{{Infobox version |title=Minecraft 20w15a |image=20w15a.jpg |image2=Java Edition 20w15a.png |edition=Java |type=Snapshot |date=April 8, 2020 |clienthash=53585ce8bf64f921feb5090a7facd04995ffc739 |jsonhash=2602af061aa1550e0ca256f1400aecd3b8cb74cc |serverhash=64ca02e1e9fc7e60eac4aba788580b16eb12f71f |clientmap=7e3aa1a2521977c124db21bd5a6a16a0faa4a624 |servermap=d022b4b6abecee06af893dcf1b1d95b06573a867 |parent=1.16 |prevparent=1.15.2 |prev=20w14a |next=20w16a |nextparent=1.16 }} '''20w15a''' is the eleventh [[snapshot]] for [[Java Edition 1.16]], released on April 8, 2020,{{snap|20w15a|April 8, 2020}} which adds a new Nether biome, new music tracks, new blocks, and other changes and fixes. == Additions == === Blocks === ; [[File:Blackstone JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[Blackstone]] * Generates in basalt deltas. * Can be used in place of cobblestone to craft furnaces and stone tools. * Has a slab, stair, and wall variant. ; {{Animate|Blackstone Slab JE1.png; Blackstone Stairs (N) JE1.png; Blackstone Wall JE1 BE1.png|32px}} [[Blackstone slab]], [[blackstone stairs]], [[blackstone wall]] * Decorative blocks crafted from blackstone. ; [[File:Chiseled Nether Bricks JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[Chiseled nether bricks]] * New variant of [[nether bricks]]. * Crafted from 2 nether brick slabs. ; [[File:Chiseled Polished Blackstone JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[Chiseled polished blackstone]] * Decorative block crafted from polished blackstone. ; [[File:Cracked Nether Bricks JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[Cracked nether bricks]] * New variant of nether bricks. * Obtained by smelting nether bricks in a furnace. ; [[File:Cracked Polished Blackstone Bricks JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[Cracked polished blackstone bricks]] * Decorative blocks crafted from polished blackstone. ; [[File:Gilded Blackstone JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[Gilded blackstone]] * Has a chance of dropping 2–5 [[gold nugget]]s (increased with Fortune), or it drops itself instead. * Currently only available via the Creative inventory or by using commands. ; [[File:Polished Blackstone JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[Polished blackstone]] * Crafted with 4 blackstone. * Has a chiseled, slab, stair, and wall variant. * Can be crafted into buttons and pressure plates. ; [[File:Polished Blackstone Bricks JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[Polished blackstone bricks]] * Crafted with 4 polished blackstone. * Has a cracked, slab, stair, and wall variant. ; {{Animate|Polished Blackstone Brick Slab JE1 BE1.png; Polished Blackstone Brick Stairs (N) JE1 BE1.png; Polished Blackstone Brick Wall JE1 BE1.png|32px}} [[Polished blackstone brick slab]], [[polished blackstone brick stairs]], [[polished blackstone brick wall]] * Decorative blocks crafted from polished blackstone bricks. ; {{Animate|Polished Blackstone Button JE1 BE1.png; Polished Blackstone Pressure Plate JE1 BE1.png|32px}} [[Polished blackstone button]] and [[polished blackstone pressure plate]] * Redstone blocks crafted from polished blackstone. * Work like their stone counterparts. ; {{Animate|Polished Blackstone Slab JE1 BE1.png; Polished Blackstone Stairs (N) JE1 BE1.png; Polished Blackstone Wall JE1 BE1.png|32px}} [[Polished blackstone slab]], [[polished blackstone stairs]], and [[polished blackstone wall]] * Decorative blocks crafted from polished blackstone. ; [[File:Quartz Bricks JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[Quartz bricks]] * A decorative block crafted from 4 [[blocks of quartz]]. ; [[File:Soul Campfire JE1 BE1.gif|32px]] [[Soul campfire]] * Has a blue flame instead of orange. * Has a light level of 10. * Does the same amount of damage as a regular campfire. * Crafted with soul sand or soul soil instead of coal. * Piglins are repelled by soul campfires. === Items === ; [[File:Snout banner pattern.png|16px]] [[Piglin banner pattern]] * New pattern for banners, the "Piglin". * Used in the [[loom]] to apply the piglin pattern to the banner. * Currently unobtainable in Survival mode. === World generation === ; [[Biome]]s * {{BiomeLink|Basalt deltas}} ** A volcanic biome in the Nether. Fog effects have flakes of volcanic ash. ** Filled with pillars of [[basalt]] and large areas of [[blackstone]]. ** [[Ghast]]s, [[magma cube]]s, and [[strider]]s spawn in this biome. === General === ; Accessibility * Chat line spacing can now be adjusted. * A chat delay can be set between 0 (default) and 6 seconds. ; [[Music]] * Added 3 new soundtracks to [[the Nether]], composed by Lena Raine: "Rubedo", "Chrysopoeia" and "So Below." ** "Rubedo" plays in the [[nether wastes]] biome. ** "Chrysopoeia" plays in the [[crimson forest]] biome. ** "So Below" plays in the [[soul sand valley]] and [[basalt deltas]] biomes. ; Sound * Added 31 [[ambient]] sounds for the basalt deltas. ; [[Tag]]s * Added campfires block tag. ** Contains campfires and soul campfires. ** [[Bee]]s, [[parrot]]s, and [[turtle]]s view blocks in this tag as dealing fire damage, and pathfind accordingly. ** Campfires use this tag to determine if they are lit or not. ** Flint and steel uses this tag to determine if it can light campfires. * Added guarded_by_piglins block tag. ** Contains container blocks ([[chest]]s, [[trapped chest]]s, [[ender chest]]s, [[barrel]]s, the [[Tag#blocks shulker_boxes|shulker_boxes]] block tag) and gold blocks ([[blocks of gold]], [[gilded blackstone]], and the [[Tag#blocks gold_ores|gold_ores]] block tag). ** [[Piglin]]s become hostile towards a player that destroys or use a block in this tag. * Added furnace_materials item tag. ** Contains [[cobblestone]] and [[blackstone]]. ** Items in this tag can be used to craft furnaces and unlock the recipe in the recipe book. * Added stone_tool_materials item tag. ** Contains cobblestone and blackstone. ** Items in this tag can be used to craft stone tools and unlock the recipes in the recipe book. * Added soul_fire_base_blocks item tag. ** Parallels the block tag. ** Contains [[soul sand]] and [[soul soil]]. ** Items in this tag can be used to craft [[soul fire torch]]es and [[soul campfire]]s and unlock the recipes in the recipe book. == Changes == === Blocks === ; [[Dispenser]]s * Can now saddle [[pig]]s, [[strider]]s, and tamed [[horse]]s, [[donkey]]s and [[mule]]s. * Can now put [[horse armor]] on tamed horses. * Can now put [[carpet]]s on tamed [[llama]]s. * Can now put [[chest]]s on tamed llamas, donkeys, and mules. * Can now shear [[mooshroom]]s and [[snow golem]]s. ; [[Furnace]]s * Can now be crafted with [[blackstone]]. ; [[Soul fire torch]]es * Can now also be crafted with [[soul sand]]. ; [[Wall]]s * Now connect to the bottom and sides of [[glass pane]]s and [[iron bars]]. * Now connect to the bottom of [[sea pickle]]s. === Items === ; Stone [[axe]]s, [[hoe]]s, [[pickaxe]]s, [[shovel]]s, and [[sword]]s * Can now be crafted with blackstone. ; [[Hoe]]s * Are now the default tool for mining [[leaves]]. ** [[Shears]] are still used for ''collecting'' leaf blocks. ; [[Fungus]], [[nether sprouts]], [[crimson roots]], [[warped roots]], [[nether wart]], [[nether wart block]]s, [[warped wart block]]s, [[twisting vines]], and [[weeping vines]] * Can now be composted. === Mobs === ; General * Mobs now avoid walking on [[magma block]]s and lit [[campfire]]s. ; [[Hoglin]]s * Baby hoglins no longer drop loot (but still drop [[experience]]). ; [[Magma cube]]s * Spawn commonly in basalt deltas. ; [[Piglin]]s * Now avoid soul campfires. * Now become hostile towards any player that breaks a chest, trapped chest, ender chest, barrel, gold ore, nether gold ore, gilded blackstone, or a gold block. ; [[Strider]]s * Now turn blueish-purple outside of lava. ** When outside lava, their facial expression becomes a more prominent frown. * Can now only spawn if the block above the lava is air. * Baby striders ride on top of bigger striders. ; [[Zoglin]]s * Are now considered [[undead]]. === General === ; [[Tag]]s * Added polished blackstone, and (where applicable) blackstone blocks and items to the {{cd|buttons|slabs|stairs|walls|d=and}} block and item tags. * Added soul campfires to the piglin_repellents block tag. * Added the [[Tag#blocks signs|#signs]] block tag and removed lanterns and soul fire lanterns from the wall_post_override block tag. === Textures === ; [[Strider]] * Changed strider texture from [[File:Strider Texture JE1.png|128px]] to [[File:Strider Texture JE2.png|64px]] to remove an unused fin. The fin itself was not vieweable in-game. == Fixes == {{Fixes|fixedin=20w15a |;old |105292|{{cd|falling_block}} lighting inconsistency with Smooth Lighting on. |111493|Fireworks do not cause knockback to either the player or mobs. |166358|Inconsistency with sounds of dispensers using shears. |172517|Walls don't behave normally when next to soul sand. |178029|Chunks get scrambled by logging in twice on solo world. |;dev |171273|Fungi and roots (both crimson and warped) as well as weeping vines, twisting vines and warped wart blocks, etc. can't be composted |171463|Iron bars do not fully connect to walls. |172120|Hoglins do not try to avoid fire. |172226|Baby animals, villagers, and zombie villagers spawned with a spawn egg on an adult entity always are of the same variant. |172250|Piglin and zombified piglin model does not use textures for left arm or leg. |172268|Bartering with a piglin by right-clicking does not display a hand animation. |174542|Killing baby hoglins drops leather and porkchop. |174559|Baby hoglins/zoglins uses the same attack damage as an adult when spawned in some cases. |175030|Curse of Binding does not affect piglins. |175169|Respawn anchor can create ghost blocks when it explodes. |175176|Using return portal in the End softlocks the game if {{cmd|spawnpoint}} was used in the End. |175256|Screen is overlaid with a gray opaque texture when inside of a transparent block. |175274|"Quartz pillar" is translated as "White wool" ("Lana blanca" instead of "Pilar de cuarzo") in Spanish (Spain). |175348|Respawn anchor explosion knocks back flying creative players. |175356|Piglins and hoglins do not avoid magma blocks. |175402|Soul fire torches cannot be crafted with soul sand. |175452|Respawn anchor can be used infinitely if right clicked above world build limit. |175538|Fish/swimming sounds are louder than they should be. |175566|Piglins with full inventories drop the items they receive. |176095|Striders have an unused fin in the {{mono|strider.png}} texture file. |176384|{{nbt|compound|CompassItem}} checks twice if the {{nbt|compound|LodestonePos}} tag exists. |176517|Striders spawn in underground lava pockets. |176633|Lime carpets are named "acacia slab" in Spanish (Spain). |177069|Dispenser will not drop glowstone as item when not connected to a respawn anchor. |;prev |177081|Zoglins are attacked by the wither. |177085|Missing UUID field in attributes crash the game. |177102|Zoglins are not considered an undead mob. |177225|Tag {{cd|minecraft:water}} used before it was bound. }} == Video == {{slicedlime|-mfiua5M6qg}} == Trivia == * The word "[[wikipedia:wikt:rubedo|Rubedo]]" is Latin for "redness", it was adopted by alchemists to refer to the final stage of creating the philosopher's stone, it is also likely associated with the red-colored environment of the Nether. * The word "[[wikipedia:Chrysopoeia|Chrysopoeia]]" is an alchemical term that describes the creation of the philosopher's stone, or the transmutation of a given object into gold. == References == {{Reflist}} == Navigation == {{Navbox Java Edition versions|1.1x}} [[de:20w15a]] [[es:Java Edition 20w15a]] [[fr:Édition Java 20w15a]] [[ja:Java Edition 20w15a]] [[pt:Edição Java 20w15a]] [[ru:20w15a (Java Edition)]] [[zh:20w15a]]