What's New in Minecraft Snapshot 20w48a?

A new snapshot has appeared for the Caves & Cliffs update - 20w48a! This one contains dripstone and renewable lava! Check out this comprehensive video guide for all the changes! #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...

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Timestamps:
Introduction: 0:00
Dripstone: 00:24
Blocks & Items: 01:56
Gameplay: 03:01
Visuals: 03:25
Sounds: 04:20
User Interface: 05:22
Game Rules: 05:41
Commands: 05:55
Particles: 06:09
Advancements: 06:22
Recipes: 06:48
Tags: 07:00
Getting This Version: 07:21
Outro: 07:52

Change Highlights in this version:
Dripstone:
- Added Dripstone Blocks and Pointed Dripstone
- Dripstone blocks mined with pickaxe, pointed can be broken with anything
- Forms a stalactite if placed on the ceiling or a stalagmite if placed on the floor
- Can be combined to form longer stalactites & stalagmites
- Stalagmites break if not attached to something below
- Stalactites fall down if not attached to something above
- Thrown tridents break pointed dripstone
- Landing or jumping on a stalagmite hurts
- Being hit by a falling stalactite hurts
- Stalactites drip water (or lava if there is lava above the ceiling)
- A stalactite with a water source above the ceiling will gradually fill a cauldron below with water
- A stalactite with a lava source above the ceiling will fill a cauldron below with lava after a while

Blocks & Items:
- Right-clicking a bundle in the inventory now empties one item from the bundle
- Using a bundle now throws out its entire content into the world
- Advanced tooltips now show how full a bundle is
- Candles can now only be placed if there is a solid surface below

Gameplay:
- Fixed MC-204323 - Inconsistency: Crafting copper blocks into slabs only yields 4 slabs instead of 6
- Wearing any piece of leather armor now prevents freezing entirely

Visuals:
- Changed textures for amethysts, budding amethysts, clocks, compasses and all types of candles
- Spyglass now looks 3d when held
- Fixed MC-3615 - Lava and water are completely transparent at certain height levels
- Fixed MC-198864 - World border does not render below y=0 / above y=255
- Fixed MC-203951 - The elder guardian particle moves when an elder guardian moves
- Fixed MC-205567 - TNT flashes are translucent once again

Sounds:
- New sounds for Dripstone Blocks Placing/Breaking, Footstep
- Pointed dripsone falling and landing ("Pointed Dripstone crashes down")
- Water dripping from dripstone
- Lava dripping from dripstone
- Water dripping from dripstone into a cauldron
- Lava dripping from dripston into a cauldron

Game Rules:
- Added a freezeDamage game rule that allows players to toggle whether powder snow causes freeze damage or not

Commands:
- Fixed MC-205321 - Item modifiers that change the item type don't work on entities
- Fixed MC-205220 - Cannot manipulate horse.saddle using /item command
- Fixed MC-205627 - Item modifiers that change the count to 0 don't completely remove the item
- Fixed MC-206058 - /item modify doesn't visually update the model of an item in an item frame

Particles:
- Added: dripping_dripstone_lava, dripping_dripstone_water, falling_dripstone_lava, falling_dripstone_water

Advancements:
- A bunch of the criteria names in the minecraft built-in recipe unlock advancements have changed - the ones where the criteria name didn't exactly match the block name involved
- Waxed slab and stair recipes are now called waxed_(blockname)

Tags:
- snow_step_sounds block tag has been renamed to inside_snow_step_sounds
- New item tag: freeze_immune_wearables


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

Music: "Grandfather Clock" and "Archives" by Crinkles (https://crinklesmusic.bandcamp.com/) licensed CC-BY 3.0
Outro music: "The Fire" by Amarante (http://amarante.bandcamp.com) licensed CC-BY 3.0

Licenses:
- CC-BY 3.0: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...

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