Java Edition Combat Test 5

Minecraft Combat Test 5
Edition	Java Edition
Release date	January 16, 2020
Type	Snapshot
Snapshot for	Combat Tests
Downloads	Client (.json); Server
Obfuscation maps	Client; Server
Protocol version	601
Data version	2321
Resource pack format	5
Data pack format	5
Minimum Java version	Java SE 8

Combat Test 5 is the fifth experimental version of a future combat revision.^[1]^[2] Although it is a development version for a future release, this combat experiment is a fork of 1.15.2 Pre-release 2. This version was released on Reddit and Minecraft.net, but it does not appear in the launcher.

Additions

Gameplay

Combat

Added a "Coyote Time" that activates for a fraction of a second after a player aims at something, but attacks outside its bounding box.

Changes

Items

Tools and weapons

Lowered the attack damage of most tools and weapons, as shown in the following table:

Tool	Axe		Pickaxe		Shovel		Sword
Tool	Before	After	Before	After	Before	After	Before	After
Wood	6HP	5HP	3HP	3HP	2HP	2HP	5HP	4HP
Gold	6HP	5HP	3HP	3HP	2HP	2HP	5HP	4HP
Stone	7HP	5HP	4HP	3HP	3HP	2HP	6HP	4HP
Iron	8HP	6HP	5HP	4HP	4HP	3HP	7HP	5HP
Diamond	9HP	7HP	6HP	5HP	5HP	4HP	8HP	6HP

Tridents

Now have an attack damage of 7HP, instead of 8HP.

Non-mob entities

Thrown eggs

Now have a 4-tick cooldown.

Gameplay

Attacking

Increased the attack damage of unarmed attacks from 1HP to 2HP.^{[note 2]}
Changed the swing animation to emphasize the rhythm of the attacks.

Hunger

Saturation is no longer capped by the hunger level of the player. ^{[note 3]}
Upon eating food, the player's saturation is always set to the food's provided saturation amount unless their current saturation level exceeds what is obtainable from the food. ^{[note 3]}
High saturation no longer gives a fast regeneration boost.
Changed food eating speed from 32 game ticks (1.6 seconds) to 40 game ticks (2 seconds).
The player now naturally regenerates health when above a hunger level of 7 () instead of 18 ( × 9).
The player now naturally heals every 60 game ticks (3 seconds) instead of every 80 game ticks (4 seconds).
The player now takes damage from starvation every 60 game ticks (3 seconds) instead of every 80 game ticks (4 seconds) when the hunger bar is empty.
Natural healing now always drains food points.
- Saturation is not used when healing damage, and is only relevant to other actions that drain the hunger bar.
The player can now sprint at any hunger value.

Knockback

Reintroduced upwards knockback when hitting players in the air.
Players now get knockback from hits that deal less than half a heart of damage, including no damage.

Video

Video made by slicedlime:

Notes

↑ Unzip this file in the .minecraft/versions folder.
↑ This change was made before Bedrock Edition's unarmed attack damage was lowered from 2HP to 1HP in 1.18.30, which cited parity with Java Edition as a reason.
↑ ^a ^b This change was made in Combat Test 5, however went unmentioned in the changelogs.

References

↑ "Experimental Combat Snapshot - version 5" – u/jeb_ on Reddit, January 16, 2020
↑ "Experimental Combat Snapshot v5" – Minecraft.net, January 16, 2020.

Navigation

[1] Unzip this file in the .minecraft/versions folder.

[4] This change was made before Bedrock Edition's unarmed attack damage was lowered from 2HP to 1HP in 1.18.30, which cited parity with Java Edition as a reason.

[u-5] This change was made in Combat Test 5, however went unmentioned in the changelogs.

[2] "Experimental Combat Snapshot - version 5" – u/jeb_ on Reddit, January 16, 2020

[3] "Experimental Combat Snapshot v5" – Minecraft.net, January 16, 2020.

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