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Minecraft 1.14 Snapshot 19W06A

This week’s snapshot is a small one, but it brings a fancy new splash screen! Start up the snapshot and you’ll find out right away.

A full summary of the content available in this snapshot can be found in the changelog on Minecraft.net, the following is a short summary:


  • Added a new splash screen and slightly improved startup time

  • Updated LWJGL to 3.2.1

  • Particles are now broken up into individual textures rather than being in particles.png
    • This breaks resource packs right now but we’re working on a way to still be able to load old resource packs

  • Adjustments to the Wandering Trader

  • New optional tag for block items: BlockStateTag
    • Contains map of block state properties to be overwritten after block is placed (note: item model is not affected).

  • Fixed bugs

To get snapshots, open your launcher and go to the “launch options” tab. Check the box saying “Enable snapshots” and save. To switch between the snapshot and normal version, you can find a new dropdown menu next to the “Play” button. Back up your world first or run the game on in a different folder (In the “launch options” page).


Please report any and all bugs you find in Minecraft to bugs.mojang.com.


Snapshots can corrupt your world, please backup and/or run them in a different folder from your main worlds. 


Share your thoughts on how 1.14 is shaping up in the comments below!

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Minecraft 1.14 Snapshot 19W04A

Who adds Stonecutter functionality to Minecraft? We do! We do! Who fixes Java bugs day-in day-out? We do! We do!

A full summary of the content available in this snapshot can be found in the changelog on Minecraft.net, the following is a short summary:


  • Added Stonecutter functionality

  • Improved collision code (read: performance improvements)

  • Fixed bugs

STONECUTTER

  • New functional block that provides a simplier way to craft various stones (Stairs, Slabs, Chiseled, etc)

  • Crafted with 3 stone + 1 iron ingot

To get snapshots, open your launcher and go to the “launch options” tab. Check the box saying “Enable snapshots” and save. To switch between the snapshot and normal version, you can find a new dropdown menu next to the “Play” button. Back up your world first or run the game on in a different folder (In the “launch options” page).


Please report any and all bugs you find in Minecraft to bugs.mojang.com.


Snapshots can corrupt your world, please backup and/or run them in a different folder from your main worlds. 


Share your thoughts on how 1.14 is shaping up in the comments below!

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Minecraft 1.14 Snapshot 19W03A

Can you think of anything in this world that’s as exciting as the existence of compost? No. You can’t. Which is why we’ve included it in this week’s snapshot. You’re welcome!

A full summary of the content available in this snapshot can be found in the changelog on Minecraft.net, the following is a short summary:


  • Added the Compost

  • Added Barrel sounds

  • Added Grindstone sounds

  • Added Sweet Berry Bush sounds

  • Added placement and break sounds for crops and Netherwart

  • Added sounds for Blast Furnace and Smoker

  • Changed Campfire model and texture

  • Fixed bugs

COMPOST

  • Instead of eating your veggies you can make fertilizer from it!

  • Crafted with 3 planks and 4 fences.

To get snapshots, open your launcher and go to the “launch options” tab. Check the box saying “Enable snapshots” and save. To switch between the snapshot and normal version, you can find a new dropdown menu next to the “Play” button. Back up your world first or run the game on in a different folder (In the “launch options” page).


Please report any and all bugs you find in Minecraft to bugs.mojang.com.


Snapshots can corrupt your world, please backup and/or run them in a different folder from your main worlds. 


Share your thoughts on how 1.14 is shaping up in the comments below!

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Minecraft 1.14 Snapshot 19W02A

Finally, it’s time for the first snapshot of the year! While most of the Java team has been on holiday, we’ve still managed to cram some things into this snapshot such as smokingly hot Campfires, Cartography Table functionality and Lectern functionality. Enjoy!

A full summary of the content available in this snapshot can be found in the changelog on Minecraft.net, the following is a short summary:


  • Added Campfire

  • Added Cartography Table functionality

  • Added Lectern functionality

  • Performance improvements

  • Fixed bugs

  • Added teammsg command which sends a message to all players on your team

CAMPFIRES

Come one, come all, and toast your buns around the campfire!

  • Decorative fireplace without fire spread

  • Cooks up to four foods, but slowly

  • Acts as a smoke signal you can see very (VERY!) far away when a hay bale is below (hint: think note blocks!)

  • Cosy light source

  • Can be lit/unlit

CARTOGRAPHY TABLE FUNCTIONALITY

  • Fancy UI which more closely represents what the recipes actually do functionally

  • Provides an easier and simpler way of cloning, extending, and locking of maps

  • Map locking allows you to lock maps in the Cartography Table with a glass pane so that they can no longer be modified

LECTERN

Ermahgerd berks… holder… thingy?

  • Right-click empty lectern to place book

  • Right-click lectern with book to open

  • Current page is persistent and shared between all readers

  • Emits redstone pulses when page is changed

  • Use comparator to get book reading progress

To get snapshots, open your launcher and go to the “launch options” tab. Check the box saying “Enable snapshots” and save. To switch between the snapshot and normal version, you can find a new dropdown menu next to the “Play” button. Back up your world first or run the game on in a different folder (In the “launch options” page).


Please report any and all bugs you find in Minecraft to bugs.mojang.com.


Snapshots can corrupt your world, please backup and/or run them in a different folder from your main worlds. 


Share your thoughts on how 1.14 is shaping up in the comments below!

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Minecraft 1.14 Snapshot 18W50A

It’s that time of year again… You know the one, it happens every year in December and brings a tear to everybody’s eye… That’s right, it’s the last major snapshot of the year! Todays snapshot brings us a lot of cool Village related features, and we’re happy to finally get these out to you all before the year’s up. We weren’t able to finish everything we wanted, however, so we’ll see you again soon in January with even more Village & Pillage features to help test! Have a great new year, everybody!

A full summary of the content available in this snapshot can be found in the changelog on Minecraft.net, the following is a short summary:


  • Added Barrel functionality

  • Added Blast Furnace functionality

  • Added Smoker functionality

  • Added Bell sound

  • Added Jellie

  • New villages

  • Updated Villager

  • Changes to raids

  • Updated some textures

  • Fixed bugs

BARREL

  • Acts as a storage unit for all your things

  • Works in tight spaces

BLAST FURNACE

  • New furnace upgrade that allows for the smelting of ores and melting of metals faster than the traditional Furnace.

  • Can be crafted via 3 Smooth Stone, 1 Furnace, and 5 Iron Ingots.

SMOKER

  • New furnace upgrade that allows for the smelting of foods faster than the traditional Furnace.

  • Can be crafted via 4 Logs, and 1 Furnace.

VILLAGES

  • Added Taiga villages

  • Updated Desert villages

VILLAGERS

  • Villagers and Zombie Villagers now have new fancy skins

  • Added Mason profession (trades will come later)

  • Cured Zombie Villagers retain their trades

RAID CHANGES

  • Patrol captains now give 1-3 bad omen levels when killed. Outpost captains always give 1 only

  • Captains now spawn at outposts

  • Beasts start at wave 2, witches at wave 4, evoker wave 10

To get snapshots, open your launcher and go to the “launch options” tab. Check the box saying “Enable snapshots” and save. To switch between the snapshot and normal version, you can find a new dropdown menu next to the “Play” button. Back up your world first or run the game on in a different folder (In the “launch options” page).


Please report any and all bugs you find in Minecraft to bugs.mojang.com.


Snapshots can corrupt your world, please backup and/or run them in a different folder from your main worlds. 


Share your thoughts on how 1.14 is shaping up in the comments below!

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Minecraft 1.14 Snapshot 18W49A

Another week, another snapshot! Winter is getting closer and it’s getting so cold here in Stockholm that my fingers froze and snapped off while I was writing this intro (true story). Anyway, what better way to get into a festive mood than hanging out in a fancy new village in a snowy biome? If you’re not into the whole being cold and wearing thick woollen socks in the horrible outdoors thing, you can always stay inside playing Minecraft and hang out in the new updated savanna villages. If you’re hungry, grab some berries! Enjoy!

A full summary of the content available in this snapshot can be found in the changelog on Minecraft.net, the following is a short summary:


  • Updated savanna villages

  • Added snowy villages

  • Added Berry Bushes

  • Added Berries

  • Changes to raids

  • New loot table function: copy_nbt

BERRIES

  • Delicious!

  • Not very filling!

  • Plant your berries in the ground and look with your special eyes as they grow up into a strong, independent bush!

BERRY BUSHES

  • Commonly found in Taiga, Taiga Hills, and Taiga Mountains

  • Rarely found in Snowy Taiga and Snowy Taiga Hills and Snowy Taiga Mountains

  • You can stand inside them, but be careful, it will hurt to move

  • Has 4 stages of growth. Sapling, no berries, some berries, full berries

  • Drops 1-2 berries in younger stage, 2-3 in full growth stage

  • Supports bonemeal!

RAID CHANGES

  • There’s now two waves per Bad Omen level

  • Beast now has a possibility to be a part of every wave

  • You now have to complete a wave before the next one starts

To get snapshots, open your launcher and go to the “launch options” tab. Check the box saying “Enable snapshots” and save. To switch between the snapshot and normal version, you can find a new dropdown menu next to the “Play” button. Back up your world first or run the game on in a different folder (In the “launch options” page).


Please report any and all bugs you find in Minecraft to bugs.mojang.com.


Snapshots can corrupt your world, please backup and/or run them in a different folder from your main worlds. 


Share your thoughts on how 1.14 is shaping up in the comments below!

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Minecraft 1.14 Snapshot 18W48A

We’ve been doing a great job with the ‘Pillage’ part of the Village and Pillage update for a while now, which means it’s time for the ‘Village’ part. So today the first village of the Village and Pillage update gets a makeover!

A full summary of the content available in this snapshot can be found in the changelog on Minecraft.net, the following is a short summary:


  • Added Grindstone functionality

  • Updated plains villages

GRINDSTONE

  • Moved inventory/crafting table repairing into the Grindstone, this will be its new home

  • Has the ability to remove all non-curse enchantments from an item; for each enchant removed some XP is reimbursed

UPDATED PLAINS VILLAGES

  • The plains villages have got an updated look

  • The new look is adapted to the Plains biome, both when it comes to climate and to available resources

  • Uses the mysterious Jigsaw block for generation

  • Adds new structure files, quite a lot actually

DEDICATED SERVER

SERVER.PROPERTIES

  • difficulty and gamemode settings now accept string names (integer values are still allowed as legacy option)

  • Server will exit faster if eula.txt is not set

COMMAND LINE

  • Added new option --help. Not going to tell you what it does.

  • New command line option initSettings initializes eula.txt and server.properties with defaults, then exits

To get snapshots, open your launcher and go to the “launch options” tab. Check the box saying “Enable snapshots” and save. To switch between the snapshot and normal version, you can find a new dropdown menu next to the “Play” button. Back up your world first or run the game on in a different folder (In the “launch options” page).


Please report any and all bugs you find in Minecraft to bugs.mojang.com.


Snapshots can corrupt your world, please backup and/or run them in a different folder from your main worlds. 


Share your thoughts on how 1.14 is shaping up in the comments below!

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Minecraft 1.14 Snapshot 18W47A

Todays snapshot is nice and peaceful. We’ve gone and fixed some bugs, cleaned up so much code, nothing can go wr███████████████ … Oh no…

A full summary of the content available in this snapshot can be found in the changelog on Minecraft.net, the following is a short summary:


  • Added Pillager Outpost

  • Added Raids

  • Changed some block textures based on feedback

PILLAGER OUTPOST

  • As if finding Pillagers out in the wild wasn’t scary enough with Patrols, keep an eye out as out on your exploration you may just find an outpost of theirs.

  • Can be found in any biome a village can be generated.

  • Takes advantage of our new mystery block, the Jigsaw, for generation.

RAIDS

  • If you find an illager wearing a banner on its head, be careful not to kill it!

  • If you do kill it, you might find yourself facing a Bad Omen

  • If you find yourself facing a Bad Omen, be especially careful not to walk into a village

  • If you do walk into a village…good luck

  • MC-139374 – Leashes spazzing out

  • MC-138797 – Eating block entities makes lava particles

  • MC-138075 – Dying Shulker Boxes Doesnt work

  • MC-137819 – Shulker boxes cannot be dyed, resulting in duplication

To get snapshots, open your launcher and go to the “launch options” tab. Check the box saying “Enable snapshots” and save. To switch between the snapshot and normal version, you can find a new dropdown menu next to the “Play” button. Back up your world first or run the game on in a different folder (In the “launch options” page).


Please report any and all bugs you find in Minecraft to bugs.mojang.com.


Snapshots can corrupt your world, please backup and/or run them in a different folder from your main worlds. 


Share your thoughts on how 1.14 is shaping up in the comments below!

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Minecraft 1.14 Snapshot 18W46A

Here in Stockholm, the nights are getting so long that we’ve all long forgotten what the sun looks like. It’s square, right? Anyway, at least navigating Minecraft at night should be easier now we’ve added lanterns!

A full summary of the content available in this snapshot can be found in the changelog on Minecraft.net, the following is a short summary:


  • Added the lantern

  • Improved Pillager AI

  • Changes to Illager Patrols

  • Increased the distance scaffolding can extend before it falls

LANTERN

Wait?! What? Another new block!?

  • The lantern is a new light source

  • The lantern can be placed either hanging under a block or on top of a block

  • It gives slightly more light than the torch

ILLAGER PATROL

  • Now spawns in the world as a pack of 5 random illagers

  • Removed the “Illager Beast” from patrols

  • Added support for directional opacity of blocks (used by slabs, stairs, snow layers, non-full-block dirt-related blocks and extended piston base blocks)

  • Removed option to turn off VBO in the game settings. VBO are now always used.

To get snapshots, open your launcher and go to the “launch options” tab. Check the box saying “Enable snapshots” and save. To switch between the snapshot and normal version, you can find a new dropdown menu next to the “Play” button. Back up your world first or run the game on in a different folder (In the “launch options” page).


Please report any and all bugs you find in Minecraft to bugs.mojang.com.


Snapshots can corrupt your world, please backup and/or run them in a different folder from your main worlds. 


Share your thoughts on how 1.14 is shaping up in the comments below!

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Minecraft 1.14 Snapshot 18W45A

It’s been a very busy week here at Mojang, but we’ve managed to finish off two more features in time for the snapshot. Don’t worry – there’s still lots more to come!

A full summary of the content available in this snapshot can be found in the changelog on Minecraft.net, the following is a short summary:


  • Added Illager Patrols

  • Added scaffolding

  • Rewrote the sign editing to be more intuitive

  • Performance improvements & bug fixes!

ILLAGER PATROLS

  • Spawn in the world as a pack of 5 mobs consisting of an Illager beast and 4 random other illagers.

  • Spawn in all variations of the Plains, Taiga, Deserts, Savanna.

  • Scary-spooky new banner can be found a top the patrol leaders head.

REWRITE OF SIGN EDITING

The pen is mightier than the sword! Unless you’re fighting a Pillager…

  • Movable cursor for free text editing

  • Selection support

  • Copy & Paste

SCAFFOLDING

Here to make your life easy! No strings attached.

  • Easily buildable

  • Easily destroyable

  • Easily climbable

  • Easily the best use of your Bamboo

To get snapshots, open your launcher and go to the “launch options” tab. Check the box saying “Enable snapshots” and save. To switch between the snapshot and normal version, you can find a new dropdown menu next to the “Play” button. Back up your world first or run the game on in a different folder (In the “launch options” page).


Please report any and all bugs you find in Minecraft to bugs.mojang.com.


Snapshots can corrupt your world, please backup and/or run them in a different folder from your main worlds. 


Share your thoughts on how 1.14 is shaping up in the comments below!