Minecraft:Java Edition 24w40a

24w40a is the eighth and final Minecraft:snapshot for Minecraft:Java Edition 1.21.2, released on October 2, 2024,<ref>Template:Snap</ref> which introduced experimental features for the Minecraft:Winter Drop announced at Minecraft:Minecraft Live 2024 four days before, as well as the Template:Cmd command.

Additions

Command format

Template:Cmd

• New command to rotate entities.
• Syntax:
  • Template:Cmd
  • Template:Cmd
  • Template:Cmd
• Parameters:
  • target: The entity to rotate.
  • rotation: Two rotation values in degrees denoting horizontal and vertical rotation.
    • May use relative (~) coordinate notation to specify rotation relative to current context rotation.
  • facingLocation: The coordinates of a location in the world for the rotated entity to face.
  • facingTarget: An entity for the rotated entity to face.
  • facingAnchor: Specifies the anchor of the facingTarget entity to rotate toward - feet or eyes (by default feet).

Gameplay

Particles

• Added particles block_crumble and trail.
• block_crumble has the following options:
  • block_state: The Minecraft:block states of the block.
• trail has the following options:
  • color: Color of the trail.
  • target: Where the trail points at.

General

Minecraft:Experiments

• Added the Minecraft:Winter Drop experimental data pack.

Minecraft:Options

• Added the "High Contrast Block Outlines" accessibility option, to make targeted block's outlines more visible.

Minecraft:Tag

• Added item tag #gaze_disguise_equipment for items that can be equipped to disguise the player looking for other mobs.

Changes

Items

Dyed Minecraft:shulker boxes and Minecraft:bundles

• Can no longer be dyed twice with the same color.

Command format

Template:Cmd

• No longer makes players ride Minecraft:leash knots, Minecraft:lightning bolts and Minecraft:fishing bobbers.

Gameplay

Minecraft:Recipe book

• Dyeing recipe for Minecraft:bundles are now unlocked when dyes are obtained instead of undyed bundle.

General

Minecraft:Data pack

• The Minecraft:pack format version is now 56.

Minecraft:Enchantment definition

• Entity effect damage_item has been renamed to change_item_damage and now allows a negative value.

Minecraft:Realms

• The game mode for the last active world on a realm is now visible on the main Realms screen if applicable.

Minecraft:Resource pack

• The Minecraft:pack format version is now 40.

Experimental

The listed additions and changes are only present when the "Winter Drop" experimental data pack is enabled.

Additions

Blocks

File:Creaking Heart JE1 BE1.png File:Active Creaking Heart JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Creaking heart

• A “living” block generating in pale oak trees, covered on all sides by pale oak wood logs.
  • It can spawn a creaking mob when it is nighttime, and it is placed between two correctly aligned pale oak log blocks.
  • Is active during night and dormant during day.
• Sends a trail of particles toward the connected creaking when the creaking gets hit by the player.
  • Particle speed is affected by the distance of the creaking from the heart block.
• Mining the block is most efficiently done with an axe, but it only drops when using a Minecraft:Silk Touch tool.
  • When creaking heart block is destroyed, the connected creaking is removed.

File:Pale Hanging Moss JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Pale hanging moss

• Generates naturally in the pale garden biome under the foliage of pale oaks.
  • Does not grow randomly, but can be bonemealed to grow down.

File:Pale Moss Block JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Pale moss block

• Generates naturally in the pale garden biome As part of Minecraft:pale moss patches.
  • Can be bonemealed to spread to compatible blocks.

File:Pale Moss Carpet JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Pale moss carpet

• Generates naturally in the pale garden biome As part of Minecraft:pale moss patches.
  • When placed, grows up to two blocks on the solid faces of any block that borders it.
  • Can be bonemealed to grow to full on all solid faces of any block that borders it.

File:Pale Oak Leaves JE1.png Minecraft:Pale oak leaves

• A new type of leaves.

File:Pale Oak Log JE1 BE1.png File:Stripped Pale Oak Log JE1 BE2.png Minecraft:Pale oak log

• A new type of log, as well as a stripped variant.
• Can be used to craft pale oak wood and planks.

File:Pale Oak Planks JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Pale oak planks

• A new type of plank.
• Can be used to craft File:Pale Oak Boat (item) JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:boats, File:Pale Oak Boat with Chest (item) JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:boats with chests, File:Pale Oak Button JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:buttons, File:Pale Oak Door JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:doors, File:Pale Oak Fence (EW) JE1.png Minecraft:fences, File:Pale Oak Fence Gate JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:fence gates, File:Pale Oak Hanging Sign (item) JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:hanging signs, File:Pale Oak Pressure Plate JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:pressure plates, File:Pale Oak Sign JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:signs, File:Pale Oak Slab JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:slabs, File:Pale Oak Stairs JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:stairs, and File:Pale Oak Trapdoor JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:trapdoors.

File:Pale Oak Sapling JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Pale oak sapling

• A new type of sapling.
• Can be placed in Minecraft:flower pots.

File:Pale Oak Wood JE1 BE1.png File:Stripped Pale Oak Wood JE1 BE2.png Minecraft:Pale oak wood

• A new type of wood, as well as a stripped variant.
• Can be used to craft pale oak planks.

Items

Minecraft:Spawn egg

• File:Creaking Spawn Egg JE1 BE1.png Added the Minecraft:creaking spawn egg.

Mobs

File:Creaking JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Creaking

• Spawns at night in the pale garden biome if there is a creaking heart block that has been generated in a pale oak tree.
  • Is not affected by light levels but spawns and despawns based on day/night cycle.
• It follows and attacks players up to 32 blocks away from its creaking heart block.
  • An activated creaking don't move if a player is looking at it.
  • A player wearing a carved pumpkin on their head can look at creaking without it freezing in place.
• Is invulnerable to damage.
  • When hit, a particle trail is shown between the creaking and the creaking heart block it is connected to.
  • When the creaking heart block the creaking is connected to is destroyed, the creaking is removed, with no loot or experience dropped from the mob.
• Cannot enter Minecraft:boats.
• If spawned from a creaking heart, it can not go through portals.
• The creaking spawn egg spawns a creaking mob that is not connected to a creaking heart. The creaking mob persists through day and night, loads and saves, and takes damage from attacks and other damage sources. It has one point of health (half a heart).
  • Creaking summoned from the creaking heart cannot be spawned with a spawn egg, nor can it be summoned with commands. It can only exist as a part of the creaking heart block.

World generation

Template:BiomeLink

• A new Minecraft:biome which contains pale oaks and pale moss blocks/carpet.
• It is a variation of the Minecraft:dark forest biome, with pale oak trees instead of dark oak trees.
• Animal mobs do not spawn naturally.
• The grass in the pale garden has a desaturated, grayish look, the sky is a smoky gray, and water is a pale light blue.
  • Any tinted leaves places in the biome also get a desaturated, gray look.

Template:EnvLink

• A new type of Minecraft:tree which can be grown from pale oak saplings in a 2x2 configuration.
  • Generates naturally in the pale garden biome.

Pale moss patch

• A large patch consisting of pale moss, a pale moss carpet, and Minecraft:grass.

General

Minecraft:Sounds

• Ambient sounds in the pale garden biome do not come from the biome settings but are generated by blocks found in the biome.
  • Pale hanging moss emits subtle atmospheric sounds when it is attached to pale oak logs and pale oak leaves.
  • Creaking heart block emits a set of eerie sounds when it is active during night and surrounded by Logs on all sides.

Minecraft:Tags

• Added the #pale_oak_logs block and item tags.

Changes

Mobs

Minecraft:Illagers and Minecraft:ravagers

• Are now afraid of the creaking.

Minecraft:Parrots

• Can now imitate the creaking.

Gameplay

Minecraft:Advancements

• The pale garden is now a requirement for "Adventuring Time".
• The creaking grants "Monster Hunter", and is now a requirement for "Monsters Hunted".

General

Minecraft:Tags

• Added pale_garden to the #is_forest, and #stronghold_biased_to biome tags.
• Added the pale oak wood types to their respective tags.