Wednesday April 6,2022

Mangrove trees! Warm Frogs! Mud blocks! More mangrove trees! Today, we’re happy to bring you the most mud-tastic Java snapshot to date!

Sure, it might be our only mud-tastic snapshot to date – but the important thing is that our new biome, mangrove swamp, now is available for testing, along with nitty-gritty features like the recovery compass and other, more technical tidbits.

Enjoy!

New Features in 22w14a

• Added Clay renewability

• Added Mangrove Trees

• Added Mangrove Swamp biome

• Added Echo Shard and ? ? ?Recovery Compass

Clay renewability

• Placing Mud above a block ? ? ?that has Pointed Dripstone underneath will eventually turn the mud block ? ? ?into Clay

Mangrove trees

Introducing a new type of water-adapted tree that spawns propped up on roots

• Have a chance of spawning ? ? ?a Bee Nest

• Grows from Mangrove ? ? ?Propagules

Mangrove Swamp

Muddy! Murky! Magnificent! Welcome to the newest biome - the Mangrove Swamp

• Located in warmer, more ? ? ?humid places where you'd normally find the Swamp biome in Minecraft

• Here you can find Bees ? ? ?and Warm Frogs

• The floor of this biome ? ? ?is coated with a thick layer of Mud, so be sure to pack your best boots

• Have a nice boat ride ? ? ?under and around the larger-than-life roots of mangrove trees

Recovery Compass

A new Recovery Compass can be crafted with Echo Shards which can only be found and are unique to Ancient City chests

• Unlike a normal Compass, ? ? ?the Recovery Compass will point to the last place you died

• If you are not in the ? ? ?dimension you last died, or you haven't died yet in your world, it will ? ? ?randomly spin

• It can be crafted with 1 ? ? ?Compass surrounded by 8 Echo Shards, which can be found in Ancient Cities

Changes in 22w14a

• The Warden will now get ? ? ?angry at ALL living mobs that bump into it, not just players

Technical Changes in 22w14a

• CatType?fields on enitites ? ? ?with type?minecraft:cat?have been replaced with?variant, with numeric values ? ? ?being replaced with string ids (so, for example,?5?becomes?minecraft:calico)

• Some mutually exclusive ? ? ?tests in entity predicate (player,?fishing_hook,?lightning_bolt?and?catType) have been collapsed ? ? ?to?type_specific?field

• Added?item_delivered_to_player?advancement trigger

• Added?allay_drop_item_on_block?advancement trigger

Predicates

Entity predicate

• player,?fishing_hook,?lightning_bolt?and?catType?fields have been ? ? ?replaced with?type_specific

• type_specific?has field?type?(one of?player,?fishing_hook,?lightning_bolt?or?cat) and same fields as ? ? ?removed fields

• Example:

• Before:

·??????? ?"lightning_bolt": {

·??????? ???"blocks_set_on_fire": 0

·??????? ?}

• After

·??????? ??"type_specific": {

·??????? ????"type": "lightning",

·??????? ????"blocks_set_on_fire": 0

·??????? ??}

• catType?has been wrapped to ? ? ?match new format and now uses new cat variant names instead of texture ? ? ?names:

• Before

·??????? ?"catType": "minecraft:textures/entity/cat/british_shorthair.png"

• After

·??????? ?"type_specific": {

·??????? ????"type": "cat",

·??????? ????"variant": "minecraft:british"

·??????? ?}

• New?type_specific?options:

• Frog?has?variant?field matching ? ? ? Frog variant (minecraft:warm,?minecraft:temperate?or?minecraft:cold)

• slime?applies for slimes ? ? ? and magma creams, has?size?field matching slime size (smallest is?1)

Advancements

• Removed field?location?from triggers?location,?slept_in_bed,?hero_of_the_village?and?voluntary_exile?- it was handled ? ? ?exactly the same as?player.location

New triggers

item_delivered_to_player

• Triggered when an allay ? ? ?delivers an item to a player

• Conditions:

• player?- a player for ? ? ? which this trigger runs

allay_drop_item_on_block

• Triggered when an allay ? ? ?drops an item on a block

• Conditions:

• player?- a player for ? ? ? which this trigger runs

• location?- a predicate for ? ? ? the block that the item was dropped on

• item?- a predicate for ? ? ? the item that was dropped

Fixed bugs in 22w14a

• MC-207289?Sculk sensor wool ? ? ?occlusion has directional bias

• MC-207635?Sculk sensors react ? ? ?differently to wool occlusion depending on the global direction.

• MC-249075?Sculk shrieker isn't ? ? ?grouped with other sculk related blocks in the decorations tab of creative ? ? ?inventory

• MC-249122?block.sculk_catalyst.bloom ? ? ?has no subtitle

• MC-249254?Frogs eating named ? ? ?slimes or magma cubes isn't logged in console

• MC-249384?Warden can create Light, ? ? ?barriers or structure voids particles when digging

• MC-249386?The entity shadows of ? ? ?wardens are too small in relation to the size of their models

• MC-249387?Warden's digging sound ? ? ?is the same as its emerging sound

• MC-249400?The vertical movement of ? ? ?wardens when they're in liquids is too sensitive

• MC-249401?Warden spawn egg isn't ? ? ?alphabetized correctly

• MC-249415?Wardens won't pathfind ? ? ?through lava even though they're immune to it

• MC-249422?Some subtitles relating ? ? ?to the warden don't contain possessive apostrophes where appropriate

• MC-249426?Angered wardens play the ? ? ?"warden takes notice angrily" sound when hit in survival on top ? ? ?of their hurt sound

• MC-249430?Wardens remember players ? ? ?in creative mode

• MC-249434?The warden indefinitely ? ? ?roars when attacked by multiple entities

• MC-249445?Activated sculk ? ? ?shriekers fail to summon the warden when broken

• MC-249447?Activated sculk ? ? ?shriekers fail to summon the warden if you run away

• MC-249451?Warden doesn't appear in ? ? ?spawner

• MC-249455?"Not a string" ? ? ?appears in log when serializing angered Warden

• MC-249473?Some Warden sounds play ? ? ?in Peaceful difficulty

• MC-249476?Warden can spawn in ? ? ?water

• MC-249479?Wardens will attack ? ? ?their teammates

• MC-249499?Warden summoned with ? ? ?'Silent' tag still plays heartbeat sounds

• MC-249504?The sounds of wardens ? ? ?groaning angrily aren't controlled by the "Hostile Creatures" ? ? ?sound slider

• MC-249509?Warden is invisible for ? ? ?a split second when spawned in by spawner or spawn egg

• MC-249517?Warden doesn't detect ? ? ?non-player mobs colliding with them

• MC-249526?Sculk shriekers are not ? ? ?activated when the player is riding something

• MC-249530?Warden's hitbox shows up ? ? ?in peaceful difficulty

• MC-249531?Warden indefinitely roars ? ? ?when the attack target is invulnerable

• MC-249646?The warden sniffs ? ? ?excessively after killing a mob

• MC-249659?Sculk Catalyst and Sculk ? ? ?Veins only drop when broken by Silk Touch hoe

• MC-249664?Warden despawns when far ? ? ?away

• MC-249674?Wardens forget their ? ? ?targets on world reload

• MC-249712?Server hangs and game ? ? ?stops responding when loading a chunk containing a structure with an allay

• MC-249714?Z-fighting can be seen ? ? ?on the wings of allays during their death animation

• MC-249720?Allay's wings are not ? ? ?attached to its body

• MC-249727?Wardens stop sensing ? ? ?vibrations after world reload

• MC-249728?Lava can generate in ? ? ?ancient cities and burn wool/make structures fly

• MC-249729?Z-fighting can be seen ? ? ?on the underside of allays' heads

• MC-249751?Warden UV overlapping

• MC-249758?Z-fighting can be seen ? ? ?when the arms of allays intersect their bodies

• MC-249761?Trapdoor of Ice Box in ? ? ?Ancient Cities is by default open

• MC-249764?Second lamp in the ? ? ?centres of ancient cities is missing its sculk sensor

• MC-249768?entrance_path_5 can ? ? ?never generate

• MC-249769?Unused structures in ? ? ?ancient cities

• MC-249780?Blocks that require ? ? ?support can generate floating in ancient cities

• MC-249785?Warden can be pushed ? ? ?when emerging and digging

• MC-249800?Eating doesn't activate ? ? ?redstone door in the Ancient City center

• MC-249816?Wardens hitbox doesn't ? ? ?adjust when emerging and digging

Feedback

Report bugs here:?Minecraft issue tracker

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