Minecraft:Java Edition 18w50a

18w50a is the twelfth Minecraft:snapshot for Minecraft:Java Edition 1.14, released on December 12, 2018.<ref>Template:Snap</ref> It adds a new type of Minecraft:cat, a Minecraft:villager profession, a new statistic, functionality to Minecraft:barrels, Minecraft:blast furnaces, Minecraft:smokers, Minecraft:giants and more. This is the final snapshot released in 2018.

Additions

Mobs

File:Jellie Cat.png Minecraft:Cats

• Added Jellie, the winner of the community competition.<ref>Template:Tweet</ref><ref>Template:Tweet</ref>

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• Added mason profession.
  • Currently has no trades.

Gameplay

Minecraft:Sounds

• Added bell sound.
• Added raid horn sounds.

Minecraft:Statistics

• New "Barrels opened" statistic.

Changes

Blocks

Minecraft:Barrels

• Added functionality.
  • Now acts as a storage unit.
  • Works in tight spaces, even if there is a block above it, unlike a chest.
• Can now be crafted using 6 planks and 2 wooden slabs.

Minecraft:Beds, Minecraft:cobblestone, Minecraft:emerald blocks, Minecraft:end stone, Minecraft:grass, Minecraft:jigsaw blocks, Minecraft:mossy cobblestone, Minecraft:nether quartz ore, Minecraft:quartz pillars, Minecraft:red nether bricks, Minecraft:red sandstone, Minecraft:sandstone, Minecraft:spruce planks

• Changed texture.

Minecraft:Bells

• Added sounds.
• Has a shaking animation when hit or right-clicked.
  • Based on the position and facing, bells can only be hit in some certain directions, and only shake in those directions.
• Changed texture.
• Changed model for ceiling bells and added models for wall bells.
• Can now be placed on walls.
• Changed block states Template:Code to Template:Code.

Minecraft:Blast furnaces

• Added functionality.
  • Able to smelt ores twice as fast as the normal Minecraft:furnace.
  • Cannot smelt anything other than ores.
• Can now be crafted using 3 smooth stone, 1 furnace, and 5 iron ingots.

Minecraft:Enchanting tables

• Changed obsidian side and bottom textures.

Minecraft:Smokers

• Added functionality.
  • Able to smelt food twice as fast as the normal Minecraft:furnace.
  • Cannot smelt anything other than food.
• Can now be crafted using 4 logs and 1 furnace.

Minecraft:Stripped jungle logs

• Changed top texture.

Items

Minecraft:Baked potatoes, Minecraft:fermented spider eyes, all Minecraft:horse armor, Minecraft:potatoes, Minecraft:poisonous potatoes, Minecraft:rabbit stew

• Changed texture.

Mobs

Minecraft:Cats

• Now spawn naturally in Minecraft:villages.

Minecraft:Giants

• Now use zombie AI.
• Now have all NBT that zombies have.

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All plains biome variant professions corresponding to their different utility blocks.

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All five profession levels, indicated by the badges on their suits.

Minecraft:Villagers and Minecraft:zombie villagers

• Now have seven skin types which correspond to the following biomes:
  • Plains
  • Desert
  • Savanna
  • Taiga/mountain
  • Snowy tundra/snowy taiga
  • Jungle
  • Swamp
• Villagers now have five profession levels, showing how many trade tiers they've unlocked by a badge of a varying material on their suit.
  • The first trade tier is represented by a stone badge, the next iron, then gold, emerald and finally diamond.
  • Some of the professions have less than five tiers in total.
    • If a villager summoned by a command has a higher level than its natural highest level, its badge can still be seen, however, the player wouldn't be able to interact with it.
• Cured zombie villagers retain their trades when they are converted back into regular villagers.

Minecraft:Witches

• Are now neutral mobs.
• Changed appearance.
  • Both of these changes were unintentional.<ref>Template:Tweet</ref>

Non-mob entities

Minecraft:Boat

• Changed texture.

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• Now have an optional Template:Code tag that can specify a different item stack to render.

World generation

Minecraft:Villages

• Updated Minecraft:taiga and Minecraft:desert villages.
• Updated village pieces from plains, savanna and snowy villages.
• New loot chests for fletcher houses: can contain emeralds, arrows, feathers, eggs, flint, sticks.

Gameplay

Minecraft:Raids

• Patrol leaders now give 1–3 Minecraft:Bad Omen levels when killed. Pillager outpost patrol leaders always give 1 level only.
• Patrol leaders can now spawn at outposts.
• Minecraft:Illager beasts start spawning at wave 2, Minecraft:witches at wave 4, and Minecraft:evokers at wave 10.

Command format

Villager NBT

• Removed the following information:

• • Template:Nbt: The ID of the texture used for this villager.
  • Template:Nbt: The ID of this villager's career.
  • Template:Nbt: The current level of this villager's trading options.

• Added the following information:

• • Template:Nbt: Information about the villager's profession.
    • Template:Nbt: The current level of this villager's trading options (1...) and at the same time its displayed badge (capped at 5).
    • Template:Nbt: Namespaced Template:Tooltip value.
    • Template:Nbt: Namespaced Template:Tooltip value.

Zombie villager NBT

• Removed the following information:

• • Template:Nbt: The ID of the texture used for this zombie-villager.

• Added the following information:

• • Template:Nbt: Information about the villager's profession.
  • Template:Nbt: Copied from converted villager.

General

Minecraft:Advancements

• Updated "A Complete Catalogue" to require the new cat skin.