Minecraft periodically receives massive updates that keep players coming back to the game. The next highly anticipated update, Caves and Cliffs, is one that players are eagerly waiting for. However, players don’t have to wait until the update drops to experience some of the new content in Minecraft.

Through Snapshots, devs are able to provide players with a bunch of new content while also gathering feedback from their experience in order to polish the planned update.

This week’s Snapshot, 21w13a, introduces goats to the game as well as several accessibility features and changes to Ore Distribution and Caves.

How can players download Minecraft 21w13a Snapshot for Java Edition?

To install the latest Minecraft Snapshot, players can simply follow the steps below:

Open the Minecraft Launcher. Select the “Installations” tab in the top-left corner of the screen. Toggle “Enable Snapshots” to be checked.

NEW FEATURES IN 21W13A

Added the goat!Added an accessibility option

GOAT

Goats spawn in MountainsGoats can scale the sides of mountains with their incredible jumps!Goats can be tempted and bred using WheatGoats are another source of milk!

ACCESSIBILITY

Added an alternative solid black background color for the Mojang Studios loading screen, toggleable with the “Monochrome Logo” accessibility option

CHANGES IN 21W13A

Tweaks to CavesTweaks to Ore DistributionTweaks to Powdered SnowDripstone clusters can now be found rarely in normal cavesDeepslate blobs can now be found between heights 0 and 16Axolotls and glow squids now spawn in underground water sourcesAxolotls will now always chase after and attack squids, glow squids, tropical fish, cod, salmon, pufferfish, drowned, guardians, and elder guardiansAxolotls now have a two-minute cooldown after hunting non-hostile targets such as fish, squids, etc. They will prioritize targeting hostile mobs first before hunting. Bees now see Flowering Azalea (and Flowering Azalea Leaves) as flowersAdditions to Wandering Trader and Mason tradesAdditions to chest loot tables

CAVE TWEAKS

Mineshaft tweak: increased the max length of pillars and chains. Carver tweaks: made carvers less likely to be too flat to walk through. Noise cave tweaks:Increased likelihood of megacaves (large cheese caves)Reduced likelihood of toothpick pillars (tall 1-block thin pillars)Other tweaks to make the cheese caves more varied and interesting.

ORE DISTRIBUTION TWEAKS

Slightly more ironLarger diamond blobs sometimes form

For a full list of changes and features, players can head over to the official Minecraft website, linked here.

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