Java Edition 18w07a

Minecraft 18w07a
Edition	Java Edition
Release date	February 14, 2018
Type	Snapshot
Snapshot for	1.13
Downloads	Client (.json); Server
Protocol version	358
Data version	1467
Resource pack format	4
Data pack format	4
Minimum Java version	Java SE 8

18w07a is the eighteenth snapshot for Java Edition 1.13, released on February 14, 2018^[1]. It is the first snapshot to include the Update Aquatic features, although the decision to include them in 1.13 happened two weeks prior. This snapshot contains more gameplay additions than the previous snapshots for 1.13, which mostly added or modified commands.

Additions

Blocks

Stripped log

A smoother log variant.
- Created by right clicking with an axe on a log.
- Acts as regular logs, and can still be used to craft planks.

Bubble column

Created by magma blocks or soul sand in water at least 2 blocks deep.
- Magma blocks columns push entities down: they prevent items from floating up in water and sink boats.
- Soul sand columns push entities up.

Kelp

Generates in ocean biomes, except warm oceans.
Can be placed only underwater, requiring at least one water block above it.
Can grow multiple blocks high.

Sea grass

Can only be placed underwater, requiring at least one water block above it.
- Can be placed on dry land by using the /setblock command.
Generates in oceans.
Has animated textures.
Also comes in a tall variant.
Can be generated when using bone meal on any block underwater.

Dried kelp block

Smelts 20 items when used as fuel in a furnace.

Prismarine stairs and slabs

Added prismarine variants of slabs and stairs.

Turtle eggs

Stepping on turtle eggs breaks them.
- Zombies and zombie pigmen intentionally step on turtle eggs.

Items

Trident

Can be thrown by using it, or be used as a melee weapon by attacking, dealing 9HP damage.
Are currently unobtainable in Survival mode.

Kelp

Kelp item can be used to place a kelp plant underwater.
Can also be dried in a furnace to create dried kelp.

Dried kelp

Can be eaten, restoring 1 () hunger point.

Turtle shell pieces

Dropped when baby turtles grow up.
Can be used to craft turtle shells.

Turtle shell

Can be used as a helmet, adding 2 armor points.
- While equipped and out of water, it gives the player the Water Breathing effect for 10 seconds, essentially giving the player 10 extra seconds of breath underwater.
Can be used to brew the potion of the Turtle Master from an awkward potion.

Potion of the Turtle Master

Gives Slowness IV and Resistance IV for 1 minute.
Brewing it with redstone dust extends the effect time to 3 minutes.
Brewing it with glowstone dust increases the effect amplifiers from IV to VI.
- As any level of Resistance beyond IV reduces damage by 100%, enhanced potion of Turtle Master effectively grants invincibility for a minute.
Brewing it with gunpowder or dragon's breath creates a splash or lingering potion, respectively.

Arrow of the Turtle Master

Gives the same effects as potion of the Turtle Master.

Spawn eggs

Mobs

Phantoms

Spawn in the Overworld and the End, sometimes in groups of up to four.
Attack players who haven't slept in a while.
Drop 1-4 leather.

Turtles

Spawn on warm beaches (in plains, jungles, swamps, deserts, mesas and savannas), in groups of 1-5.
Lay eggs in their home beach.
Drop 0-2 sea grass upon death.
- Drop 0-1 bowl when killed by lightning.
Can be bred using raw cod.

Gameplay

Enchantments

Added Loyalty.
- Goes up to level III.
- Used on tridents to make it return when thrown.
Added Impaling.
- Goes up to level V.
- Used on tridents to deal more damage to sea creatures.
Added Riptide.
- Goes up to level III.
- Used on tridents to launch the player when thrown while in water or rain.
Added Channeling.
- Only has one level.
- Used on tridents to summon a lightning bolt on impact with a mob during thunderstorms.
  - Requires the target mob to be directly under an open sky and in a biome where it is raining.

Movement

When sprinting while swimming, the player now goes much faster than normal swimming, and rapidly dive down to the lowest point in the body of water.
- The player's hitbox is only as large as 0.6×0.6 blocks (same as while flying with an elytra) while doing this.
- Vertically, the player can fit through a one block gap like this.
  - If the ceiling block is solid, movement is very slow while in such a small space, for any other ceiling block (like a bottom slab) movement speed is as normal.

General

Added the minecraft:bubble_column_up, minecraft:bubble_pop, minecraft:current_down, and minecraft:squid_ink particles.
Added the HomePosX, HomePosY, HomePosZ, TravelPosX, TravelPosY, TravelPosZ, and HasEgg tags for turtles.
Added the AX, AY, AZ, and Size tags for phantoms.
Added the time_since_sleep statistic.
- Used by phantoms.
- Reset when the player leaves their bed.
Added the minecraft:water_hacked, minecraft:slabs, and minecraft:stairs block tags.
- Blocks in the minecraft:water_hacked tag render in water as if any non-filled space in the block model was water.
Added the minecraft:acacia_logs, minecraft:birch_logs, minecraft:dark_oak_logs, minecraft:jungle_logs, minecraft:oak_logs, and minecraft:spruce_logs block and item tags.

Changes

Gameplay

Camera

A smooth transition is now applied to the camera when the player sneaks, flies with an elytra or swims.
A smooth transition is now applied to the camera when entering or leaving a bed.

Mobs

Squid now shoot ink in response to being attacked.
Zombies, skeletons, ocelots and wolves naturally attack baby turtles, and zombies and zombie pigmen seek out and trample turtle eggs.

Non-mob entities

Items in water now float up.

Fixes

12 issues fixed

From released versions before 1.13

MC-11208 – The big tree generator handles tree height variable incorrectly.
MC-102440 – Large oak trees not spawning or spawning abnormally in forest.

From the previous development version

MC-124890 – Can't insert charcoal into furnace.
MC-124897 – "Balloon oak" tree variant generates upside down, with often only stumps visible on the surface.
MC-124902 – Furnace recipes work in crafting interfaces and interfere with crafting recipes.
MC-124903 – Random crash in snow biomes: java.lang.NullPointerException: Exception ticking world
MC-124913 – Horses, rabbit, parrot, llamas and sheep generate with default color / variant only.
MC-124916 – Chorus plant generation broken.
MC-124930 – The game crashes when pressing "show craftable" in the furnace recipe book.
MC-124952 – Large oak trees fail to generate in all biomes with the new generator.
MC-125016 – Debug world does not generate.
MC-125047 – World generator not fully cleaned before making new world.

Video

Video made by slicedlime:

References

↑ "Minecraft Snapshot 18w07a" – Minecraft.net, February 14, 2018.

Navigation

[1] "Minecraft Snapshot 18w07a" – Minecraft.net, February 14, 2018.

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