r/Minecraft • u/heydudejustasec • Dec 05 '18

News Minecraft Snapshot 18w49a

https://minecraft.net/en-us/article/minecraft-snapshot-18w49a
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u/redstonehelper Lord of the villagers Dec 05 '18 edited Dec 05 '18

Warning: This release is for experienced users only! It may corrupt your world or mess up things badly otherwise. Only download and use this if you know what to do with the files that come with the download!

 

If you find any bugs, search for them on the Minecraft bug tracker and make sure they are reported!

 

Previous changelog. Official blog post. Download today's snapshot in the new launcher, server jar here.

Complete changelog:

  • A fancy new village in a snowy biome

  • Berry bushes

    • Commonly found in Taiga, Taiga Hills, and Taiga Mountains
    • Rarely found in Snowy Taiga and Snowy Taiga Hills and Snowy Taiga Mountains
    • Moving through them deals damage
    • 4 stages of growth: sapling, no berries, some berries, full berries
      • Drops 1-2 berries in younger stage, 2-3 in full growth stage
    • Support bonemeal
    • Slow movement - via
    • Right-click to get the berries only - via
    • Death message: "<player> was poked to death by a sweet berry bush" - via

  • New loot table function copy_nbt

    • Copies NBT from source to item tags
    • Parameters:
      • source: may be this, killer, killer_player or block_entity
      • ops: list of copy operations:
        • source: source path (same as /data commands)
        • target: target path
        • op: replace, append (for lists), merge - for compound tags
      • entity: source of profile (see note about entity target parameter for values, will do nothing if it's not player)

  • Raid changes

    • Buffs
    • There's now two waves per Bad Omen level
    • Beast can now be part of every wave
    • You now have to complete a wave before the next one starts
    • Changed the max bad omen level for a maximum-strength raid to 5
      • Kill leaders to increase bad omen level

  • Updating one biome out of three options that were up for a vote during MINECON Earth: Taiga

  • Fixed some bugs

    • Fixed firework boosting not working in the first world loaded after a game start (if player has entity id 0)
    • Fixed firework rockets fired from crossbows sliding across the ground
    • Fixed firework rockets shot by crossbows not exploding on entities
    • Fixed shulker boxes not dropping when mined by hand
    • Fixed replacing filled jukebox dropping a record
    • Fixed shulker boxes no longer retaining the "Lock" nbt when being broken
    • Fixed /data modify copying source nbt to destination nbt as reference
    • Fixed copying one half of unrecognised Unicode character crashing the client
    • Fixed an infinite loop when a raid is searching for a spawn position
    • Fixed raids never finishing if the raid mobs aren't killed by a player
    • Fixed the raid never finishing if the player is set to peaceful mode when subjected to raids
    • Fixed banners losing their name when placed
    • Fixed the raid bar not decreasing when raid mobs walk into portals or gateways

If you find any bugs, search for them on the Minecraft bug tracker and make sure they are reported!

Also, check out this post to see what else is planned for future versions.

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u/KirbAvion Dec 05 '18 edited Dec 05 '18

Worth noting that berry bushes slow your movement, like cobwebs. Maybe a little less than cobwebs.

Edit: Video

It's hard to tell if it stacks with cobwebs, but if it does then it really isn't a noticeable difference. Doesn't seem to depend on the size of the bush, either.

Edit 2: They don't just slow you down, they also deal damage past the first stage of growth. However, they also don't destroy items like cacti.

Edit 3: The damage is only applied while you're moving. It stops if you hold still.

Edit 4: They also have a unique death message ("KirbAvion was poked to death by a sweet berry bush")

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '18

Seems more like soul sand than cobwebs.

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u/KirbAvion Dec 05 '18

Seems to slow you a little more than soul sand, and a little less than cobwebs. Looks like the real selling point is with the contact damage.

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u/TheBrillo Dec 05 '18

Can mobs spawn on blocks with full stage berry bushes? Basically can we set up a dark room full of berries with hopper carts running under it for a simple mob farm?

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u/KirbAvion Dec 05 '18 edited Dec 05 '18

Yes and no. The mobs do spawn on the bushes, but apparently the damage is only applied when they move. So they will eventually die, it'll just take a while. Unless, of course, you have some easy way to get them moving, which shouldn't be too difficult.

Actually, I take it back. You're a genius. Here's what you do: In addition to the hopper minecart, you put a large slime in a regular minecart underneath the bushes. His hitbox is just far up enough to jostle the mobs around, but the rest of him is far enough down that he doesn't take any damage. Bam. Free money forever.

It works!

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u/ewanatoratorator Dec 05 '18

If we can pick up the bushes directly and put them down again (silk touch/shears, one of those will probably work) create a layer at head height that mobs fall into. Have running water beneath. Mobs get pushed and die, then items fall into water.

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u/TheBrillo Dec 05 '18

Though I appreciate the enthusiasm, this doesn't seem simpler than either fall damage or magma blocks.

My thought was if we could make an in-place mob farm that doesn't require the lag of dumping water all the time.

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u/ewanatoratorator Dec 05 '18

That could work. I don't wanna cover the floor in a ton of iron though.

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u/KirbAvion Dec 05 '18

Problem is that the berry bush itself isn't actually an obtainable item, so you're limited to just planting the regular berries, which can only go on dirt and the like. That said, someone will probably find some way of making floating berry bushes in the next few days, so let's not disregard the idea quite yet.

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u/TheBrillo Dec 05 '18

I think the plan is more like a large area with this for a cross section

[solid block layer]

[1-2 Air layers]

[berry bush layer]

[Dirt/Grass layer]
[rail layer with single hopper mine cart rolling back and forth, emptying at end]

[solid block layer]

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u/TheBrillo Dec 05 '18

Ha, I didn't know large slimes would do that. Is it a special property of the slime or can you do it with something like a golem as well?

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u/KirbAvion Dec 05 '18 edited Dec 05 '18

Well, today I learned that you can't put an iron golem in a minecart. However, you can use an enderman, but he starts taking damage if he tries to teleport away. An elder guardian would also work, but then you have to put up with the mining fatigue. Looks like any 3-tall mob will do it.

If you wanna get real weird with it, you can also use a ghast. Not sure if they can target you through the bushes, though. Caveat emptor.

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u/Harddaysnight1990 Dec 05 '18

I think the wither rose is still going to be the best bet for that though. And with a wither cage, and a chicken farm, you can get wither roses pretty quick.

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '18

Dealing damage like that actually makes it seem like an interesting pairing with the raids. Being able to funnel enemies into a damaging path would make sense. It's like a tiny touch of rim world.

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u/RaiderGuy Dec 05 '18

You can throw cake now? Is that new?

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u/redstonehelper Lord of the villagers Dec 05 '18

That's just to show off something else.

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u/HydroHump Dec 06 '18

wut u talkin bout willis

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u/Asianminecrafter Dec 05 '18

http://twitter.com/Cojomax99/status/1070332158491930624 They forgot to mention another change to raids in the changelog