What's New in Minecraft Snapshot 17w06a?

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Channel: slicedlime · 2017 · Gaming

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Today Mojang released Minecraft Snapshot 17w06a - the first snapshot of 2017 and the first snapshot for Minecraft 1.12! #minecraftemployee

slicedlime works as a Tech Lead for Minecraft at Mojang, but the YouTube and Twitch channels are personal projects run entirely in his spare time. 

Official announcement: https://minecraft.net/en-us/article/minecraft-snapshot-17w06a

Minecraft news playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEqam0f7VN8&list=PL4ZS2guXqa_jrD_9AGgzp9ZEntWkNDOsm

What's New in Minecraft 1.11? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXv1U2CbJ3o

The Minecraft JIRA (bug tracker): https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC

If you want to play this pre-release, edit your profile in the minecraft launcher and check the "use development versions (snapshots)" checkbox.  Keep in mind that snapshots are unstable - they can break your world if you are unlucky - keep backups!

Music: "Without Question" by Silencyde (http://silencyde.com) and outro music "The Fire" by Amarante (http://amarante.bandcamp.com) licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)

Changes & fixes in this snapshot:
- Glazed terracotta blocks in 16 colors, Obtainable by smelting stained clay
- Different pattern for each color

- A new set of blocks in 16 colors: Concrete powder
- Looks and falls like sand
- Turns into the new solid block when inside water
- Crafting recipe: 4 sand, 4 gravel, a dye for 8 blocks, shapeless
- A new block with 16 colors: Concrete block

- New wool, sheep and banner colors
- Updated map colors for the new color palette

- It's now easier to get the "correct" painting when placing paintings
- Paintings now take up the maximum space available to them when placed

- It's now possible to save and restore hotbar items in creative mode
- Use shift + 1/2/3/... to restore saved configurations, ctrl to save
- Reordered creative menu a bit (materials and misc merged)

- Magma blocks now burn infinitely

- Fixed activator rails ejecting 2 high mobs to the wrong spot inside of 2 high rooms

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