Java Edition 15w42a

Minecraft 15w42a
Edition	Java Edition
Release date	October 14, 2015
Type	Snapshot
Snapshot for	1.9
Downloads	Client (.json); Server (.exe)
Protocol version	79
Data version	138
Resource pack format	2
Minimum Java version	Java SE 6

15w42a is the thirty-third snapshot for Java Edition 1.9, released on October 14, 2015.^[1]

Additions

Blocks

Frosted ice

Created when using "Frost Walker" enchantment.
Cannot be obtained in inventory, neither with Silk Touch, pick block nor with commands. (Can only be placed using /setblock, /fill etc.)
Despawns after a few seconds.
- Despawning takes place in four breaking stages (blockstates: age:0, age:1, age:2, age:3). Still decays with randomTickSpeed set to 0, but a higher number makes it decay faster.
- Despawns faster with a higher light level (doesn't despawn at night).

Command format

NBT format

Brewing stands
- Fuel (byte): Stores how much fuel is remaining in a brewing stand.
  - e.g. /setblock ~ ~1 ~ minecraft:brewing_stand 0 replace {Fuel:127b}.

Gameplay

Enchanting

"Treasure" enchantments.
- Can only be obtained from chest loot, fishing, or trading for enchanted books.
New treasure enchantment: Frost Walker.
- Turns water into frosted ice.
- Different tiers:
  - Level I creates a circle of frosted ice around the player with a radius of 2 blocks.
  - Each additional level adds 1 to that radius.
- Works while riding mobs.
- Doesn't turn water into frosted ice if an entity is in that spot.
- Works as long as the player is within one block above a solid block.
- Flowing water also turns into frosted ice, making one bucket of water enough to make an infinite water source.
- Cannot be combined with Depth Strider enchantment.
New treasure enchantment: Mending.
- Any experience collected while holding the item repairs it instead of going to the experience bar.
  - Mainhand, offhand, and armor slots all count as held.
  - If multiple held items have the enchantment, one is chosen at random for each XP orb collected.
  - Repairs at a rate of 2 durability per XP.
  - If the amount of repair needed is less than the value of the XP orb, the extra XP goes to the experience bar.
  - Shields cannot be enchanted with Mending using /enchant or an anvil in Survival.
    - Mending enchantment does affect the shield when using anvil in Creative or NBT commands.

General

Splashes

Added the following splashes:
- "Falling with style!"
- "There's no stopping the Trollmaso"
- "Throw yourself at the ground and miss"

Changes

Blocks

Brewing stand

Requires blaze powder to be able to use.
- One piece of blaze powder allows for 30 ingredients to be brewed in the brewing stand (tag: Fuel:30b).
  - To be exact, it removes 1 from fuel (1 blaze powder = 30 fuel) every time the player puts an ingredient in (if the player takes it out and puts it back in, it takes another fuel).
- Can be automated by putting a hopper feeding in the side of the block like water bottles.

Items

Elytra

Nerfed - the player is no longer able to go higher than where they started.
New sneaking animation.
The player can now fit through one block high gaps while gliding.
Horizontal collisions now deal damage, new death message: "Player experienced kinetic energy".

Non-mob entities

Boats

Now slightly faster than sprinting.
- This makes them similar in speed to the old boats, though with less momentum.
Players can now use items and attack immediately after they stop rowing.
All types of boats are now craftable, except for dark oak boats.^[2]

Gameplay

Anvil repairing

Renaming an item does not increase the repair cost for a future repair/rename any more.

Enchanting

Enchantments with maximum level I no longer display the level, e.g. "Infinity" rather than "Infinity I".
When multiple pieces of Thorns armor are worn, one is now chosen at random instead of always using the "bottommost" piece.

General

Players

When crouching, players are 1.65 blocks tall (versus 1.8 blocks normally).
When flying with elytra, players are now only 0.6 blocks tall.
When laying in bed, players are as tall as a 0.2 blocks cube.

Splashes

Changed "0% sugar" to "1% sugar".
Removed "SOPA means LOSER in Swedish!".

Fixes

18 issues fixed

From released versions before 1.9

MC-1565 – Silk touch and Fortune enchantments do not activate on last use.
MC-11883 – Cured zombie villagers don't keep their profession.
MC-12845 – Skeletons unable to damage the player when in a 2x1x2 area.
MC-46164 – Zombie hit animation is only when they hold an item. (Should be every time they hit).
MC-55593 – /clear won't remove items 'in hand' in the inventory screen.
MC-62485 – When using an invalid enchantment ID, /enchant says "<text> is not a valid number".
MC-81507 – Right clicking non-placeable item give wrong animation.

From the 1.8 development versions

MC-69097 – Flying into an unloaded chunk flashes random biomes.

From the 1.9 development versions

MC-83897 – Enchanted Books found in chests or fished don't have enchants.
MC-88646 – Spider Jockeys are broken - skeleton does not move.
MC-89127 – Netty Epoll Server IO #26/ERROR.
MC-90012 – Boats will paddle once when getting in for the first time.
MC-90013 – Excessively slow boats.

From the previous development version

MC-89923 – No AI mobs from natural mob spawners.
MC-89942 – Can only craft oak boats.
MC-89975 – Elytra stationary while sneaking.
MC-89988 – Nether portals causing fall damage.
MC-90099 – Player flying with elytra has incorrect hitbox.

Video

Video made by slicedlime:

Trivia

15w42a was previously removed from the launcher for some time, but was added back in September 2018.

References

Navigation

[1] ttps://web.archive.org/web/0/https://www.mojang.com/2015/10/minecraft-snapshot-15w42a/

[2] MC-90590

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