Java Edition 18w48a

Minecraft 18w48a
18w48a.jpg: Infobox image for Minecraft 18w48a the version in Minecraft
Java Edition 18w48a.png: Infobox image for Minecraft 18w48a the version in Minecraft
Edition

Java Edition

Release date

November 29, 2018

Type

Snapshot

Snapshot for

1.14

Downloads

Client (.json)
Server

Protocol version

448

Data version

1914

Resource pack format

4

Data pack format

4

Minimum Java version

Java SE 8

18w48a is the ninth snapshot for Java Edition 1.14, released on November 29, 2018,[1] which overhauls plains villages.

Changes

Blocks

Barrels, bells, blast furnaces, brewing stands, cartography tables, fletching tables, lecterns, looms, smokers, smithing tables, and stonecutters

  • Can now generate naturally inside plains villages.

Beds

  • Now have an accurate hitbox.[2]

Grindstones

  • Changed texture.
  • Now craftable using two sticks, two planks, and one stone slab.
  • Now have a GUI with 2 input slots and 1 output slot.
  • Can now combine two damaged items into one and/or remove non-curse enchantments.
    • For each enchantment removed, some experience is returned.
  • Can be found at plains village weaponsmiths.

Mobs

Villagers

  • Slightly modified trades.

Command format

/locate

  • Can locate the new villages, using the New_Village parameter.

Generated structures

Plains villages

  • Village houses now have a drastically different structure and there are many more types.
  • Use jigsaw blocks for generation.
  • Added new structure and loot table files for the new village houses.

General

Crafting

  • Recipes for combining damaged items have been removed; these are now done using the grindstone.

Dedicated servers

  • server.properties
    • difficulty and gamemode settings now accept string names; integer values are still allowed as legacy option.
  • Server now exits faster if eula.txt is not set.
  • Command line:
    • Added new option --help.
    • Added new command line option --initSettings.
      • Initializes eula.txt and server.properties with defaults, then exits.

Fixes

8 issues fixed

From released versions before 1.14

  • MC-103192 – Combining tools or armor adds to crafting stat.
  • MC-113897 – Wooden planks paths for villages are used for lava as well.
  • MC-118323magenta_dye_from_lapis_ink_bonemeal recipe and its advancement are misnamed.

From the 1.14 development versions

  • MC-138633 – The title screen needs updating in 1.14 snapshots.
  • MC-139378 – "Exception while ticking" crash when Scaffolding falls onto a Shulker Box.
  • MC-139692 – Chests in ocean ruins not opening.
  • MC-139694 – Water blocks aren't filled in if above an ocean ruin.
  • MC-139955 – Ocean ruins can spawn completely obliterated in certain chunks.

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.

References

  1. "Minecraft Snapshot 18w48a"Minecraft.net, November 29, 2018.
  2. MC-4090 — Bed Hit Box is Incorrect — resolved as "Won't Fix".

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