Minecraft:Java Edition 15w37a

15w37a is the twenty-third Minecraft:snapshot for Minecraft:Java Edition 1.9, released on September 10, 2015.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/0/https://www.mojang.com/2015/09/minecraft-snapshot-15w37a/</ref>

Additions

World generation

Minecraft:Biomes

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• Now a biome with ID 127.
  • No Minecraft:mobs randomly spawn in the biome.
  • Generates a single structure: a stone platform with a cobblestone center block at spawn.

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• New superflat preset: "The Void".
  • Spawns the player on a Minecraft:stone platform with a Minecraft:cobblestone center block, with the rest being Minecraft:air blocks and the void biome present everywhere.

Command format

Minecraft:NBT format

• MinecartHopper entity.
  • Enabled (byte): Determines whether or not the minecart hopper picks up items into its inventory.
    • Example: /summon MinecartHopper ~ ~1 ~ {Enabled:1b}.

Gamerules

• spectatorsGenerateChunks
  • Boolean to control whether or not Minecraft:spectators generate Minecraft:chunks on their own.
    • Defaults to true.

Changes

Blocks

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• Now has an Minecraft:inventory icon.

Items

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• Teleportation range reduced from ±32 to ±8.

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• Regeneration level has been reduced from V to II.
• Regeneration time has been reduced from 30 seconds to 20 seconds.
• Absorption level has been increased from I to IV to balance this.

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• Regeneration level has been reduced from II to I.

width=43x43 Minecraft:Shields

• Now have a new crafting recipe, requiring 6 Minecraft:planks and an Minecraft:iron ingot (this removes the need for Minecraft:wool).
  • As a result, they now lack a base color by default: The new texture shows a wooden face.
    • Crafting a shield with a Minecraft:banner still yields a patterned shield.
• Arrows can now ricochet off a shield to hit other entities.

Gameplay

Combat

• Minecraft:Bows can now be used when in the offhand, in the absence of a usable item in the main hand.
• Minecraft:Sword attack speed increased from 1.45 to 1.6.
• Minecraft:Axe attack speed is now based on the type, rather than 0.8 for all (similar to the Minecraft:hoe).
  • Wooden and stone axes have as speed of 0.8.
  • Iron axes have a speed of 0.9.
  • Gold and diamond axes have a speed of 1.
• Certain attack damage values were changed.
  • Stone and diamond axes now deal 9 damage, instead of 8 and 10 respectively.

Minecraft:Hardcore

• Upon death, the player now has the choice to respawn in Minecraft:Spectator mode, rather than the Minecraft:world being deleted immediately.

General

Performance

• Improved chunk generation, loading and sending.<ref>Template:Tweet</ref><ref>Template:Tweet</ref>
  • Improved rendering "by building a chunk only once where it was rebuilt up to 5 times in worst case".<ref>Template:Tweet</ref>

Trivia

• Unlike most of the first-of-the-week snapshots, this was released on a Thursday instead of Wednesday, similar to the snapshots before Minecraft:14w26a.
• This version was previously removed from the Minecraft:launcher for some time, but was added back in September 2018.