Even though we just added every update imaginable to Minecraft, we thought that it might be good to pick up the Nether Update snapshots from where we left off. This snapshot introduces the Zoglins!

New Features in 20w14a



Hoglins that somehow end up in the overworld become Zoglins fairly quickly – but who would ever bring a Hoglin to the Overworld?

Compasses can now be enchanted with Curse of Vanishing

Zoglins

Zoglins are zombified Hoglins – the result of bringing a Hoglin into the Overworld

Unlike Hoglins they can't be bred or fed, and they don't care about warped fungus

Beware – these beasts are raving mad and attack just about everything they see!

Changes in 20w14a



The main menu background is now in the Nether

The General statistics list is now alphabetically sorted

Strider balancing

Strider Balancing

Strider speed while mounted has been significantly increased to more closely resemble boat speeds

Warped Fungus on a Stick now has 100 max item damage, and only takes 1 damage per Strider consume

When Warped Fungus on a Stick is used with Striders, the boost is a great way to traverse the lava sea

Technical Changes in 20w14a

The compass now has LodestonePos , LodestoneDimension and LodestoneTracked data fields. If LodestoneTracked is zero, the game will skip checking for a Lodestone in the specified position.

, and data fields. If is zero, the game will skip checking for a Lodestone in the specified position. Attributes are now added to game registry, similar to items, sound events, etc.

Region files are now opened in synchronous mode to increase reliability

Attributes

Attributes have been moved to game registry. That means few changes:

Items and entities will no longer keep unknown attributes

Names of some attributes have been renamed to meet resource location requirements

Renames

generic.maxHealth -> generic.max_health

-> zombie.spawnReinforcements -> zombie.spawn_reinforcements

-> horse.jumpStrength -> horse.jump_strength

-> generic.followRange -> generic.follow_range

-> generic.knockbackResistance -> generic.knockback_resistance

-> generic.movementSpeed -> generic.movement_speed

-> generic.flyingSpeed -> generic.flying_speed

-> generic.attackDamage -> generic.attack_damage

-> generic.attackKnockback -> generic.attack_knockback

-> generic.attackSpeed -> generic.attack_speed

-> generic.armorToughness -> generic.armor_toughness

Synchronous writes

Region files are now opened in synchronous mode to prevent data loss and corruption after crash.

​Dedicated servers can disable that by changing sync-chunk-writes inside server.propeties

Fixed bugs in 20w14a

MC-83039 - End City chests generate destroyed, items on the ground

MC-91893 - Missing subtitles for various sounds

MC-109248 - Extended piston head not removed when /setblock is used to place a different piston base.

MC-115750 - Advancement “Monster Hunter” (kill_a_mob) is not granted for killing certain hostile mobs

MC-116756 - Reversed and inconsistent subtitles for iron trapdoor

MC-124428 - Firework star crashes game if there’s an int array but no colors

MC-125055 - Igloo generates with brewing stand and flower pot contents dropped (and placed)

MC-127316 - General statistics out of order

MC-133049 - Compasses don’t point to the correct location when in an item frame on the ground or on the ceiling

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

MC-164129 - Ender dragon inner hitboxes are rendered offset by approximately 200 blocks

MC-164446 - Tags don’t load if one of their values is invalid, causing all data packs to unload

MC-169975 - Highlight players (spectators) key doesn’t affect any players other than yourself

MC-171020 - New nether biomes don’t work properly in buffet worlds

MC-172069 - Piston arms are not deleted when the base of a pulsing piston is replaced with another piston

MC-173192 - Fluid collision is too high

MC-173684 - Spawning under the portal when using a nether portal

MC-173774 - Shulker bullets do not act as a projectile

MC-173875 - Item frames cannot be interacted with after unloading and reloading the chunk

MC-174231 - Ocelots are no longer spawning

MC-174838 - Target detection of fireworks is unreliable

MC-175201 - Misrotated floor block in savanna_small_house_1, savanna_small_house_2, savanna_small_house_3 and savanna_small_house_7

MC-175434 - Fireworks launched from upwards-facing dispensers explode inside of the dispenser block

MC-175985 - Lodestone compass needle doesn’t have an animation

MC-175990 - Lodestone compass needle spins around quickly when the lodestone has been destroyed or is not in the same dimension

MC-176052 - Using a compass on a lodestone plays no hand animation

MC-176195 - Many mountable mobs and vehicles can still be shot by the rider’s arrows

MC-176231 - Compasses with custom enchantments does not display enchanted glint

MC-176269 - Right-clicking Lodestone with Compass also uses offhand item

MC-176420 - Lodestone compass sound is in friendly creatures option

MC-176644 - Observers don’t trigger when a fence connects to a newly grown tree

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.

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

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