SteelMC, a Minecraft server, has been released in version 0.17.0+mc26.3.

SteelMC is a Minecraft Java Edition server written in Rust that is still in the pre-alpha stage.

The new version brings TNT with explosions, spawners, the enchanting table, squids, lingering potions and roughly 29% faster chunk generation, among other things.

What’s Changed

Blocks

• Finish sign block (#757) by @AshuraVie
• feat: Add Vanilla-compatible destructive explosions and TNT by @kdcokenny
• Feat: spawner by @chocodev11
• feat: implement the enchanting table by @JosepBove

Entities

• feat(entity): implementation of squid by @quaid-perkins
• Lingering Potions by @tangjuyo
• Conduit block entity by @nobuildersnotools

Performance

• Perf/byte array identifier encoding by @Joniii11
• Faster section encoding by @Vik-Varma
• perf: optimize VarInt and VarLong encoding by @Joniii11
• perf: avoid per-entity tick allocations by @AshuraVie
• perf: batch join tab-list sync into a single CPlayerInfoUpdate by @carabistouflette
• make build time shorter for cicd profile by @JunkyDeveloper
• remove some LevelReader by @coco875
• Domain Optimizations by @Vik-Varma
• perf: ~29% faster chunk generation by @Joniii11
• perf: optimize entity spatial queries and pushing by @Joniii11

Features

• fix: emit fishing rod interaction vibrations by @AshuraVie
• fix: spawn baby offspring from eggs for non-ageable mobs by @AshuraVie
• fix: pick up nearby entities at the simulated player position by @AshuraVie
• Fix/item step sounds by @AshuraVie
• fix: play equip sounds by @AshuraVie
• fix: use vanilla’s Mth functions by @AnthonyDuong1
• Flint integration by @JunkyDeveloper
• small flint comment improvment by @JunkyDeveloper
• Build the worldgen crates for wasm32-unknown-unknown by @earomc
• now all ids needs to be implemented in steel by @JunkyDeveloper
• fix(entity): align LivingEntity hurt and death handling with vanilla by @Purdze
• feat: emit water entry splash events by @AshuraVie
• fix cargo run by @JunkyDeveloper
• remove test by @JunkyDeveloper
• Some vanilla mining speed modifiers by @nobuildersnotools
• Bed & Respawn Anchor explosions by @nobuildersnotools
• fix translated message by @Joniii11
• feat: Advancement saving and loading by @aure31
• Refactor/modding fluids by @tangjuyo
• grouping in changelog by @JunkyDeveloper
• update zip package by @JunkyDeveloper
• version bump by @JunkyDeveloper

New Contributors

• @Vik-Varma made their first contribution
• @earomc made their first contribution
• @quaid-perkins made their first contribution
• @nobuildersnotools made their first contribution
• @JosepBove made their first contribution

Source: GitHub