstone generation to determine what dripstone can replace and what pointed dripstone can generate on.
- Contains the
- Added the
occludes_vibration_signalsblock tag.- Contains the
woolblock tag. - Blocks in this tag prevent sculk sensors from hearing vibrations if the block is between the sculk sensor and the vibration.
- Contains the
- Added new
game_eventstag type. - Added the
ignore_vibrations_stepping_carefullygame event tag.- Contains the step, falling, and shooting projectile events.
- Game events in this tag are ignored by sculk sensors if the source entity is sneaking.
- Added the
vibrationsgame event tag.- Contains every game event.
- Game events in this tag trigger sculk sensors.
Changes
Blocks
- When in a dimension with
ultrawarmset to true, such as the Nether, downwards facing dripstone creates lava particles instead of water particles.
Items
- Fullness is now always shown even if advanced tooltips are disabled.
Gameplay
Absorption effect
- The yellow absorption hearts now stay yellow if the player has the Poison or Wither effects, instead of appearing empty.
- Frozen hearts now appear in Hardcore mode.
- However, they appear the same as normal frozen hearts.
General
- Added
heightandmin_yvariables to dimension types, allowing for the height limit to be increased in custom world settings.- The void now starts 64 blocks below
min_y.
- The void now starts 64 blocks below
Servers
- Removed the
max-build-heightserver setting.
Fixes
From released versions before 1.17
- MC-18880 – The Absorption effect has no texture for poison/wither hearts (appears empty instead).
- MC-46650 – When flying through blocks in spectator mode in F5, the camera zooms in and out a lot.
- MC-201840 – Optional function tags sometimes don't run even when the tag exists.
From the 1.17 development versions
- MC-203797 – Placing or removing a block over the void causes a
DecoderExceptionon servers. - MC-204314 – Double copper slabs only drop a single slab when mined.
- MC-205043 – Absorption hearts appear broken when taking freezing damage.
- MC-205096 – Hardcore hearts lose all color when player is taking freeze damage.
- MC-205391 – Waxing cut copper does not prevent it from oxidising.
- MC-205629 – Unused sign cache when rendering signs.
From the previous development version
- MC-206553 – Pointed Dripstone creates water particles in the Nether.
- MC-206563 – Pointed dripstone is not connected to the player's hand.
- MC-206578 – Large pillars of stalactites don't fall when the block above is removed.
- MC-206583 – Cauldrons below stalactites at least 2 blocks tall will not fill up.
- MC-206591 – Setting any floating block to a pointed dripstone, causes the replaced block to drop as an item.
- MC-206594 – Large stalactites falling occasionally do not drop all of their pointed dripstone items.
- MC-206606 – Frustum stage of stalactites negates fall damage.
- MC-206613 – Pointed Dripstone duplicates when the block it was attached to is removed.
- MC-206615 – Pointed dripstone's hitbox can extend further than a block, causing nearby stalactites to not be able to fall.
- MC-206642 – Stalactites destroy items they fall on, however stalagmites don't.
- MC-206643 – When a dripstone's hitbox extends into the space of another block, the area that extends into said block cannot be targeted.
- MC-206669 – Inconsistency between dripstone and non-mob entities.
- MC-206682 – Floating dripstone tips are sometimes left behind from large dripstone pillars.
- MC-206689 – Floating pointed dripstone top.
- MC-206691 – Pointed dripstone replaces items with pointed dripstone items.
- MC-206711 – Coding error at
net.minecraft.world.entity.Entity.resetPos(). - MC-206790 – Waterlogged dripstone does not update.
- MC-206878 – Pointed dripstone attached to a piston is not removed as the piston extends.
- MC-206961 – Flashing frozen hearts use the poisoned absorption heart texture.
Video
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References
- ↑ "Minecraft Snapshot 20w49a" – Minecraft.net, December 2, 2020.