Ever felt that you want to take a ride across fields of lava? Yeah? Me too! This snapshot introduces the adorable(?) Strider. It might need some help with directions...

Edit: We've now released 20w13b to fix a few bugs.

Fixed bugs in 20w13b

MC-175177 - Exhausting, breaking or obstructing the respawn anchor creates ghost blocks in the overworld when breaking blocks

MC-175988 - Dying without a valid spawnpoint causes a softlock

MC-176004 - Cannot interact with the world after dying in the end or the nether without a valid spawn point

New Features in 20w13a



Added the lodestone

Added the Strider

Basalt is formed when lava flows over soul soil next to blue ice

Farmer villagers can now compost seeds

Lodestone

A new block that can help you get your bearings!

Crafted from a Netherite ingot and chiseled stone bricks

Use a compass on a lodestone to create a lodestone compass pointing to that lodestone

Strider

A new mob living the lava lakes of the Nether.

Striders can walk on top of the surface of lava

Can be saddled, but has a will of its own

Really likes the smell of warped fungi – might even be convinced to follow it

Farmer Villagers

Farmers can now put excess seeds in the composter to create bone meal

Bone meal is used by the farmers to grow crops

Farmers share excess wheat to other farmers, so more farmers can make bread

Changes in 20w13a



You're now more likely to get soul speed books and boots from bartering with Piglins

You now can charge the respawn anchor using a dispenser

Technical Changes in 20w13a

Jigsaw Block

A fishing location is now considered to be open water if the fishing hook is in water, there are no blocks besides lily pads above water and all water blocks are source blocks with no solid underwater blocks around

Jigsaw Block

Jigsaw can now have one of 12 orientations

Added new property Joint type to describe if attached piece can be rotated ( rollable ) or not ( aligned )

to describe if attached piece can be rotated ( ) or not ( ) NBT field target_pool has been renamed to pool

has been renamed to - attachement_type has been split into name (on parent block) and target (on child block).

Fixed bugs in 20w13a

MC-118080 - Bows without pulling predicate animate when other bows are pulled back

MC-154427 - Villagers only pick up four stacks of items

MC-171003 - Crimson and Warped stairs, planks and slabs can be used as fuel in a furnace

MC-171286 - Warped fences and Crimson fences don’t connect with other fences

MC-171484 - Shields, crossbows, bows, and fishing rods don’t show their proper animations in first person mode after certain actions

MC-171526 - en_us.json issue: weeping_vines and weeping_vines_plant have the same name

MC-171830 - Smokers cannot be crafted using crimson or warped stems

MC-172123 - Using a spawn egg on a mob without a baby variant spawns an adult mob of the same type without a weapon

MC-172279 - Can’t craft campfire with nether stems or hyphae

MC-172307 - All loaded tileticks instantly run in the first tick after loading the chunk

MC-173258 - Back of zombified piglin heads has very different texture/shading compared to the other sides

MC-173367 - Arrows are floating in midair after being pushed by piston

MC-173791 - Mobs dismount vehicles only in front of the boat, even if there is danger ahead

MC-174368 - Minecarts can no longer eject entities into an open trap door

MC-174428 - Nylium can be bonemealed underwater with seagrass above it

MC-174434 - Sugar Cane, Kelp and Bamboo are in the incorrect creative inventory tab

MC-174481 - en_us.json issue: twisting_vines and twisting_vines_plant have the same name

MC-174510 - Stems, Hyphae, and variants do not use the Nether Wood material

MC-174537 - Zombie Pigman hooves are still visible on Zombified Piglin texture

MC-174547 - Kelp, Weeping Vines, and Twisted Vines can be bonemealed at age 25

MC-174642 - Hitbox of twisting vine is incorrect

MC-174731 - Modifying “soul.json” (inside of “particles” folder) causes crash

MC-174787 - Arrow physics don’t work correctly when in a target that is moved

MC-174823 - Sprinting and walking scoreboards don’t update properly

MC-174988 - Bee nests are brown on maps

MC-175165 - Using glowstone on a respawn anchor doesn’t consume it

MC-175171 - Fishing bobber can get stuck on a ledge when being reeled in

MC-175174 - Respawn anchor is considered obstructed if all its sides are covered or air

MC-175178 - Anchor uses up the glowstone charge even though it didn’t respawn you

MC-175185 - No datafixer for item AttributeModifiers UUIDs

MC-175191 - Respawn Anchor charging cannot be heard by other players

MC-175193 - Using glowstone in the offhand does not charge respawn anchor

MC-175199 - In snowy_medium_house_2, some blocks are still misrotated

MC-175204 - Four misrotated blocks in snowy_masons_house_1

MC-175208 - Incorrect grammar “Your have no home bed or respawn anchor, or it was obstructed.”

MC-175209 - Dying in a different dimension than your respawn anchor will cause the anchor to not play the depletion sound

MC-175210 - Respawn anchor uses a charge after leaving the end dimension through the end portal

MC-175218 - Looking at a map of an area with spruce sign, jungle sign or dark oak sign in it crashes the game

MC-175219 - Respawn Anchor plays the “Respawn Point set” sound when right-clicked even when its already your respawn point

MC-175224 - Nether gold ore does not yield any experience when mined

MC-175239 - Villagers are generated very rarely in villages

MC-175278 - Fishing near lily pads prevents players from receiving treasure loot table

MC-175289 - Respawn anchor isn’t in the #dragon_immune tag

MC-175322 - Clicking on a fully charged respawn anchor with a glowstone block doesn’t activate it

MC-175327 - The crafting recipe of Polished Basalt is inconsistent

MC-175514 - Villager Gossips still use old UUID NBT format (TargetMost and TargetLeast)

MC-175827 - Entities not loading in structure blocks (duplicate UUID)

MC-175830 - F3 + I copies UUID

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

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