Java Edition guides/Exploration Update

• Emerald (0–1)
• 5XP, plus 1–3XP per equipment piece (when killed by a player or tamed wolf)

Spawned equipment

• Iron Axe

• One of the two new illagers.
• Hostile toward players and villagers.
• Separates their arms when aggravated, and holds an iron axe in their main hand.
• When named Johnny, they attack all nearby mobs except other illagers.

• Totem of Undying (1)
• Emerald (0–1)
• 10XP (when killed by a player or tamed wolf)

• One of the two new illagers.
• Hostile toward players and villagers.
• In battle, they summon vexes and fangs to attack.
  • Raises their arms when casting a spell.
• Changes any blue colored sheep red within a radius of 16 blocks.

• Can phase through blocks.
• Hostile toward players and villagers.
• Shows red marks when about to attack.
• Holds an iron sword in their main hand.

• Leather (0–2)
• 1–3XP (when killed by a player or tamed wolf)
• Anything equipped, such as carpets or a chest.
• All items in their inventory.

• Attacks by spitting.
  • When hit, they spit at the player, dealing 1HP damage.
  • If not in a caravan group, they are always aggressive toward wolves.
• Can be equipped with a carpet for decoration and a chest for storage.
  • Differently colored carpets have different textures when placed on llamas.
  • Amount of storage slots available depends on the strength of the llama.
• When leashed, up to 10 llamas are attracted and try to form a caravan.
  • Caravan groups are passive to all mobs.
• Tamed llamas can be bred with hay bales.

• Similar to a chest, but keeps its content when broken.
  • Cannot be placed inside another shulker box.
  • Breaks when pushed by a piston.
  • Dispensers places the shulker box in front of it.

• If the player clicks on the bed, but is not right beside it, it now shows the message: "You may not rest now, the bed is too far away"
  • Previously the player would get no message, but would be unable to sleep

• Washing dyed leather armor and dyed banners now remove 1 water level from the cauldron
• Using a water bottle now refills 1 water level to a cauldron

• Iron and golden tools and armor can be smelted into nuggets. Iron and golden horse armor can also be smelted.
  • Yield one iron or golden nugget per item respectively.

• Holding it in either hand resurrects the player upon taking lethal damage.
• Gives the player the Absorption and Regeneration effects when activated.
• Does not prevent death by /kill or the void.
• Has an animation when activated, which uses the item's texture and model.

• Used to locate ocean monuments and the new woodland mansions.
• Works like a map, but shows the outlines of land and a single structure icon.
• Fills in the map with block colors once the player starts exploring the area shown.
• Ocean explorer maps are slightly blue, while woodland explorer maps are slightly brown.

• Always deals 6HP damage, ignoring armor
• Naturally spawned fangs do not harm illagers

• While flying using elytra, using a firework gives the player a boost for a certain amount of time. This emits particles when in use.
  • Fireworks stay at the players location until they disappear or explode.
  • Longer flight duration on the rocket makes the boost last longer. Increase the flight duration of a firework by crafting it with gunpowder in the other slots.
  • Fireworks with an explosion deal damage at the end of their flight.
• Firework explosions now hurt surrounding mobs and players.
  • The damage radius of the explosion is about 2-3 blocks and is the same for any shape (large ball, creeper, burst, etc.) and the damage decreases with the distance to the explosion.
  • The damage amount at close range is about 5HP without armor on, and with full diamond armor, it equates to about 1HP.
  • Death message is "[player] went off with a bang".

• Evokers
• Vindicators

• Messages can now be 256 characters long instead of 100.
• Some warnings now appear above the hotbar instead in the chat, like "Press [key] to dismount" had.
  • "You can only sleep at night"
  • "You may not rest now, there are monsters nearby"
  • "This bed is occupied"
  • "Height limit for building is 256 blocks"
  • "Unable to open. Loot not generated yet."
  • "You may not rest now, the bed is too far away"

• Now blocks 100%, as opposed to 66.6%, of the damage dealt in melee combat.
  • Zombies without any weapons don't deal any damage to the player, nor damage the shield's durability.
  • Creeper explosions deal 0 damage to the player.
  • Wither skeletons don't inflict the Wither effect when hit by them.
  • Burning zombies don't set the player on fire.
  • Mobs with axes don't disable the shield if they attack a blocking player.

• One of the two new 'curse' enchantments, which have negative effects.
• Curse of Binding binds armor items to the player, making them unable to drop it or take it off.
  • The item only drops when the player dies.
• Cursed tools, armor and books can be found as loot in some generated structures

• • One of the two new 'curse' enchantments, which have negative effects.
• Curse of Vanishing makes the item disappear if the player dies.
  • /gamerule keepInventory true prevents this.
• Cursed tools, armor and books can be found as loot in some generated structures.

• No longer apply enchanted books to items, if the result has no effect.
  • This can occur if all enchantments on the book are incompatible with existing enchantments on the item.
  • This can also occur if the enchanted book has no enchantments.