#snapthoughts

The major thing of note here is the new music disc provided to us by Aaron Cherof, “Relic”. I’m listening to it right now as I write this, and I gotta say, it honestly encapsulates that nostalgic feel that the original C418 tracks give me. Maybe something about the way it’s scored and the instruments? I have no idea, but still, it’s an amazing feeling. Like reliving my own past.

As for the less huge things, Mojang’s using a new font system that allows for so many more special characters! Things like Chinese symbols are now very easily able to be used, which I think opens up the door to a lot more special signs and texts! Coincides well with the recent acceptance of almost all nationalities on the QSMP.

There’s also been the addition of an entire seven new Advancements! I’ll split them up into different sections.

Starting with the three relating to the Sniffers and their prehistoric menu: Getting your hands on a Sniffer Egg gets you “Smells Interesting”, feeding Torchflower Seeds to a baby Snifflet gets you “Little Sniffs”, and planting said Torchflower Seeds gets you “Planting The Past” (This might also work for Pitcher Pods, although I didn’t test it)

The next two Advancements relate to the Sherds. Digging up a Sherd gets you “Respecting The Remnants” and crafting a pot from Sherds gets you “Careful Restoration”.

These last two relate to Armor Trims! Crafting your first Trimmed-up Armor gets you “Crafting a New Look”, and this next one is a bit more complicated. You must have every special Armor Trim (the ones with the special textures like Snout or Silence) in your inventory while crafting a Trimmed Armor piece, which results in the “Smithing with Style” Advancement.

Also, I believe there might’ve been a few changes to the Trail Ruins structures? I’m not entirely sure, honestly- Might’ve just been me seeing new things that weren’t new since I hadn’t played with them in a bit.

Sure has been a bit, huh? I wanted to group these three all together because of the somewhat similar features they all share! Even if I'm unable to pump out as many concepts like I originally made this account for- I do wanna get out Snapthoughts whenever I can!

25w02a

Firstly, and most importantly, the new pig variants! I really like the cold pig's flabby extra bits in particular, the change in model is something I appreciate and 100% makes it more unique than even the warm pig, aside from textures alone Other than the pigs, I really like the new ambience blocks introduced in this one. The falling leaves effect adds a lot of life to the forests, and the Leaf Litter does the same thing. But something I don't exactly like about Leaf Litter is how there's only a brown variant of it. I think there's a lot more you could do with Leaf Litter that showed leaves that are still alive instead of dead ones. Still a cool decoration block, though, don't get me wrong! The Wildflowers are a good example of what I mean actually- They provide amazing life to the birch forests that actually do a good job in making it feel properly alive. Another phenomenal decoration block.

25w05a

The new cows!!! Not just the cold and warm versions, but the new model with the new muzzle! I never realized how much I wanted the snout of the cow to be extended, and now that it is it looks so much more complete as a model (alongside the updated textures making it look better too). As for the new variants, I think I like cold variant more than I like the warm. To me the warm variant looks like a weirdly skinned cow, although I really like its horns compared to the warm cow. The warm cow is my favorite though because it reminds me a lot of the Wooly Cow, and anything that reminds me of Minecraft's short-lived spinoffs makes me happy. The new ambience blocks in the form of the Bush and the Firefly Bush are also AWESOME dude- The Firefly is back!! Even if in a lesser form. I'm surprised it took more than a decade and a half for something simply named "Bush" to be added to the game, so that part's a little funny. The new ambience is also another thing in this Snapshot I didn't know I needed but wholly enjoy now that it's in here. The way it works being dependent on blocks and what they're touching too (which is something I still don't fully understand tbh) is really cool and makes artificially creating it easy for certain builds people may wanna do, which is something I'm glad Mojang accounted for.

25w06a