Snapshot 21w47a

Beta 21w47a
Release date	November 30, 2021
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◄ Beta 1.7.6_01 Beta ► Beta 1.7.7 ►►

21w46 is the seccond snapshot for BTA 1.7.7, released on November 30th, 2021, which adds in a lot of new blocks, items and balance changes

Additions

Items

• Label that allows you to name items and mobs, and stops mobs despawning
• Iron Arrow that's slower but hits harder
• Steel Bow that can be charged up before firing for more range and damage
• Spinifex Fiber, dropped by spinifex and used for crafting baskets
• Braziers that can be lit with a fire striker and put out by right-clicking with an empty hand

Armour

• Bolt boots that allow you to dash, Celeste-style, while wearing them
• Leather armour now adds extra inventory slots
• Protection is no longer tied to durability! Instead, protection strength is dependant on armour type (e.g. boots, or chestplate) and what type of armour it is (e.g. diamond or leather)
• Each armour set now has its own strengths and weaknesses
  
• Leather and chainmail currently offer weak/mid all-around protection
  
• Iron protects strongly against projectile damage, but protects less against blast damage
  
• Diamond protects strongly against melee damage, but protects less against projectile damage
  
• Steel protects strongly against blast damage, but protects less against melee damage
  

Blocks

• Baskets that collect items that fall into them and can be emptied via right-click
• Buoy, which rises in water and falls in air and can be stood on

Commands

• Added "/time freeze" and "/time unfreeze" commands

World Generation

• New "Single Biome" world setting
• New "Generator" world setting - specifies the generator to use. Supports "Overworld", "Retro", "Classic", "Flat", "Nether", "Paradise", "Biospheres"
• New "Chunk Limit" world setting for finite worlds
• New "Vanilla-ish", "Classic", and "Mega-Caves" world types
• World types can now provide defaults for the rest of the world settings
• Overgrown Grass, which looks like a full block of grass on all sides

Rendering

• Refactored block rendering

Changes

Blocks

• Dispensers can now place water and lava buckets

Commands

• "/fullbright" now visually resembles lighting in Minecraft Classic

World Generation

• Minimum cloud height is now Y=108

Spawning

• Animals now spawn on retro grass (whoops!)

Bugs

To be added.

Gallery

To be added.