Minecraft 1.20.5 Java Edition Download
1.20.5 is a minor update for Minecraft: Java Edition that adds new content, changes some parameters, and, most importantly, fixes various bugs. The release of the game’s major version is approaching. Therefore, the update 1.20.5 offers some “Experimental” content. The update adds a new block and item, introduces an unusual monster, and changes some characteristics.
Release date for Minecraft 1.20.5: April 23, 2024
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4. Adding experimental content
New content
With the release of update 1.20.5, the game will be home to a new mob – the Armadillo. It is a passive mob that spawns in the savannah or badlands and has the same spawning rate as chickens or pigs. The Armadillo has 12 health points. This mob is very timid since the player and the undead pose a significant danger to the creature. If the player or undead approaches the Armadillo, the mob will curl up into a ball to protect itself from a potential threat. In this state, the Armadillo protects itself by a shell. Therefore, it receives less damage and sometimes doesn’t receive it during weak attacks. When curled into a defensive ball, the mob cannot move.
Although the Armadillo is harmless, spiders are afraid of it and run away when they meet it. You can breed armadillos using spider eyes. Use a leash to prevent your Armadillo from curling up when you are nearby. If the Armadillo is running away or is in water or air, it won’t curl up. If, within three seconds, the mob doesn’t detect a threat within its range, it will open up. But before that, the mob will look around carefully to confirm the safety.
The Armadillo Scute is a new item that will repeatedly drop from the mob. The drop rate of this resource is approximately the same as the rate at which a chicken lays an egg. However, a faster and more efficient way to obtain this item is using a brush by right-clicking on the Armadillo. You can get up to four scutes from one brush, after which it breaks. With no other restrictions, using this method may bring you a lot of scutes.
The update introduces this resource since you can use it to craft a beneficial item – Wolf Armor. You should place six cutes in a particular way to create it and subsequently equip a tamed wolf. The wolf armor will change the mob’s appearance and protect the mob from damage. This item will add 11 armor units, allowing your four-legged friends to become excellent defenders.
The update introduces a new command – /transfer. This command transfers the player to another server but only exists on particular servers. The command syntax is as follows: /transfer [] [], where hostname is the server hostname, the port is an integer indicating the server port number to connect to, and players are the players to transfer.
Major changes
The most significant change is related to the wolf since the developers have corrected its characteristics. The wolf has become more powerful and dangerous. So, the mob has 40 health points, although it used to have only 20. When you feed tamed wolves, you can restore twice as many of their health points. Another change is that wolves no longer take half the damage from most environmental sources as they did before. The update also changes the texture of the wolf collar.
Since the update adds a new item – the Armadillo Scute, the developers had to adjust the name of the existing resource – the Scute. This item is now called the Turtle Scute.
Some changes affect one block – the Hopper. The developers decided to improve the performance of Hoppers to make them more efficient. The Hopper will no longer try to collect resources from inside a solid block.
Another significant change is the updated interface design. The main menu will display the game world instead of dirt around the buttons. There will be a similar change in the world itself. If you go to the settings, you will find this innovation. Finally, the interface will look beautiful and stylish, fitting perfectly into the game.
Bugs fixed
The update 1.20.5 not only adds new content and makes some changes but also fixes many bugs to make the game even more comfortable. By the way, there were a lot of bugs. For example, the snowballs thrown by the snow golem didn’t cause damage to the wolves but threw them away. The update will fix that and make snow golems dangerous to wolves. In total, the update fixes 118 bugs noticed in different versions of the game.
Adding experimental content
The experimental content includes a new mob – the Bogged, or Swampy Skeleton. This skeleton has a modified appearance and some characteristics. The Bogged has less health than the skeleton – only 16 units. This mob looks bright and colorful, covered with moss and having mushrooms on its head. Unlike the skeleton, the newly added mob doesn’t live in all biomes. Therefore, you can find it in swamps and mangrove swamps.
The Swampy Skeleton’s weapon is a bow with changed characteristics. The mob will shoot a bow almost twice as slow as a skeleton. When hitting a target with his arrows, the Bogged can deal damage and impose a poisoning effect. The Bogged appears twice as rare as the skeleton. When killed, it drops a standard set of resources – bones, arrows, and sometimes even a bow and armor, if any. A new drop from the new mob is an arrow of poison.
The Breeze will also have a new drop – a wind charge. You can get four to six pieces of this resource when you kill one Breeze. You can use this item as a weapon. The wind charge doesn’t cause damage but only knocks the target back. This new item suits well as dispenser projectiles. If used manually, there is a half-second cooldown after each use.
The update adds a new block – the vault found in trial chambers. You cannot destroy this block. However, you can unlock it using a trial key. The block stores random resources such as valuable items, including emeralds, enchanted armor, weapons, and tools. After activation, the block drops all the resources one by one. You can unlock the vault only once, after which the block is useless, but you can never destroy it. The trial key will disappear after activation. Therefore, you will need a new key to unlock another vault. Simply put, a vault is a chest with a drop, but you need a key to get that drop.
In addition to introducing innovations, the experimental content will undergo some changes. These changes improve the Breeze and modify some other parameters. For example, the update replaces the trial key texture to match the new block, while the parrot can imitate bogged sounds.
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