Java Edition 18w09a

Minecraft 18w09a
18w09a.png: Infobox image for Minecraft 18w09a the version in Minecraft
Java Edition 18w09a.png: Infobox image for Minecraft 18w09a the version in Minecraft
Edition

Java Edition

Release date

March 1, 2018

Type

Snapshot

Snapshot for

1.13

Downloads

Client (.json)
Server

Protocol version

363

Data version

1472

Resource pack format

4

Data pack format

4

Minimum Java version

Java SE 8

18w09a is the twenty-third snapshot for Java Edition 1.13, released on March 1, 2018[1], which added coral blocks and underwater ruins.

Additions

Blocks

Coral blocks

  • Come in 5 colors: blue, pink, purple, red, yellow.
  • Turn into dead coral when placed out of the water.
    • Dead coral cannot be revived.
  • Only obtainable in the Creative inventory.

World generation

Underwater ruins

  • Come in many different shapes and sizes.
  • Cold ruins can be found in cold and frozen ocean biomes regardless of depth.
  • Warm ruins can be found in warm, lukewarm, and deep lukewarm ocean biomes.
  • Can generate alone or as part of a big ruined village.
    • Can also generate out of the water, slightly underground or slightly above sea level.

Changes

Mobs

Phantoms

  • No longer spawn in the End.
  • Now despawn during daytime.

Command format

Tags

  • Added the vanilla block and item tag minecraft:coral.
  • The minecraft:water_hacked tag now includes chests.

General

Optimizations

  • Optimized particle rendering slightly

Fixes

6 issues fixed

From released versions before 1.13

  • MC-118324 – One of magenta dye recipes is unlocked via getting Ink Sac
  • MC-118416 – Recipe for bowl not unlocked until bowl or mushrooms are obtained

From the 1.13 development versions

  • MC-125141 – Witch huts generated by new world generator don't spawn witches
  • MC-125451 – Crash when logging into multiplayer without logging into singleplayer first

From the previous development version

  • MC-126111 – Furnaces don't award recipes or experience when output is taken after a reload
  • MC-126150 – Furnaces don't account for multiple recipes with the same output when giving experience and smelting recipes

Video

Video made by slicedlime:

Trivia

  • Unlike most of the first-of-the-week snapshots, this was released on a Thursday instead of Wednesday, similar to the snapshots before 14w26a.
  • 18w09a was released exactly 6 years after 1.2.1 and 1.2.2.

References

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