Just two weeks after the release of 1.20.2, a snapshot of the next version of the Trails & Tales update has been released rather unexpectedly. The previous update was pretty massive, so most players expected it to be the final update. However, the developers decided to make some more small changes.
There is only one noticeable change in the 23w40a snapshot: the shield will now follow the direction of the player’s gaze when playing third-person. Obviously, this will allow for more accurate blocking of attacks in this view. Also, more minor technical edits have been made to the game, and the data pack version has been upgraded to 19.