Minecraft:Java Edition 20w46a

20w46a is the second Minecraft:snapshot for Minecraft:Java Edition 1.17, released on November 11, 2020,<ref>Template:Snap</ref> which adds Minecraft:powder snow among other changes.

Additions

Blocks

File:Powder Snow JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Powder snow

• Minecraft:Entities that walk over it sink into it.
• Can be picked up and placed with a Minecraft:bucket.
• Minecraft:Leather boots can be worn to prevent entities from sinking into powder snow blocks.
  • Minecraft:Players can still Minecraft:crouch to descend with leather boots. Wearing leather boots also allows powder snow to be "climbed", like Minecraft:water or Minecraft:scaffolding.
• Entities in powder snow slowly freeze.
  • Once frozen, Minecraft:damage is slowly dealt to the entity.
  • Wearing leather Minecraft:armor is intended to slow the freeze effect, and a full set of leather armor is intended to stop the freeze effect. However, this feature was not implemented properly.<ref>Template:Bug</ref>

Items

File:Powder Snow Bucket JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Powder snow bucket

• Using a Minecraft:bucket on Minecraft:powder snow creates a powder snow bucket.
• Powder snow buckets can be used to place powder snow.
• Powder snow buckets can also be filled from Minecraft:cauldrons filled with powder snow.

Command format

Template:Cmd

• Modifies the Minecraft:inventory of a Minecraft:block or Minecraft:entity.
  • This command has three forms:
    • /item <target> replace <item stack> [<count>] – same as old /replaceitem.
    • /item <target> modify <modifier> – modifies item (without copying).
    • /item <target> copy <source> [<modifier>] – copies item for source to target(s), optionally applying modifier.
  • Possible sources and targets: entity <selector> <slot> or block <x> <y> <z> <slot>.
  • For example, /item block ~ ~ ~ container.0 copy entity @s enderchest.0 copies first item from player's ender chest to first slot of container player is currently standing on.

Minecraft:Item modifiers

• Reuse functions syntax of a Minecraft:loot table to describe item modification in Template:Cmd command.
• The function part of loot tables can now be defined as separate Minecraft:data pack resource in item_modifiers directory.
  • Such files can contain a single function (i.e single Minecraft:JSON object) or an array of functions.

Gameplay

Minecraft:Loot tables

• Rolls, set_damage, and possibly other parameters now require "type:uniform" (or other valid values for "type") when using min-max for numbers. set_count has had the same requirement for a few versions.
• New condition: value_check
  • Checks range of value.
  • Parameters:
    • Template:NbtTemplate:Nbt – see "New value providers" section (currently combination of random generators and score).
    • Template:Nbt – min/max range.
• New function: set_enchantments
  • Modifies enchantments on item.
  • Parameters:
    • Template:Nbt – map of enchantment id to level value (can be score or random number)
    • Template:Nbt – if true, change is relative to current level. If false, level is replaced with current value (default behavior).
• New value providers: score
  • Returns scaled scoreboard value.
  • Parameters:
    • score – scoreboard name.
    • target – same as target in score predicate.
    • scale – scaling factor (float).

General

Minecraft:Particles

• Added a new particle type: snowflake.

Minecraft:Tags

• Added new snow_step_sound_blocks block tag.
  • Contains Minecraft:snow and Minecraft:powder snow.
  • Blocks in this tag create snow stepping noises while the Minecraft:player walks in them.
• Added new powder_snow_walkable_mobs entity tag.
  • Contains Minecraft:rabbits, Minecraft:endermites, and Minecraft:silverfish.
  • Minecraft:Entities in this tag can walk on top of powder snow.

Changes

Blocks

Minecraft:Amethyst bud

• Can now be obtained using a Silk Touch pickaxe.

Minecraft:Banners

• The unused "base" pattern has been renamed to the "field" pattern and given proper translation strings (its ID is still "base").

Minecraft:Cauldrons

• Can now be filled with Minecraft:powder snow during Minecraft:snowfall.
• Using a Minecraft:bucket on a cauldron filled with powder snow empties the cauldron and creates a Minecraft:powder snow bucket.
• Can also be filled with powder snow by Template:Ctrl a powder snow bucket on it.

Minecraft:Copper block

• Crafting recipe has been changed to require only 4 Minecraft:copper ingots.
• Putting a copper block in a Minecraft:crafting table also results in 4 copper ingots.

Minecraft:Dispenser

• Can now place Minecraft:powder snow using a Minecraft:powder snow bucket.
  • Also can remove it using a Minecraft:bucket.

Minecraft:Lapis lazuli block

• Renamed to "Block of Lapis Lazuli".

Minecraft:Lightning rod

• The range of attracting Minecraft:lightning has been doubled.

Minecraft:Structure block

• Default mode of structure blocks is now "Load". "Data" is now hidden by default.
• "Data" can be accessed by clicking the mode button while holding the Template:Key key.

Items

Minecraft:Bundle

• Now has a GUI when hovering over it.
  • Shows contained items in its GUI's Minecraft:inventory slots when hovering over it.

Pufferfish

• The strength of the Minecraft:Poison effect has been decreased from IV to II.<ref>Template:Bug</ref>

Minecraft:Spyglass

• The scope Minecraft:texture is now a glass square with a copper border.

Mobs

Minecraft:Endermites

• Endermen are now again aggressive toward non-pearl-spawned endermites.

World generation

Minecraft:Biomes

• Biome-specific Minecraft:sky colors now blend more smoothly.

Weather

Minecraft:Snowfall

• During snowfall, Minecraft:cauldrons under the sky now slowly fills with Minecraft:powder snow.

Command format

Template:Cmd

• Removed Template:Cmd command.
• Replaced with Template:Cmd.

Gameplay

Minecraft:Death messages

• Added death messages for freezing:
  • "<player> froze to death".
  • "<player> was frozen to death by <entity>".

Minecraft:Loot tables

• Can now access Minecraft:scoreboard values by Minecraft:UUID.
• Loot table values inside random number generators can now be nested.
• Changed condition: score
  • entity parameter has now been replaced with target. It can either contain value from old entity field (like this) or be a score holder name in form {"name": "..."}.
• Changed function: set_damage
  • This function now has add parameter. If true, change is relative to current damage. If false, damage is replaced with current value (default behavior)
• Changed function: set_count
  • This function now has add parameter. If true, change is relative to current item count. If false, item count is replaced with current value (default behavior)
• Changed function: copy_nbt
  • source parameter can now be set to {"storage": <namespaced id>}, to access command storage.

General

Minecraft:Data packs

• Data pack version has now been changed to 7 for consistency with the Minecraft:resource pack version<ref>Template:Bug</ref> and due to the addition of Template:Cmd to replace Template:Cmd.

Minecraft:Options screen

• Buttons tied to a set of values can now be scrolled through.
• Clicking Template:Key on a menu button changes it to the previous value.
• The Minecraft:debug mode can now only be accessed by holding Template:Key instead of Template:Key while clicking on the world type button.

Minecraft:Tags

• Changed the cauldrons block tag to include Minecraft:powder snow cauldrons.

Minecraft:Textures

• Minecraft:Amethyst shard
  • The darker pixels are now a bit darker.
• Minecraft:Block of amethyst
  • Has more bright areas.
• Minecraft:Budding amethyst
  • Has more bright areas.
• Minecraft:Bundle
  • Is now a more vibrant, orangey-brown.
• Minecraft:Calcite
  • Texture reworked with the same general layout and color scheme.
• Minecraft:Candle
  • Items now depict two candles of different sizes standing upright side-by-side.
• Minecraft:Copper ingot
  • Textured reworked to be more intensely bright and dark.
• Minecraft:Cut copper
  • Some colors were made slightly darker.
• Minecraft:Lightning rod
  • The whole texture was made slightly darker.
• Minecraft:Spyglass
  • Updated zoom-in overlay.
• Minecraft:Tinted glass
  • Removed the largest "glare" line.

Translation strings

• The "World Type" string no longer contains a colon (":"). The colon is still visible in-game, however.
• Changed "Use VSync" to "VSync".
• Removed the unused string for enabling VBOs, "Use VBOs".
• Added strings, "Mode", "Type", "Triggering", and "Track output". These are read out by the narrator for buttons in the Minecraft:command block UI.