Minecraft:Java Edition 17w14a

17w14a is the fourth Minecraft:snapshot for Minecraft:Java Edition 1.12, released on April 5, 2017.<ref>Template:Snap</ref>

Changes

Mobs

Minecraft:Parrots

• They are now able to make sounds while sitting on the player's shoulders.
• File:Dancing Parrot JE1.gif Parrots now dance and change colors if playing music on a nearby Minecraft:jukebox.
• Changed the Template:Mouse action:
  • When used on a tamed parrot, it tells it to sit down.
• Walking over/through/near a tamed parrot while crouching cause it to sit on the player's shoulders.

Minecraft:Zombies

• New ConversionPlayerLeast and ConversionPlayerMost tags.
  • Contains the UUID of the player that is converting the zombie.
  • Used with the "minecraft:cured_zombie_villager" trigger for advancements.

General

Minecraft:Advancements

• Added 8 advancements, 7 of which are in the new "Adventure" tab.
• Advancements added in this version include:

• Changes to some existing advancements:
  • "Summon the Wither" now works properly when player summons a Minecraft:wither.
  • "Brew a Potion" changed to "Brew a Weakness Potion"; now requires specifically taking a potion of Minecraft:Weakness out of a Minecraft:brewing stand.
    • Icon of the advancement was changed to a potion of Healing.
  • "Create a full beacon" is now a "goal" type advancement instead of a "challenge".
• Pop-up notification for when players advance.
  • New sliding effect.
  • Comes in two different colors - yellow for normal advancements, and pink for "challenge" advancements.

Minecraft:NBT format

• recipeBook: Now a compound tag (was a string) containing recipe book information
  • isFilteringCraftable: Becomes 1 if the player has enabled the "Show Craftable" feature in the recipe book.
  • isGuiOpen: Checks if the player has left the GUI open.
    • unlocked
  • recipes: Contains information about all recipes the player has seen.
    • displayed: Checks if the player has tried out the recipe in the recipe book before (by clicking it/viewing it)

Minecraft:Recipe book

• Changed the icon on the trigger button, from a standard book to the Minecraft:knowledge book.
• Added a shift-click ability to the recipe book that puts all available materials in the crafting grid.
• Added a new white-and-gray colored notification that pops up when the player unlocks new recipes.
  • The notification only appears upon reloading the world; Minecraft:Dinnerbone has stated that this is a bug.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/63lprq/snapshot_17w14a_out_for_testing/dfv6qw0/?context=1</ref>
• If player searches "excited" (changed in Minecraft:17w18a) in the recipe book, language switches to Pirate Speak.

Minecraft:Splashes

• "Now Java 6!" changed to "Now Java 8!"

Trivia

• 17w14a was previously removed from the Minecraft:launcher for some time, but was added back in September 2018.

Gallery

• "Minecraft" advancement tree in 17w14a.
  "Minecraft" advancement tree in 17w14a.
• "Adventure" advancement tree in 17w14a.
  "Adventure" advancement tree in 17w14a.