Minecraft:Java Edition 23w40a

23w40a is the first Minecraft:snapshot for Minecraft:Java Edition 1.20.3, released on October 4, 2023,<ref>Template:Snap</ref> which improves Minecraft:shields, changes chat component serialization, and fixes bugs.

Additions

General

Minecraft:Tag

• Added following damage type tag:
  • #can_break_armor_stand: contains player_attack and player_explosion.
    • Used for damage types that can incrementally knock down armor stands.
• Added following entity tags:
  • #can_breathe_under_water: contains Template:Cd.
    • Used to disable drowning.
  • #undead: contains Template:Cd.
  • #zombies: contains Template:Cd.

Changes

Blocks

Minecraft:Decorated pot

• Now, if block state cracked is set to true, decorated pots always shatter when broken.

Items

Minecraft:Shield

• When a player is blocking with a shield, the arm with the shield now follows the direction the player is looking at, when viewed from third person perspective.

General

Minecraft:Data pack

• The Minecraft:pack format version is now 19.

Minecraft:Raw JSON text format

• Plain-text chat components (text, no sibilings, no stylings) are now always serialized as string instead of {"text": "your text"}.
• Chat components now serialize to NBT when sent over network.
• Chat components now have an optional type value (allowed values: Template:Cd) to speed up parsing and improve error checking.
• id field in show_entity hoverEvent style now also accepts UUID as an array of 4 integers.
• Numeric and boolean arguments for translate component are no longer converted to string.
• The following JSON component representations are no longer accepted:
  • null
  • []
• Errors in following style fields are no longer silently ignored:
  • color
  • clickEvent
  • hoverEvent
  • hoverEvent[action=show_entity].contents.name
  • hoverEvent[action=show_item].contents.tag

Minecraft:Tag

• Added skeleton_horse into #skeletons entity tag.