Java Edition 23w14a

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23w14a is the third snapshot for Java Edition 1.20, released on April 5, 2023,^[1] which changes the logo and panorama and fixes bugs.

Tags

• Added enchantment_power_provider block tag.
  • Contains bookshelf.
• Added enchantment_power_transmitter block tag.
  • Contains #replaceable.
  • Contains blocks that do not invalidate enchanting bonuses when placed between a enchanting table and bookshelves.
• Added replaceable block tag.
  • Contains air, water, lava, grass, fern, dead_bush, seagrass, tall_seagrass, fire, soul_fire, snow, vine, glow_lichen, light, sunflower, lilac, rose_bush, peony, tall_grass, large_fern, structure_void, void_air, cave_air, bubble_column, warped_roots, nether_sprouts, crimson_roots, and hanging_roots.
  • Contains blocks on which another block can be placed
• Added replaceable_by_trees block tag.
  • Contains #leaves, grass, fern, dead_bush, vine, glow_lichen, sunflower, lilac, rose_bush, peony, tall_grass, large_fern, hanging_roots, pitcher_plant, water, seagrass, tall_seagrass, warped_roots, nether_sprouts, and crimson_roots.
  • Contains changeable blocks that growing trees can replace.
• Added sword_efficient block tag.
  • Contains #leaves, #saplings, #small_flowers, #crops, grass, fern, dead_bush, vine, glow_lichen, sunflower, lilac, rose_bush, peony, tall_grass, large_fern, hanging_roots, pitcher_plant, brown_mushroom, red_mushroom, sugar_cane, pumpkin, carved_pumpkin, jack_o_lantern, melon, attached_pumpkin_stem, attached_melon_stem, lily_pad, cocoa, pitcher_crop, sweet_berry_bush, cave_vines, cave_vines_plant, spore_blossom, moss_carpet, pink_petals, big_dripleaf, big_dripleaf_stem, small_dripleaf, nether_wart, warped_fungus, warped_roots, nether_sprouts, crimson_fungus, weeping_vines, weeping_vines_plant, twisting_vines, twisting_vines_plant, crimson_roots, chorus_plant, and chorus_flower.
  • Contains blocks that break faster with a sword.

Block of amethyst

• Sculk shriekers and wardens are now triggered by vibrations emitted by a resonating amethyst block.
• Added to the "Redstone Blocks" tab in the creative inventory.

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Buttons

• Changed their UV texture map.

Calibrated sculk sensor

• Now glows when it triggers, just like a regular sculk sensor.
• Now detects vibrations up to 16 blocks radius instead of 8 blocks.
• Now has a 1 second active cooldown instead of 2 seconds.
• Now accepts signals into the calibration input side more consistently with other Redstone components.
  • For example, signals can now be received through a block.
• Default redstone output has been modified to be more reliable for distance calculations.
• Now strongly powers the block they are placed on.
• Can now be activated by sniffers digging.

Decorated pot

• Now can be waterlogged normally.

Enchanting table

• A replaceable block between them and bookshelves no longer invalidates bonuses.

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Hopper

• Changed the texture of bottom.

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Large chest and large trapped chest

• Slightly changed their texture.

Pitcher plant and pitcher crop

• Can now be destroyed by ravagers.
• Their hitbox now changes according to their age.
• Moved near other large plants in the creative inventory.
• Can now be crafted into two cyan dye instead of one.

Sculk sensor

• Default redstone output has been modified to be more reliable for distance calculations.
• Now strongly powers the block they are placed on.
• Can now be activated by sniffers digging.

Sculk shrieker

• Scream sounds are no longer heard if block is waterlogged.
• Added to the "Redstone Blocks" tab in the creative inventory.

Signs

• Signs with click commands can now be interacted with, even if the sign is not waxed.
• Signs with non-text chat components can no longer be edited, even if the sign is not waxed.
• Now save text even if the edit screen is closed by the player being moved far away.

Suspicious gravel

• Now has an assigned tool (shovel).
• Can now have bamboo planted on it.

Suspicious sand

• Now has an assigned tool (shovel).
• Can now have cacti and sugar cane planted on it.
• Can no longer be replaced by sculk when a sculk catalyst triggers.

Torchflower

• Moved near other small flowers in the creative inventory.

Brush

• The brushing sound is now controlled by the "Blocks" sound slider instead of the "Players" sound slider.

Torchflower seeds

• Can now be picked up by farmer villagers.

Sniffer

• Can now be tempted using torchflower seeds.
• If it has a given name, it now appears in the correct place.
  • Previously the name tag appeared in the model.
• Can now dig mud.
• Now emits a sound when laying a sniffer egg.
• Snifflets scenting sounds now use a pitched volume like the other baby mobs.

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Villager

• Slightly changed the texture of desert villagers' arms and sandals.

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Zombie villager

• Changed the texture of desert zombie villagers' arms.

Desert pyramid

• Suspicious sand is now visible on the top layer of the newly added room.

Loot tables

• Added new loot table function called reference.
  • New function reference allows functions to call sub-functions (similar to reference condition).
  • Fields: name - location of function to call.

Resource pack

• The pack format version is now 14.
  • Updated the sprite layout of minecraft.png.
  • Removed the overriding minecraft.png from the "Programmer Art" resource pack.
  • Updated the sprite layout of invite_icon.png.

Tags

• Added suspicious gravel to the #bamboo_plantable_on and #overworld_carver_replaceables block tags.
• Added suspicious gravel and suspicious sand to the #mineable/shovel block tag.
• Removed the #sand block tag from the #sculk_replaceable block tag, replacing it with sand, and red_sand.
• Removed replaceable_plants in favor of replaceable_by_trees.

Title screen

• The panorama was changed to showcase a cherry grove biome.
• The Minecraft logo was changed.
  • Made "Java Edition" text bigger.
  • Made "Minecraft" text smaller.
• The Minceraft easter egg now has its own logo texture.
• The format of the invite icon was slightly changed.
• The Minecraft Realms logo was changed.

Other

• Removed the server & port arguments as their functionality has been replaced by Quick Play.
• Added support for four new command line arguments that allow the game to be launched directly into a world.
• quickPlayPath takes a specified path for logging (relative to the run directory).
  • If a path is provided, the following is logged upon joining a world:
    • type: is either singleplayer, multiplayer, or realms.
    • identifier: represents the world player wants to join.
      • For singleplayer, the folder name of the world.
      • For multiplayer, the IP address of the server.
      • For realms, the Realms ID.
    • port: The server port, only logged for multiplayer.
    • name: The name of the world.
    • gamemode: The gamemode of the world.
    • lastPlayedTime: The time player joined the world.
  • Example:
    • --quickPlayPath "quickPlay/log.json" resolves into .minecraft/quickPlay/log.json
• quickPlaySingleplayer, quickPlayMultiplayer and quickPlayRealms all take their respective identifier.
  • If one of these arguments is provided, the game tries to launch directly into the given world.
  • Examples:
    • --quickPlaySingleplayer "New World"
    • --quickPlayMultiplayer "localhost:25565"
    • --quickPlayRealms "1234"

82 issues fixed

From released versions before 1.20

• MC-2474 – Transparent blocks placed between bookshelves and enchanting tables negate bonuses received from bookshelves.
• MC-58961 – Back button and kick message can overlap.
• MC-138358 – Levers on top of item frames Z-fighting with blocks in item frames.
• MC-155084 – Horses' armor, reins, and bridles experience z-fighting.
• MC-165773 – /execute run does not cause syntax error when arguments are missing.
• MC-176309 – Illusioner has a few misplaced pixels left in their texture.
• MC-203399 – Hoppers use the side texture on the bottom.
• MC-203406 – Kelp and seagrass models appear to reference biome tints despite not using any.
• MC-212271 – Glow squid and squid show Z-fighting.
• MC-212892 – Right-clicking a non-glowing sign using an ink sac (or vice versa) doesn't fire the clickEvent.
• MC-224433 – Clouds texture contains semi-transparent background.
• MC-224648 – Pressed buttons placed on painting can cause z-fighting.
• MC-230792 – Cat's tail shows Z-Fighting.
• MC-236117 – Music disc texture isn't centered properly.
• MC-237556 – Legs of black cat model are white at the top.
• MC-241314 – Filled cauldrons' bottom faces are still culled when they should not be.
• MC-241347 – Purple glazed terracotta still uses old sword design.
• MC-241850 – Miscolored pixels on double chest.
• MC-246459 – Drowned have some transparent pixels within their inner body texture.
• MC-249047 – The minecraft:ui.button.click sound isn't played when joining realms through double-clicking on them.
• MC-249514 – Button UV appears to be upside-down.
• MC-251536 – Desert zombie villager feet still mismatch the sides of the feet.
• MC-251537 – Desert (zombie) villager has solid-color on inner of arm, unlike other villagers.
• MC-251538 – Desert villager missing some pixels for the sandals.
• MC-252099 – Incorrect texture mapping in potted mangrove propagule (mirror effect).
• MC-254588 – Miscolored pixel on slowness effect icon.
• MC-256419 – Incomplete commands run through aliases don't produce errors.
• MC-256540 – The top texture of the camel's front left leg contains some redundant gray pixels.
• MC-256688 – Birch wall hanging sign uses "snare" instrument when placed under note block, instead of "bass" as other hanging signs.
• MC-258939 – Non-atomic cached state can cause multithreaded crashes.
• MC-259574 – Crash trading with a custom villager: java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "cdp.S_()" because the return value of "cdt.c()" is null.
• MC-259873 – Skeleton/Zombie Horse's chests are outdated.
• MC-260036 – Can't plant cactus and sugar cane on suspicious sand.
• MC-260042 – Cannot waterlog a decorated pot by using a water bucket or dispenser.
• MC-260105 – The name tags of sniffers are partly inside their models.
• MC-260152 – Sculk sensors are not activated by sniffers digging.
• MC-260202 – The sound of using the brush isn't affected by blocks.
• MC-260233 – Suspicious Sand has no assigned tool.
• MC-260240 – Sniffers that are in love sometimes don't attempt to approach one another to breed.
• MC-260347 – Falling suspicious sand does not break when reopening the world.
• MC-260348 – Sniffers will never dig in normal mud despite being a "sniffer_diggable" block.
• MC-260401 – When Brush is broken in offhand, the broken Particle is the Item in mainhand.
• MC-260459 – Baby sniffers don't sound high pitched when sniffing.
• MC-260467 – Torchflower is not grouped with other small flowers in the creative inventory.
• MC-260478 – Torchflower crop hitboxes don't change in size according to their age.
• MC-260527 – The coordinates of the sniffer "minecraft:sniffer_explored_positions" tag do not check the dimension.
• MC-260778 – Sniffer tries to sniff out blocks outside the world border.
• MC-260779 – Sniffers can dig into blocks outside the world border.
• MC-260810 – Villagers can't pick up torchflower seeds, despite being able to farm torchflowers.
• MC-260992 – Cannot return to title screen from Realms screen (except using ).
• MC-261020 – Double-clicking on a Realm to join it no longer works.
• MC-261029 – Progress bar for uploading a world to Realms is much larger than normal.
• MC-261487 – Z-fighting occurs on the backs of sniffers' heads.

From the 1.20 development versions

• MC-261167 – Suspicious gravel does not have an assigned tool.
• MC-261171 – You can't plant bamboo on suspicious gravel.
• MC-261172 – Pitcher crop hitboxes don't change in size according to their age.
• MC-261174 – Suspicious gravel is not part of the #overworld_carver_replaceables tag, causing carvers to not cut through it.
• MC-261176 – Pitchers don't maintain the farmland used to grow it.
• MC-261179 – Attempting to interact with a waxed sign plays a sound but displays no subtitle.
• MC-261183 – Sniffer egg sound events are listed under "entity" instead of "block".
• MC-261186 – Entities don't recognize sniffer eggs as obstacles when pathfinding.
• MC-261187 – Entities will often spin while pathfinding on top of sniffer eggs.
• MC-261189 – Inconsistent naming of block states for sniffer and turtle eggs.
• MC-261196 – Torchflowers and pitcher plants can't burn.
• MC-261197 – Players can edit signs in adventure mode.
• MC-261198 – Calibrated sculk sensors don't glow like original sculk sensors.
• MC-261201 – Pitcher plant can be replaced by the use of placed blocks, which is not consistent with other tall flowers.
• MC-261208 – Pitcher Plant has unused bottom texture.
• MC-261222 – Unsneaking while standing still for a long time or after moving while sneaking triggers sculk sensor.
• MC-261226 – Calibrated sculk sensors have to be 'hard' powered by redstone from the side.
• MC-261235 – Sign editing GUI forcibly closing does not save entered text in some cases.
• MC-261253 – Sculk sensor no longer triggers the advancement "Sneak 100" by just sneaking.
• MC-261255 – Amethyst Block isn't in "Redstone" tab in creative inventory.
• MC-261297 – Pitcher plant doesn't craft into two dyes, which is inconsistent with other two block tall flowers
• MC-261298 – Pitcher plant is not next to other two tall plants in the creative inventory.
• MC-261304 – Cyan dye crafting recipes are not grouped.
• MC-261346 – Sniffers have no egg laying sound, despite laying them like chickens.
• MC-261356 – Sculk shriekers and wardens aren't triggered by vibrations emitted by a resonating amethyst block.
• MC-261365 – Players being hurt is not detected by a calibrated sculk sensor set to 7.

From the previous development version

• MC-261423 – Pitcher pod crop with a block on top consumes bone meal despite being unable to grow.
• MC-261503 – Ravager cannot destroy pitcher crop.
• MC-261547 – Suspicious Sand on Java Edition can be replaced with Sculk by a Sculk Catalyst, unlike in Bedrock Edition or its gravel counterpart.

• The last logo change in the game was in the 20w21a snapshot (3 years 19 days in between).
• The 1.20 update earned the title of the fastest changing panorama with this snapshot from its first snapshot (14 days).