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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Infobox version&lt;br /&gt;
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|type=Snapshot&lt;br /&gt;
|date=August 1, 2018&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;18w31a&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is the third [[Minecraft:snapshot]] for [[Minecraft:Java Edition 1.13.1]], released on August 1, 2018,&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;18w31a&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{snap|18w31a|August 1, 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; which adds some new features, changes some existing features, optimizes performance, and fixes many bugs.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Additions ==&lt;br /&gt;
=== General ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;{{EnvLink|Chunks}}&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* Added a concept of force-loaded chunks to the game, and a command ({{cmd|chunk}}) to toggle force-loading on and off.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Block [[Minecraft:tag]]s&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* Added the tag &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;minecraft:underwater_bonemeals&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Changes ==&lt;br /&gt;
=== Blocks ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Minecraft:Conduit]]s&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* Are now properly waterlogged.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Mobs ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Minecraft:Fish]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* Now have a 5% chance of dropping bone meal when killed.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Minecraft:Squid]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* Now spawn only in rivers, oceans, or beaches.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Items ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Minecraft:Bone meal]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* When used in water of warm ocean biomes, it now has a chance to grow [[Minecraft:coral]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Command format ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Minecraft:Scoreboard]]s&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* The [[Minecraft:Scoreboard#Players commands|scoreboard operator]] &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;%=&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; was changed from using Java&amp;#039;s native &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;%&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; to using &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;Math.floorMod&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;. This causes the operator to use floored [[Minecraft:wikipedia:modulo|modulo]] instead of truncated modulo, so now &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;-1 % 7&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; wraps to 6 instead of returning -1.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/93pmai/minecraft_snapshot_18w31a/e3fkwrj&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Functions&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* Line numbers in function parse error logs now start with 1 (was 0).&lt;br /&gt;
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=== General ===&lt;br /&gt;
* Performance has been optimized.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Fixes ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{fixes|fixedin=18w31a|prefix=Minecraft&lt;br /&gt;
|;From released versions before 1.13&lt;br /&gt;
|73|Green arrow bug on maps in frames.&lt;br /&gt;
|1528|Maps in item frames&amp;#039; markers aren&amp;#039;t persistent.&lt;br /&gt;
|96998|End Cities / Woodland Mansions don&amp;#039;t generate completely when interrupting generation&lt;br /&gt;
|112801|Players on the death screen still cause spawners to spawn.&lt;br /&gt;
|122939|Statistics for mining banners and beds never increase.&lt;br /&gt;
|128547|Minecraft keeps previously used World in memory if the player has hit any entity in that world.&lt;br /&gt;
|;From 1.13&lt;br /&gt;
|121369|Holding ESC while clicking &amp;quot;Multiplayer&amp;quot; returns user to main menu&lt;br /&gt;
|123021|Crash on open if &amp;quot;Saves&amp;quot; is a link&lt;br /&gt;
|124583|Cannot place structure void block next to another when right clicking on one&lt;br /&gt;
|125337|When the double-held trident throws, players will lift both hands&lt;br /&gt;
|130258|Maps in item frames show shading problems.&lt;br /&gt;
|131397|Sponges cannot remove water from conduits&lt;br /&gt;
|132451|Command Parser - invalid value for block property and property name are reversed in error message&lt;br /&gt;
|132769|Detecting a 2 redstone tick repeater with an observer block creates a 2 redstone tick pulse&lt;br /&gt;
|133181|Observer&amp;#039;s cooldown is broken.&lt;br /&gt;
|133546|Player becomes &amp;quot;ghost&amp;quot; when dying in the nether or going through the end portal back to the overworld&lt;br /&gt;
|134105|Can&amp;#039;t return from the end after defeating dragon.&lt;br /&gt;
|134159|Saved world causes crash in 1.13.&lt;br /&gt;
|134667|Async Chunk Gen dangerously adding entities to world async.&lt;br /&gt;
|134889|Iron golems spawn in air blocks.&lt;br /&gt;
|134916|Sound event &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;block.pumpkin.carve&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; doesn&amp;#039;t play when carving normal pumpkins.&lt;br /&gt;
|135049|Old world doesn&amp;#039;t save map markers in 1.13.&lt;br /&gt;
|135261|{{cmd|setblock}} for player heads don&amp;#039;t show the texture after the placement.&lt;br /&gt;
|;dev&lt;br /&gt;
|134816|Crash: Exception ticking world entities&lt;br /&gt;
|134825|Tab completion/suggestions don&amp;#039;t work for some non-literal arguments (in chat)&lt;br /&gt;
|134832|TNT with &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;unstable{{=}}true&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; blockstate is ignited instead of broken in creative mode.&lt;br /&gt;
|134898|Pressing Escape no longer returns to main menu from singleplayer menu.&lt;br /&gt;
|;prev&lt;br /&gt;
|134966|Using {{cmd|setblock}} to place an &amp;quot;Always Active&amp;quot; command block with a command won&amp;#039;t execute the command immediately&lt;br /&gt;
|134967|&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;NullPointerException&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; when placing Wither Skeleton Skulls.&lt;br /&gt;
|134974|Entities in your world can randomly freeze&lt;br /&gt;
|134982|Exception when placing a command block.&lt;br /&gt;
|134987|Renaming a world doesn&amp;#039;t update its name until re-entering the world list.&lt;br /&gt;
|134988|Optimizing a world doesn&amp;#039;t update it until re-entering the world list.&lt;br /&gt;
|135039|The game crashes when {{cmd|setblock}}-ing a spawner with an entity ID containing capital letters&lt;br /&gt;
|135053|Sticky pistons get stuck when receiving a 0 gametick pulse.&lt;br /&gt;
|135136|Crash when placing a chain command block with set command.&lt;br /&gt;
|135147|Loading/saving structures with command blocks in them causes errors&lt;br /&gt;
|135172|Under certain conditions pistons can&amp;#039;t be powered for the first 2 gameticks after being moved.&lt;br /&gt;
|135185|All redstone components can become stuck in a powered state when indirectly unpowered.&lt;br /&gt;
|135186|Pistons can only be re-pulsed 5 or more gameticks later.&lt;br /&gt;
|135194|Pistons react 1 gametick too late.&lt;br /&gt;
|135229|Game crash when opening Furnace&lt;br /&gt;
|135268|Switching to spectator mode and back creates ghost player duplicates for other players&lt;br /&gt;
|135293|Profiler doesn&amp;#039;t exit section when an entity is removed, causing recursive profiling and lag&lt;br /&gt;
|;priv&lt;br /&gt;
|134716|Minecraft Multiplayer – Player kick exploit.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;18w31a&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/onlyinclude&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Videos ==&lt;br /&gt;
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== Trivia ==&lt;br /&gt;
* This snapshot, being the third for 1.13.1, was released in the same week of the year as the third snapshot for 1.9, [[Minecraft:15w31c]].&lt;br /&gt;
* 18w31a was released exactly 6 years after [[Minecraft:Java Edition 1.3.1|1.3.1]].&lt;br /&gt;
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== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
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