Minecraft:Java Edition 18w01a

18w01a is the twelfth Minecraft:snapshot for Minecraft:Java Edition 1.13, released on January 3, 2018,<ref name=18w01a>Template:Snap</ref> which fixes bugs. This is the first snapshot released in 2018.

Additions

Command format

Template:Cmd

• Added facing to the command.
  • Syntax: Template:Cmd
  • Rotates an entity to face either an entity or a location.

Template:Cmd

• Added noon and midnight to Template:Cmd.

General

Minecraft:Data packs

• Added set_name function to loot tables.
• Functions tagged in minecraft:load now run once after a (re)load.
• Added the new block tag minecraft:anvil.
  • Contains minecraft:anvil, minecraft:chipped_anvil, and minecraft:damaged_anvil.

Minecraft:Death messages

• Added a death message for when a mob or player causes another player to die in the void.
  • "Player didn't want to live in the same world as Player/Mob".

Changes

Command format

• Changed all custom names (blocks, items, entities, block entities) to translatable text components.
  • Removed the LocName tag. Instead of LocName:"gui.toTitle", use Name:"{\"translate\":\"gui.toTitle\"}".
• Thrower and Owner nbt keys of Minecraft:item entities are no longer strings but are instead compounds with two longs named L and M.
• owner nbt keys of Minecraft:snowballs, Minecraft:eggs and Minecraft:ender pearls are no longer strings but are instead compounds with two longs named L and M.

General

Crashes

• Crash reports now list what data packs are enabled.

Data generators

• Now exposed, the player can get a dump of all blocks/items/commands/etc. from the game without opening it up.

Trivia

• Along with Minecraft:13w01a, 18w01a was released on the earliest calendar year out of all snapshots, on January 3.