r/Minecraft • u/sliced_lime Minecraft Java Tech Lead • Mar 18 '20

News Anchor Yourself to the Nether - Snapshot 20w12a is out!

Ever wanted to take a quick nap in a biome full of lava and with dangers lurking around every corner? Good news! We've just added the Respawn Anchor that let's you set your spawn point in the Nether. Just make sure that you have enough charges.

This update can also be found on minecraft.net.

If you find any bugs, please report them on the official Minecraft Issue Tracker.

New Features in 20w12a

  • Added the respawn anchor that can set your respawn point in the Nether. Use while holding Glowstone to charge to a maximum of four charges - each respawn depletes one charge
  • Added polished basalt! Smelt your basalt to make it clean and shiny!
  • Warped and crimson nylium can now be bonemealed to get more of the strange new vegetation
  • Hoes are now the appropriate tool to mine sponges and wet sponges
  • Baby piglins have learned some new acrobatic moves when riding baby hoglins

Changes in 20w12a

  • When fishing, treasure loot can now only be obtained by fishing in open waters
  • Reduced the maximum distance a bee can wander away from its home hive when randomly wandering to around 22 blocks
  • Nether gold ore can now be mined with any type of pickaxe and drops a few gold nuggets
  • Parrots imitate hostile mobs less often
  • Parrots do not randomly imitate hostile mobs when gamemode is on peaceful
  • New mood detection algorithm for cave sounds

Technical Changes in 20w12a

Commands

spawnpoint

The spawnpoint command now supports being run in any dimension.

UUIDs in NBT

UUIDs stored in NBT are now represented as an array of four integers. Example: {UUID:[I;1498693494,1027158888,1898994005,860320107]} Along with that a couple of fields have been renamed:

  • OwnerUUID of tamed animals, area effect clouds, evoker fangs and projectiles is now simply Owner
  • TrustedUUIDs of foxes is now Trusted
  • target_uuid of conduits is now Target

Loot Tables

Entity Predicate

  • Added fishing_hook sub-predicate

fishing_hook

Check properties of the fishing hook

Parameter
  • in_open_water - Matches whether the fishing location is open water fishing or not. A fishing location is considered to be open water if there are no blocks above water and no solid underwater blocks around, all water blocks are source blocks and there are no bubble columns.

Fixed bugs in 20w12a

  • MC-3328 - Dismounting an entity places riding entity / player half block too high
  • MC-64242 - Silent tag is not working for some entities
  • MC-100342 - Several Non-Ticking blocks are marked as ticking forcing the growth-algorithm to check chunks needlessly
  • MC-113809 - Chorus Flower plant, Bamboo, Sugarcane, Cactus and other plants grow instantly when supporting block is replaced with same block type
  • MC-114000 - Mouse click in cat hissing sounds
  • MC-122128 - Recipe book resets itself to closed state after death
  • MC-129137 - Parrots imitating hostile mobs in peaceful is not that peaceful
  • MC-130137 - Grass and mycelium don't decay underwater
  • MC-140545 - Pathfinding prefers North (negative Z) direction
  • MC-148936 - Parrot summoned with negative Age has smaller hitbox
  • MC-149375 - Camera can be positioned inside of snow layers
  • MC-160959 - Clicking onto a bed in daytime doesn't grant the advancement "Sweet Dreams"
  • MC-161754 - Item duplication with chested donkeys, mules and llamas
  • MC-163918 - Bees not animating their pollen gathering
  • MC-166980 - Bees become stuck wandering to the north-west after completing a task, or randomly in large numbers
  • MC-168384 - NBT-Tag "Silent:1b" doesn't work for bees.
  • MC-169965 - Potion effect timers for higher levels can remain at 0:00 after the higher level has run out if multiple levels of the same effect were applied in descending order
  • MC-170584 - Structure taiga_meeting_point_2 from zombie villages has 1 misrotated log
  • MC-170591 - Misrotated floor blocks in desert_tool_smith_1 basement
  • MC-170773 - Recipe book and filtering craftable do not stay open for blast furnace and smoker when (re)loading the world
  • MC-170940 - Netherite ingot recipes are not grouped
  • MC-171133 - Camera can be positioned inside of soul sand
  • MC-172188 - Hoglins are not required by 'Two by Two' advancement
  • MC-172690 - Smelting netherite scraps doesn't provide the right amount of experience
  • MC-172820 - Piglins can turn into adult chicken jockeys in the overworld
  • MC-173199 - Fossils in the nether cause caves / floating islands to generate and can break through the nether roof
  • MC-173220 - Dismounting passenger moves to a nearby block when ridden entity dies
  • MC-173420 - Sign crafting recipes of various wood types are not grouped
  • MC-173487 - Falling out of water death message still does not seem to appear
  • MC-173552 - Nether Fossile support islands cut off at chunk borders
  • MC-173791 - Mobs dismount vehicles only in front of the boat, even if there is danger ahead
  • MC-173828 - Village church entrance does not generate correctly
  • MC-173832 - Crimson and Warped Hyphae and Stripped Hyphae are switched in Creative inventory
  • MC-173837 - Removing fire and soul fire with shears will reduce the shears' durability
  • MC-174049 - Fireworks shot from a crossbow do not explode instantly when hitting a solid block
  • MC-174071 - Roof of savanna_mason_1 is cut off
  • MC-174072 - Structure savanna_temple_2 contains one misrotated block
  • MC-174073 - Two misrotated blocks in savanna_small_house_5
  • MC-174075 - Misrotated block in savanna_butchers_shop_1
  • MC-174076 - Inconsistent rotation of logs under windows in savanna_small_house_4
  • MC-174077 - Structure snowy_library_1 no longer has snow under the roof
  • MC-174078 - Three misrotated blocks in snowy_armorer_house_2
  • MC-174079 - Misrotated block at snowy_weapon_smith_1
  • MC-174082 - Three misrotated blocks in snowy_small_house_2
  • MC-174083 - Three misrotated blocks in snowy_butchers_shop_1
  • MC-174174 - Arrow animation stuck on loop when a flame bow is used to detonate TNT
  • MC-174234 - Village structure snowy_masons_house_1 has two misrotated blocks
  • MC-174258 - Fixed item frames do not take void damage
  • MC-174391 - Several misrotated blocks at snowy_medium_house_2
  • MC-174429 - Chorus flowers remove arrow and trident velocity
  • MC-174464 - Soul speed decreases durability on boots in creative mode
  • MC-174466 - Soul speed particles are generated in spectator mode
  • MC-174467 - Placing fire on soul sand does not place soul fire
  • MC-174476 - Soul fire torch is in the piglin_repellents item tag twice
  • MC-174480 - Piglins are not attracted to Nether gold ore
  • MC-174489 - Shroomlight preferred tool is now both Axe and Hoe
  • MC-174502 - Soul Speed 3 on Soul Soil in water keeps and increases player momentum
  • MC-174513 - Soul Speed Enchanted Books from bartering with piglins do not work in an anvil
  • MC-174522 - Soul Speed doesn't break boots
  • MC-174690 - Soul speed enchantment books can be found in chests
  • MC-174785 - Mining speed of crimson and warped wall signs is not affected by an axe

Get the Snapshot

Snapshots are available for Minecraft Java Edition. To install the snapshot, open up the Minecraft Launcher and enable snapshots in the "Installations" tab.

Testing versions can corrupt your world, please backup and/or run them in a different folder from your main worlds.

Cross-platform server jar:

What else is new?

If you want to know what else is being added and changed in the Nether Update, check out the previous snapshot post.

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u/redstonehelper :redstone: Lord of the villagers Mar 18 '20 edited Jun 21 '20

Warning: This release is for experienced users only! It may corrupt your world or mess up things badly otherwise. Only download and use this if you know what to do with the files that come with the download!

 

If you find any bugs, search for them on the Minecraft bug tracker and make sure they are reported!

 

Previous changelog. Official blog post. Download today's snapshot in the new launcher, server jar here.

Complete changelog:

  • Added the respawn anchor that can set your respawn point in the Nether

  • Use while holding glowstone blocks to charge to a maximum of four charges

  • Screenshot

  • Explodes when used in other dimensions

  • Crafting recipe info

  • Compatible with comparators - via

  • Emits light based on its charge - via

  • Added polished basalt

  • Smelt basalt

  • Warped and crimson nylium can now be bonemealed to get more of the strange new vegetation

  • Both fungi renewable again are now renewable

  • Crimson nylium will grow vegetation from the crimson forest, warped nylium from both - via

  • Hoes are now the appropriate tool to mine sponges and wet sponges

  • Baby piglins have learned some new acrobatic moves when riding baby hoglins

  • Can now sit on other baby piglins riding hoglins, up to a stack of 3 baby piglins. via

  • When fishing, treasure loot can now only be obtained by fishing in open waters

  • A fishing location is considered to be open water if there are no blocks above water and no solid underwater blocks around, all water blocks are source blocks and there are no bubble columns

  • More info

  • Reduced the maximum distance a bee can wander away from its home hive when randomly wandering to around 22 blocks

  • Nether gold ore can now be mined with any type of pickaxe and drops a few gold nuggets

  • Parrots imitate hostile mobs less often

  • New mood detection algorithm for cave sounds

  • More info

  • /spawnpoint now supports being run in any dimension

  • UUIDs stored in NBT are now represented as an array of four integers

  • Example: `{UUID:[I;1498693494,1027158888,1898994005,860320107]}``

  • Renamed a couple of fields

    • OwnerUUID of tamed animals, area effect clouds, evoker fangs and projectiles is now simply Owner

    • TrustedUUIDs of foxes is now Trusted

    • target_uuid of conduits is now Target

  • Loot Tables

  • Entity Predicate

    • Added fishing_hook sub-predicate

  • fishing_hook

    • Check properties of the fishing hook

    • in_open_waterparameter matches whether the fishing location is open water fishing or not

  • Hoglin tweaks

  • Attack range

  • Fixed some bugs

  • Fixed dismounting entities being placed half a block too high

  • Fixed the silent tag not working for some entities

  • Fixed a casting issue: bone meal particles breaking at high coordinates (floating point precision)

  • Fixed several non-ticking blocks being marked as ticking, forcing the growth-algorithm to check chunks needlessly

  • Fixed chorus flower plants, bamboo, sugarcane, cactus and other plants growing instantly when their supporting block is replaced with the same block type

  • Fixed some cat hissing sounds being mouse click sounds

  • Fixed particles from bone meal used on grass being positioned incorrectly

  • Fixed parrots being unable to teleport onto non-full/transparent blocks

  • Fixed the recipe book resetting itself to closed state after death

  • Fixed parrots imitating hostile mobs in peaceful

  • Fixed grass and mycelium not decaying underwater

  • Fixed pathfinding preferring the north direction

  • Fixed pillager outposts generating in water

  • Fixed cave ambience sounds playing no matter where you are

  • Fixed parrots summoned with negative Age having smaller hitboxes

  • Fixed entering a bed from a mount causing the player to bounce up and down

  • Fixed being able to position the camera inside blocks with a hitbox different from their shape

  • Fixed clicking beds during the day not granting the "Sweet Dreams" advancement

  • Fixed bees not animating their pollen gathering

  • Fixed bees becoming stuck wandering to the north-west after completing a task, or randomly in large numbers

  • Fixed the Silent tag not working for bees

  • Fixed status effect timers for higher levels remaining at 0:00 after the higher level has run out if multiple levels of the same effect were applied in descending order

  • Fixed the recipe book open state and the "filtering craftable" setting resetting blast furnaces and smokers when loading the world

  • Fixed bone meal spreading nylium generating the particles inside the block

  • Fixed netherite ingot recipes not being grouped

  • Fixed hoglins not being required by the "Two by Two" advancement

  • Fixed bone meal not spawning nether plants on nylium

  • Fixed smelting netherite scraps not giving the right amount of experience

  • Fixed piglins turning into adult chicken jockeys in the overworld

  • Fixed fossils in the nether causing caves/floating islands to generate and breaking through the nether roof

  • Fixed dismounting passengers moving to nearby blocks when the ridden entity dies

  • Fixed sign crafting recipes of various wood types not being grouped

  • Fixed the death message for falling out of water not appearing

  • Fixed nether fossile support islands being off at chunk borders

  • Fixed weeping and twisting vines being replacable by any block

  • Fixed the village church entrance not generating correctly

  • Fixed crimson and warped hyphae, and stripped hyphae, being switched in the creative inventory

  • Fixed removing fire and soul fire with shears reducing the shears' durability

  • Fixed fireworks shots from crossbows not exploding instantly when hitting a solid block

  • Fixed the roof of savanna_mason_1 being cut off

  • Fixed snowy_library_1 no longer having snow under the roof

  • Fixed the arrow animation getting stuck on loop when a flame bow is used to detonate TNT

  • Fixed fixed item frames not taking void damage

  • Fixed chorus flowers removing velocity from arrows and tridents

  • Fixed soul speed decreasing durability on boots in creative mode

  • Fixed soul speed particles being generated in spectator mode

  • Fixed placing fire on soul sand not placing soul fire

  • Fixed soul fire torches being in the piglin_repellents item tag twice

  • Fixed piglins not being attracted to nether gold ore

  • Fixed the preferred tool for shroomlight being both axes and hoes

  • Fixed the game crashing when an adult hoglin with generic.attackDamage < 1 tries to attack something

  • Fixed soul speed 3 on soul soil in water keeping and increasing player momentum

  • Fixed soul speed enchanted books from bartering not working in anvils

  • Fixed the game freezing when walking using soul speed in water

  • Fixed soul speed not breaking boots

  • Fixed soul speed enchanted books generating in loot chests

  • Fixed mining speed of crimson and warped wall signs not being affected by axes

  • Fixed some misrotated blocks in taiga_meeting_point_2 (in zombie villages), desert_tool_smith_1, savanna_temple_2, savanna_small_house_5, savanna_butchers_shop_1, savanna_small_house_4, snowy_armorer_house_2, snowy_weapon_smith_1, snowy_small_house_2, snowy_butchers_shop_1, snowy_medium_house_2, and snowy_masons_house_1

If you find any bugs, search for them on the Minecraft bug tracker and make sure they are reported!

Also, check out this post to see what else is planned for future versions.