Minecraft 1.19.3 Pre-Release 2

We’re now releasing the first pre-release for Minecraft 1.19.3. This pre-release fixes a few bugs, contains a few tweaks, and it has some technical changes.

If everything goes as expected, we aim to release this version on December 6th.

Happy mining!

Edit: We've now released 1.19.3 pre-release 2.

Changes in 1.19.3 Pre-release 2

• When tabbing through buttons, tooltips are displayed above or below them
• Tooltips displayed when hovering are displayed next to the cursor
• Tooltips from focused buttons (focused by pressing tab) take priority over tooltips from hovered buttons
• Optimized some exceptionally slow cases of structure lookup
  

Fixed bugs in 1.19.3 Pre-release 2

• MC-185618 - Creepers can’t be ignited with a fire charge
• MC-187744 - “Place pack files here” hover text on pack selection screen shows everywhere when “Open pack folder” button has focus
• MC-189111 - Bees get stuck on non-full blocks
• MC-256655 - Some shorter mobs can attack Players on a Camel
• MC-257616 - The “Data Collection” button in the telemetry menu displays its hover text regardless of the position of the cursor
• MC-257636 - Villagers rarely close doors after going through them
• MC-257664 - Buttons within the list in the social interactions menu display their hover text regardless of the position of the cursor
• MC-257668 - The draft report icon isn’t present on any of the “Title Screen” buttons within the death screen when attempting to disconnect from worlds while having saved draft reports

Technical Changes in 1.19.3 Pre-Release 1

• Added new entity sub-predicate types: axolotl, boat, fox, mushroom, painting, rabbit, horse, llama, villager, parrot, tropical_fish
• fillbiome command now supports a filtered mode
• Player Heads can now contain a note_block_sound field
  • When present, this determines the sound a note block makes when the head is placed on top of it

New entity sub-predicate types

• Added new entity sub-predicates for some entity types with variants:
• axolotl
  • variant - values: lucy, wild, gold, cyan, blue
• boat
  • Works for boats, chest boats and rafts
  • variant - values: oak, spruce, birch, jungle, acacia, dark_oak, mangrove, bamboo
• fox
  • variant - values: red, snow
• mooshroom
  • variant - values: red, brown
• painting
  • variant - values: see painting_variant registry
• rabbit
  • variant - values: brown, white, black, white_splotched, gold, salt, evil
• horse
  • variant - values: white, creamy, chestnut, brown, black, gray, dark_brown
  • Markings are separate value and not matched
• llama
  • variant - values: creamy, white, brown, gray
• villager
  • variant - values: see villager_type registry
  • Also works for Zombie Villagers
  • Profession and level are separate values and not matched
• parrot
  • variant - values: red_blue, blue, green, yellow_blue, gray
• tropical_fish
  • variant - values: kob, sunstreak, snooper, dasher, brinely, spotty, flopper, stripey, glitter, blockfish, betty, clayfish

fillbiome command

Now supports a filtered form. New syntax:

fillbiome <from> <to> <biome> [replace <filter>]

New parameter:

• filter: A biome or biome tag to replace

Fixed bugs in 1.19.3 Pre-Release 1

• MC-156663 - Villager pathfinding broken in water
• MC-177596 - Weaponsmith working subtitle is “Grindstone used” instead of “Weaponsmith works”
• MC-177676 - Armorer working subtitle is “Blast Furnace crackles” instead of “Armorer works”
• MC-245697 - Certain mobs can’t get out of water that is at least two blocks deep
• MC-255133 - Extra copper ore generates in deep dark
• MC-256481 - minecraft.used:minecraft.BOOK_TYPE doesn’t increase when placing books onto chiseled bookshelves
• MC-256679 - Axolotls commonly hesitate when avoiding danger and occasionally start pathfinding in dangerous directions
• MC-256883 - Elements within the game menu are now positioned slightly lower than they were in previous versions
• MC-257341 - Vex texture does not utilize translucency
• MC-257349 - Vex does not sit in boats and minecarts properly anymore
• MC-257368 - Not a valid port error in Open to LAN doesn’t show if port is <1024
• MC-257373 - The cursor in the port number text box doesn’t blink
• MC-257374 - The word “number” isn’t capitalized in “Port number”
• MC-257386 - Inventory menu has broken textures with Programmer Art enabled
• MC-257506 - Top and bottom texture of chiseled bookshelf rotates depending on placement
• MC-257525 - Allay movement AI is broken in 22w42a+ causing them to sometimes spin mid-air
• MC-257617 - You cannot scroll with the mouse wheel on the telemetry screen after clicking the “Open my data” or “Data collection” button
• MC-257618 - The word “pair” uses the incorrect verb form within the “telemetry.event.world_loaded.description” string
• MC-257619 - Baby piglins and zombified piglins take damage when they hit their head on a block
• MC-257625 - Piglin Head placed on noteblock play the piglin angry sound instead of the piglin ambient sound
• MC-257648 - The fillbiome command can result in flickering biome colors
• MC-257658 - Sculk sensors are not activated upon taking books from chiseled bookshelves
• MC-257663 - The “Hide messages” button in the social interactions menu can now no longer be toggled due to it being executed twice upon being pressed

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.

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

Cross-platform server jar:

• Minecraft server jar

Report bugs here:

• Minecraft issue tracker!

Want to give feedback?

• For any feedback and suggestions on our upcoming 1.20 features, head over to the dedicated Feedback site category. You can also leave any other feedback on the Feedback site.  If you're feeling chatty, join us over at the official Minecraft Discord.