Minecraft:Java Edition 16w35a

16w35a is the fourth Minecraft:snapshot for Minecraft:Java Edition 1.11, released on September 1, 2016.<ref name="blogpost_16w35a">Template:Mojangsnap</ref>

Additions

Internationalization

• New strings within the game were made available for internationalization:
  • Template:Cmd command output

Changes

Blocks

General

• Blocks with custom names, including Minecraft:banners, Minecraft:hoppers, Minecraft:chests, Minecraft:furnaces, Minecraft:enchanting tables, Minecraft:dispensers, Minecraft:droppers, Minecraft:brewing stands, and Minecraft:minecarts, retain their custom name when the block is dropped as an item, and when the item is placed again.
  • Use the CustomName tag

width=32x32 Minecraft:Carpets

• 1 carpet now smelts 0.335 items, increased from 0.33.
  • 3 carpets can now fully smelt 1 item.

width=32x32 Minecraft:Ladders

• 1 ladders now smelts 1.5 items, increased from 1.165.
  • 2 ladders can now fully smelt 3 items.

width=32x32 Minecraft:Trapdoors

• If placed right next to redstone sources, they now update to an open state.

Mobs

width=50x50 Minecraft:Blazes

• Take Template:Hp damage when hit by a Minecraft:splash water bottle.

width=65x65 Minecraft:Enderman

• Take Template:Hp damage and teleport when hit by a splash water bottle.

width=46x46 Saddled Minecraft:Pigs

• Are now able to be renamed by Minecraft:name tags.

width=65x65 Ender Dragons

• Now shows their hitbox when Template:Key is activated.

World generation

Template:Animate Desert and Savanna Village wells

• The bottom most part of the wells are now made of Minecraft:sandstone and acacia logs instead of Minecraft:cobblestone respectively.

General

Minecraft:Options

• Changed the title and description of "Snooper Settings"
  • Brings it into line with the new privacy policy<ref name="new_privacy_policy">https://www.mojang.com/2016/09/weve-just-updated-our-privacy-policy/</ref>
  • Title is now "Feed us data!" instead of "Machine Specs Collection"
  • Description is now "We always want to improve Minecraft and, to help us do that, we'd like to collect some information. This lets us know what hardware to support and where the big problems are. It also gives us a sense of the size of our active player base, so we know if we're doing a good job. You can view all the information we collect below. If you want to opt out then you can simply toggle it off!"

width=43x43 Minecraft:Shields

• Now block 100% of the damage dealt in melee combat, up from 66%.
  • Minecraft:Zombies without any Minecraft:weapons don't deal any damage to the player, nor damage the shield's durability.
  • Minecraft:Creeper explosions deal 0 damage to the player.
  • Minecraft:Wither skeletons don't inflict the Wither effect when hit by them.
  • Burning zombies don't set the player on fire.
  • Minecraft:Husks don't apply the Hunger effect.
  • Minecraft:Strays don't apply the Minecraft:Slowness effect.
• Now are disabled 100% of the time if a mob or player wielding an Minecraft:axe attacks the player when the shield is blocking, even if they are not sprinting.Template:Verify

Trivia

• 16w35a was previously removed from the Minecraft:launcher for some time, but was added back in September 2018.