Java Edition 23w14a

Minecraft 23w14a
Edition	Java Edition
Release date	April 5, 2023
Type	Snapshot
Snapshot for	1.20
Downloads	Client (.json); Server
Obfuscation maps	Client; Server
Protocol version	dec: 1073741954; hex: 40000082
Data version	3445
Resource pack format	14
Data pack format	13
Minimum Java version	Java SE 17

23w14a is the third snapshot for Java Edition 1.20, released on April 5, 2023,^[1] which changes the logo and panorama and fixes bugs.

Additions

General

Tags

Added enchantment_power_provider block tag.
- Contains bookshelf.
Added enchantment_power_transmitter block tag.
- Contains #replaceable.
- Contains blocks that do not invalidate enchanting bonuses when placed between a enchanting table and bookshelves.
Added replaceable block tag.
- Contains air, water, lava, grass, fern, dead_bush, seagrass, tall_seagrass, fire, soul_fire, snow, vine, glow_lichen, light, sunflower, lilac, rose_bush, peony, tall_grass, large_fern, structure_void, void_air, cave_air, bubble_column, warped_roots, nether_sprouts, crimson_roots, and hanging_roots.
- Contains blocks on which another block can be placed
Added replaceable_by_trees block tag.
- Contains #leaves, grass, fern, dead_bush, vine, glow_lichen, sunflower, lilac, rose_bush, peony, tall_grass, large_fern, hanging_roots, pitcher_plant, water, seagrass, tall_seagrass, warped_roots, nether_sprouts, and crimson_roots.
- Contains changeable blocks that growing trees can replace.
Added sword_efficient block tag.
- Contains #leaves, #saplings, #small_flowers, #crops, grass, fern, dead_bush, vine, glow_lichen, sunflower, lilac, rose_bush, peony, tall_grass, large_fern, hanging_roots, pitcher_plant, brown_mushroom, red_mushroom, sugar_cane, pumpkin, carved_pumpkin, jack_o_lantern, melon, attached_pumpkin_stem, attached_melon_stem, lily_pad, cocoa, pitcher_crop, sweet_berry_bush, cave_vines, cave_vines_plant, spore_blossom, moss_carpet, pink_petals, big_dripleaf, big_dripleaf_stem, small_dripleaf, nether_wart, warped_fungus, warped_roots, nether_sprouts, crimson_fungus, weeping_vines, weeping_vines_plant, twisting_vines, twisting_vines_plant, crimson_roots, chorus_plant, and chorus_flower.
- Contains blocks that break faster with a sword.

Changes

Blocks

Block of amethyst

Sculk shriekers and wardens are now triggered by vibrations emitted by a resonating amethyst block.
Added to the "Redstone Blocks" tab in the creative inventory.

Buttons

Changed their UV texture map.

Calibrated sculk sensor

Now glows when it triggers, just like a regular sculk sensor.
Now detects vibrations up to 16 blocks radius instead of 8 blocks.
Now has a 1 second active cooldown instead of 2 seconds.
Now accepts signals into the calibration input side more consistently with other Redstone components.
- For example, signals can now be received through a block.
Default redstone output has been modified to be more reliable for distance calculations.
Now strongly powers the block they are placed on.
Can now be activated by sniffers digging.

Decorated pot

Now can be waterlogged normally.

Enchanting table

A replaceable block between them and bookshelves no longer invalidates bonuses.

Hopper

Changed the texture of bottom.

Large chest and large trapped chest

Slightly changed their texture.

Pitcher plant and pitcher crop

Can now be destroyed by ravagers.
Their hitbox now changes according to their age.
Moved near other large plants in the creative inventory.
Can now be crafted into two cyan dye instead of one.

Sculk sensor

Default redstone output has been modified to be more reliable for distance calculations.
Now strongly powers the block they are placed on.
Can now be activated by sniffers digging.

Sculk shrieker

Scream sounds are no longer heard if block is waterlogged.
Added to the "Redstone Blocks" tab in the creative inventory.

Signs

Signs with click commands can now be interacted with, even if the sign is not waxed.
Signs with non-text chat components can no longer be edited, even if the sign is not waxed.
Now save text even if the edit screen is closed by the player being moved far away.

Suspicious gravel

Now has an assigned tool (shovel).
Can now have bamboo planted on it.

Suspicious sand

Now has an assigned tool (shovel).
Can now have cacti and sugar cane planted on it.
Can no longer be replaced by sculk when a sculk catalyst triggers.

Torchflower

Moved near other small flowers in the creative inventory.

Items

Brush

The brushing sound is now controlled by the "Blocks" sound slider instead of the "Players" sound slider.

Torchflower seeds

Can now be picked up by farmer villagers.

Mobs

Sniffer

Can now be tempted using torchflower seeds.
If it has a given name, it now appears in the correct place.
- Previously the name tag appeared in the model.
Can now dig mud.
Now emits a sound when laying a sniffer egg.
Snifflets scenting sounds now use a pitched volume like the other baby mobs.

Villager

Slightly changed the texture of desert villagers' arms and sandals.

Zombie villager

Changed the texture of desert zombie villagers' arms.

World generation

Desert pyramid

Suspicious sand is now visible on the top layer of the newly added room.

General

Loot tables

Added new loot table function called reference.
- New function reference allows functions to call sub-functions (similar to reference condition).
- Fields: name - location of function to call.

Resource pack

The pack format version is now 14.
- Updated the sprite layout of minecraft.png.
- Removed the overriding minecraft.png from the "Programmer Art" resource pack.
- Updated the sprite layout of invite_icon.png.

Tags

Added suspicious gravel to the #bamboo_plantable_on and #overworld_carver_replaceables block tags.
Added suspicious gravel and suspicious sand to the #mineable/shovel block tag.
Removed the #sand block tag from the #sculk_replaceable block tag, replacing it with sand, and red_sand.
Removed replaceable_plants in favor of replaceable_by_trees.

Title screen

The panorama was changed to showcase a cherry grove biome.
The Minecraft logo was changed.
- Made "Java Edition" text bigger.
- Made "Minecraft" text smaller.
The Minceraft easter egg now has its own logo texture.
The format of the invite icon was slightly changed.
The Minecraft Realms logo was changed.

Other

Removed the server & port arguments as their functionality has been replaced by Quick Play.
Added support for four new command line arguments that allow the game to be launched directly into a world.
quickPlayPath takes a specified path for logging (relative to the run directory).
- If a path is provided, the following is logged upon joining a world:
  - type: is either singleplayer, multiplayer, or realms.
  - identifier: represents the world player wants to join.
    - For singleplayer, the folder name of the world.
    - For multiplayer, the IP address of the server.
    - For realms, the Realms ID.
  - port: The server port, only logged for multiplayer.
  - name: The name of the world.
  - gamemode: The gamemode of the world.
  - lastPlayedTime: The time player joined the world.
- Example:
  - --quickPlayPath "quickPlay/log.json" resolves into .minecraft/quickPlay/log.json
quickPlaySingleplayer, quickPlayMultiplayer and quickPlayRealms all take their respective identifier.
- If one of these arguments is provided, the game tries to launch directly into the given world.
- Examples:
  - --quickPlaySingleplayer "New World"
  - --quickPlayMultiplayer "localhost:25565"
  - --quickPlayRealms "1234"

Fixes

82 issues fixed

From released versions before 1.20

MC-2474 – Transparent blocks placed between bookshelves and enchanting tables negate bonuses received from bookshelves.
MC-58961 – Back button and kick message can overlap.
MC-138358 – Levers on top of item frames Z-fighting with blocks in item frames.
MC-155084 – Horses' armor, reins, and bridles experience z-fighting.
MC-165773 – /execute run does not cause syntax error when arguments are missing.
MC-176309 – Illusioner has a few misplaced pixels left in their texture.
MC-203399 – Hoppers use the side texture on the bottom.
MC-203406 – Kelp and seagrass models appear to reference biome tints despite not using any.
MC-212271 – Glow squid and squid show Z-fighting.
MC-212892 – Right-clicking a non-glowing sign using an ink sac (or vice versa) doesn't fire the clickEvent.
MC-224433 – Clouds texture contains semi-transparent background.
MC-224648 – Pressed buttons placed on painting can cause z-fighting.
MC-230792 – Cat's tail shows Z-Fighting.
MC-236117 – Music disc texture isn't centered properly.
MC-237556 – Legs of black cat model are white at the top.
MC-241314 – Filled cauldrons' bottom faces are still culled when they should not be.
MC-241347 – Purple glazed terracotta still uses old sword design.
MC-241850 – Miscolored pixels on double chest.
MC-246459 – Drowned have some transparent pixels within their inner body texture.
MC-249047 – The minecraft:ui.button.click sound isn't played when joining realms through double-clicking on them.
MC-249514 – Button UV appears to be upside-down.
MC-251536 – Desert zombie villager feet still mismatch the sides of the feet.
MC-251537 – Desert (zombie) villager has solid-color on inner of arm, unlike other villagers.
MC-251538 – Desert villager missing some pixels for the sandals.
MC-252099 – Incorrect texture mapping in potted mangrove propagule (mirror effect).
MC-254588 – Miscolored pixel on slowness effect icon.
MC-256419 – Incomplete commands run through aliases don't produce errors.
MC-256540 – The top texture of the camel's front left leg contains some redundant gray pixels.
MC-256688 – Birch wall hanging sign uses "snare" instrument when placed under note block, instead of "bass" as other hanging signs.
MC-258939 – Non-atomic cached state can cause multithreaded crashes.
MC-259574 – Crash trading with a custom villager: java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "cdp.S_()" because the return value of "cdt.c()" is null.
MC-259873 – Skeleton/Zombie Horse's chests are outdated.
MC-260036 – Can't plant cactus and sugar cane on suspicious sand.
MC-260042 – Cannot waterlog a decorated pot by using a water bucket or dispenser.
MC-260105 – The name tags of sniffers are partly inside their models.
MC-260152 – Sculk sensors are not activated by sniffers digging.
MC-260202 – The sound of using the brush isn't affected by blocks.
MC-260233 – Suspicious Sand has no assigned tool.
MC-260240 – Sniffers that are in love sometimes don't attempt to approach one another to breed.
MC-260347 – Falling suspicious sand does not break when reopening the world.
MC-260348 – Sniffers will never dig in normal mud despite being a "sniffer_diggable" block.
MC-260401 – When Brush is broken in offhand, the broken Particle is the Item in mainhand.
MC-260459 – Baby sniffers don't sound high pitched when sniffing.
MC-260467 – Torchflower is not grouped with other small flowers in the creative inventory.
MC-260478 – Torchflower crop hitboxes don't change in size according to their age.
MC-260527 – The coordinates of the sniffer "minecraft:sniffer_explored_positions" tag do not check the dimension.
MC-260778 – Sniffer tries to sniff out blocks outside the world border.
MC-260779 – Sniffers can dig into blocks outside the world border.
MC-260810 – Villagers can't pick up torchflower seeds, despite being able to farm torchflowers.
MC-260992 – Cannot return to title screen from Realms screen (except using ESC).
MC-261020 – Double-clicking on a Realm to join it no longer works.
MC-261029 – Progress bar for uploading a world to Realms is much larger than normal.
MC-261487 – Z-fighting occurs on the backs of sniffers' heads.

From the 1.20 development versions

MC-261167 – Suspicious gravel does not have an assigned tool.
MC-261171 – You can't plant bamboo on suspicious gravel.
MC-261172 – Pitcher crop hitboxes don't change in size according to their age.
MC-261174 – Suspicious gravel is not part of the #overworld_carver_replaceables tag, causing carvers to not cut through it.
MC-261176 – Pitchers don't maintain the farmland used to grow it.
MC-261179 – Attempting to interact with a waxed sign plays a sound but displays no subtitle.
MC-261183 – Sniffer egg sound events are listed under "entity" instead of "block".
MC-261186 – Entities don't recognize sniffer eggs as obstacles when pathfinding.
MC-261187 – Entities will often spin while pathfinding on top of sniffer eggs.
MC-261189 – Inconsistent naming of block states for sniffer and turtle eggs.
MC-261196 – Torchflowers and pitcher plants can't burn.
MC-261197 – Players can edit signs in adventure mode.
MC-261198 – Calibrated sculk sensors don't glow like original sculk sensors.
MC-261201 – Pitcher plant can be replaced by the use of placed blocks, which is not consistent with other tall flowers.
MC-261208 – Pitcher Plant has unused bottom texture.
MC-261222 – Unsneaking while standing still for a long time or after moving while sneaking triggers sculk sensor.
MC-261226 – Calibrated sculk sensors have to be 'hard' powered by redstone from the side.
MC-261235 – Sign editing GUI forcibly closing does not save entered text in some cases.
MC-261253 – Sculk sensor no longer triggers the advancement "Sneak 100" by just sneaking.
MC-261255 – Amethyst Block isn't in "Redstone" tab in creative inventory.
MC-261297 – Pitcher plant doesn't craft into two dyes, which is inconsistent with other two block tall flowers
MC-261298 – Pitcher plant is not next to other two tall plants in the creative inventory.
MC-261304 – Cyan dye crafting recipes are not grouped.
MC-261346 – Sniffers have no egg laying sound, despite laying them like chickens.
MC-261356 – Sculk shriekers and wardens aren't triggered by vibrations emitted by a resonating amethyst block.
MC-261365 – Players being hurt is not detected by a calibrated sculk sensor set to 7.

From the previous development version

MC-261423 – Pitcher pod crop with a block on top consumes bone meal despite being unable to grow.
MC-261503 – Ravager cannot destroy pitcher crop.
MC-261547 – Suspicious Sand on Java Edition can be replaced with Sculk by a Sculk Catalyst, unlike in Bedrock Edition or its gravel counterpart.

Video

Video made by Slicedlime:

Trivia

The last logo change in the game was in the 20w21a snapshot (3 years 19 days in between).
The 1.20 update earned the title of the fastest changing panorama with this snapshot from its first snapshot (14 days).

References

↑ "Minecraft Snapshot 23w14a" – Minecraft.net, April 5, 2023.

Navigation

[1] "Minecraft Snapshot 23w14a" – Minecraft.net, April 5, 2023.

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