Minecraft:Java Edition 19w44a

19w44a is the eleventh Minecraft:snapshot for Minecraft:Java Edition 1.15, released on October 30, 2019.<ref name="19w44a">Template:Snap</ref> It makes Minecraft:honey bottles stackable and adds improvements for Minecraft:iron golems, Minecraft:chunks, and certain particles.

Additions

General

Minecraft:Tags

• Added the shulker_boxes block tag.

Changes

Items

Minecraft:Honey bottles

• Combining four Minecraft:glass bottles with one Minecraft:honey block in a Minecraft:crafting table now returns four honey bottles.
• Are now stackable (up to 16).

Mobs

Minecraft:Iron golems

• Damage progress is now based on the ratio of current Minecraft:health to max health.

Minecraft:Parrots

• No longer imitate Minecraft:polar bears, Minecraft:wolves, and Minecraft:zombie pigmen.

Gameplay

Minecraft:Recipe book

• Many recipes changed to only require one material instead of nine to unlock.
  • The recipes affected are:

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• Many recipes for items that are Minecraft:crafted by placing one of the above blocks in a Minecraft:crafting table no longer unlock when the Minecraft:player has nine of the material.
  • The recipes affected are:

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General

Minecraft:Chunks

• Improved performance of chunk saving.

Minecraft:Particles

• Vertically moving particles now perform better when colliding with blocks.

Trivia

• 19w44a was released exactly 9 years after the Minecraft:Halloween Update.