Minecraft Snapshot 22w14a

A Minecraft Java Snapshot

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

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Written By: Adrian Östergård
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