Minecraft 1.17.20.20 Changelog

Features and Bug Fixes 

World Settings 

• Added the "Respawn Blocks Explode" game rule, which can be used to prevent Respawn Anchors and Beds from exploding

Caves And Cliffs 

• Worlds with the Caves & Cliffs experimental toggle enabled are now more likely to have the same default world spawn position as worlds without the experiment using the same seed

Vanilla Parity 

• Monster spawning in the Nether has been changed to more closely match Java Edition  
  • There will now be a maximum of 15 to 20 mobs around the player in the Nether, instead of 30 to 40 
• Block interaction "click" sounds are now controlled by the "Blocks" volume slider 
• Swapped toggle sounds for levers so that they are now parity with Java Edition  

General 

• Fixed a bug where the contents of a Shulker Box are deleted when dyeing from the recipe tab
• Swords now break Bamboo in a single swing
• Disabled biome tinting for Spruce and Birch Leaves
• Using a Powder Snow Bucket on a Cauldron filled with Powder Snow no longer creates a new Powder Snow block
• Using a Water Bucket on a fully filled Cauldron now produces the correct sound
• Lava Buckets can now be emptied into a Cauldron filled with Lava
• Cave Vines can now be pollinated by Bees
• Enchantment Tables now emit light level 7
• The falling position of Pointed Dripstone is no longer slightly offset
• Powder Snow can now be collected with a Dispenser
• Placing a Sign on Rooted Dirt now correctly opens the text editor
• Target Blocks now conduct Redstone signals
• Message/tell commands no longer fail when cheats are not activated
• Teleporting a mob between dimensions no longer causes the mob to despawn
• Fixed offhand Shields clipping into players’ arms while in third-person perspective
• Minecart with Chest will now copy over its chest contents when pick blocked
• Soul Speed Boots can now be unequipped properly after losing durability
• Baby Goats no longer have horns
• Diamond Pickaxes found in Hoglin Stable chests are now enchanted
• Bubble Columns are now placed properly when loaded with a Structure Block

Sounds 

• Amethyst walking sounds are now affected by the "Player" audio setting  
• Deepslate walking sounds are now affected by the "Player" audio setting  
• Moss Block walking sounds are now affected by the "Player" audio setting  
• Sounds of moving in/on Powder Snow are now affected by the "Player" audio setting  
• Jumping and landing on blocks have now their sounds affected by the "Player" audio slider (No ID) 
• Dripstone drip sounds are now affected by the "Block" audio slider  
• Turtle Eggs no longer produce the Bone Meal sound when placed on Sand
• Big Dripleaf now has a distinct tilt up sound

User Interface 

• The Sign In dialog is no longer shown on a split-screen game to anyone other than the primary player on PlayStation 4  
• A debug string is no longer shown for how to open chat

Technical Updates 

Fixes 

• 'behavior.knockback_roar' now has a vertical and horizontal strength value   

Data-Driven Items 

• Added required toggle to component item documentation, and to content error  

GameTest Framework (Experimental) 

• GameTest 
  • Added helper method spawnAtLocation(location : Location) : Entity - Spawns an entity at the given Location 
  • Added helper method walkToLocation(mob : Entity, location : Location, speedModifier : number) : Commands an entity to move to the given Location 
  • Added method assertCanReachLocation(mob : Entity, location : BlockLocation, bool canReach) - Asserts that the given mob can reach the target block location 
• Events 
  • Added event World.events.beforeExplosion - Fires before an explosion occurs 
  • Added event World.events.explosion - Fires when an explosion occurs 
  • Added event World.events.explodeBlock - Fires when a block breaks due to an explosion 
  • Added event World.event.beforeActivatePiston - Fires before a piston is activated 
  • Added event World.event.activatePiston - Fires when a piston is activated 
• Block 
  • Added method getDimension() : Dimension 
• BlockPistonComponent 
  • Read-only property attachedBlocks - Returns an array containing the BlockLocation of each block attached to the piston 
  • Read-only property isMoving - Returns true if the piston is expanding or retracting 
  • Read-only property isExpanded - Returns true if the piston is fully expanded 
  • Read-only property isExpanding - Returns true if the piston is expanding 
  • Read-only property isRetracting - Returns true if the piston is retracting 
  • Read-only property isRetracted - Returns true if the piston is fully retracted