India, May 14 -- Finally, after over 15 years of player requests, Minecraft's latest snapshot can now implement a strangely important feature: crafting saddles.

Other than some new ambient music, a few movement speed tweaks, and some features that won't be in the game in the future because "no sign of moving forward" kind of idea in Minecraft, this snapshot does one more thing that changes how Mojang plans to support Minecraft going forward: Snapshot 25w20a. Released on May 13, the 25w20a Java snapshot is small but changes how you play.

Saddles have been unobtainable through crafting, only obtainable by looting chests, trading with villagers, and often fishing long enough to finally get lucky. Snapshot 25w20a finally makes it possible t...