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|image2=Java Edition 21w16a.png&lt;br /&gt;
|edition=Java&lt;br /&gt;
|type=Snapshot&lt;br /&gt;
|date=April 21, 2021&lt;br /&gt;
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|otherdl={{dl|ebe5698b1f6787e30662691f57511a08587db502|custom|name=CavesAndCliffsPreview.zip|title=Data pack}}&amp;lt;ref group=note&amp;gt;Re-enables features set to release for [[Minecraft:Java Edition 1.18|1.18]].&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;onlyinclude&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;21w16a&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is the eighteenth [[Minecraft:snapshot]] for [[Minecraft:Java Edition 1.17]], released on April 21, 2021,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{snap|21w16a|April 21, 2021}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; which adds dripstone growth and the ability to grow azalea trees and fixes bugs.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Additions ==&lt;br /&gt;
=== Gameplay ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Minecraft:Pointed dripstone]] growth&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* If a stalactite is hanging from a [[Minecraft:dripstone block]] with a water source above, it slowly grows both the stalactite from above and a stalagmite from below.&lt;br /&gt;
** Growth speed is random but very slow; a single growth step can take several in-game days.&lt;br /&gt;
* A stalactite only grows up to 7 blocks long.&lt;br /&gt;
* A stalactite only causes stalagmite growth if the floor or stalagmite below is within 10 blocks.&lt;br /&gt;
* If the stalactite tip is inside water it doesn&amp;#039;t drip, and therefore doesn&amp;#039;t trigger any growth.&lt;br /&gt;
* If the stalagmite tip is inside water or there is a fluid between the two dripstone blocks, it doesn&amp;#039;t receive the water drops, and therefore doesn&amp;#039;t grow by a dripping stalactite.&lt;br /&gt;
** A stalagmite or stalactite never grows into a fluid.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== General ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Minecraft:Tag]]s&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* Added the &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;moss_replaceable&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; block tag.&lt;br /&gt;
** Contains the [[Minecraft:Tag#blocks base_stone_overworld|#base_stone_overworld]] tag, the [[Minecraft:Tag#blocks cave_vines|#cave_vines]] tag, and the [[Minecraft:Tag#blocks dirt|#dirt]] tag.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Minecraft:Language]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* Added Russian (Pre-revolutionary) language.&lt;br /&gt;
* Added Chinese Traditional (Hong Kong) language.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Experimental ===&lt;br /&gt;
Changes have been made to the official Caves &amp;amp; Cliffs world generation preview data pack, which gives early access to the world generation coming in [[Minecraft:Java Edition 1.18]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Minecraft:Ore vein]]s&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* Large rare snaking collections of [[Minecraft:ore]] found underground.&lt;br /&gt;
** Copper mixed with granite is found at and above Y=0; iron mixed with tuff is found below Y=0.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Changes ==&lt;br /&gt;
=== Blocks ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Minecraft:Azalea]] and [[Minecraft:flowering azalea]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* Can now be fertilized with [[Minecraft:bone meal]] to form azalea trees.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Minecraft:Block of raw iron]] and [[Minecraft:block of raw gold]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* Tweaked the textures.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Minecraft:Emerald ore]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* Now attempts to generate 6-24 times per [[Minecraft:chunk]] in [[Minecraft:mountains]], instead of 1 time.&lt;br /&gt;
* The deepslate variant can now generate naturally.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Minecraft:Infested deepslate]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* Can now have random texture rotation like deepslate.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Minecraft:Small dripleaf]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* The model was slightly changed.&lt;br /&gt;
* The upper leaf is now correctly connected with stem.{{more info}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Minecraft:Grass block]], [[Minecraft:mycelium]], [[Minecraft:moss block]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* Grass, tall grass, ferns, tall ferns, sweet berry bushes, saplings, flowers, azaleas, sugar cane, dead bushes, and bamboo can now be placed on these blocks.&lt;br /&gt;
* Pumpkins and melons can now grow onto these blocks.&lt;br /&gt;
* Endermen can now pick up these blocks.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Items ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Minecraft:Raw metal]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* Tweaked the texture of raw ores.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Gameplay ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Minecraft:Recipe book]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* The recipes for stonecutting [[Minecraft:diorite]] into polished diorite slabs and stairs now unlocks when the player has diorite as opposed to polished diorite.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== General ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Minecraft:Statistics]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* Renamed the statistic for play time to &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;play_time&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
* Included time when game paused for &amp;quot;Time with World Open&amp;quot; (&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;total_world_time&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Resource pack prompt&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* Users who previously permanently declined server resource packs are now still shown the pack prompt if the pack is mandatory, instead of being immediately disconnected.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Minecraft:Tag]]s&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* Added grass blocks, mycelium, and moss blocks to the &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;dirt&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; block tag.&lt;br /&gt;
* Tweaked some tags to no longer unnecessarily mention blocks if they&amp;#039;re in the dirt block tag.&lt;br /&gt;
* Tweaked the &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;lush_ground_replaceable&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; block tag to call the &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;moss_replaceable&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; tag instead of the &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;lush_plants_replaceable&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; tag, as well as adding gravel and sand.&lt;br /&gt;
* Removed the &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;lush_plants_replaceable&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; block tag.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Textures&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* Removed the unused &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;rooted_vines_head.png&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; texture.&lt;br /&gt;
* Removed stray pixels from the recipe book GUI button.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Experimental ===&lt;br /&gt;
Changes have been made to the official Caves &amp;amp; Cliffs world generation preview data pack, which gives early access to the world generation coming in [[Minecraft:Java Edition 1.18]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Minecraft:Aquifer]]s&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* Aquifers below Y=0 are sometimes made of [[Minecraft:lava]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Fixes ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{fixes|fixedin=21w16a&lt;br /&gt;
|;old&lt;br /&gt;
|29522|&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;stat.playOneMinute&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; adds a value of 1 every tick.&lt;br /&gt;
|55775|Statistics screen sometimes doesn&amp;#039;t show up to date information.&lt;br /&gt;
|111534|The firework rocket use statistic doesn&amp;#039;t count rockets used for elytra boosting.&lt;br /&gt;
|117653|Recipes and advancements are not granted while most GUIs are open.&lt;br /&gt;
|136560|&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;minecraft.used:minecraft.elytra&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; not functioning.&lt;br /&gt;
|136681|Debug Stick use statistic increases when not allowed to use it.&lt;br /&gt;
|157116|Food that are plantable counts towards using when right click on the ground.&lt;br /&gt;
|180529|TrueType fonts crash on Intel Graphics.&lt;br /&gt;
|190128|Using a flint and steel to ingite TNT is not tracked by the in-game stats.&lt;br /&gt;
|223558|&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;minecraft.used:minecraft.glass_bottle&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; doesn&amp;#039;t increase when taking water from a cauldron using a glass bottle.&lt;br /&gt;
|223563|&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;minecraft.used:minecraft.glass_bottle&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; doesn&amp;#039;t increase when collecting honey from a beehive or bee nest.&lt;br /&gt;
|223638|&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;minecraft.used:minecraft.shears&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; doesn&amp;#039;t increase when carving a pumpkin.&lt;br /&gt;
|223639|&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;minecraft.used:minecraft.shears&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; doesn&amp;#039;t increase when collecting honeycombs from a beehive or bee nest.&lt;br /&gt;
|223755|&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;minecraft.used:minecraft.water_bucket&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; doesn&amp;#039;t increase when filling a cauldron with a water bucket.&lt;br /&gt;
|;dev&lt;br /&gt;
|203637|Mobs don&amp;#039;t avoid lava cauldrons when pathfinding despite of setting themselves on fire.&lt;br /&gt;
|205236|Frozen State doesn&amp;#039;t go away after respawn when on a server.&lt;br /&gt;
|208598|Baby axolotls take damage when touching a solid block from below / eye height is outside of their hitbox.&lt;br /&gt;
|212863|Glow lichen use the same color as vines on maps.&lt;br /&gt;
|213804|Azalea and flowering azalea undersides are darkened.&lt;br /&gt;
|213845|Big dripleaf plants cannot be placed on top of each other.&lt;br /&gt;
|213893|scoreboard &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;minecraft.used:minecraft.glow_berries&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; triggers when right clicking the ground.&lt;br /&gt;
|213927|Using bone meal on a sapling that is on a moss block consumes bone meal, but doesn&amp;#039;t grow into a tree.&lt;br /&gt;
|213998|&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;root_vines_head&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; is unused in-game files.&lt;br /&gt;
|214129|Several dirt blocks are not part of the &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;#minecraft:lush_plants_replaceable&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; tag.&lt;br /&gt;
|214293|Mobs can spawn on top of azaleas.&lt;br /&gt;
|215043|The new small dripleaf&amp;#039;s stem texture isn&amp;#039;t connected properly with the upper leaf.&lt;br /&gt;
|216787|Cobwebs in mineshafts can generate as if supported by chains.&lt;br /&gt;
|217411|Anvils can become damaged when only falling one block.&lt;br /&gt;
|218590|Error message for &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;commands.give.failed.toomanyitems&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; doesn&amp;#039;t translate item name.&lt;br /&gt;
|218614|Inconsistency: Infested Deepslate can&amp;#039;t be placed along axis.&lt;br /&gt;
|218637|Inconsistency: Infested deepslate is not rotated randomly like normal deepslate.&lt;br /&gt;
|219211|Two mysterious white pixels can be seen in the upper left corner of the recipe book icon.&lt;br /&gt;
|219851|Applying bone meal to a waterlogged big dripleaf stem creates more waterlogged big dripleaf stems.&lt;br /&gt;
|219903|Silverfish infesting deepslate cause it to rotate.&lt;br /&gt;
|220024|Shader compilation slows or fails the more asterisks are in a multiline comment.&lt;br /&gt;
|220187|Hitbox of azalea and flowering azalea is incorrect.&lt;br /&gt;
|220190|When bone mealing moss blocks with no spreadable blocks nearby, they don&amp;#039;t grow grass, bushes and moss carpets.&lt;br /&gt;
|220307|TrueType Font glyphs render incorrectly.&lt;br /&gt;
|220641|Loyalty tridents disappear when your inventory is full.&lt;br /&gt;
|220887|Shader includes fail to compile correctly when missing newline at end of file.&lt;br /&gt;
|221258|Cannot place sugar cane, bamboo and dead bushes on moss blocks.&lt;br /&gt;
|221628|Entities don’t stop glowing after losing the glowing effect.&lt;br /&gt;
|221652|{{cmd|Teleport}} command to player does not work as in previous versions.&lt;br /&gt;
|221655|Glow Squids and Axolotls Spawn in Monuments.&lt;br /&gt;
|222004|Grass block isn&amp;#039;t in the &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;#dirt&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; block tag.&lt;br /&gt;
|222517|A large amount of slime or honey blocks will crash the game.&lt;br /&gt;
|222684|You cannot grow azalea trees by bonemealing Azalea plants.&lt;br /&gt;
|222778|&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;minecraft.used:minecraft.candle&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; doesn&amp;#039;t increase when placing a candle on to a cake.&lt;br /&gt;
|;previous&lt;br /&gt;
|223260|Emerald ore does not generate as intended.&lt;br /&gt;
|223382|A marker&amp;#039;s data tag can be shared among multiple markers.&lt;br /&gt;
|223553|&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;minecraft.used:minecraft.glow_ink_sac&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; doesn&amp;#039;t increase when applying a glow ink sac to a sign.&lt;br /&gt;
|223554|&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;minecraft.used:minecraft.ink_sac&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; doesn&amp;#039;t increase when applying an ink sac to a sign.&lt;br /&gt;
|223555|&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;minecraft.used:minecraft.COLOR_dye&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; doesn&amp;#039;t increase when applying a dye to a sign.&lt;br /&gt;
|223557|&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;minecraft.used:minecraft.bucket&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; doesn&amp;#039;t increase when taking powder snow, lava, or water from a cauldron using a bucket.&lt;br /&gt;
|223756|&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;minecraft.used:minecraft.powder_snow_bucket&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; doesn&amp;#039;t increase when filling a cauldron with a powder snow bucket.&lt;br /&gt;
|223757|&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;minecraft.used:minecraft.lava_bucket&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; doesn&amp;#039;t increase when filling a cauldron with a lava bucket.&lt;br /&gt;
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