This week's snapshot brings you bugfixes!

If you missed it, last weekend we announced the theme of the 1.16 update, which is the Nether Update!

If you want to see what we announced, you can check it out over here.

Changes in 19w40a

Fixed bugs

Parrots can now sit on a players shoulder even when the player is riding

Fixed bugs in 19w40a

MC-153298 - Wandering Traders spawn inside small spaces, such as farms



MC-158843 - Mobs can no longer spawn on jack’o’lanterns and redstone lamps

MC-159843 - Exploded Bee Nests/Beehives don’t releases Bees and don’t keep them inside the block

MC-160499 - Baby bees suffocate when against a solid block ceiling

MC-160586 - Bees enter the burning nest or hive

MC-160589 - Bees will not escape from the burning nest or hive

MC-160590 - Bees don’t leave the nest or hive, when the nest or hive is destroyed by flames

MC-160887 - Right-clicking an adult mule with spawn egg does not spawn baby mule

MC-161831 - Some blocks/entities are rendered transparent when looking at them from certain angles

MC-161851 - Block animations are way too fast

MC-161852 - End portal and end gateway texture is rendered offset

MC-161853 - Breaking animation is rotated and positioned incorrectly and will follow the player’s mouse cursor

MC-161858 - Turtles don’t look right; legs are completely detached from the body

MC-161871 - Programmer art enchantment glint has not been updated to the new resource pack format

MC-161877 - Mipmap levels are not handled correcty / flickering leaves and other blocks

MC-161879 - Hitbox of transparent blocks, such as slime blocks, stained glass or ice, appears behind the block texture

MC-161882 - Game crashes when player model is rendered after the player is stung by a bee

MC-161887 - Glowing effect doesn’t respect texture transparency

MC-161894 - Hitboxes render behind portals, water and shulker boxes

MC-161902 - Game crashes when a turtle ridden by an illager enters water

MC-161905 - Sign text glows in the dark

MC-161908 - Programmer art chest textures have not been updated to the new resource pack format

MC-161909 - Programmer art banner pattern textures have not been updated to the new resource pack format

MC-161916 - If the player is inside of a block, that block is no longer rendered

MC-161931 - Lower player model not showing while in a boat

MC-161946 - Baby polar bear model is broken

MC-161995 - Baby panda model is completely broken

MC-162054 - Glowing effect also applies to the blocks below the affected mob

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To install the snapshot, open up the Minecraft Launcher and enable snapshots in the "Installations" tab.

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