Java Edition 18w09a
Minecraft 18w09a


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| Release date |
March 1, 2018 | ||||||
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363 | ||||||
| Data version |
1472 | ||||||
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4 | ||||||
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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
- 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
- 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
- No longer spawn in the End.
- Now despawn during daytime.
Command format
- Added the vanilla block and item tag
minecraft:coral. - The
minecraft:water_hackedtag now includes chests.
General
Optimizations
- Optimized particle rendering slightly
Fixes
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
- ↑ "Minecraft Snapshot 18w09a" – Minecraft.net, March 1, 2018.