Wednesday, April 21, 2021 at 4:41 PM
Minecraft Snapshot 21w16a
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Snapshot 21w16a introduces some changes to azaleas and dripstone. On top of that, we've tweaked the textures of raw ores. There are also a few additions to the Caves & Cliffs preview datapack.
New Features in 21w16a#
- Azalea and Flowering Azalea can now be bonemealed to get an Azalea Trees
- Added dripstone growth
Dripstone growth#
- If a stalactite is hanging from a dripstone block with a water source above, it will slowly grow both the stalactite from above and a stalagmite from below
- Growth speed is random but very slow, a single growth step can take several minecraft days
- A stalactite will only grow up to 7 blocks long
- A stalactite will only cause stalagmite growth if the floor or stalagmite below is within 10 blocks
- If the stalactite tip is inside water it won't drip, and therefore won't trigger any growth
- If the stalagmite tip is inside water it won't receive drops, and therefore won't be grown by a dripping stalactite. Same thing if there is any fluid between the two tips
- A stalagmite or stalactite will never grow into a fluid
Changes in 21w16a#
- Tweaked the texture of raw ores and raw ore blocks
New raw ore textures in snapshot 21w16a. Click here for a link to the full resolution image.
Changes to the Caves & Cliffs Preview#
Download the updated datapack here
A lava aquifer in snapshot 21w16a. Click here for a link to the full resolution image.
- Aquifers below height 0 will sometimes be lava aquifers instead of water aquifers
- Ore veins can now spawn underground
Ore veins#
- Ore veins are large, rare, snake-like underground ore formations
- Copper veins form above height 0 and are mixed with granite
- Iron veins form below height 0 and are mixed with tuff
Technical Changes in 21w16a#
- Users who previously permanently declined server resource packs will now still be shown the pack prompt if the pack is mandatory (instead of being immediately disconnected)
- The statistic for play time has been renamed to
play_time - There is now a statistic for "Time with World Open" (
total_world_time) that also includes time when the game was paused
Bugs fixed in 21w16a#
- MC-29522 stat.playOneMinute adds a value of 1 every tick
- MC-55775 Statistics screen sometimes doesn't show up to date information
- MC-111534 The firework rocket use statistic doesn't count rockets used for elytra boosting
- MC-117653 Recipes and advancements are not granted while most GUIs are open
- MC-136560 minecraft.used:minecraft.elytra not functioning
- MC-136681 Debug Stick use statistic increases when not allowed to use it
- MC-157116 Food that is plantable counts towards using when right clicked on the ground
- MC-190128 Using a flint and steel to ingite TNT is not tracked by the in-game stats
- MC-203637 Mobs don't avoid lava cauldrons when pathfinding despite of setting themselves on fire
- MC-205236 Frozen State doesn't go away after respawn when on a server
- MC-208598 Baby axolotls take damage when touching a solid block from below / eye height is outside of their hitbox
- MC-212113 Glow Lichen can spawn underwater whilst not in a cave.
- MC-212863 Glow lichen use the same color as vines on maps
- MC-213927 Using bone meal on a sapling that is on a moss block consumes bone meal, but doesn't grow into a tree
- MC-213998 root_vines_head is unused in-game files
- MC-214129 Several dirt blocks are not part of the #minecraft:lush_plants_replaceable tag
- MC-214293 Mobs can spawn on top of azaleas
- MC-215270 Moss requires air above a replaceable block to spread
- MC-216787 Cobwebs in mineshafts can generate as if supported by chains
- Anvils can become damaged when only falling one block