Minecraft:Java Edition 18w14a

18w14a is the twenty-ninth Minecraft:snapshot for Minecraft:Java Edition 1.13, released on April 4, 2018<ref>Template:Snap</ref>, which added Minecraft:phantom membrane and the Minecraft:Slow Falling effect.

Additions

Items

File:Phantom Membrane JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Phantom membranes

• Dropped by Minecraft:phantoms.
• Used to repair Minecraft:elytra.
• Can be used to brew potions of Slow Falling.

File:Potion of Slow Falling JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Potion of Slow Falling

• Brewed with phantom membrane.
• Gives the player the Minecraft:Slow Falling status effect for 1 minute and 30 seconds.
• Can be extended to 4 minutes by brewing with redstone.
• Brewing it with Minecraft:gunpowder or Minecraft:dragon's breath creates a splash or Minecraft:lingering potion, respectively.

File:Arrow of Slow Falling JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Arrow of Slow Falling

• Effects the shot mob with the Slow Falling status effect.

Gameplay

Minecraft:Effects

• File:Slow Falling JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Slow Falling
  • It causes the player to descend at a much slower rate, and not take any damage when hitting the ground.
    • This allows the player to jump further than normal.
      • If the player is sprinting while under the Slow Falling effect, they are able to jump across a gap of over 5.5 blocks, compared to 4 with normal sprinting.
  • Crops don't get destroyed if the player lands on them with the Slow Falling effect.
  • Higher levels do not change the rate of descent.

Minecraft:Advancements

• Added 4 new advancements:
  • Fishy Business: 'Catch a fish'
  • Tactical fishing: 'Catch a fish... without a fishing rod!'
  • A Throwaway Joke: 'Throw a trident at something'
  • Very Very Frightening: 'Strike a Villager with lightning'
• Added three new advancement triggers:
  • minecraft:fishing_rod_hooked triggers when a player reels in an item or entity;
  • minecraft:channeled_lightning triggers when a player uses the Channeling enchantment to strike a mob;
  • minecraft:filled_bucket triggers when a player fills a bucket.

General

Minecraft:Debug screen

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  • Now gives a warning before forcing a debug crash.

Changes

Blocks

Minecraft:Kelp

• Changed texture.

Items

Minecraft:Elytra

• Now requires phantom membrane to be repaired instead of leather.

Mobs

Minecraft:Phantoms

• Now drop phantom membrane instead of leather.

World generation

Minecraft:Kelp

• Cannot generate anymore in warm oceans.

Minecraft:Seagrass

• Can now generate in rivers and swamps.

Gameplay

Minecraft:Enchantments

• Minecraft:Riptide
  • No longer compatible with Minecraft:Loyalty or Minecraft:Channeling.
  • If the player is not in water and it is not raining, the player is no longer able to throw Minecraft:tridents enchanted with Riptide, but they still deal melee damage.
  • Riptide doesn't throw the trident but instead launches the player forward.
  • Players now display a spinning animation when dashing.

General

Optimizations

• Optimized cloud rendering.