News - Minecraft 1.19.4 Pre-release 3
First, I’d like to announce, to those who are not aware already, the name of the 1.20 Minecraft update. Trails & Tales! Agnes explained in the Minecraft Monthly video released earlier today that this update is about worldbuilding, storytelling, and self-expression. It seems very fitting since everyone’s journey in Minecraft is different and every one of us has stories and experiences to share.
Changes in 1.19.4 Pre-release 3
Technical Changes in 1.19.4 Pre-release 3
Experimental Feature Changes in 1.19.4 Pre-release 3
Pottery Shards
Fixed Bugs in 1.19.4 Pre-release 3
Technical Changes in 1.19.4 Pre-release 2
Mob Behavior
Changes for Experimental Features in 1.19.4 Pre-release 2
Cherry Biome and Wood Set
Decorated Pot
Fixed Bugs in 1.19.4 Pre-release 2
Important note for 1.19.4 Pre-release 1
Changes in 1.19.4 Pre-release 1
Accessibility
Updated Create New World Screen
Technical Changes in 1.19.4 Pre-release 1
Resource Pack Format
Commands
Execute Positioned Over
New execute sub-command for finding positions on top of a heightmap. Changes the height of the execution position to be on top of the given heightmap. Syntax:
Heightmaps
A heightmap records the highest position in a column of blocks according to some criteria. Available options:
Changes for Experimental Features in 1.19.4 Pre-release 1
Fixed Bugs in 1.19.4 Pre-release 1
Get the Pre-Release
Pre-releases are available for Minecraft: Java Edition. To install the Pre-release, open up the Minecraft Launcher and enable snapshots in the “Installations” tab.
First, I’d like to announce, to those who are not aware already, the name of the 1.20 Minecraft update. Trails & Tales! Agnes explained in the Minecraft Monthly video released earlier today that this update is about worldbuilding, storytelling, and self-expression. It seems very fitting since everyone’s journey in Minecraft is different and every one of us has stories and experiences to share.
Changes in 1.19.4 Pre-release 3
- Potions have had their colors adjusted to make them more distinguishable from each other
Technical Changes in 1.19.4 Pre-release 3
- Pressing F3+S will now dump contents of dynamic textures (like atlases, maps, etc.) to screenshots/debug/
Experimental Feature Changes in 1.19.4 Pre-release 3
Pottery Shards
- Updated the textures of the Archer Pottery Shard based on community feedback
Fixed Bugs in 1.19.4 Pre-release 3
- MC-148458 – Ridable mobs aren’t knocked back upon death
- MC-250486 – Error saving GUI scale option when toggling fullscreen while the fullscreen resolution is changed
- MC-258561 – Endermen teleport away instead of taking damage from end crystal, TNT, and wither skull explosions
- MC-259666 – Reloading a resource pack that has a custom texture atlas for a second time causes severe FPS lag on the client
- MC-260277 – potted_cherry_sapling and potted_torchflower not part of #flower_pots block tag
- MC-260451 – Inventory character with semi-transparent outer skin layer not rendered correctly when looking right
- MC-260456 – Certain potions are still indistinguishable by color
- MC-260470 – Endermen can’t dodge arrows fired from a dispenser
- MC-260474 – Players and mobs are no longer affected by knockback upon death
- MC-260501 – Cannot delete previous snapshot world in the launcher
- MC-260579 – Crash when a guardian deals damage to itself after removing thorns from avoids_guardian_thorns
- MC-260605 – Repeating command block summoning piglins/villagers causes memory usage to constantly increase
- MC-260627 – Dolphins with passengers either accelerate to ludicrous speed or are immobilized completely
Technical Changes in 1.19.4 Pre-release 2
Mob Behavior
- Only mobs in the dismounts_underwater entity tag will now force the rider to dismount when underwater
Changes for Experimental Features in 1.19.4 Pre-release 2
Cherry Biome and Wood Set
- Updated the texture for Pink Petals
- Updated textures for the Cherry Door, Cherry Sapling, and Cherry Boat with Chest
Decorated Pot
- Updated the neck of the Decorated Pot model
- With the former pot, we decided to make the pot’s neck clip with blocks, so it would be extra flexible to build with
- However, this had some Z-fighting issues where 2 objects are in the same exact position and cause flickering
- This is prevented with the new and more complex block model
- With the former pot, we decided to make the pot’s neck clip with blocks, so it would be extra flexible to build with
Fixed Bugs in 1.19.4 Pre-release 2
- MC-137552 – Loaded crossbows look unloaded in item frames and when dropped on the ground
- MC-229293 – Casting issue: Broken blocks drop items in the wrong position at high distances
- MC-259208 – Zombie riding chicken or skeleton riding spider not considered controllers by /execute on controller command
- MC-259609 – Tooltips from selected buttons and sliders don’t disappear when expected
- MC-259831 – UI Buttons break certain resource packs as of 23w06a
- MC-259839 – Duplicated “minecraft:freeze” in damage_type tag “bypasses_armor”
- MC-259885 – Upon entering the credits screen while in F1 mode, the Minecraft: Java Edition logo does not display correctly
- MC-259961 – item_display does not take some nbt tags into account
- MC-259979 – Striders and blazes do not take five times the damage when using /damage with freeze type
- MC-260208 – Display entities in spawn chunks with interpolation_duration greater than 0 visually reset to default transformation on rejoin
- MC-260268 – Can’t scroll using arrows in the “Telemetry Data Collection” screen
- MC-260324 – Cherry Boat with Chest item texture has a misplaced pixel
- MC-260335 – Clicking with an item that is out of stock in the villager trading menu with sufficient payment will allow the purchase of the item regardless
- MC-260364 – Cherry Door inconsistent item texture
- MC-260427 – Button text is visible outside menus
- MC-260434 – There is no “Will be saved in…” text in the new world creation menu
- MC-260436 – Item Tags in 1.19.4-pre1 have extra entries
- MC-260438 – Items are not rendered in the bundle UI
- MC-260443 – Loading a snapshot 23w07a experimental world says it can be opened in “safe mode” and clicking “safe mode” does nothing
- MC-260445 – Player can climb up one block while riding a boat or raft
- MC-260461 – Water mobs cannot be ridden in water
Important note for 1.19.4 Pre-release 1
- Experimental 1.20 worlds created in the previous snapshot (23w07a) can no longer be opened in this version
Changes in 1.19.4 Pre-release 1
- The enchantment glint for items in the inventory has been made more visible
- The default value of the “Glint Strength” setting has been reduced to 75%
- Potions no longer have an enchantment glint due to it obscuring the color of the potion contents
- Added a notification system for Realms to tell you important information about your Realm
Accessibility
- Added a built-in resource pack that enhances the contrast of UI elements
- The resource pack can be enabled in the Accessibility Options screen or manually in the Resource Pack screen
- This is only available in the menus for now, but we’ll be looking to bring this to gameplay UIs in the future as well
- The resource pack can be enabled in the Accessibility Options screen or manually in the Resource Pack screen
Updated Create New World Screen
- The appearance of the tab bar in the Create New World screen has been updated
- Tabs now have unique visuals instead of being traditional buttons
- The tabs now align with the center of the screen
- The content has been aligned to the top of the screen
- Tabs now have unique visuals instead of being traditional buttons
Technical Changes in 1.19.4 Pre-release 1
- The resource pack version is now 13
- Changed the following game events:
- item_interact_finish now has a vibration frequency of 2 instead of 14
- item_interact_finish now has a vibration frequency of 2 instead of 14
- New Damage Type Tag: bypasses_cooldown – damage types with this tag bypass the regular invincibility time after taking damage
- New Entity Type Tag: fall_damage_immune – entity types with this tag do not take fall damage
Resource Pack Format
- The enchantment glint now has two separate texture files: enchanted_glint_entity.png and enchanted_glint_item.png
Commands
Execute Positioned Over
New execute sub-command for finding positions on top of a heightmap. Changes the height of the execution position to be on top of the given heightmap. Syntax:
- execute positioned over
Heightmaps
A heightmap records the highest position in a column of blocks according to some criteria. Available options:
- world_surface: Any non-air block
- motion_blocking: Any motion-blocking material (e.g. ignores flowers and grass)
- motion_blocking_no_leaves: Any non-leaf motion-blocking material
- ocean_floor: Any non-fluid motion-blocking material
Changes for Experimental Features in 1.19.4 Pre-release 1
- The Brush crafting recipe now uses a Feather, Copper Ingot, and Stick in a vertical line
- The Sniffer Spawn Egg colors have been updated
- The recipe for the Decorated Pot made of all Bricks can now be found in the Recipe Book
Fixed Bugs in 1.19.4 Pre-release 1
- MC-106484 – Some potions are indistinguishable by color
- MC-132200 – Ghost block hoppers appear if summoned by a command to the powered location
- MC-253210 – Goats will panic when receiving fall damage
- MC-253211 – Frogs will panic when receiving fall damage
- MC-256484 – Sitting camels don’t stand up and begin following players that are tempting them with their favorite food
- MC-256489 – Sitting camels that are in love don’t attempt to stand up and approach one another to breed
- MC-256731 – The sounds of camels recovering aren’t controlled by the “Friendly Creatures” sound slider
- MC-256861 – Camels panic when receiving fall damage
- MC-259192 – Server/client position desync when running /ride too fast and manually dismounting
- MC-259246 – Passengers on an ender dragon ride too high
- MC-259576 – The passenger’s riding position is too high on a phantom
- MC-259613 – Enchantment glint is hardly noticeable on some items, even when the Glint Strength is set to 100%
- MC-259630 – Camels, horses, and mules bounce high into the air when being ridden across the water
- MC-259882 – Axolotls no longer give the Regeneration effect to nearby players after they kill a mob, and do not grant “The Healing Power of Friendship!” advancement
- MC-259893 – Long texts on buttons scroll too fast
- MC-259917 – Entities immune to fall damage are damaged when using minecraft:fall damage type in /damage
- MC-259918 – Text scrolling speed isn’t accessible-friendly
- MC-259920 – The “ITEM_INTERACT_FINISH” game event overrides other game events causing several actions not to produce their intended vibration frequency
- MC-260030 – Starting data.Main for data generation crashes
- MC-260033 – Torchflowers cannot be used to craft suspicious stew
- MC-260035 – Torchflower seeds do not tempt chickens and parrots
- MC-260051 – Bees are not tempted by or attempt to pollinate Pink Petals and Torchflowers
- MC-260059 – Pigs do not seem to spawn in the Cherry Grove biome
- MC-260071 – Sniffer Digging Sounds can be heard from way too far
- MC-260089 – Sniffers panic when receiving fall damage
- MC-260092 – Sniffers’ hitboxes are too small resulting in sniffers not being rendered from certain angles despite being visible on the screen
- MC-260098 – Sniffers aren’t required for the “Two by Two” advancement
- MC-260102 – Torchflower seeds don’t contribute to the “A Seedy Place” advancement
- MC-260107 – Sniffers don’t swim properly and their walking animations freeze when in water
- MC-260109 – Sniffers do not rotate their head to look at the player
- MC-260118 – Disabling experimental features on the world creation screen causes pack validation to fail
- MC-260121 – Hoppers are ghost blocks for other players when placed on jukeboxes that are playing music
- MC-260125 – Sniffer’s head occasionally disappears
- MC-260126 – Using the pick block function on grown torchflower crop gives torchflower seeds instead of the plant item
- MC-260149 – Cherry logs can’t be used to craft campfires
- MC-260156 – The sound of the torchflower being broken after growing is different than the sound of it breaking after being placed
- MC-260157 – On existing snapshot servers, cherry grove biomes cannot be found with “/locate”, nor do they generate
- MC-260168 – Torchflower crop aren’t part of the #crops block tag
- MC-260171 – Cherry Leaves and Pink Petals aren’t part of the #flower block tag
- MC-260172 – Torchflower isn’t part of the #flowers block or item tags
- MC-260181 – Torchflower seeds are not grouped with other seeds in the creative inventory
- MC-260185 – Pink Petals aren’t insta-mined
- MC-260189 – Cherry Sapling is not part of the #saplings item tag
- MC-260191 – Cherry Leaves aren’t part of the #leaves and #complete_find_tree_tutorial item tags
- MC-260192 – You can’t make Charcoal with Cherry Logs or Wood
- MC-260193 – Cherry Logs and Wood can’t be used as fuel in furnaces
- MC-260194 – Create new world screen appears even when world is created; clicking on the button causes to freeze or crash
- MC-260195 – Cherry Logs and Wood are missing from the #log, #logs_that_burn and #complete_find_tree_tutorial item tags
- MC-260209 – breaks_decorated_pots Item Tag is in the Vanilla datapack, not 1.20
- MC-260210 – Brush Recipe is in the Vanilla datapack, not 1.20
Get the Pre-Release
Pre-releases are available for Minecraft: Java Edition. To install the Pre-release, open up the Minecraft Launcher and enable snapshots in the “Installations” tab.

