Minecraft Snapshot 21w08a

In this snapshot, our new beloved stone type has suffered a grim fate and has been renamed to Deepslate. How mysterious!

Changes in 21w08a#

• Tweaked cave sizes further
• Canyon and cave carvers now apply below y=0
• Cracks can now be found carved into the ground
• Grimstone has been changed into Deepslate
• Added Deepslate ores
• The distribution of ores has been further tweaked
• Andesite no longer generates under y=0
• Tuff now sometimes generates under y=0
• The Tuff layer of amethyst geodes has been replaced with now a new type of stone called Smooth Basalt
• Smooth basalt is now obtained from smelting basalt
• Another round of tweaking has been done to the new textures of ores and blackstone
• Emerald and Lapis Lazuli ore textures have had some touch ups
• Mineshafts now once again generate in the open air in caves
• Particles now appear in the air around spore blossoms
• Slime blocks and honey blocks have been moved to the redstone tab of the creative inventory

Deepslate#

• Grimstone is now called Deepslate
• Deepslate now has a top texture, and a new block called Cobbled Deepslate drops from Deepslate
• The cobbled variant is the same but without the top texture, and is used to craft all Deepslate variants instead
• Deepslate now has a unique set of sounds! Very crunchy indeed

Deepslate ores#

• Added Deepslate versions of iron, gold, lapis, redstone and diamond ores that generate wherever those ores replace Deepslate
• Twice as tough to mine as normal ores

Ore Distribution Tweaks#

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Fixed bugs in 21w08a#

• MC-213926 Rooted dirt footstep sounds are considerably quieter than normal dirt footstep sounds
• MC-214782 Geodes can generate floating in caves
• MC-214843 Old style caves don't generate past Y=0