Minecraft 20w48a: stalagmites and stalactites joined, waited 9 years! Lava eventually becomes a renewable resource

that made people wait for 9 years is realized: magma is finally reproducible in "Minecraft" 1.17! And this feature comes from the snapshot 20w48a just released!

Have you noticed a strange thing? The version number of the 1.17JAVA version of "Minecraft" released by Mojang this time jumped directly from 20w46a to 20w48a? So where did 47a go? It seems that Mojang wants to pretend that nothing happened, so that everyone can forget the fact that no snapshots were issued last week?

Well, this is just a naming episode. Let's get back to business and talk about the new content brought by this version of the snapshot.

New content 1: Stalagmites, stalactites (Pointed Dripstone)

Why can the English name of "Minecraft" "Pointed Dripstone" replace two items? I believe this is a question of many people, so let's first talk about the difference between stalagmites and stalactites. Essentially, stalagmites and stalactites are the same thing.

Stalagmite: It is a kind of sharp cone that is generated on the ground from bottom to top.

stalactite: Also known as stalactite, it is often used to indicate a dripping cone that is formed from top to bottom.

stone pillar: refers to the formation of stalagmites and stalactites connected together.

But in fact, stalactite is a relatively broad concept, it is a general term including stalagmites, stalactites, stone pillars and other different calcium carbonate deposits.

So in Minecraft, when we place a stalactite (Pointed Dripstone) on the ground, it is a stalagmite, and the stalactite grows upside down on the top of the cave, and the connected ones are called stone pillars. But at the same time they can be collectively referred to as stalactites.

Regardless of the type of stalactite, it takes tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of years to form a spectacle in the real world. New content of

2: The characteristics of stalagmites

How to get stalagmites? The

stalagmite is a block that grows at the bottom of the cave. Only in the 20w48a snapshot version, no matter what tools, objects, or even empty hands can smash a stalagmite in a complete state. Of course, removing the growth block under the stalagmite can also cause the stalagmite to fall.

Stalagmites will hurt!

Stalagmite is a sharp object, its presence will make you fall on the stalagmite twice as much damage. After testing at a distance of 6 blocks from the stalagmite, Steve's blood volume as high as 20 can be "coned to death" alive!

This makes us full of inspiration to create a trigger trap in mc. Use submersible plants to detect vibration and sound. Once a monster approaches, the trap is activated and the monster is killed by a stalagmite!

new content three: the characteristics of stalactites

stalactites are also painful to fall;

stalactites hanging on the ceiling of the cave will not automatically fall in 20w48a. Unless the block to which the stalactite is attached is destroyed, the stalactite begins to fall freely, piercing the creature below it. This is not as simple as it hurts, it is easy to kill a zombie!

dripping;

stalactites will start dripping without any water cubes. After testing, this kind of dripping water cannot be filled in the cauldron. However, according to the previously announced characteristics, this kind of dripping can be collected by the cauldron. Therefore, it is difficult to determine the characteristics of dripping in the future.

drops lava;

says the important thing three times: lava can be regenerated! Lava can be regenerated! Lava can be regenerated!

This is the biggest highlight of this snapshot. When there is a source of magma above the stalactite, its low lava will gradually fill the entire cauldron! This feature also benefits from the addition of lava cauldrons. And the last time magma can be regenerated was 9 years ago!

New Content 4: Stalactite Block (Dripstone Block)

This is a block of completely stalactite material, which will be used in the real stalactite cave of "Minecraft" in the future. In the future, it should be accompanied by stalactites. But just for this version of the snapshot, it currently does not have any generation and synthesis logic, and can only be obtained in the creative mode.

behave like the "mother rock" of amethyst in the future. Only on this block can stalactites grow due to "dripping water"?