Minecraft:Java Edition 15w40a

15w40a is the twenty-ninth Minecraft:snapshot for Minecraft:Java Edition 1.9, released on September 30, 2015.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/0/https://www.mojang.com/2015/09/minecraft-snapshot-15w40a/</ref>

Changes

Mobs

General

• Changes to mob pathfinding.
  • Mobs now avoid Minecraft:cacti and Minecraft:fire.
    • Minecraft:Blazes don't avoid fire.
  • Passive mobs following a player holding food now go around Minecraft:water, if possible.
• Entities panicking and on fire preferentially run toward water within ±5 blocks horizontally and ±4 blocks vertically, even if they cannot actually reach it.

Minecraft:Shulkers

• No longer attack on Minecraft:Peaceful difficulty.
  • Shulker bullets despawn on Peaceful, but not shulkers themselves.

Gameplay

Minecraft:Health

• Players regenerate Template:Hp every half-second instead of Template:Hp every 4 seconds, when saturation is not empty.
  • Regenerating health increases exhaustion by 4 points rather than 3.

Trivia

• 15w40a was previously removed from the Minecraft:launcher for some time, but was added back in September 2018.