What's New in Minecraft Snapshot 21w16a?

Snapshot 21w16a is here with Drippier Dripstone... and also Lava Aquifers and ore veins for Caves & Cliffs Preview worlds and many other tweaks and bug fixes. Check them all out in this comprehensive guide! #minecraftemployee

slicedlime works as a Tech Lead for Minecraft at Mojang, but the YouTube and Twitch channels are personal projects run entirely in his spare time. This is an unofficial update video that aims to be the most comprehensive guide possible. Official announcement: https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/artic...

Technical News:    • Technical News in Minecraft Snapshot ...  

- Caves & Cliffs Preview Datapack: https://launcher.mojang.com/v1/object...

How to get a Snapshot:    • Minecraft Tutorial - How to Get and P...  

Timestamps:
Introduction: 0:00
Blocks & Items: 0:27
Gameplay: 1:31
Mobs: 2:39
World Generation: 2:59
Preview Worlds: 3:39
UI: 4:39
Visuals: 6:31
Stability & Performance: 7:08
Getting This Version: 7:35
Technical News: 7:46
Outro: 8:11

Change Highlights in this version:
Blocks and Items:
- 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
- Max range downwards: 10 blocks
- Infested deepslate can now be rotated like normal deepslate

Gameplay:
- Azalea and Flowering Azalea can now be bonemealed to get an Azalea Trees
- Fixed MC-213927: Using bone meal on a sapling that is on a moss block consumes bone meal, but doesn't grow into a tree
- Tweaked patches of moss from bonemealing: lower amount of vegetation on top, lower max radius, more irregular edges
- Fixed MC-215270: Moss requires air above a replaceable block to spread
- Fixed MC-217411: Anvils can become damaged when only falling one block
- Fixed MC-219851: Applying bone meal to a waterlogged big dripleaf stem creates more waterlogged big dripleaf stems
- Fixed MC-220641: Loyalty tridents disappear when your inventory is full

Mobs:
- Fixed MC-203637: Mobs don't avoid lava cauldrons when pathfinding despite of setting themselves on fire
- Fixed MC-208598: Baby axolotls take damage when touching a solid block from below / eye height is outside of their hitbox
- Fixed MC-221655: Glow Squids and Axolotls Spawn in Monuments

Worlds:
- Fixed MC-223260: Emerald ore does not generate as intended
- Fixed MC-221560: Copper/Coal Ore in Deepslate Patches aren't Deepslate Ores
- Fixed MC-212113: Glow Lichen can spawn underwater whilst not in a cave.
- Fixed MC-216787: Cobwebs in mineshafts can generate as if supported by chains
- Fixed MC-218592: Azalea trees can generate inside of lakes (even completely submerged in water)

Preview Worlds:
- Aquifers below height 0 will sometimes be lava aquifers instead of water aquifers
- Ore veins now generate: 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

UI:
- Fixed MC-117653: Recipes and advancements are not granted while most GUIs are open
- Added a language: Hong Kong

Statistics:
- There is now a statistic for "Time with World Open" that also includes time when the game was paused
- Fixed MC-55775: Statistics screen sometimes doesn't show up to date information
- Many fixes for statistics not being awarded when using items
- Fixed MC-136681: Debug Stick use statistic increases when not allowed to use it
- Fixed MC-157116: Food that is plantable counts towards using when right clicked on the ground

Visuals:
- Tweaked textures: Raw Gold & Iron Blocks, Raw Copper, Iron & Gold items
- Small dripleaf model tweaked
- Fixed MC-221628: Entities don’t stop glowing after losing the glowing effect
- Fixed MC-212863: Glow lichen use the same color as vines on maps
- Fixed MC-219155: Cast fishing line is disconnected from the rod
- Fixed MC-219211: Two mysterious white pixels can be seen in the upper left corner of the recipe book icon

Thanks to JochCool, vegguid and NeunEinser for the assistance!

Some camera sequences rendered using the ReplayMod: https://replaymod.com

Music: "Adventure Calls" and "Song of the Forest Folk" by Vindsvept (https://vindsvept.se) licensed CC-BY 4.0
Outro music: "The Fire" by Amarante (http://amarante.bandcamp.com) licensed CC-BY 3.0

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