Minecraft:Java Edition 20w22a

20w22a is the nineteenth and final Minecraft:snapshot for Minecraft:Java Edition 1.16, released on May 29, 2020,<ref name="20w22a">Template:Snap</ref> which adds a piglin dance and fixes many bugs.

Additions

Blocks

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• Added a new "Keep Jigsaws" option that controls whether jigsaw blocks in the resulting structure after using "Generate" remain jigsaw blocks or are replaced by their "Turns Into" block.
  • Defaults to "ON."

Mobs

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Piglin celebrating dance.

• Now have a 10% chance to "dance" after killing a Minecraft:hoglin.
• If they have a sword, they now raise it while aggressive.

Gameplay

Minecraft:Death messages

• Added a new death message for being killed by an entity's wither skull projectile, "<player> was shot by a <entity>'s skull."

General

Shaders

• Added assets\minecraft\shaders\post\transparency.json.

Minecraft:Tags

• Added new fence_gates block tag.
  • Contains all 8 fence gate types.
• Added new unstable_bottom_center block tag.
  • Contains the #fence_gates block tag.
  • Blocks in this tag cannot support lanterns or bells on their bottom side even if they would otherwise be able to.

Changes

Blocks

Minecraft:Bells

• Now follow the same placement rules as Minecraft:lanterns when being placed on the undersides of blocks. As a result, they can now be hung from the bottom of the following blocks:
  • Minecraft:Anvils (all stages)
  • Minecraft:Brewing stands
  • Chains
  • Minecraft:Chests
  • Minecraft:Ender chests
  • Minecraft:End rods (facing up or down)
  • Minecraft:Fences (all types)
  • Minecraft:Flower pots (including potted objects)
  • Minecraft:Glass panes (including stained)
  • Minecraft:Grindstones (ceiling attached)
  • Minecraft:Hoppers (downward facing)
  • Minecraft:Iron bars
  • Minecraft:Mob heads
  • Minecraft:Pistons (sideways facing extended)
  • Minecraft:Trapped chests
  • Minecraft:Walls (all types)

Minecraft:Campfires

• Now drop food being cooked when put out with a shovel or water bottle.

Minecraft:Nylium

• Now drop Minecraft:netherrack unless broken with Minecraft:Silk Touch, in which case they drop themselves.

Minecraft:Smithing tables

• The hammer in the UI has been shifted to the left slightly, and the text has moved up.

Minecraft:Soul campfires

• Now deal double the damage that normal campfires deal.

Mobs

General

• Players can no longer mount another entity when the crouch key is held down.

Minecraft:Bees

• Now grow up and count down their breeding cool down when inside a beehive.

Minecraft:Endermen

• No longer despawn when holding a block.

Minecraft:Villagers

• Workstation logic changes.
  • Villagers no longer try to work at the same workstation.
  • When a workstation is placed, the most experienced nearby villager for that corresponding profession gets the workstation.
  • Villagers now have to walk to and reach the workstation before they can acquire the profession/work there.
  • Villagers check and make sure their workstation is valid at all times of day as long as they are within 16 blocks of their workstation.
• The experience bar now accurately reflects how much experience villagers have and need.
• Minecraft:Clocks and Minecraft:compasses no longer function in the villager trading UI.

Minecraft:Witches

• When a villager that was traded with is struck by Minecraft:lightning, the witch it converts to no longer despawns.

Minecraft:Zombified piglins

• Now hold their arms forward, similar to zombies.
• Texture has been tweaked.

World generation

Minecraft:Basalt pillars

• Now end in the top layer of the lava ocean instead of directly above it.

Minecraft:Chest loot

• Is no longer randomized across the same seed.

Structures

• Minecraft:Fossils no longer overlap desert temples.
• Intersecting dungeons no longer replace spawners with cobblestone.
• Fossils, ocean ruins, and dungeons no longer overlap end portals.

Command format

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• Now works properly with the inventory crafting grid.

Gameplay

Minecraft:Advancements

• "Bee Our Guest" can now be unlocked with both beehives and bee nests, instead of only beehives.

Minecraft:Repairing

• Blackstone can now be used to repair stone tools.

General

Collision

• Minor optimizations in collision detection.

Minecraft:Data packs

• Slightly changed data pack loading to prevent custom data packs from crashing.
• If data pack reload fails, changes are not applied and the game continues using the previous data.
• Changes to data pack list are stored only after a successful reload.
• If existing data packs prevents the world from loading, the game offers the option to load the world in safe mode, which loads only the vanilla data pack.
• Added --safeMode option for servers to load only the vanilla data pack.
• Game now detects any critical data pack issues, such as required tags being missing, and prevents the world from being loaded.

Minecraft:Materials

• Whether or not a block requires a tool is now no longer a property of a material and is now assigned on a block-by-block basis.

Pathfinding

• Cached repeated block type lookups and collisions during pathfinding for increased performance.

Minecraft:Predicates

• Top-level element in predicate file can now be array (all contents are ANDed).

Rendering

• Made experimental changes to graphics rendering.
• Added shader support for accessing the depth buffer.
• The renderer now uses per-pixel blending layers for some transparent elements.

Others

• The "Crafting" text in the player's inventory has been moved 2 pixels up and 1 pixel to the right in the crafting table GUI to match the edge of the crafting grid.

Trivia

• This snapshot, being the last for 1.16, was released in the same week of the year as the last snapshot for 1.13, Minecraft:18w22c.
• Just like Minecraft:20w07a, 20w22a came out on Friday, which almost never happens to the first-of-the-week snapshot.
• 20w22a contained the largest number of bug fixes in a single snapshot, with at least 123, beating Minecraft:19w14a by at least 18. The record was, however, beaten by Minecraft:21w11a and Minecraft:23w31a.