MINECRAFT SNAPSHOT 18W14A - AQUATIC UPDATE
A Minecraft Java Edition snapshot
Happy snapshot day everybody! We've mostly recovered from GDC and are now back to work, full steam ahead!
CHANGES IN 18W14A
- New item: Phantom Membrane -
- New potion: Potion of Slow Falling -
- Added 4 new advancements -
- New Kelp textures -
- Changed generation rules for kelp and seagrass -
- New Riptide behaviours for tridents -
- Optimized cloud rendering some more -
- PHANTOM MEMBRANE -
- Very spooky. -
- Elytra now requires Phantom Membrane to be repaired -
- Phantoms now drop Phantom Membrane instead of leather -
- Can be crafted into a super spooky Slow Falling potion -
ADVANCEMENTS
We're making progress!
- Fishy Business: Catch a fish -
- Tactical fishing: Catch a fish... without a fishing rod! -
- A Throwaway Joke: Throw a trident at something. Note: throwing away your only weapon is not a good idea. -
- Very Very Frightening: Strike a Villager with lightning -
- More to come! -
RIPTIDE
Whooosh!
- No longer compatible with Loyalty or Channeling -
- If riptide won't work (such as being on land, nice and dry) you can't attack with the trident at all -
- Riptide will not throw the trident, but instead launch you forwards with the trident -
- Looks neat! -
CHANGES IN 18W14B
- New blocks: sea pickles! -
- Renamed coral blocks (See below for details) -
- New coral fan textures -
- Destroying waterlogged blocks will only destroy the block, not the water -
- Fixed a bunch of bugs! - (listed below)
CORAL NAMES
Hopefully the last time they get renamed!
All full blocks of coral are now called "coral block"
Coral plants are now called "coral"
"blue" coral is now called "tube" coral
"pink" coral is now called "brain" coral
"purple" coral is now called "bubble" coral
"red" coral is now called "fire" coral
"yellow" coral is now called "horn" coral
For example, "blue coral" is now "tube coral block"
For example, "purple coral plant" is now "bubble coral"
SEA PICKLES
What to call them? It's really quite a pickle.
Generate either by themselves in warm oceans, or with coral
Up to 4 pickles can be placed in a block
Emits light depending on how many pickles there are per block
Can be smelted down into green dye
Pickle.
FIXED BUGS IN 18W14B
MC-121715 - "Create new world" screen shows an alias command (xp)
MC-124923 - Smelting a cactus to produce cactus green doesn't work
MC-126957 - Certain blocks remove water when placed in it, even if "waterloggable"
MC-127242 - Drowned causes crashes (ticking entity)
MC-127911 - F3 does not work
MC-127915 - Levitation has been replaced by slow falling
MC-127916 - Trident with riptide enchantment disappears when thrown in survival
MC-127924 - Slow falling is considered a negative effect
MC-127960 - Description of "A Throwaway Joke" advancement has capitalization mistake
MC-127973 - "A Furious Cocktail" and "How Did We Get Here" advancements not updated
LEARN MORE VIA YOUTUBE
SNAPSHOT 18W141
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TohVM5ngnPM
SNAPSHOT 18W14B
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ut-LgqpkxwA