Minecraft Take a Walk on the Lava Pond - Snapshot 20w13a is out!

Take a Walk on the Lava Pond - Snapshot 20w13a is out!
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Take a Walk on the Lava Pond - Snapshot 20w13a is out!

Posted: 25 Mar 2020 10:27 AM PDT

Ever felt that you want to take a ride across fields of lava? Yeah? Me too! This snapshot introduces the adorable(?) Strider. It might need some help with directions...

This update can also be found on minecraft.net.

If you find any bugs, please report them on the official Minecraft Issue Tracker.

Edit: We've now released 20w13b to solve stability issues in 20w13a.

Fixed bugs in 20w13b

MC-176004 - Cannot interact with the world after dying in the end or the nether without a valid spawn point
MC-175988 - Dying without a valid spawnpoint causes a softlock
MC-175177 - Exhausting, breaking or obstructing the respawn anchor creates ghost blocks in the overworld when breaking blocks

New Features in 20w13a

Added the Lodestone
Added the Strider
Basalt is formed when lava flows over soul soil next to blue ice
Farmer villagers can now compost seeds

Lodestone

A new block that can help you get your bearings!

Crafted from a netherite ingot and chiseled stone bricks
Use a compass on a lodestone to create a lodestone compass pointing to that lodestone

Strider

A new mob living the lava lakes of the Nether.

Strides on top of the surface of lava
Can be saddled, but has a will of its own
Really likes the smell of warped fungi - might even be convinced to follow it

Farmers

Farmer villagers can now put excess seeds in the composter to create bone meal
Bone meal is used by the farmers to grow crops
Farmers share excess wheat to other farmers, so more farmers can make bread

Changes in 20w13a

You're now more likely to get soul speed books and boots when bartering with Piglins
You can now charge the Respawn Anchor using a Dispenser

Technical Changes in 20w13a

Jigsaw block

Jigsaw now can have one of 12 orientations
Added new property Joint type to describe if attached piece can be rotated (rollable) or not (aligned)
NBT field target_pool has been renamed to pool
attachement_type has been split into name (on parent block) and target (on child block).

Loot tables

A fishing location is now considered to be open water if the fishing hook is in water, there are no blocks besides lily pads above water and all water blocks are source blocks with no solid underwater blocks around

Fixed bugs in 20w13a

MC-118080 - Bows without pulling predicate animate when other bows are pulled back
MC-154427 - Villagers only pick up four stacks of items
MC-171003 - Crimson and Warped stairs, planks and slabs can be used as fuel in a furnace
MC-171286 - Warped fences and Crimson fences don't connect with other fences
MC-171484 - Shields, crossbows, bows, and fishing rods don't show their proper animations in first person mode after certain actions
MC-171526 - en_us.json issue: weeping_vines and weeping_vines_plant have the same name
MC-171830 - Smokers cannot be crafted using crimson or warped stems
MC-172123 - Using a spawn egg on a mob without a baby variant spawns an adult mob of the same type without a weapon
MC-172279 - Can't craft campfire with nether stems or hyphae
MC-172307 - All loaded tileticks instantly run in the first tick after loading the chunk
MC-173258 - Back of zombified piglin heads has very different texture/shading compared to the other sides
MC-173367 - Arrows are floating in midair after being pushed by piston
MC-173791 - Mobs dismount vehicles only in front of the boat, even if there is danger ahead
MC-174368 - Minecarts can no longer eject entities into an open trap door
MC-174428 - Nylium can be bonemealed underwater with seagrass above it
MC-174434 - Sugar Cane, Kelp and Bamboo are in the incorrect creative inventory tab
MC-174481 - en_us.json issue: twisting_vines and twisting_vines_plant have the same name
MC-174510 - Stems, Hyphae, and variants do not use the Nether Wood material
MC-174537 - Zombie Pigman hooves are still visible on Zombified Piglin texture
MC-174547 - Kelp, Weeping Vines, and Twisted Vines can be bonemealed at age 25
MC-174642 - Hitbox of twisting vine is incorrect
MC-174731 - Modifying "soul.json" (inside of "particles" folder) causes crash
MC-174787 - Arrow physics don't work correctly when in a target that is moved
MC-174823 - Sprinting and walking scoreboards don't update properly
MC-174988 - Bee nests are brown on maps
MC-175165 - Using glowstone on a respawn anchor doesn't consume it
MC-175171 - Fishing bobber can get stuck on a ledge when being reeled in
MC-175174 - Respawn anchor is considered obstructed if all its sides are covered or air
MC-175178 - Anchor uses up the glowstone charge even though it didn't respawn you
MC-175185 - No datafixer for item AttributeModifiers UUIDs
MC-175191 - Respawn Anchor charging cannot be heard by other players
MC-175193 - Using glowstone in the offhand does not charge respawn anchor
MC-175199 - In snowy_medium_house_2, some blocks are still misrotated
MC-175204 - Four misrotated blocks in snowy_masons_house_1
MC-175208 - Incorrect grammar "Your have no home bed or respawn anchor, or it was obstructed."
MC-175209 - Dying in a different dimension than your respawn anchor will cause the anchor to not play the depletion sound
MC-175210 - Respawn anchor uses a charge after leaving the end dimension through the end portal
MC-175218 - Looking at a map of an area with spruce sign, jungle sign or dark oak sign in it crashes the game
MC-175219 - Respawn Anchor plays the "Respawn Point set" sound when right-clicked even when its already your respawn point
MC-175224 - Nether gold ore does not yield any experience when mined
MC-175239 - Villagers are generated very rarely in villages
MC-175278 - Fishing near lily pads prevents players from receiving treasure loot table
MC-175289 - Respawn anchor isn't in the #dragon_immune tag
MC-175322 - Clicking on a fully charged respawn anchor with a glowstone block doesn't activate it
MC-175327 - The crafting recipe of Polished Basalt is inconsistent
MC-175514 - Villager Gossips still use old UUID NBT format (TargetMost and TargetLeast)
MC-175827 - Entities not loading in structure blocks (duplicate UUID)
MC-175830 - F3 + I copies UUID

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.

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

Cross-platform server jar: