Minecraft Snapshot 25w09a
Published February 26, 2025
New Snapshot Available
In this week's snapshot, we are bringing a long-awaited feature into parity as fallen trees are making their debut in Java Edition. Additionally, firefly bushes can now generate in mangrove swamps and rarely in badlands.
On the technical side, SNBT syntax in commands has been expanded and improved, including fixing bugs related to SNBT text components preventing escapes from working.
New Features
Fallen Trees
- Added fallen trees to be in parity with Bedrock Edition
- Fallen trees are a new decorative variant of trees
- Fallen trees come in four different wood type variants:
- Oak
- Birch
- Jungle
- Spruce
- Birch fallen trees can come in a shorter version or a longer version
- Some fallen trees can be decorated with mushroom or vines
- Fallen trees can be found in all biomes where their standing tree variant grow, except the following:
- Meadow
- Bamboo Jungle
- River
- Grove
- Flower Forest has fallen birch trees but not fallen oak trees
Changes
Leaf Litter
- Leaf Litter is now replaceable by other blocks
Firefly Bush
- The Firefly Bush can now generate near water in Mangrove Swamps and Badlands (very rarely), like other biomes with water
Get the Snapshot
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