Minecraft Snapshot 21w07a

New Features in 21w07a

• Added Grimstone!

Grimstone

Grimstone can be found in the deepest parts of the underground, and is slightly tougher to mine than normal Stone.

• Like Blackstone, Grimstone can be used to craft basic tools, furnaces and brewing stands.
• You can craft the following blocks with this new stone type:
  • Grimstone Slab
  • Grimstone Stairs
  • Grimstone Wall
  • Polished Grimstone
  • Polished Grimstone Slab
  • Polished Grimstone Stairs
  • Polished Grimstone Wall
  • Grimstone Bricks
  • Grimstone Brick Slab
  • Grimstone Brick Stairs
  • Grimstone Brick Wall
  • Grimstone Tiles
  • Grimstone Tile Slab
  • Grimstone Tile Stairs
  • Grimstone Tile Wall
  • Chiseled Grimstone

Changes in 21w07a

• Tweaks and updates to world generation and ores
• Changes to the visuals of some ores and stone types
• Reordered Redstone Tab in Creative Inventory

World Generation

• Tweaked huge caves to be more rare and decreased the chance that caves are filled with water
• Changed ore generation to match the new world height and to add more strategy to mining
• Tweaked size and positioning of diorite, andesite & granite generation
• Exception: Diorite and Granite and Dirt no longer generate below y = 0
• Strongholds are now mostly encased in stone
• Mineshaft corridors are now supported by log pillars below or chains above when needed

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Visuals

• Ores without unique shapes have been given new textures for accessibility reasons, so that each ore is distinguishable by shape alone
• Being the most iconic ore, Diamond Ore texture is staying the same to keep that classic feel maintained
• Blackstone, Polished Blackstone Bricks, and Cracked Polished Blackstone Bricks have had some minor touch ups

Creative Inventory

• The Redstone Tab has been reordered to prioritize highly-used blocks
• Redstone items/blocks have been grouped and ordered in the following way:
  • Essentials
  • Unique activators
  • Miscellaneous
  • Common activators
  • Openables

Fixed bugs in 21w07a

• MC-147589 Vines no longer randomly generate in jungles
• MC-208613 Amount of players who need to sleep to skip the night is calculated incorrectly
• MC-208618 Clicking on a bed immediately skips the night if gamerule playersSleepingPercentage is set to 0
• MC-211224 Seagrass can occasionally replace parts of a swamp hut
• MC-214082 Crash after placing soul sand or magma under 2032 tall water
• MC-214814 Strongholds generate floating and without walls, floors, or ceilings when inside caves
• MC-214844 Bedrock can be exposed to the air at the very bottom of the new caves
• MC-214885 Beacon beam only render 256 blocks from source
• MC-214973 Powder snow bucket in a dispenser at y = 319 facing upwards or at y = -64 facing downwards is replaced with empty bucket, despite no powder snow being placed
• MC-214986 Large dripstones only generate as stalagmites below Y=0