Minecraft:Java Edition 18w07a

18w07a is the eighteenth Minecraft:snapshot for Minecraft:Java Edition 1.13, released on February 14, 2018<ref>Template:Snap</ref>. It is the first snapshot to include the Minecraft:Update Aquatic features, although the decision to include them in 1.13 happened two weeks prior. This snapshot contains more gameplay additions than the previous snapshots for 1.13, which mostly added or modified commands.

Additions

Blocks

Template:Animate Minecraft:Stripped log

• A smoother log variant.
  • Created by right clicking with an Minecraft:axe on a Minecraft:log.
  • Acts as regular logs, and can still be used to craft Minecraft:planks.

File:Bubble Column JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Bubble column

• Created by Minecraft:magma blocks or Minecraft:soul sand in water at least 2 blocks deep.
  • Magma blocks columns push entities down: they prevent items from floating up in water and sink boats.
  • Soul sand columns push entities up.
• When this block is being moved, the texture using will changed into debug1.png.

File:Kelp JE1 BE1.gif Minecraft:Kelp

• Generates in ocean biomes, except warm oceans.
• Can be placed only underwater, requiring at least one water block above it.
• Can grow multiple blocks high.

File:Seagrass JE1 BE2.gif Minecraft:Sea grass

• Can only be placed underwater, requiring at least one water block above it.
  • Can be placed on dry land by using the Template:Cmd command.
• Generates in Minecraft:oceans.
• Has animated textures.
• Also comes in a tall variant.
• Can be generated when using Minecraft:bone meal on any block underwater.

File:Dried Kelp Block JE1 BE2.png Minecraft:Dried kelp block

• Smelts 20 items when used as fuel in a furnace.

Template:Animate Minecraft:Prismarine stairs and Minecraft:prismarine slabs

• Added prismarine stairs and slabs.

Template:Animate Minecraft:Prismarine brick stairs and Minecraft:prismarine brick slabs

• Added prismarine brick stairs and slabs.

Template:Animate Minecraft:Dark prismarine stairs and Minecraft:dark prismarine slabs

• Added dark prismarine stairs and slabs.

Template:Animate Minecraft:Turtle eggs

• Stepping on turtle eggs breaks them.
  • Zombies and zombie pigmen intentionally step on turtle eggs.

Items

File:Invicon Trident Revision 1.png Minecraft:Trident

• Can be thrown by Template:Control it, or be used as a melee weapon by Template:Control, dealing Template:Health damage.
• Are currently unobtainable in Survival mode.

File:Kelp (item) JE1 BE2.png Minecraft:Kelp

• Kelp item can be used to place a kelp plant underwater.
• Can also be dried in a furnace to create dried kelp.

File:Dried Kelp JE1 BE2.png Minecraft:Dried kelp

• Can be eaten, restoring Template:Hunger hunger point.

File:Turtle Scute JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Turtle shell pieces

• Dropped when baby turtles grow up.
• Can be used to craft Minecraft:turtle shells.

File:Turtle Shell (item) JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Turtle shell

• Can be used as a helmet, adding 2 armor points.
  • While equipped and out of water, it gives the player the Minecraft:Water Breathing effect for 10 seconds, essentially giving the player 10 extra seconds of breath underwater.
• Can be used to brew the Minecraft:potion of the Turtle Master from an Minecraft:awkward potion.

File:Potion of the Turtle Master JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Potion of the Turtle Master

• Gives Minecraft:Slowness IV and Minecraft:Resistance IV for 1 minute.
• Brewing it with Minecraft:redstone dust extends the effect time to 3 minutes.
• Brewing it with Minecraft:glowstone dust increases the effect amplifiers from IV to VI.
  • As any level of Resistance beyond IV reduces damage by 100%, enhanced potion of Turtle Master effectively grants invincibility for a minute.
• Brewing it with Minecraft:gunpowder or Minecraft:dragon's breath creates a splash or Minecraft:lingering potion, respectively.

File:Arrow of the Turtle Master JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Arrow of the Turtle Master

• Gives the same effects as Minecraft:potion of the Turtle Master.

Minecraft:Spawn eggs

• File:Phantom Spawn Egg JE1.png Minecraft:Phantom spawn egg
  • Spawns phantoms.

• File:Turtle Spawn Egg JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Turtle spawn egg
  • Spawns turtles.

Mobs

File:Phantom JE1.png Minecraft:Phantoms

• Spawn in the Minecraft:Overworld and Minecraft:the End, sometimes in groups of up to four.
• Attack Minecraft:players who haven't slept in a while.
• Drop 1-4 Minecraft:leather.

File:Turtle.png Minecraft:Turtles

• Spawn on warm Minecraft:beaches (in plains, jungles, swamps, deserts, mesas and savannas), in groups of 1-5.
• Lay eggs in their home beach.
• Drop 0-2 Minecraft:sea grass upon death.
  • Drop 0-1 Minecraft:bowl when killed by lightning.
• Can be bred using raw cod.

Gameplay

File:Enchanted Book JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Enchantments

• Added Minecraft:Loyalty.
  • Goes up to level III.
  • Used on tridents to make it return when thrown.
• Added Minecraft:Impaling.
  • Goes up to level V.
  • Used on tridents to deal more damage to sea creatures.
• Added Minecraft:Riptide.
  • Goes up to level III.
  • Used on tridents to launch the player when thrown while in water or rain.
• Added Minecraft:Channeling.
  • Only has one level.
  • Used on tridents to summon a Minecraft:lightning bolt on impact with a mob during Minecraft:thunderstorms.
    • Requires the target mob to be directly under an open sky and in a biome where it is raining.

Minecraft:Movement

• When sprinting while swimming, the player now goes much faster than normal swimming, and rapidly dive down to the lowest point in the body of water.
  • The player's hitbox is only as large as 0.6×0.6 blocks (same as while flying with an Minecraft:elytra) while doing this.
  • Vertically, the player can fit through a one block gap like this.
    • If the ceiling block is solid, movement is very slow while in such a small space, for any other ceiling block (like a bottom slab) movement speed is as normal.

General

• Added the minecraft:bubble_column_up, minecraft:bubble_pop, minecraft:current_down, and minecraft:squid_ink Minecraft:particles.
• Added the HomePosX, HomePosY, HomePosZ, TravelPosX, TravelPosY, TravelPosZ, and HasEgg tags for Minecraft:turtles.
• Added the AX, AY, AZ, and Size tags for Minecraft:phantoms.
• Added the time_since_sleep Minecraft:statistic.
  • Used by phantoms.
  • Reset when the Minecraft:player leaves their Minecraft:bed.
• Added the minecraft:water_hacked, minecraft:slabs, and minecraft:stairs block Minecraft:tags.
  • Blocks in the minecraft:water_hacked tag render in Minecraft:water as if any non-filled space in the block model was water.
• Added the minecraft:acacia_logs, minecraft:birch_logs, minecraft:dark_oak_logs, minecraft:jungle_logs, minecraft:oak_logs, and minecraft:spruce_logs block and item tags.

Changes

Gameplay

Camera

• A smooth transition is now applied to the camera when the player sneaks, flies with an Minecraft:elytra or swims.
• A smooth transition is now applied to the camera when entering or leaving a Minecraft:bed.

Mobs

• Minecraft:Squid now shoot ink in response to being attacked.
• Minecraft:Zombies, Minecraft:skeletons, Minecraft:ocelots and Minecraft:wolves naturally attack baby turtles, and zombies and zombie pigmen seek out and trample turtle eggs.

Non-mob entities

• Items in water now float up.