New Minecraft snapshot version is: 20w14a.

NEW FEATURES IN 20W14A
  • Hoglins that somehow end up in the overworld become Zoglins fairly quickly – but who would ever bring a Hoglin to the Overworld?
  • Compasses can now be enchanted with Curse of Vanishing


ZOGLINS
  • Zoglins are zombified Hoglins – the result of bringing a Hoglin into the Overworld
  • Unlike Hoglins they can't be bred or fed, and they don't care about warped fungus
  • Beware – these beasts are raving mad and attack just about everything they see!


CHANGES IN 20W14A
  • The main menu background is now in the Nether
  • The General statistics list is now alphabetically sorted
  • Strider balancing


STRIDER BALANCING
  • Strider speed while mounted has been significantly increased to more closely resemble boat speeds
  • Warped Fungus on a Stick now has 100 max item damage, and only takes 1 damage per Strider consume
  • When Warped Fungus on a Stick is used with Striders, the boost is a great way to traverse the lava sea


TECHNICAL CHANGES IN 20W14A
  • The compass now has LodestonePos, LodestoneDimension and LodestoneTracked data fields. If LodestoneTracked is zero, the game will skip checking for a Lodestone in the specified position.
  • Attributes are now added to game registry, similar to items, sound events, etc.
  • Region files are now opened in synchronous mode to increase reliability


ATTRIBUTES
Attributes have been moved to game registry. That means few changes:
  • Items and entities will no longer keep unknown attributes
  • Names of some attributes have been renamed to meet resource location requirements


RENAMES
  • generic.maxHealth -> generic.max_health
  • zombie.spawnReinforcements -> zombie.spawn_reinforcements
  • horse.jumpStrength -> horse.jump_strength
  • generic.followRange -> generic.follow_range
  • generic.knockbackResistance -> generic.knockback_resistance
  • generic.movementSpeed -> generic.movement_speed
  • generic.flyingSpeed -> generic.flying_speed
  • generic.attackDamage -> generic.attack_damage
  • generic.attackKnockback -> generic.attack_knockback
  • generic.attackSpeed -> generic.attack_speed
  • generic.armorToughness -> generic.armor_toughness


SYNCHRONOUS WRITES
Region files are now opened in synchronous mode to prevent data loss and corruption after crash.
  • ​Dedicated servers can disable that by changing sync-chunk-writes inside server.propeties


Fixed issues:
[MC-176644] Observers don't trigger when a fence connects to a newly grown tree
[MC-176420] Lodestone compass sound is in friendly creatures option
[MC-176269] Right-clicking Lodestone with Compass also uses offhand item
[MC-176231] Compasses with custom enchantments does not display enchanted glint
[MC-176195] Many mountable mobs and vehicles can still be shot by the rider's arrows
[MC-176059] Scoreboard criteria for using compasses doesn't increase score after using a compass on a lodestone.
[MC-176052] Using a compass on a lodestone plays no hand animation
[MC-175990] Lodestone compass needle spins around quickly when the lodestone has been destroyed or is not in the same dimension
[MC-175985] Lodestone compass needle doesn't have an animation
[MC-175434] Fireworks launched from upwards-facing dispensers explode inside of the dispenser block
[MC-175201] Misrotated floor block in savanna_small_house_1, savanna_small_house_2, savanna_small_house_3 and savanna_small_house_7
[MC-174838] Target detection of fireworks is unreliable
[MC-174231] Ocelots are no longer spawning
[MC-173875] Item frames cannot be interacted with after unloading and reloading the chunk
[MC-173774] Shulker bullets do not act as a projectile
[MC-173684] Spawning under the portal when using a nether portal
[MC-173192] Fluid collision is too high
[MC-173158] Zombified Piglin's overlay texture is not rendered
[MC-172069] Piston arms are not deleted when the base of a pulsing piston is replaced with another piston
[MC-171020] New nether biomes don't work properly in buffet worlds
[MC-169975] Highlight players (spectators) key doesn't affect any players other than yourself
[MC-167608] Destroying item frames after respawning is weird
[MC-164446] Tags don't load if one of their values is invalid, causing all data packs to unload
[MC-164129] Ender dragon inner hitboxes are rendered offset by approximately 200 blocks
[MC-161128] Piston head left behind when base is quickly broken and replaced
[MC-154427] Villagers only pick up four stacks of items
[MC-133049] Compasses don't point to the correct location when in an item frame on the ground or on the ceiling
[MC-127316] General statistics out of order
[MC-125055] Igloo generates with brewing stand and flower pot contents dropped (and placed)
[MC-124428] Firework star crashes game if there's an int array but no colors
[MC-116756] Reversed and inconsistent subtitles for iron trapdoor
[MC-115750] Advancement "Monster Hunter" (kill_a_mob) is not granted for killing certain hostile mobs
[MC-109248] Extended piston head not removed when /setblock is used to place a different piston base.
[MC-91893] Missing subtitles for various sounds
[MC-83039] End City chests generate destroyed, items on the ground