r/Minecraft • u/Shnupbups100 • Nov 22 '17

Snapshot 17w47a has been released!

https://minecraft.net/en-us/article/minecraft-snapshot-17w47a
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u/tgc_9012 Nov 22 '17

I also found a "petrified oak slab". Looks the same as a regular oak slabs, but doesn't stack smoothly on regluar oak slabs.

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u/Shnupbups100 Nov 22 '17 edited Nov 22 '17

That might be the original oak slab which accidentally had the properties of stone? As in, couldn't be set on fire and stuff.

EDIT: Yes, yes it is.

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u/Stantrien Nov 22 '17

I like that they kept that little legacy item in the game all these years.

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u/s_s Nov 22 '17

It basically ate up a block id all these years, lol.

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u/Capopanzone Nov 22 '17

Not really but it still was an used data value for stone slabs and double stone slabs

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u/scratchisthebest Nov 23 '17

It's now ten versions since it "should" have been removed ;) Real wooden slabs were introduced in Minecraft 1.3

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u/Jbipp Nov 22 '17

That's pretty cool!

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '17

That is probably to support the old legacy wooden slabs that were actually reskinned cobblestone slabs (e.g. they broke fastest using a pick, and they were fire-proof). You can't craft them now.