Minecraft Snapshot 23w51a

We're now releasing Snapshot 23w51a, the first snapshot for Minecraft 1.20.5. This one comes with a present for your pet Wolf in time for the holidays - and the Armadillo.

Happy brushing!

New Features

• Added Armadillo, Armadillo Scutes and Wolf Armor

Armadillo

• The Armadillo is a new passive mob that:
  • drops Armadillo Scutes periodically
  • drops Armadillo Scutes when brushed
  • spawns in Savannas
  • its favorite food is Spider Eye

Armadillo Rolling Up Behavior

• Armadillo rolls up when it detects a threat such as:
  • a sprinting player
  • a player in a vehicle or mounted
  • undead mobs
• It does not roll up when:
  • it is fleeing
  • in water
  • in the air or
  • on a leash
• When an Armadillo is rolled up it does not walk, cannot eat, and will not be tempted by food
  • It will continue to scan for threats: if none are detected for 3 seconds, it will unroll

Armadillo Scutes

• Armadillo Scutes can be used to craft Wolf Armor
• They are dropped by Armadillos
• Dispensers can be used to brush Armadillo Scutes off Armadillos

Wolf Armor

• Using Wolf Armor on an adult tamed Wolf will equip the armor on the wolf.
• Only a Wolf's owner can put a Wolf Armor on their tamed Wolf, and with this in mind; Dispensers cannot put Wolf Armor on wolves.
• Wolf Armor gives the same protection as Diamond Horse Armor.
• Using Shears on a Wolf that is wearing armor will make it drop the armor
• Only a Wolf's owner can shear a Wolf Armor from it, and with this in mind; Dispensers cannot remove Wolf Armor from wolves.
• If a Wolf dies while wearing armor, it will drop the armor.

Changes

• Renamed scutes that come from Turtles to Turtle Scutes
• Llamas and Shulkers are no longer able to destroy armor stands

Technical Changes

• The Data Pack version is now 27

Data Pack 27

• Llamas now use a new damage type spit instead of mob_projectile
• FactorCalculationData has been removed from mob effect instance tags
• Added generic.scale attribute that can be used to rescale any living entity
• Player reach distance can now be controlled with the generic.block_interaction_range and generic.entity_interaction_range attributes
• The maximum number of blocks that an entity can step up without jumping is now controlled by the generic.step_height attribute

Experimental Features

Breeze

• Added a new 'whirl' idle sound
• Added a 'charging up attack' sound
• Added a sound that plays while the Breeze is in the air
• Added a projectile deflection sound
• Tweaked existing sounds

Trial Spawner

• The Trial Spawner now has the same two default loot tables as they have in the Trial Chamber

Fixed bugs in 23w51a

• MC-130244 When opening chat in F1 mode, previous messages aren't visible
• MC-153643 Debug overlay is rendered behind hotbar items
• MC-167375 Baby turtle subtitles are grammatically incorrect
• MC-173672 Title text renders in front of player names in player list
• MC-184066 Respawn anchors don't produce an ambient sound
• MC-184622 Sound for exiting a portal/travelling to another dimension does not use its subtitle string despite it existing in en_us.json
• MC-185379 Baby polar bear subtitle does not explicitly mention it comes from a baby polar bear
• MC-187267 Title text renders in front of sidebar
• MC-187372 There is no space between fps limit/vsync and graphics level in the debug screen
• MC-193511 Title text renders in front of narrator text
• MC-193515 Boss bar text renders in front of narrator text
• MC-193517 Boss bar text renders in front of sidebar
• MC-193521 Boss bar text renders in front of F3
• MC-193524 Boss bar text strikethough/underline renders on tab list
• MC-193753 Respawn anchor ambient sound subtitle refers to it as a portal
• MC-194948 Block breaking subtitle inconsistent with painting, item frame and lead breaking subtitles
• MC-198787 Inefficient streams in GoalSelector
• MC-198963 Chat text renders in front of player names in player list
• MC-219899 Bone meal used on rooted dirt causes the particles to appear above it, despite the growth being below it
• MC-238242 There is an unnecessary black pixel in the upper right corner of small potion UI icons in the inventory
• MC-248961 takenDamage for achievement criteria is calculated wrongly when the player has equipped a helmet
• MC-249335 Using bone meal on mangrove leaves spawns growth particles at the center of the block instead of below it
• MC-251027 Wearing a helmet doesn't reduce the damage of falling anvils or stalactites by 1⁄4
• MC-252409 Memory statistics within the debug menu contain some unnecessary spaces
• MC-259587 Negative item durability causes the durability bar to render incorrectly
• MC-261577 The nether portal overlay is rendered completely opaque when using spyglasses while standing inside of nether portals
• MC-263256 Chat renders on top of TAB, blocking information
• MC-265541 player.dat_old won't be read even if player.dat doesn't exist
• MC-265669 Hotbar text renders above subtitle background but under subtitle text
• MC-265835 The freezing effect is rendered totally opaque when using a spyglass
• MC-266055 Opening or closing a copper door or trapdoor while holding an axe / honeycomb grants wax-related advancement
• MC-266135 Cached macro commands ignore permission level, allowing limited permission escalation
• MC-266136 Macro commands ignore function-permisson-level server setting, including when lower than default
• MC-266144 Copper Doors are not part of the #doors item tag
• MC-266145 Copper Trapdoors are not part of the #trapdoors item tag
• MC-266308 Copper Bulbs have unused "turn_off" sound
• MC-266334 Shulker bullets destroy armor stands
• MC-266389 Glow berry particles are barely visible when bonemealed
• MC-266430 Breeze on top of a non-full block produces particles of the block below it
• MC-266432 Exposed, weathered and oxidised copper bulbs are unwaxed in trial chambers
• MC-266469 When attacked, breezes sometimes stop pathfinding, jumping, or firing wind charges
• MC-266524 Breezes sometimes get the zoomies after jumping
• MC-266533 Breeze's AI has serious flaws in open terrain
• MC-266589 Armor durability is changed when swapping on creative
• MC-266628 High polling rate causing stuttering
• MC-266680 The glowing outline isn't applied to the eyes or eyebrows of breezes
• MC-266685 The entity shadows of breezes are too large in relation to the size of their models
• MC-266688 Breeze model's glowing eyes are not resource pack-friendly
• MC-266738 Subtitles string "subtitles.block.trial_spawner.spawn_mob" is misleading and inconsistent
• MC-266879 Clouds, entity hitboxes, block outlines, specially rendered blocks, and enchantment glints, render through the insides of breezes' eyes and eyebrows
• MC-266960 Bossbar text renders in front of player list background and player icons
• MC-266990 Maps with the same 'map' tag value, but different 'display' tag data can cause markers to disappear
• MC-266999 Crafter's tooltip buttons can still be visible to players on spectator mode
• MC-267193 A function with /return fail run in chat doesn't indicate failure
• MC-267194 /return run function in combination with a fork and a function that doesn't return has inconsistent behavior