September 28, 2024, was one of the biggest days for Minecraft as Mojang announced the Bundles of Bravery update along with several new exciting features, ranging from a creepy biome to a terrifying mob. Most importantly, Mojang confirmed that all the newly announced features will be available to fans in previews and snapshots soon.Just a few days after Minecraft Live 2024, Mojang has added Pale Garden, Creaking, and other features announced for the second game drop. Minecraft snapshot 24w40a introduces a new experimental feature called Winter Drop, which includes the Pale Garden Biome, Pale Oak Tree, and more.Let's go through the patch notes to find out what's new in Minecraft snapshot 24w40a.Minecraft snapshot 24w40a patch notesWinter DropAdded Pale Garden Biome, Pale Oak tree, Pale Moss block, Pale Moss carpet, Pale Hanging Moss and Pale Oak woodsetAdded Creaking mob, Creaking Spawn Egg and Creaking Heart blockPale GardenPale Garden is a biome variation of Dark Forest. Unique features:Pale Oaks generate herePale Moss blocks/carpet generate on the ground hereHanging Pale Moss generate hanging from the foliage of Pale OaksAnimal mobs do not spawn naturally in Pale GardensNew biome specific ambient soundsCreaking Heart block can generate in Pale OaksPale Oak TreePale Oak Leaves drop Pale Oak Saplings that can be planted in a 2x2 configuration to grow Pale Oak treesPale Oaks logs can be crafted into the Pale Oak woodset:DoorFenceFence GatePlankSignHanging SignSlabStairsTrapdoorWoodStripped LogStripped WoodButtonPressure PlateBoatBoat with ChestPale Moss BlockPale Moss block generates naturally in the Pale Garden biomePale Moss CarpetPale Moss block generates naturally in the Pale Garden biome. Unique features:When placed, Pale Moss Carpet grows up to two blocks on the solid faces of any block that borders itPale Moss Carpet can be bonemealed to grow to full on all solid faces of any block that borders itPale Hanging MossPale Hanging Moss generates naturally in the Pale Garden biome under the foliage of Pale OaksPale Hanging Moss does not grow randomly, but can be bonemealed to grow downCreaking mobThe Creaking mob spawns at night in the Pale Garden biome if there is a Creaking Heart block that has been generated in a Pale Oak tree. Gameplay features:An activated Creaking will not move if a player is looking at itCreaking is invulnerable to damageWhen hit, a particle trail is shown between the Creaking and the Creaking Heart block it is connected toWhen the Creaking Heart block the Creaking is connected to is destroyed, the Creaking is removedIs not affected by light levels but spawns and despawns based on day/night cycleCreaking cannot enter BoatsCreaking spawned from a Creaking Heart can not go through portalsThe Creaking Spawn Egg will spawn a Creaking mob that is not connected to a Creaking Heart. The Creaking mob will persist through day and night, loads and saves, and will take damage from attacks and other damage sources. It has one point of health (half a heart)Creaking summoned from the Creaking Heart cannot be spawned with a spawn egg, nor can it be summoned with commands. It can only exist as a part of the Creaking Heart blockPlayer wearing a carved pumpkin on their head can look at Creaking without it freezing in placeCreaking HeartA Creaking Heart is a “living” block generating in Pale Oak trees, covered on all sides by Pale Oak wood logs. It can spawn a Creaking mob when it is nighttime, and it is placed between two correctly aligned Pale Oak log blocks.Is active during night and dormant during daySends a trail of particles towards the connected Creaking when the Creaking gets hit by the playerWhen Creaking Heart block is destroyed, the connected Creaking is removedNew system for Pale Garden ambient soundsAmbient sounds in the Pale Garden biome do not come from the biome settings but are generated by blocks found in the biomePale Hanging Moss emits subtle atmospheric sounds when it is attached to Pale Oak Logs and Pale Oak LeavesCreaking Heart block emits a set of eerie sounds when it is active during night and surrounded by Logs on all sidesChangesBundle coloring recipes are now unlocked by Dye rather than uncolored Bundle itemShulker Box and Bundle coloring recipes no longer work when trying to apply a Dye to an item of the same colorAdded an accessibility option to make targeted block's outlines more visibleRealmsThe game mode for the last active world on a Realm will now be visible on the main Realms screen if applicableTechnical ChangesThe Data Pack version is now 56Resource Pack version is now 39Data Pack Version 56Added new particles: block_crumble and trailCommandsYou cannot ride Leash Knots, Lighting Bolts and Fishing Bobbers anymore with ride commandAdded the rotate commandrotateCommandNew command to rotate entities.Syntax:rotate <target> <rotation>rotate <target> facing <facingLocation>rotate <target> facing entity <facingTarget> [<facingAnchor>]Parameters:target: The entity to rotaterotation: Two rotation values in degrees denoting horizontal and vertial rotationMay use relative (~) coordinate notation to specify rotation relative to current context rotationfacingLocation: The coordinates of a location in the world for the rotated entity to facefacingTarget: An entity for the rotated entity to facefacingAnchor: Specifies the anchor of the facingTarget entity to rotate towards - feet or eyes (by default feet)Note: parameters have the same meaning as in the teleport command.Enchantment EffectsRenamed effect type damage_item to change_item_damage, now also supports negative amountsTagsItem Tagsgaze_disguise_equipment: Items that can be equipped to disguise the player looking for other mobsParticlesadded block_crumble particle with the following options:block_state - the block state of the block to crumbleadded trail particle with the following options:color - the color of the trailtarget - the position of the target for particle to reachResource Pack Version 39Increased to support the new experimental changesFixed bugs in Minecraft 24w40aMC-64265 - Teleporting passengers does not dismount themMC-108323 - Underlines in chat and /title command intersect each other, causing an ugly effect when fadingMC-185144 - Item durability bar and all items render incorrectly in the villager trade UIMC-272946 - The block outline is nearly invisible for some blocksMC-273848 - Players can spawn underwater again in 1.21MC-275505 - The /tp command forces a mounted entity to dismountMC-275706 - Vanilla clients can't display items with components in recipe book anymoreMC-275790 - Non-existent entries in certain tags that are not required causes validation errorMC-276005 - The text of sneaking players' name tags is rendered completely invisible or barely visible when the "Text Background Opacity" accessibility option is set to high valuesMC-276330 - Bundles no longer play a sound when being emptiedMC-276387 - Bundles can remain in the open state when using hotkeys to move them into different slotsMC-276391 - The item durability and bundle fullness bars render incorrectly when held over recipe book elementsMC-276440 - Items within bundle tooltips can be unselected by scrolling despite only one item being presentMC-276596 - Damageable horse armor with "damage_on_hurt" enabled doesn't take damage when the horse wearing it is hurtMC-276640 - Riding an entity constantly teleported with relative coordinates produces jittery camera movementMC-276651 - damage_item does not repair items when the value is negativeMC-276669 - Pausing the game spams "Trying to save removed ender pearl, skipping" to log if ender pearls have landedMC-276806 - The text of name tags behind blocks or entities is rendered completely invisible or barely visible when the "Text Background Opacity" accessibility option is set to high valuesMC-276876 - Lava cauldrons deal less damage to boats and minecarts than beforeMC-276947 - Command server output in singleplayer is printed into chatMC-276948 - Split boat entity types have capitalized 'With'MC-276949 - Old boat entity type translation keys are not deprecatedMC-276956 - Cannot access registries in container block entity "lock" fieldMC-276980 - Projectiles on the wall in the water will continue to produce bubble trailsMinecraft snapshot 24w40a is now available for download on the official Minecraft launcher. To install it, go to the Installations tab and create a New Installation. Select snapshot 24w40a as the version. If this doesn’t appear, make sure you have enabled snapshots in the Installations tab.Once you’ve installed snapshot 24w40a, create a new world and enable the Winter Drop toggle under Experiments to generate a world with new features such as the Pale Garden and the Creaking.