Wednesday, February 17, 2021 at 4:35 PM
Minecraft Snapshot 21w07a
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New Features in 21w07a#
- Added Grimstone!
Grimstone#
Grimstone can be found in the deepest parts of the underground, and is slightly tougher to mine than normal Stone.
- Like Blackstone, Grimstone can be used to craft basic tools, furnaces and brewing stands.
- You can craft the following blocks with this new stone type:
- Grimstone Slab
- Grimstone Stairs
- Grimstone Wall
- Polished Grimstone
- Polished Grimstone Slab
- Polished Grimstone Stairs
- Polished Grimstone Wall
- Grimstone Bricks
- Grimstone Brick Slab
- Grimstone Brick Stairs
- Grimstone Brick Wall
- Grimstone Tiles
- Grimstone Tile Slab
- Grimstone Tile Stairs
- Grimstone Tile Wall
- Chiseled Grimstone
Changes in 21w07a#
- Tweaks and updates to world generation and ores
- Changes to the visuals of some ores and stone types
- Reordered Redstone Tab in Creative Inventory
World Generation#
- Tweaked huge caves to be more rare and decreased the chance that caves are filled with water
- Changed ore generation to match the new world height and to add more strategy to mining
- Tweaked size and positioning of diorite, andesite & granite generation
- Exception: Diorite and Granite and Dirt no longer generate below y = 0
- Strongholds are now mostly encased in stone
- Mineshaft corridors are now supported by log pillars below or chains above when needed
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Visuals#
- Ores without unique shapes have been given new textures for accessibility reasons, so that each ore is distinguishable by shape alone
- Being the most iconic ore, Diamond Ore texture is staying the same to keep that classic feel maintained
- Blackstone, Polished Blackstone Bricks, and Cracked Polished Blackstone Bricks have had some minor touch ups
Creative Inventory#
- The Redstone Tab has been reordered to prioritize highly-used blocks
- Redstone items/blocks have been grouped and ordered in the following way:
- Essentials
- Unique activators
- Miscellaneous
- Common activators
- Openables
Fixed bugs in 21w07a#
- MC-147589 Vines no longer randomly generate in jungles
- MC-208613 Amount of players who need to sleep to skip the night is calculated incorrectly
- MC-208618 Clicking on a bed immediately skips the night if gamerule playersSleepingPercentage is set to 0
- MC-211224 Seagrass can occasionally replace parts of a swamp hut
- MC-214082 Crash after placing soul sand or magma under 2032 tall water
- MC-214814 Strongholds generate floating and without walls, floors, or ceilings when inside caves
- MC-214844 Bedrock can be exposed to the air at the very bottom of the new caves
- MC-214885 Beacon beam only render 256 blocks from source
- MC-214973 Powder snow bucket in a dispenser at y = 319 facing upwards or at y = -64 facing downwards is replaced with empty bucket, despite no powder snow being placed
- MC-214986 Large dripstones only generate as stalagmites below Y=0