Minecraft:Java Edition 25w18a

25w18a is the fourth Minecraft:snapshot for Minecraft:Java Edition 1.21.6 released on April 29, 2025.<ref>Template:Snap</ref>

Changes

Items

Minecraft:Dried ghast

• The Minecraft:bone block in the recipe has been replaced with Minecraft:soul sand.

Minecraft:Lead

• The Minecraft:slimeball in the recipe has been replaced with a Minecraft:string.
  • This is to make the recipe easier to craft for players.

Gameplay

Minecraft:Bartering

• Minecraft:Piglins can now give Minecraft:dried ghast blocks when Minecraft:bartered with.

Minecraft:Splash potion

• Splash potions distance to affected entities now depends on the closest distance between the entity hitbox and the splash potion hitbox where it landed.
  • If an entity is hit directly by the splash potion, it will receive the full effect of the potion.
  • If the entities are grouped together, they will receive the same effect strength.

General

Minecraft:Data pack

• The Minecraft:pack format version is now Template:Cd.

Minecraft:Entity data

• Added home_pos and home_radius fields to all mobs.
  • Mobs with set home position will limit their pathfinding to stay within the indicated area.
  • Some mobs, like Minecraft:bats, Minecraft:slimes, Minecraft:magma cubes, Minecraft:phantoms and Minecraft:ender dragons may ignore it.
  • Interacting with leashes or riding may change the home position of the mob.

Minecraft:Fonts

• uniform font has been updated to use Unifont 16.0.03.
• Added previously omitted Unifont glyphs for Private Use Areas.
  • Those glyphs are loaded as a separate sub-font Template:Cd and are not included in any normally used font.
  • Characters in those areas are managed by Under-CSUR (Under-ConScript Unicode Registry), which adds various scripts not present in official Unicode set, like Tengwar or Sitelen Pona.
• Unihex Font Provider
  • Field Template:Cd is now optional (defaults to empty list).

Minecraft:Resource pack

• The version is now Template:Cd.
• All JSON files (in worlds, packs, configuration, etc.) are now parsed in strict mode.
• The Template:Cd and Template:Cd sprites are now animated with a standard Template:Cd definition in the corresponding Template:Cd files.

Minecraft:Tags

• Updated the #followable_friendly_mobs entity tag to include the Minecraft:happy ghast.