Minecraft 1.20.80.22

A weapon-focused preview for Minecraft 1.20.80, released March 14, 2024. This Android APK of preview 1.20.80.22 introduces the mace - the first new weapon type added to Minecraft in years - along with the heavy core and breeze rod needed to craft it. Plus new decorative items like pottery sherds and armor trims for trial chamber enthusiasts.

The Mace - New Heavy Weapon

The star of this preview is definitely the mace, a completely new weapon type that changes how you approach combat. You craft it using a heavy core and breeze rod, and it's all about fall damage - the higher you fall before hitting your target, the stronger the blow. It's like turning gravity into a weapon.

What makes the mace really unique is that successfully striking a target while falling negates your own fall damage, similar to how wind charges work. Plus, other entities near your target get knocked back from the impact force, making it great for crowd control.

Mace Combat Features in Preview 1.20.80.22:

• Damage increases with fall distance - no height limit
• Successful hits negate fall damage to the attacker
• Knockback affects nearby enemies around the target
• Repaired with breeze rods at an anvil
• Works in combination with wind charges for aerial attacks

Heavy Core and Breeze Rod

The heavy core is described as a mysterious, dense block that you can find in trial chamber vaults. It's resistant to explosions with blast resistance matching obsidian, and it can be waterlogged. The heavy core is the key crafting ingredient for the mace.

Breeze rods are dropped by the Breeze mob and serve multiple purposes - you can craft them into 4 wind charges, or combine them with the heavy core to create the mace. This gives breezes actual value beyond just being annoying flying enemies in trial chambers.

New Decorative Content

This preview adds several cosmetic items to show off your trial chamber conquests. There are new pottery sherds with trial chamber-themed designs, plus Flow and Bolt armor trims that let everyone know you've successfully completed the trials.

Two new banner designs let you declare yourself a breeze fan, adding more customization options for decorating your base with trial chamber-themed content.

New Decorative Items in Preview 1.20.80.22:

• Flow and Bolt armor trims from trial chambers
• New pottery sherd designs with trial chamber themes
• Two new breeze-themed banner patterns
• Additional trial chamber variations and challenges

Trial Chamber Improvements

Trial chambers got expanded with new chamber types and variations, bringing more challenges to explore. The vault loot tables have been updated to address inventory management issues - you'll now get no more than 1 unstackable item per vault, and rewards are more likely to stack together.

Horse armor and saddles have been removed from the vault loot table, presumably to make room for the new items and reduce clutter.

Quality of Life Updates

The armadillo walking animation has been sped up to match Java Edition pacing. There's a fix for beds placed across chunk borders that would sometimes break or turn invisible, and reduced frame stuttering when encountering Character Creator skins in-game.

New game tips have been added to help beginners learn basic mechanics like jumping, flying, sneaking, and using crafting tables. Touch device users get a specific hint about opening their inventory.

Additional Changes in Preview 1.20.80.22:

• Faster armadillo walking animation to match Java Edition
• Fixed beds breaking across chunk borders
• Reduced stuttering with Character Creator skins
• New game tips for jumping, flying, sneaking, and crafting
• Touch device inventory hint for new players

Technical and Visual Improvements

The Deferred Technical Preview gets a new Sky Reflections feature that reflects the sky on surfaces based on their roughness properties. This only works in outdoor areas - caves, indoors, and the Nether won't show reflections.

Various technical improvements include better texture filtering for smooth LOD transitions and fixes for bone animation systems.

This preview 1.20.80.22 APK represents a significant combat evolution for Minecraft with the introduction of the mace weapon system. Combined with the decorative trial chamber items, it gives players both new gameplay mechanics and cosmetic rewards for conquering the challenging underground structures.