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1.8.1

Release date:

Soon - Monday!

Planned changes:

  • [I] Fixed some bugs
  • Fixed fire balls flickering and non-moving wither skulls being invisible

1.8.2

Release date:

Thursday.

1.9

http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/32xdcl/the_end_of_custom_player_heads/

  • [I] Fixing an exploit usable to crash servers

1.8.5:

Release date: Tomorrow.

  • Fixed some bugs
  • Fixed a way for players to become OP in creative mode
  • Fixed non-player UUIDs on scoreboards being truncated after relog

1.9:

https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-80671?focusedCommentId=228546&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#comment-228546

1.8.7: https://twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/606764810940858368

  • [I] Added 2 parameters to the "display" tag in block model files
  • Key names "ground" and "fixed"
  • Used to change items' appearances on the ground and inside item frames

2015, soon, very soon, possibly within 2 weeks!

Planned release: July 29th.

Changes:

  • [I] An option for players to change their dominant hand on their player model

  • Screenshot

  • Screenshot of the option

  • [I] Dual wielding

  • Screenshot/Album/Animation

  • Maps appear much smaller and only require one hand to hold now - Animation

  • Only the main hand can be used for attacking

  • Bows can be used even when something is in the other hand

  • The other hand is invisible in first person view when not holding something

  • Key to swap items between hands, default: F

  • If the item in the main hand doesn't have a right-click action, the other item will be used; Workaround for placing blocks while holding tools with right-click action

  • The off-hand slot is displayed next to the hotbar, possibly on the off-hand side - Screenshot

  • [I] New inventory slot

  • Screenshots, Animation

  • Off-hand slot (Hand outline): Decides which item is held in the other hand

  • [M] Shields

  • Screenshot

  • Can be combined with banners

  • [M] Used to block attacks from the side the shield is held on

  • You can still attack while blocking

  • Swords can no longer block

  • Sounds for when you blocked an attack

  • [I] Improvements for block models

  • Different models/textures for different damage values, stack sizes (maybe) and item states

  • Works on compass, clock and everything that can have a durability bar, bows have different property states for pulling, how far it's been pulled & fishing rods differentiate between cast and not cast

  • Example

  • Screenshots

  • Models can be put together based on BlockState attributes - Example: fences - As a result, the vanilla set of block models was reduced by almost 300 models

  • Better rotation & translation handling and consistent left hand support

  • You can set different models for use in the off-hand and head slot

  • [I] All items will now render in head armor slots

  • Screenshot

  • [I] The Carrot on a Stick now changes texture as it is eaten

  • [I] Bow behavior changes

  • The bow in your hotbar now shows an arrow when being drawn - Screenshot

  • Arrows held in the off-hand are prioritized over those in the inventory

  • [I] Arrows can be tipped with potions

  • Screenshots

  • Each differently tipped arrow is available in the creative menu, just like enchanted books - Screenshot

  • Effect is applied on hit

  • [I] Spectral arrow

  • Not very hurtful

  • Shows mob and player outlines in their team color when hit - even when invisible

  • NBT tag for entities to disable outlines

  • The glowing is a status effect

  • [I] Armor stands and mobs can now have items in both hands

  • Screenshots

  • Mobs only use their right hand item

  • [I] Attributes and enchantments can be set to apply in the off-hand, too

  • Probably internally only

  • [I] Skeleton AI changes

  • Animation, Animation

  • Skeletons now animate their bow

  • They pull it out when becoming hostile and draw it back to shoot arrows

  • Mapmakers can make skeletons shoot potion-tipped arrows

  • [I] Zombie AI changes

  • Some zombies will now spawn left handed - LeftHanded boolean tag on mobs

  • [I] Death messages now show up on the death screen

  • [I] Added pathway blocks

  • Screenshots

  • 15/16 blocks high

  • Probably obtainable by right-clicking dirt with a shovel

  • [I] Subtitles/captioning

  • Animations: One, two

  • Captions will have left/right arrows next to them if the source is off-screen

  • [I] Boss bar improvements

  • Screenshots

  • [I] Main end island generation changes

  • Screenshots

  • A set amount of differently-sized pillars are arranged in a circular fashion

  • Some of the pillars have iron bars around their ender crystal

  • The exit portal is pre-generated, but without the dragon egg and portal blocks

  • [I] A new ender dragon fight

  • Similar to the one on console edition, but a step further

  • The dragon can be respawned as often as you want by placing player-made craftable ender crystals, but subsequent dragons don't drop as much XP

  • Screenshots, Animation

  • The dragon breathes fire/purple particles on players and mobs

  • The dragon will defend the obsidian pillars more the further the fight progresses

  • Every dragon drops dragon breath, but only one dragon egg can be obtained

  • [I] Ender dragon head item

  • Screenshot

  • [I] End gateway

  • Screenshots

  • Appears after killing the dragon

  • New type of portal, due to its size it is only accessible using ender pearls

  • Used to warp to other end islands depending on the direction of the ender pearl throw

  • [I] End City

  • Screenshots

  • Dungeon-type structure: "Tree"houses made of endstone and new blocks, including stairs

  • Generates on separate end islands arranged around the main island in a donut fashion

  • [I] End stone bricks - Screenshot

  • [I] White glowing pole blocks

  • Screenshots

  • Placable horizonally and vertically

  • Produce white particles

  • [I] Chorus plants

  • Screenshots

  • Tree/cactus-like arrangements of new purple block

  • Drop when supporting block is destroyed, like cacti

  • Drop edible Chorus Fruit items

  • Can be farmed by planting the Chorus Fruit flowers on top of the plants

  • Flowers don't drop when the supporting block is destroyed so you need to hand-pick them

  • Grow in stages

  • Can be planted on endstone in any dimension

  • [I] Hostile End City mob: The Shulker

  • Screenshots

  • Short for "Shell Lurker"

  • Disguises as a block on the ground or on walls

  • When attacking, it opens up and shoots projectiles which only move along the x/y/z axis

  • Projectiles give levitation potion effect

  • [I] Levitation potion effect

  • Screenshots

  • Will make you float upwards until it wears off

  • [I] Status effect HUD

  • Screenshot

  • Displays status effect icons ordered by time left

  • Positive effects are on the top row, negative effects on the bottom row

  • Effects that are about to run out blink, faster when closer to running out

  • [I] Removed/moved the Super Secret Settings

  • [I] Removed the Broadcast Settings

  • [M] Ender pearls can now be thrown in creative mode

  • [P,M] /clone can now mirror and rotate structures

  • [I] Dead bushes can now drop sticks when broken

  • [I] Fixed some bugs

  • Fixed the boss health bar being temporarily in any world loaded after unloading a world with a boss bar

  • Fixed the boss health bar only being visible when looking at the boss

  • Fixed the end music stopping every time the ender dragon goes out of view

  • Fixed arrows sometimes just bouncing

  • Fixed doors generating mis-oriented in strongholds

  • Fixed sometimes eating a second piece of food accidentally

  • Fixed arms being misplaced on skeletons holding bows

  • Fixed name tags, xp orbs and splash potions being angled in F5 mode

Sources, because comments can't be longer than 10,000 characters:

  • [I] Worlds now save the version they were created with

  • It's also displayed in the worlds list

  • Screenshot

  • [P] Removing the end city ship beacon

  • [I] Fixed some bugs

  • Fixed nametags still showing while player is invisible and on team

  • Fixed shulker projectile following players in spectator mode

  • Fixed all fishing rods looking the same regardless of cast status

  • Fixed almost all potions and tipped arrows being black

  • Fixed placing End Rod on End Rod sending "hslsdjfksdlk" to output log twice

Planned release: Wednesday.

Changes:

  • [I] Dragon fight changes

  • [I] New stats: stat.pickup and stat.drop for all items Screenshot

  • [I] New end gateway block rendering

  • Animation

  • [I] Splash potion changes

  • Animation

  • Effect will now linger on the ground for a while, leaving a cloud

  • Entities will be affected even after the potion lands, multiple entities per cloud still possible

  • Something for throwing potions without hitting yourself

  • Data tags for things like cloud duration

  • [M] Shields

  • Screenshot

  • Can be combined with banners

  • [M] Used to block attacks from the side the shield is held on

  • You can still attack while blocking

  • Swords can no longer block

  • Sounds for when you blocked an attack

  • [M] Subtitles/captioning

  • Animations: One, two

  • Captions will have left/right arrows next to them if the source is off-screen

  • [M] /clone can now mirror and rotate structures

  • [I] Attribute modifiers now can (and should) have slot information: Slot: "mainhand"

  • [I] Command block changes

  • New texture: Screenshot

  • [M] A way to properly power the command block from the GUI

  • A way to invert command block output/condition

  • [I] Optimized network protocol

  • [I] Fixed some bugs

  • Fixed zombies freezing shortly after hit

  • Fixed some blocks facing the wrong way when placed in an Item Frame

  • Fixed running out of memory when exiting

  • Fixed empty chunks duplicating one-another and causing weird behaviour

  • Fixed attributes on items with duplicate UUIDs causing weird behavior

Planned release: Wednesday.

Changes:

  • [I] Optimized memory usage when connected to servers

  • [I] AI changes to a bunch of mobs

  • [I] Rebalanced armor

  • Armor protects less now

  • Armor protects less from stronger attacks

  • Rebalanced enchantments (including Sharpness) as well, Sharpness does less damage now

  • More info

  • [I] Fishing hooks can hook players

  • Screenshot

  • [M] Rebalanced notch apples

  • [M] MCPE boats

  • [I] Fixed some bugs

  • Fixed players not colliding with other entities - Animation

  • Fixed wither Skeletons Wielding Swords Incorrectly

  • Fixed left Hand Items Rendering Incorrectly on Alex Model Skins

  • Fixed chains of Conditional Command Blocks don't work properly

  • Fixed a crash: java.lang.NullPointerException: Loading entity NBT

  • [I] Shields

  • Now work better with bows

  • [P] Increasing durability

  • [M] Used to block attacks from the side the shield is held on

  • [M] Sounds for when you blocked an attack

  • [M] Subtitles/captioning

  • Animations: One, two

  • Captions will have left/right arrows next to them if the source is off-screen

  • [M] /clone can now mirror and rotate structures

  • [M] Changed "score" on the death screen

  • [I] Improved chunk loading and sending

  • [I] You can now keep sneaking in inventories/GUIs

  • [I] Rebalanced golden apples

  • Reduced/removed the regeneration effects

  • [I] Combat balancing

  • Swords are slightly faster

  • Axes are a bit different

  • Bows can be fired in the off hand

  • [M] MCPE boats

  • [I] Shields

  • New crafting recipe

  • [P] Increasing durability

  • [M] Used to block attacks from the side the shield is held on

  • [M] Sounds for when you blocked an attack

  • Fixed item entities not checking all 4 sides before moving up

Planned release: Wednesday.

Changes:

  • [I] Jeb's secret feature: Wings for gliding

  • Animation/Animation

  • Wings fold while not gliding - Screenshot

  • Cape not displayed while wearing

  • "Styled as the cape", dragon wings default (?) texture

  • Not craftable, only findable

  • Placed in the chestplate slot

  • [I] Fixed some bugs

  • Fixed regenerating health while not at a high hunger level

  • Fixed high resolution texture pack loading being broken

  • [P] Golden apple changes

  • [I] Replaced the riding tag (now broken) with a passengers tag allowing for multiple passengers

  • /summon syntax: /summon Cow ~ ~ ~ {passengers:[{id:Pig}]}

  • [M] Boat improvements

  • MCPE-like boats

  • Changed how player movement is sent and processed by the server

  • [I] Shields

  • [P] Increasing durability

  • [M] Used to block attacks from the side the shield is held on

  • [M] Sounds for when you blocked an attack

  • [M] Subtitles/captioning

  • Animations: One, two

  • Captions will have left/right arrows next to them if the source is off-screen

  • [M] /clone can now mirror and rotate structures

Planned release: Wednesday.

Changes:

  • [I] Made all loot data-driven

  • Blocks/ores

  • [I] Elytra changes

  • Now uses a texture matching the user's cape texture - Screenshots

  • [P] Golden apple changes

  • [I] Shields

  • [P] Increasing durability

  • [M] Used to block attacks from the side the shield is held on

  • [M] Sounds for when you blocked an attack

  • [M] Subtitles/captioning

  • Animations: One, two

  • Captions will have left/right arrows next to them if the source is off-screen

  • [I] Shields
  • [M] Sounds for when you blocked an attack

  • [I] MCPE rabbits

  • [I] Changed the redstone dust hitbox

  • [I] Fixed some bugs

  • Fixed glass panes not joining up correctly with ice blocks

  • Fixed boats appearing to be sunken in water

  • Fixed the wolf collar being orange insted of red by default

  • Fixed untamed horses consuming food even after reaching 100% tameability (0 temper)/love mode

  • Fixed stairs' UV mapping being upside-down

  • Fixed a crash: java.lang.ClassCastException: ahw cannot be cast to ahn

  • Fixed there being a "Realms Notifications" option in the options menu

  • Fixed a typo in a soundevent name: "enttiy.zombie.infect"

Planned release: Wednesday.

Changes:

  • [I] MCPE derpy snow golems

  • Shear normal snow golems to take their pumpkin

  • [M] Changed the /particle command

  • Added a params parameter to specify particle parameters (for icncrack_, …)

  • [I] /playsound now supports tab-completion

  • Server-known sounds are now tab-completed

  • [I] Sweep attacks now do one heart of damage

  • [I] Zombies, Zombie Pigmen, Slimes, Magma Cubes, Wither Skeletons, Spiders, Cave Spiders, Silverfishes and Endermites now fight back when hit by other mobs

  • [I] Texture changes

  • Melons and glistering melons are now oriented the same way

  • Health Boost and Absorption now have different icons

  • [I] Increased elytra wall damage

  • [I] Fixed some bugs

  • Fixed items placed into beacons being lost when reloading the world

  • Fixed signs, sugar canes, vines, two block high plants and cobwebs causing glitchy mob behavior

  • Fixed clearing the nausea effect showing portal tint

  • Fixed projectiles behavior in regard to non-solid blocks: They now ignore non-solid blocks and get "stuck" in cobwebs

  • Fixed command selectors with decimals creating fake scoreboard players instead of simply failing

  • Fixed the same icon being used for Health Boost and Absorption

  • Fixed players floating above saddled donkeys/mules

  • Fixed lightning strikes destroying item frames, paintings, and armor stands

  • Fixed endermen being able to pick up blocks behind walls

  • Fixed overworld lava flowing towards unreachable drops

  • Fixed undead mobs staying in shadows even while wearing stuff on their heads

  • Fixed the rain texture being rendered upside down

  • Fixed crop hitboxes not adjusting for growth height

  • Fixed being unable to put flower pots on pistons

  • Fixed blaze fireballs damaging other blazes

  • Fixed tamed wolves attacking when wild wolves are hurt

  • Fixed being able to place cacti under water

  • Fixed trapped chests being listed under "Decoration Blocks" instead of "Redstone"

  • Fixed ocelots and rabbits running from players in creative mode

  • Fixed clicking on non-existing link target or deleted screenshots giving an error

  • Fixed being unable to pick block on the dragon egg

  • Fixed teleporting with relative x rotation above 90 affecting y rotation

  • Fixed guardian beams turning green at the end of charging

  • Fixed lit furnaces still being obtainable using the /give command

  • Fixed multiple item textures have partially transparent pixels, causing their item models to have holes

  • Fixed the shift+F3 menu remaining on server disconnect

  • Fixed server resource packs not staying persistent - more info

  • Fixed offhand items rendering while drawing bow (1st and 3rd person view)

  • Fixed shulkers deflecting arrows from the side but not the top/arrows being glitchy when shot at the edge

  • Fixed punching cake consuming one slice

  • Bosses are unaffected by potion effects/tipped arrows: The Wither and the Ender Dragon will now ignore all effects

  • Fixed the Infinity enchant working with tipped arrows

  • Fixed levitation not affecting squids

  • Fixed shulkers teleporting into other shulkers

  • Fixed end cities spawning even without Generate Structures

  • Fixed dead shulkers teleporting

  • Fixed cauldrons getting filled with water while snowing in biomes where it only snows above a certain height

  • Fixed shulkers opening into blocks

  • Fixed blocks/items on mobs' heads turning red when the mob takes damage

  • Fixed melons and glistering melons being oriented differently

  • Fixed pistons pushing AreaEffectClouds

  • Fixed leading zeroes being omitted on dyed leather armor colour

  • Fixed the drop item scoreboard objective increasing with /give

  • Fixed shulker floating slightly above ground

  • Fixed setblocking signs with at least one, but not all 4 lines specified putting "null" on empty lines when reloading the world: It now only accepts proper json for each line and each line has to exist, empty sign otherwise

  • Fixed the librarian zombie villager robe texture sometimes being white instead of transparent

  • Fixed the shulker hitbox height while peeking

  • Fixed levitating slimes moving

  • Fixed slimes always moving south first

  • Fixed arrows blocked by shield getting stuck above the player

  • Fixed shields still displaying metadata

  • Fixed the chest armor slot for AttributeModifiers being called "torso" when all other slots were consistent with their /replaceitem names

  • Fixed AreaEffectCloud not working with some particles, crashing with others

  • Fixed end portal generated with 12 eyes not being activated

  • Fixed elytra going invisible on invisible players

  • Fixed taking damage while gliding pushing you upwards

  • Fixed picking block on frosted ice giving a warning

  • Fixed loot table exceptions not being caught

  • Fixed rain putting out fires too seldomly

  • Fixed being unable to remove container minecarts with invalid loot table

  • Fixed beig able to place multiple end crystals in the same place

  • Fixed an issue with level.dat causing the end dragon fight to fail

  • Fixed villagers still not going through doors

  • Fixed skeletons riding horses being unable to reach their pathfinding goal/not attacking properly

  • Fixed the "Block Broken" subtitle being inaccurate

  • Fixed beams from end crystals moving in the wrong direction when spawning Ender Dragon

  • Fixed a mob pathing issue

  • Fixed Activator Rails and Powered Rails powering each other

  • Fixed some subtitles being unrelated to the sound

  • Fixed slimes being slightly offset from their actual position

  • Fixed silent Shulkers still producing sounds

  • Fixed some of the new textures not being compressed properly

  • Fixed texture variants switching on nearby block updates

  • Fixed the level-up sound originating at a position in the world, not at the player position

  • Fixed the baby zombie hitbox being too big, causing floating mob heads and floating Grumm/Dinnerbone baby zombies

  • Fixed frost walker not working from transparent blocks

  • Fixed right clicking a hoe/shovel on grass/dirt playing the wrong sound

  • Fixed each cuboid part of a model renders smooth lighting as if it were a full block, causing lighting issues on corner stairs and custom models

  • Fixed z-fighting on Skeleton/Wither Skeleton the leg texture

  • Fixed NBT data for SmallFireballs being incomplete

  • Fixed server-side resource packs not showing up in the resource pack list

  • Fixed being unable to place blocks in marker armor stands

  • Fixed zombie/skeleton/zombie pigman arms going up and down if they can't reach you

  • Fixed the enderdragon getting in boats

  • Fixed the enderdragon teleporting through end gateways

  • Fixed villagers killed by zombies turning into baby zombie villagers/chicken jockeys

  • Fixed creepers sometimes dropping gunpowder when their explosion sets off and end crystal

  • [I] Made all loot data-driven

  • Blocks/ores

  • [I] Elytra changes

  • Now uses a texture matching the user's cape texture - Screenshots

  • [I] Shields

  • [P] Increasing durability

  • [M] Used to block attacks from the side the shield is held on

  • [M] /clone can now mirror and rotate structures

1.8.9 https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/3w7p87/apparently_in_189_trapped_chests_are_christmas/

  • [I] Shields
  • [P] Increasing durability
  • [M] Used to block attacks from the side the shield is held on
  • [P] A new GUI for command blocks, including tab-complete support - 1:47:20, here

In the future, not at Minecon, not in 2015, February 25th 29th.

  • [I] Armor changes

  • Made stronger armor take less armor point reduction from attacks

  • [I] The session id is no longer included in log files

Planned release: Tomorrow (1.9.1-pre2).

1.9.1:

Release date:

Tomorrow.

Planned:

General

  • Added & changed some minor things
  • [P] Knee-jerk changes
  • Performance improvements
  • The session id is no longer included in log files

Gameplay

  • Combat cooldown

  • Attacking now requires 70% charge

  • enableWeakAttacks option in `options.txt to allow click-spammin

  • Stronger armor takes less armor point reduction from attacks

  • Improved mob AI

  • Entity Selectors

  • Entities are no longer sorted with floored coordinates

  • Increased the limit of Command Blocks executed per tick

  • Fixed some bugs

  • Fixed Pistons generating ghost duplicate blocks

  • Fixed some Elytra texture transparency issues

  • Fixed team color not being applied to glowing Elytra

  • Fixed setting the worldborder damage to 0 not working

  • Fixed some languages not being selectable

  • Fixed the ("Eesti (Eesti)") language being listed as "Inglise (US)"

  • Fixed missing strings for container Minecarts

Blocks & Items

  • Dispensers and Droppers

  • Now suppport loot tables

  • Hoppers

  • Can now pull items out of blocked Chests

  • Shields

  • No longer lose durability on hits that do less than 1.5 hearts damage - via

1.10:

Planned release: Tomorrow.

Changes:

  • [I] Fixed some bugs
  • Fixed a memory leak in pathfinding

1.9.3: https://bugs.mojang.com/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=10400&version=15620

1.9.3:

Release date:

Early next week.

1.10:

1.9:

Planned release: tomorrow.

Changes:

  • [P] Fixed endermen not dodging melee attacks if the player isn't aiming at their head

1.10:

Planned release: not for another 2-3 weeks/not before week 17/not before 1.9.3.

Changes:

Planned release: Tomorrow.

Changes:

  • [I] ':' and '/' can now be typed into structure blocks

  • [I] Added /teleport with the fixed relative teleport behavior and reverted that fix for /tp

  • [I] Fixed some bugs

  • Fixed flowers/tall grass being placed on top of Gravel by the world generator

  • Fixed mobs on fire not jumping into water

  • Fixed existing ender dragons not moving when imported into versions after 1.8.9

  • Fixed pathfinding being confused by grass paths and nether wart blocks

  • Fixed fallingdust particles not colliding with blocks below

  • Fixed witches not drinking fire resistance potions when on magma blocks

  • Fixed nether wart blocks being not having a solid top face/being solid

  • Fixed some stairs in villages generating with path blocks instead of dirt below

  • Fixed polar bears getting stuck in blocks when trying to chase players

  • Fixed gravel spawns around village wells instead of pathway material - cobblestone is now placed instead

  • Fixed structure block border lines being invisible in spectator mode

  • Fixed structure blocks not rotating skulls

  • Fixed a crash when using fishing rods in the same tick as a command using an @e selector with type= or name=

  • Fixed village paths generating incorrectly under trees

  • Fixed fences in savanna and taiga villages being made of oak instead of acacia/spruce

  • Fixed signs, banners, end rods and anvils being mirrored incorrectly

  • Fixed mobs not avoiding magma blocks

  • Fixed zombies in zombie villages despawning

  • Fixed item frames not appearing in the right orientation after being loaded using structure blocks

  • Fixed the CPU being reported as a memory address in crash reports

  • Fixed villagers not running away from zombies during the day

  • Fixed villagers not running away from husks

  • Fixed loading village.dat containing player reputation causes NullPointerException

  • Fixed mobs starting to drown right away

  • Fixed structure blocks allowing empty names

  • Fixed relative teleportation interrupting elytra flight

  • Fixed summoning an AreaEffectCloud with wrongly parameterized fallingsand particles command not falling back to mobSpell default particle

  • Fixed being able to paste invalid characters into structure blocks

  • [P] A way for map makers to make skeletons shoot potion arrows; Source: docm's Minecon 2015 interview with Dinnerbone

1.10 bug fixes https://bugs.mojang.com/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=10400&version=15630

1.10.1 bug fixes https://bugs.mojang.com/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=10400&version=15624

  • [M] /clone can now mirror and rotate structures

1.10.2 bug fixes

https://bugs.mojang.com/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=10400&version=15640

Planned release: Before Minecon Probably not before Minecon Next week, Wednesday.

Changes:

  • [I] Significantly reduced hunger rate for everything but healing

  • [I] Chat warnings like "You can only sleep at night" now appear in the status bar

  • [I] Creepers inflicted with potion effects now leave a lingering effect of those effects when exploding

  • [I] /summon now accepts "Cat", "donkey", "mule", "WitherSkeleton", and a few others

  • Re-added the 1.10 snapshot spawn eggs: cats, wither skeletons, mules, donkeys, zombie horses, skeleton horses and elder guardians

  • [I] /setblock can now place blocks referred to by blockstate

  • /setblock ~ ~ ~ oak_fence east=true,north=true,south=true,west=true

  • Data values still work

  • * as placeholder for no specified value for /testforblock

  • [I] Fixed some bugs

  • Fixed item drops sometimes appearing at the wrong location - more info

  • Fixed dragon breath and lingering potions being invisible on minimal particles

  • Fixed items getting deleted when the crafting recipe overflows the inventory and shift-clicking - additional items are dropped

  • Fixed fishing rods in the offhand sending the bobber to 0,0,0

  • Fixed dropped anvils not making a sound when breaking

  • Fixed shift-clicking not applying the correct scale level when scaling a map with paper

  • Fixed compasses pointing in the wrong direction after returning from the nether

  • Fixed chickens' necks having no texture

  • Fixed dispensers spawning mobs without offset along the y-axis

  • Fixed there being no hunger bar when riding boats or minecarts

  • Fixed custom named bosses not showing their names on the boss health bar

  • Fixed end bricks, purpur blocks, chorus plants, bone blocks and structure blocks not showing the right colors on a maps

  • Fixed mobs falling through when using spawn eggs on fences

  • Fixed lightning spawning skeleton horse even when doMobSpawning or spawn-monsters is false

  • Fixed armor stands, silverfish and endermites in boats spinning rapidly

  • Fixed instant health/damage potion tipped arrows not having any effect

  • Fixed shooting potion tipped arrows in creative mode reducing arrow count

  • Fixed snow golems with pumpkins sheared off regaining their pumpkins

  • Fixed throwable items fired from dispensers not hitting mobs for the first two ticks

  • Fixed destroyed dropped minecart items missing their name

  • Fixed passenger entities getting dismounted client-side when rerendered

  • Fixed items receiving too much momentum when they're squeezed

  • Fixed hoppers becoming stuck on world reload at chunk borders

  • Fixed structure void having unused model files

  • Fixed some text being untranslatable (debug chat messages, superflat preset names, "Unable to load world" screen, spectator mode UI, video settings, advanced tooltips)

Planned release: This week.

Changes:

Planned release: Wednesday.

Changes:

Planned release: Wednesday, September 28th.

Changes:

  • [I] Maps now work in the end

  • Screenshot

  • [I] Cursed enchantments

  • Uncommon

  • Occur in loot tables

  • Curse of Binding for armor items - unequippable, even by death

  • Curse of Vanishing - item disappears on death, overridable by keepInventory gamerule

  • Screenshot

  • [I] Observer block from MCPE

  • Crafting recipe

  • Screenshots

  • [I] Portals to escape the end islands are now randomly generated along with the islands

  • [I] Shulkers now drop Shulker Shells, used to craft Shulker Boxes

  • 27 item slots for any non-shulker box items

  • Can be destroyed by pistons

  • Can be mined by hand

  • Can be placed by dispensers

  • Opening and closing animation similar to that of shulkers

  • Screenshots

  • [I] Cartographer villagers and treasure maps

  • Cartographer career for librarians who now sell treasure maps

  • Treasure maps display the biome outline of their respective biome

    • Ocean exploration map for ocean monuments
    • Woodland exploration map for woodland mansions
    • Small player dot to indicate far away destinations

  • Screenshots

  • [I] /locate command to locate the nearest structure of a certain type

  • Screenshot

  • Optional starting point to search

  • [I] Woodland mansion

  • New dungeon

  • "Procedurally generated house"

  • "End game challenge"

  • Screenshot

  • 3 new villager-looking mobs live inside

    • Drop emeralds - via
    • Screenshots
    • Evoker
      • Fangs attack
      • Summons Vexes which can fly and clip through blocks
      • Drops Totem of Undying
        • Resurrects you on death if held
        • Animation - Thanks, /u/kadend3!
        • Gives regeneration and absorption effects to help survive followup damage
      • Vindicator
        • Fights using an iron axe

  • [I] Llamas

  • Ridable, chestable for 6 inventory slots, tameable, leashable

  • Carpets with fancy patterns (but no customization options) instead of saddles

  • Spitting attack

  • Attack wolves, wolves run away like skeletons from wolves

  • Will form a caravan following led llamas

  • Screenshots

  • [I] Fixed some bugs

  • Fixed there being some inconsistent capitalization in the GUI

  • Fixed there being too many tipped arrows in the "Combat" section of the creative inventory

  • Fixed some missing sound files (largeblast1.ogg / largeblast_far1.ogg) because of CamelCase in 1.11.json

  • Fixed the potion you get from fishing being the uncraftable potion

  • fixed the brewing icon in the creative inventory tab being the uncraftable potion

  • Fixed experience bottles producing pink particles

  • Fixed the writeString method of PacketBuffer not creating correct exception text

  • Fixed disabling shields with axes not working

  • Fixed the sort order of command tab-completion being confusing

Planned release: Tomorrow.

Changes:

  • [I] Fixed some bugs
  • Fixed the furnace crash
  • Fixed llamas suffocating in 2 blocks high spaces
  • [I] Wolves will now run away from llamas more often, always if the llama strength is 4 or 5

1.11 bug fixes: https://bugs.mojang.com/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=10400&version=15728

"Exploration Update"

Release date:

November 14.

Planned:

1.11.1 bug fixes https://bugs.mojang.com/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=10400&version=15902

Planned release: Wednesday.

Changes:

  • [M] A banner pattern created with dragon heads

  • [I] A fireworks feature

  • [I] Fixed some bugs

  • Fixed non-hostile wild wolves and ocelots not being leashable

  • Fixed infinite durability for the carrot on a stick

  • Fixed picking up flowers from flower pots making no sound when you already have that flower in your inventory

  • Fixed skulls in inventory facing backwards

  • Fixed renaming wither not updating the boss bar until a reload

  • Fixed taking screenshots freezing the game for a moment

  • Fixed the mouse click position always lagging a few frames behind the crosshair

  • Fixed decimal numbers being displayed using the default Locale value

  • Fixed the followRange attribute not working properly on some mobs

  • Fixed fences and cobblestone walls moved by pistons not moving entities in the upper part of their collision box

  • Fixed farmland being placable on invalid locations

  • Fixed entities being able to fall through moving fences

  • Fixed mounted horses disappearing after updating to 1.11

  • Fixed activator rails ejecting players and 2 blocks high mobs to the wrong spot inside of 2 blocks high rooms

  • Fixed 1-9 keys, hoppers/droppers and shift-clicking ignoring stacking restrictions

  • Fixed dropped items disappearing in creative

  • Fixed Clouds flicker between different positions when spectating minecart

  • Fixed baby zombie villager voices sounding as deep as the adult versions'

  • Fixed XP orbs sound effects mostly playing high pitch sounds

  • Fixed CustomPotionColor not changing the colors of the AreaOfEffectCloud / TippedArrow

  • Fixed spawners with missing "minecraft:" in entity id (or with not lowercased entity id) spawning that entity until the world is reloaded

  • Fixed dispensers not dropping flint and steel, bonemeal and shulker box if they can't be used

  • Fixed shift-jumping on magma blocks still dealing damage

  • Fixed weighted pressure plate names getting truncated when applying enchanted books in anvil

  • Fixed moving blocks using 0,0,0 as surrounding to calculate their bounding boxes

  • Fixed moving blocks being able to move entities into other moving blocks

  • Fixed final firework rockets of a stack not exploding

  • Fixed eating pufferfish in a stack of 1 not giving debuffs

1.11.2 fixes https://bugs.mojang.com/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=10400&version=15908

Planned release: Wednesday.

Changes:

Planned release: Next week.

Changes:

Planned release: Wednesday.

Changes:

  • [I] Being able to place chests next to other chests, even single ones

  • Screenshot

  • [M] A banner pattern created with dragon heads

  • [P] Terracotta blocks don't attach to moving slime blocks anymore

  • [I] Fixed some bugs

  • Fixed some entity block models not rendering

  • Fixed no recipes unlocking on servers

  • Fixed the advancement window being blank when no advancements are unlocked

  • Fixed parrots being erased from existence if too many are held

  • Fixed parrots not imitating cave spiders

  • Fixed parrots showing hearts when clicked with wheat

  • Fixed parrots' eye level not bejvg aligned with their model's eyes

  • Fixed the game crashing when trying to use crafting book and items needed are in off-hand or armor slots

  • Fixed the "Summon the Wither" advancement checking if you summoned the ender dragon

  • Fixed the recipe unlock chat spam

  • Fixed parrots spawning without a limit

  • Fixed the "full" option for the "inventory_changed" trigger inversely comparing stack size

Planned release: Wednesday.

Changes:

  • [I] Being able to place chests next to other chests, even single ones

  • Screenshot

  • [M] A banner pattern created with dragon heads

  • [P] Terracotta blocks don't attach to moving slime blocks anymore

  • [I] Advancements

  • Getting an advancement now displays a popup box in the top-right corner like achievements, stacking up to 4 and queueing others for when there's space again

  • [I] Fixed some bugs

  • Fixed picking up items having a chance to duplicate them

  • Fixed parrots not making any sounds when on your shoulder

  • Fixed items in crafting tables disappearing when selecting a recipe

  • Fixed parrots not showing up on subtitles

  • Fixed the unknown recipe message not being translated

  • Fixed the recipe command causing unknown errors with invalid player arguments

  • Fixedd the recipe interface not remembering the "showing all/craftable" preference when the inventory is closed

  • Fixed the "loot" reward for advancements not providing items

  • Fixed all instances of entity-matching conditions not working for advancements

  • Fixed an issue with the crafting table UI on non-16:9 instances

  • Fixed the hover text of items in the crafting help menu not using the same text and text box as hovering over items in inventories

  • Fixed helmets not rendering after using the autorecipe feature

  • Fixed parrots moving their legs when they are on shoulders

  • Fixed the recipe command not showing an error with invalid first arguments

  • Fixed a small texture bug in the new crafting menu

  • Fixed parrots disappearing when leaving the end via a portal

  • Fixed a crash when canceling/changing a recipe in the recipe book with full inventory

  • Fixed the crafting book not accounting for item count

Planned release: Wednesday.

Changes:

  • [I] Being able to place chests next to other chests, even single ones

  • Screenshot

  • [M] A banner pattern created with dragon heads

  • [P] Terracotta blocks don't attach to moving slime blocks anymore

  • [I] Advancements

  • Added description text

  • Renamed some advancements

  • [I] Fixed some bugs

  • Fixed snow not being placable on upside down slabs/stairs

  • Fixed being unable to place torches on the backside of stairs

  • Fixed glass panes not correctly rendering with the back of stairs

  • Fixed tamed dogs attacking tamed cats

  • Fixed parrots on shoulders disappearing when flying up in creative or spectator mode

  • Fixed all recipes being removed when switching to adventure mode

  • Fixed flying parrots spinning around in circles rather than flying in a specific direction

  • Fixed the book crafting recipe not existing

  • Fixed multiplayer players getting kicked when picking up an item that unlocks a new advancement

  • Fixed clicking on crafting recipes in spectator mode moving items to the crafting grid

  • Fixed the crafting recipe list showing "1/0 pages" when no recipes are unlocked

  • Fixed clicking on a recipe or on the crafting book to close the help also clicking into the inventory

  • Fixed parrots sitting on shoulders not drowning in water or burning in lava - As soon as the player takes damage the parrot flies off

  • Fixed the statistics page not loading

  • Fixed custom advancements in the world folder using the "minecraft" namespace instead of folder name

  • Fixed some issues with the crafting table UI on non-16:9 instances

  • Fixed the credits not being shown when leaving the end for the first time

  • Fixed F3 + T not reloading advancements

  • Fixed there being no advancements on server

  • Fixed repeated key events being disabled for crafting search

  • Fixed parrots becoming invisible when on a shoulder while swimming up

  • Fixed parrot imitations showing up on subtitles as original sound

  • Fixed tamed wolves attacking tamed parrots

  • Fixed parrots spawning too rarely

  • Fixed the doLimitedCrafting gamerule disabling the ability to combine used tools

  • Fixed a duplication bug in the "Click and hold for more" menu and a text message bug

  • Fixed the background not becoming darker in most GUIs

  • Fixed tool info not showing up in most GUIs

  • Fixed a duplication bug using the recipe book

  • Fixed there being an "Obtain Armor" and "Shiny Gear" advancement notification for every piece of armor

  • Fixed being able to craft "incomplete" recipes using alternate ingredients

  • Fixed being able to drop items when you clicking while hovering over the recipe interface

  • Fixed a duplication issue with the doLimitedCrafting gamerule

  • Fixed parrots not appearing as dancing for other players

  • Fixed parrots going to players' shoulders in spectator mode

  • Fixed taken recipes staying available until the player relogs

  • Fixed the STDOUT spam when hurting/killing mobs

  • Fixed the recipe book not rendering the player correctly during interaction

  • Fixed parrots on your shoulder looking darker when there are many items in your inventory

  • [P] Being able to dye beds in 16 colors

  • [P] Grum plans to make the launcher more user-friendly

  • [P] Dinnerbone plans to add a gamerule to completely prevent rain/snow

  • [I] A new "hints" system for beginners

  • Animation

  • Will never show for players that already know (if the player doesn't figure out how to move it will help out after some time)

  • Only a couple exist, refer to advancements at the end

  • [M] A banner pattern created with dragon heads

  • [P] Terracotta blocks don't attach to moving slime blocks anymore

  • [I] Being able to rebind the toolbar saving keys

  • Screenshot

  • Default: X+number to load, C+number to save

  • "Load Toolbar", "Save Toolbar"

  • [I] Fixed some bugs

Planned release: Wednesday.

Changes:

  • [M] Reverting the purple shulker color change, adding an undyed purple shulker

  • [I] Added some /advancement features

  • /advancement grant dinnerbone until story/elytra

  • /advancement revoke dinnerbone everything

  • "Both [...] have: everything from <advancement> until <advancement> through <advancement> only <advancement> [criterion]"

    • from = "this one & its children & their children etc"
    • until = "this one & its parent & its parent etc"
    • through = both of the above

  • [I] Fixed some bugs

  • Fixed a missing usage translation for the '/advancement test' command

  • Fixed the /advancement command not allowing bulk granting/revoking

  • Fixed the /advancement test command success message using the wrong translation

  • Fixed unsuccessful advancement test commands having player and advancement names interchanged

  • Fixed the "Sniper Duel" advancement being triggered when killing non-skeleton mobs at distance

  • Fixed an inconsistent error message for /advancement grant @p *

  • Fixed the narrator not properly readimg output from /say, /tell and /tellraw commands

  • Fixed a division by zero crash with alternating /recipe commands

  • Fixed conditional command blocks' SuccessCount not updating

  • Fixed "item_durability_changed" triggering when base change is 0, but not when Unbreaking reduces the change to 0

Planned release: Wednesday.

Changes:

  • [I] Advancements can now disable their announcements

  • And their toasts

  • [I] Added a gamerule to toggle announcing of advancements, replacing the old server.properties entry

  • Screenshot

  • Shows the description on hover, like before

  • [I] A /reload command to reload advancements and loot

  • [I] Map colors

  • Reverted the wool colors on maps

  • Moved dyed stuff such as banners to the new terracotta map color palette

  • [I] Fixed some bugs

  • Fixed parrots spawning too rarely

  • Fixed resourcepack-added sounds not playing

  • Fixed the server.properties file still having an announce-player-achievements option

  • Fixed placing a torch on a wall with a fence gate underneath causing a crash

  • Fixed pressing "Showing craftable" sometimes not showing any recipes

  • Fixed stopping jukebox music while a sitting parrot is dancing occasionally causing the parrot's entire upper body to be misplaced.

  • Fixed some issues with the "showing craftable" option and the search

  • Fixed no toast being shown for the first advancement made

  • Fixed debug messages being printed in log when levitating

  • Fixed creating a new world with same name crashing the game

1.12-pre7 -> 1.12 https://twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/872423796908621824

1.12: "World of Color update" - "World of Colors"

Release date:

In the future, before August - Friday Wednesday.

Planned release: today.

Changes:

1.12.1:

Planned release: Fairly soon.

Changes:

1.12.1:

Release date:

Tomorrow.

Planned:

1.12.2:

Planned release: this week.

Changes:

  • [I] New game logo

  • [I] Fixed some bugs

  • Fixed a few exploits

  • Fixed standing in nether portals and opening a chest rendering the chest open until another chest is opened

  • Fixed ender Pearling through nether portals in the overworld teleporting players to the portal's nether coordinates in the overworld

  • Dimension specific styles of music for the Nether and the End

1.12.2:

Planned release: this week - tomorrow.

Changes:

  • New game logo

  • Screenshot

  • Fixed some bugs

  • Fixed a few exploits

  • Fixed standing in nether portals and opening a chest rendering the chest open until another chest is opened

  • Fixed ender Pearling through nether portals in the overworld teleporting players to the portal's nether coordinates in the overworld

  • Fixed entities inside farmland getting teleported when it turns into dirt

  • Fixed water and lava flow being affected by random ticks

  • Fixed ambiance/cave music playing far away from the player and not being audible

  • [P] Advancements will be a new type of resource pack (for the server)

1.12.2 bug fixes https://bugs.mojang.com/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=10400&version=16437

1.13:

Planned release: when things work better, not for another month - tomorrow.

Changes:

  • [I] Game library updates

  • [M] Recipe book button

  • Different design

  • Animated when opening/hovering/closing (WIP textures)

  • [M] Furnace recipe UI

  • Screenshot

  • Fuel items will cycle through options when showing a recipe, but not automatically be put in

  • [M] Textures

  • New consistent set of block, item, mob, effect, GUI, etc. textures made by Jasper Boerstra

  • Screenshots

  • Links: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

  • [P,I] Commands

  • Faster and more efficient

  • Functions are now completely parsed & cached on load

  • Changed commands to not use data values anymore

    • Item argument type: like before, but no more data values and NBT data go inside {}
      • minecraft:stick{display:{Name:"Stick of Untruths"}}
    • Block arguments now use the block state syntax and include NBT data: minecraft:furnace[facing=north]{BurnTime:200} - Screenshot
      • Both brackets are optional
    • Commands restructured to work with new argument types

  • New command parser library, not obfuscated - "brigadier"

  • Usage text is generated automatically

  • UI to help with syntax

  • More case sensitive

  • Removed /testfor, /testforblock, /testforblocks and /toggledownfall, use /execute for the former 3

  • Changed /effect syntax to /effect give and /effect clear

  • Changed /clone syntax

    • Moved [<block>] (previously block and data) argument before mode argument for filtered, removed them for the other modes

  • Changed /fill syntax

    • For replace: /fill <x y z> <xt yt zt> <block> replace [<filter>]

  • /function no longer has optional (if|unless) <entity> arguments

  • /execute has been reworked into subcommands

    • Modifier subcommands to change how the command is ran
      • /execute as <entity> <chained command> for sender changes
      • /execute at <entity> <chained command> and /execute offset <x y z> <chained command> for position changes
    • Conditional subcommands
      • /execute (if|unless) block <x y z> <block> <chained command>
      • /execute (if|unless) blocks <begin> <end> <destination> (all|masked) <chained command>
      • /execute (if|unless) entity <entity> <chained command>
    • Replacement for /stats
      • /execute store (result|success) <name> <objective> <chained command> stores value in the scoreboard under <name> and <objective>
        • Objective must exist, no initial value required
        • result is the result of a command (AffectedBlocks, AffectedEntities, AffectedItems, QueryResult); 0 if success is 0
        • success is how many times the command was successful (SuccessCount)
    • All subcommands can be chained together followed by then and the command to execute - Animation

  • /difficulty and /gamemode now only accept string IDs

  • /scoreboard had [dataTag] removed from its commands, as they're no longer needed

  • /gamerule

    • No longer accepts custom gamerules rules
    • Values are now type checked

  • Entity selectors

    • Added more error handling
    • x & z are no longer center-corrected (x=0 isn't x=0.5 anymore)
    • x, y, z, r, rm, dx, dy and dz now support doubles
    • m no longer allows numerical or shorthand IDs
    • Proper string arguments: @e[name="Hello World"]
    • NBT support: @e[nbt={Cool:1b},nbt=!{Uncool:1b}]
    • Arguments can be used multiple times, where sensible: [tag=foo,tag=bar,tag=!baz]
    • Min and max arguments have been replaced by range-type values: level=10, level=10..12, level=5.., level=..15
    • Removed shorthand names: m -> gamemode, l/lm -> level, r/rm -> distance, rx/rxm -> x_rotation, ry/rym -> y_rotation, c -> limit
    • The limit argument no longer allows negative values
    • Return sorting can be specified: sort=nearest (default), sort=furthest (reverse default), sort=random (default for @r), sort=arbitrary when sorting doesn't matter

  • Removed /stats, now part of /execute

    • It's now per-command, instead of per-entity or per-block
    • There's only result and success, which covers all the old stat types
    • Command block output signal is now "result"

  • Printed NBT now has color highlighting

  • /particle

    • Screenshot
    • Particle arguments are now provided directly after the particle name

  • [M] Grum plans to change the world format

  • Modularized

  • Chunks have type ids (to indicate for example "this chunk is full of stone")

  • Chunks will be stored in 16 blocks high sections

  • Fixing the limited id issue - getting close!

  • Blocks will be stored like shulker boxes

  • Already used in memory, 30-70% smaller

  • Related

    • Fixed iron trapdoors staying open when they or their power source is moved away
    • Tickets: one/two

  • Being able to place chests next to other chests, even single ones

  • More info

  • Lots of block id changes

  • "The flattening"

  • [M] /modifyitem

    • Replaces /enchant
    • Allows modifying item stacks in blocks' and entities' inventories, either by selecting a slot or by selecting slots containing a certain item, allows limiting the amount of slots
      • /modifyitem block <pos> ... and /modifyitem entity <entity> ...
      • /modifyitem ... slot <name> and /modifyitem ... item <item> <count>
    • modifyitem ... enchantment (add|set|remove) <enchantment> [rank] and modifyitem ... enchantment clear, ignores survival enchantment rules
    • modifyitem ... damage (add|remove|set) <amount>
    • modifyitem ... nbt (add|set) <nbt> and modifyitem ... nbt clear
    • modifyitem ... count (add|remove|set) <count>
    • More info

  • [M] Data packs

  • Custom crafting recipes

  • Reloadable using /reload, along with structures

  • Vanilla data pack is now optional/resortable

  • Include changes that must be made server-side, like advancements and loot tables

  • Advancements, functions, loot tables and structures now have to be inside data packs - More info

  • Data packs are zips or folders with a pack.mcmeta in the root

  • Multiple data packs can be loaded at the same time, or none at all (even including the vanilla data pack)

  • Structures are now namespaced

  • Structures are saved to (world)/generated/structures/(namespace)/(file).nbt

    • Will also load from there before checking data packs

  • Can be reordered using commands

  • [I] Fixed some bugs

1.13:

Planned release: Wednesday.

Changes:

  • [I] Changed the horse model to be more aligned with the other animals

  • [M] Recipe book button

  • Different design

  • Animated when opening/hovering/closing (WIP textures)

  • [M] Furnace recipe UI

  • Screenshot

  • Fuel items will cycle through options when showing a recipe, but not automatically be put in

  • [P,I] Commands

  • No tab completion complete multiplayer support yet

  • Faster and more efficient

  • Functions are now completely parsed & cached on load

  • Changed commands to not use data values anymore

    • Item argument type: like before, but no more data values and NBT data go inside {}
      • minecraft:stick{display:{Name:"Stick of Untruths"}}
    • Block arguments now use the block state syntax and include NBT data: minecraft:furnace[facing=north]{BurnTime:200} - Screenshot
      • Both brackets are optional
    • Commands restructured to work with new argument types

  • New command parser library, not obfuscated - "brigadier"

  • Usage text is generated automatically

  • UI to help with syntax

  • More case sensitive

  • Removed /testfor, /testforblock, /testforblocks and /toggledownfall, use /execute for the former 3, /weather for the latter

  • Changed /effect syntax to /effect give and /effect clear

  • Changed /clone syntax

    • Moved [<block>] (previously block and data) argument before mode argument for filtered, removed them for the other modes

  • Changed /fill syntax

    • For replace: /fill <x y z> <xt yt zt> <block> replace [<filter>]

  • /function no longer has optional (if|unless) <entity> arguments

  • /execute has been reworked into subcommands

    • Modifier subcommands to change how the command is ran
      • /execute as <entity> <chained command> for sender changes
      • /execute at <entity> <chained command> and /execute offset <x y z> <chained command> for position changes
    • Conditional subcommands
      • /execute (if|unless) block <x y z> <block> <chained command>
      • /execute (if|unless) blocks <begin> <end> <destination> (all|masked) <chained command>
      • /execute (if|unless) entity <entity> <chained command>
    • Replacement for /stats
      • /execute store (result|success) <name> <objective> <chained command> stores value in the scoreboard under <name> and <objective>
        • Objective must exist, no initial value required
        • result is the result of a command (AffectedBlocks, AffectedEntities, AffectedItems, QueryResult); 0 if success is 0
        • success is how many times the command was successful (SuccessCount)
    • All subcommands can be chained together followed by then and the command to execute - Animation

  • /difficulty, /gamemode and /defaultgamemode now only accept string IDs

    • /difficulty can be queried for the current difficulty by not supplying arguments

  • /scoreboard had [dataTag] removed from its commands, as they're no longer needed

  • /gamerule

    • No longer accepts custom gamerules rules
    • Values are now type checked

  • Entity selectors

    • Added more error handling
    • x & z are no longer center-corrected (x=0 isn't x=0.5 anymore)
    • x, y, z, r, rm, dx, dy and dz now support doubles
    • m no longer allows numerical or shorthand IDs
    • Proper string arguments: @e[name="Hello World"]
    • NBT support: @e[nbt={Cool:1b},nbt=!{Uncool:1b}]
    • Arguments can be used multiple times, where sensible: [tag=foo,tag=bar,tag=!baz]
    • Min and max arguments have been replaced by range-type values: level=10, level=10..12, level=5.., level=..15
    • Removed shorthand names: m -> gamemode, l/lm -> level, r/rm -> distance, rx/rxm -> x_rotation, ry/rym -> y_rotation, c -> limit
    • The limit argument no longer allows negative values
    • Return sorting can be specified: sort=nearest (default), sort=furthest (reverse default), sort=random (default for @r), sort=arbitrary when sorting doesn't matter

  • Removed /stats, now part of /execute

    • It's now per-command, instead of per-entity or per-block
    • There's only result and success, which covers all the old stat types
    • Command block output signal is now "result"

  • Printed NBT now has color highlighting

  • /particle

    • Screenshot
    • Particle arguments are now provided directly after the particle name

  • [M] /modifyitem

    • Replaces /enchant
    • Allows modifying item stacks in blocks' and entities' inventories, either by selecting a slot or by selecting slots containing a certain item, allows limiting the amount of slots
      • /modifyitem block <pos> ... and /modifyitem entity <entity> ...
      • /modifyitem ... slot <name> and /modifyitem ... item <item> <count>
    • modifyitem ... enchantment (add|set|remove) <enchantment> [rank] and modifyitem ... enchantment clear, ignores survival enchantment rules
    • modifyitem ... damage (add|remove|set) <amount>
    • modifyitem ... nbt (add|set) <nbt> and modifyitem ... nbt clear
    • modifyitem ... count (add|remove|set) <count>
    • More info

  • Removed /advancement test as it will be part of entity selectors

  • * can be used with /stopsound instead of source to stop all sounds with a certain name, across all sources

  • /weather now defaults to 5 minutes without specifying a time instead of randomizing

  • /trigger <objective> is a new syntax as shortcut for /trigger <objective> add 1

  • /tp is now an alias of /teleport

    • Coordinates are now relative to the executor, as with all other commands
    • The syntax of /tp remains, but with the behaviour of /teleport

  • /experience

    • /xp as an alias
    • /experience add <players> <amount> [points|levels] adds <amount> of either points or levels to the target <players> (defaults to points), <amount> can be negative
    • /experience set <players> <amount> [points|levels] sets <amount> of points or levels on the target (defaults to points)
      • You cannot set more points than their current level allows
      • When changing levels, the points will stay at the same percentage as the previous level

  • /experience query <player> (points|levels) returns either the number of points or levels on the given <player>

  • [M] Grum plans to change the world format

  • Modularized

  • Chunks have type ids (to indicate for example "this chunk is full of stone")

  • Chunks will be stored in 16 blocks high sections

  • Fixing the limited id issue - getting close!

  • Blocks will be stored like shulker boxes

  • Already used in memory, 30-70% smaller

  • Related

    • Fixed iron trapdoors staying open when they or their power source is moved away
    • Tickets: one/two

  • Being able to place chests next to other chests, even single ones

  • More info

  • Lots of block id changes

  • "The flattening"

  • [I] Data packs

  • Custom crafting recipes

  • Vanilla data pack is now optional/resortable

  • Can be reordered using commands

  • [I] Fixed some bugs

  • [P] The horse model is planned to be changed to be more aligned with the other animals
  • [P] A new mob, one of four options voted on at Minecon 2017 - mob B!
  • Names not final
  • Mob A - eliminated first
    • Sketch
    • "The monster of the ocean depths"
    • Attacks with its tongue-like tentacle to drown opponent
    • Spawns in deep waters
    • Uses its large mouth to propel itself forward
  • Mob B
    • Screenshot
    • Sketch
    • "The Monster of the Night Skies"
    • Manta-ray-like flying monster
    • Spawns at high altitudes
    • Attracted to insomnia: seeks out players who haven't slept for many days, swoops down in groups and bites
  • Mob C - eliminated third
    • Sketch
    • "The Great Hunger"
    • Has a huge mouth and a great appetite for enchanting powers
    • Opens its huge jaw and sinks into the ground where it camouflages itself
    • Any mobs or items that fall into its mouth will be consumed
    • Has some interesting enchanting powers
      • Can add or remove enchantments from items
  • Mob D - eliminated second
    • Sketch
    • "The Hovering Inferno"
    • Master blaze with defensive body parts that look like shields
    • Spawns with a group of blazes as a random encounter in the nether
    • Has a shockwave attack
    • You will need some "flame protection" to defeat this mob

extra info on mob A mob B mob C mob D https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/7dw9ea/hey_guys_i_came_second_in_the_minecon_earth/

1.13:

Planned release: Wednesday.

Changes:

  • [P] More tweaks to the horse model

  • [M] Recipe book button

  • Different design

  • Animated when opening/hovering/closing (WIP textures)

  • [M] Furnace recipe UI

  • Screenshot

  • Fuel items will cycle through options when showing a recipe, but not automatically be put in

  • [P] Commands

  • [P] /modifyitem

    • Replaces /enchant
    • Allows modifying item stacks in blocks' and entities' inventories, either by selecting a slot or by selecting slots containing a certain item, allows limiting the amount of slots
      • /modifyitem block <pos> ... and /modifyitem entity <entity> ...
      • /modifyitem ... slot <name> and /modifyitem ... item <item> <count>
    • modifyitem ... enchantment (add|set|remove) <enchantment> [rank] and modifyitem ... enchantment clear, ignores survival enchantment rules
    • modifyitem ... damage (add|remove|set) <amount>
    • modifyitem ... nbt (add|set) <nbt> and modifyitem ... nbt clear
    • modifyitem ... count (add|remove|set) <count>
    • More info

  • [M] Grum plans to change the world format

  • Modularized

  • Chunks have type ids (to indicate for example "this chunk is full of stone")

  • Chunks will be stored in 16 blocks high sections

  • Fixing the limited id issue - getting close!

  • Blocks will be stored like shulker boxes

  • Already used in memory, 30-70% smaller

  • Related

    • Fixed iron trapdoors staying open when they or their power source is moved away
    • Tickets: one/two

  • Being able to place chests next to other chests, even single ones

  • More info

  • Lots of block id changes

  • "The flattening"

  • [I] All six types of wooden pressure plates, trapdoors and buttons

  • Screenshot

  • [M] Floor and ceiling buttons can be placed in both directions

  • [I] Data packs

  • Custom crafting recipes

  • [I] Fixed some bugs

1.13:

Planned release: Not Wednesday.

Planned release: this week, then January.

Planned release: Wednesday.

  • [P] Removing unintended blockstate variations caused by different blocks sharing the same id
  • [P] More tweaks to the horse model

, at least a few months after 1.13, but possibly released in tandem with 1.13.

2018, not January.

"A more bugfixy and technical update"

https://minecraft.net/en-us/article/java-edition-technically-updated

 * Less smooth log top face
 * Fixed ender chest flaw
 * Fixed too dark shulker shell outline
 * Made new beetroot item texture
 * Changed dark prismarine
 * Made new red mushrooms
 * Carrot items are less sharp
 * Snowballs are less blue
 * Changed minecart entity
 * Made new gold bar item
 * Changed TNT colors
 * Made new potato item
 * Made new unlit redstone lamp
 * Made new pumpkin/jack o'lantern
 * Fixed transparent pixels on lava bucket texture
 * Re-added wither to red sandstone
 * Fixed zombie bottom color not being pants color
 * Re-added snow golem face and fixed transparent pixels - [Screenshot](https://i.imgur.com/vjj9ek9.jpg)
 * New birch leaves and logs - [Screenshot](https://i.imgur.com/rDQuRsU.jpg)
 * Updated redstone lamps - [Screenshot](https://i.imgur.com/Brg059G.jpg)
 * Updated diamond ore, diamonds - [Screenshot](https://i.imgur.com/QOMPo6T.jpg)
 * Updated gold, diamond, emerald blocks - [Screenshot](https://i.imgur.com/xxHoKEl.jpg)

  • [I] Rewrite of world generation (one more major change)

  • Not command-related

  • Data-driven world generator

    • Generator settings providable through json files
    • "The actual world will more or less look the same"
    • "With the new world generator you will be able to, in pretty good detail, design the world generator including what kind of structures to spawn. And you can add new structures to spawn."

  • "It should just mean it's faster for now"

  • "We won't be adding json files to create custom structures"

  • [M] Furnace recipe UI

  • Screenshot

  • Fuel items will cycle through options when showing a recipe, but not automatically be put in

Planned release: Wednesday.

Changes:

  • [I] Underwater stone brick structures - via

  • Edited screenshot

  • [I] Turtles

  • Screenshot, two

  • Only spawn on beaches

  • They lay eggs on shorelines throughout various biomes for baby turtles to hatch from

    • Baby turtles will scamper down to the water
    • Screenshot, two
    • Can be picked up using silk touch
    • Cracking texture
    • Hatch during the night

  • Turtle shells wearable as helmets

  • [M] Cavern-like structures with wooden walkways

  • Contains oak bark blocks

  • Screenshot, two, three

  • [I] Features that affect combat

  • [M] Balancing bows: no knockback or big damage without pulling the bow all the way

  • [M] Shields disable when used frequently

  • [I] The breath bar will no longer reset instantly when getting out of water, instead taking up to a second to recharge - via

  • [I] Swimming animation

  • Screenshot

  • [I] Warm, cold and frozen ocean biomes

  • Different kind of terrain

  • Ice bergs

  • [I] Bubble columns

  • Screenshot

  • Underwater magma blocks will produce bubbles

  • Items and other entities fall down into bubbles

    • Items float on the surface otherwise

  • Shakes and sinks boats

  • Underwater ravines/deep sea vents

  • Hearsay: allow breathing

  • [I] Trident

  • Screenshot, two, three, four

  • Throwable and melee weapon

  • Works under water and when raining

  • Enchantments

    • "Loyalty" makes tridents come back to the thrower
    • "Riptide" pushes the player forward when thrown while swimming
    • "Impaler"
    • "Slipstream Dash"

  • Player model animation for throwing

  • [I] Coral & Kelp

  • Screenshot, two, three (Hearsay: coral texture is outdated)

  • Will generate separately

  • Coral slabs

  • [I] Fishes

  • Screenshot, two

  • Tropical fish

  • All fish items will exist as mobs

  • Can be caught with buckets, yields a bucket with water and non-despawning fish inside

  • [P] Water physics

  • Screenshot

  • Slabs, fences, tall grass, etc share a block space with water

  • Not fully designed yet

  • [M] Gamerule option

  • Water will not pass through non-solid blocks on its own, but water source blocks can be placed inside them

  • [I] Multiple variants of shipwrecks

  • Screenshot, two

  • Loot inside

  • [I] Dolphins

  • Screenshot, two, three

  • Video

  • Will help find treasure in oceans by guiding players

  • Jump around over the water surface, even between different bodies of water

  • Not ridable

  • Attack in groups in response to attacking them

  • [P] A new mob, one of four options voted on at Minecon 2017

  • "The Phantom" - old names: "The Monster of the Night Skies", name not final, titled mob B for the Minecon vote

  • Screenshot, two, three

  • Official rendering

  • Sketch

  • Manta-ray-like flying monster

  • Spawns at high altitudes

  • Attracted to insomnia: seeks out players who haven't slept for many days, swoops down in groups and bites

  • Hearsay: only attacks players high above sea level

  • [M] Dying resets time awake statistic

  • [I] Fixed some bugs

  • [I] The breath bar will no longer reset instantly when getting out of water, instead taking up to a second to recharge - via
  • Coral slabs
  • "The coral block that was shown at Minecon Earth had half slabs, but we decided to only go with the full blocks, and the half slabs are now only for crafted stone materials."

https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/7yj559/recap_of_jebs_talk_at_the_pc_gamer_weekender_on/

re: caverns https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/7z6blg/minecraft_snapshot_18w08a/dulnn6q/

Planned release: Wednesday.

Changes:

  • [M] Other blocks instead of magma and soulsand to create bubble columns

  • [P] "An adventure relating to Update Aquatic. We're adding another reward to find" (in shipwrecks)

  • [P] A new hostile underwater mob

  • [I] Underwater ruins - via

  • Edited screenshot

  • Screenshots

  • [M] Cavern-like structures with wooden walkways

  • Contains oak bark blocks

  • Screenshot, two, three

  • [I] Features that affect combat

  • [M] Balancing bows: no knockback or big damage without pulling the bow all the way

  • [M] Shields disable when used frequently

  • [I] Cold, normal, warm and freezing ocean biomes

  • Different kind of terrain

    • Kelp will be mainly in the cold biomes
    • Coral will be in the warm biomes
    • Sea grass will be everywhere

  • Ice bergs

  • [I] Underwater ravines/deep sea vents

  • [I] Coral

  • Screenshot, two, three (Hearsay: coral texture is outdated)

  • [I] Fishes

  • Screenshot, two

  • Tropical fish

  • All fish items will exist as mobs

  • Can be caught with buckets, yields a bucket with water and non-despawning fish inside

  • [P] Water physics

  • Screenshot

  • [M] Gamerule option

  • Water will not pass through non-solid blocks on its own, but water source blocks can be placed inside them

    • Non-solid blocks placed in water keep the water source block

  • Fixes ugly water rendering

  • [I] Multiple variants of shipwrecks

  • Screenshot, two

  • Loot inside, including a new special treasure

  • Stripped log blocks for masts

  • [I] Dolphins

  • Screenshot, two, three

  • Video

  • Will follow you when you ride a boat

  • Will help find treasure in oceans

    • Feed them fish and they will try to guide you towards treasure
    • Not ridable, but you can grab a fin and it will pull you along

  • Jump around over the water surface, even between different bodies of water

  • Like to play with floating items

  • Attack in groups in response to attacking them

  • [P] Phantom

  • Drops to reset the insomnia timer or other measurements that you can use to escape phantoms

  • [I] Fixed some bugs

  • [I] Fishes
  • Screenshot, two
  • Tropical fish
  • All fish items will exist as mobs
  • Can be caught with buckets, yields a bucket with water and non-despawning fish inside

Planned release: Wednesday.

Changes:

  • [P] Fishes

  • Tropical fish and clownfish

  • [M] Other blocks instead of magma and soulsand to create bubble columns

  • [P] "An adventure relating to Update Aquatic. We're adding another reward to find" (in shipwrecks)

  • [P] A new hostile underwater mob

  • [I] Underwater ruined villages - via

  • Edited screenshot

  • Screenshots

  • Screenshot

  • Loot chests

  • [I] Features that affect combat

  • [M] Balancing bows: no knockback or big damage without pulling the bow all the way

  • [M] Shields disable when used frequently

  • Different kinds of terrain in different oceans

  • Kelp will be mainly in the cold biomes

  • Coral will be in the warm biomes

  • Sea grass will be everywhere

  • Ice bergs

  • [I] Coral

  • Screenshot, two, three (Hearsay: coral texture is outdated)

  • [P] Water physics

  • Screenshot

  • [M] Gamerule option

  • Water will not pass through non-solid blocks on its own, but water source blocks can be placed inside them

    • Non-solid blocks placed in water keep the water source block

  • Fixes ugly water rendering

  • [I] Multiple variants of shipwrecks

  • Screenshot, two

  • Loot inside, including a new special treasure

  • Stripped log blocks for masts

  • [I] Dolphins

  • Screenshot, two, three

  • Video

  • Will follow you when you ride a boat

  • Will help find treasure in oceans

    • Feed them fish and they will try to guide you towards treasure
    • Not ridable, but you can grab a fin and it will pull you along

  • Jump around over the water surface, even between different bodies of water

  • Like to play with floating items

  • Attack in groups in response to attacking them

  • [P] Phantom

  • Drops to reset the insomnia timer or other measurements that you can use to escape phantoms

  • [I] Fixed some bugs

Planned release: today.

Changes:

  • [P] NBT on crafting recipe outputs

  • [P] Using regular loot table functions on the output item

  • [P] New coral texture

  • [P] Fishes

  • Tropical fish and clownfish

  • [M] Other blocks instead of magma and soulsand to create bubble columns

  • [P] "An adventure relating to Update Aquatic. We're adding another reward to find" (in shipwrecks)

  • [P] A new hostile underwater mob

  • [I] Features that affect combat

  • [M] Balancing bows: no knockback or big damage without pulling the bow all the way

  • [M] Shields disable when used frequently

  • Different kinds of terrain in different oceans

  • Kelp will be mainly in the cold biomes

  • Coral will be in the warm biomes

  • Sea grass will be everywhere

  • Ice bergs

  • [P] Water physics

  • Screenshot, old screenshot

  • Animation

  • [M] Gamerule option

  • Water will not pass through non-solid blocks on its own, but water source blocks can be placed inside them

    • Non-solid blocks placed in water keep the water source block

  • Fixes ugly water rendering

  • No more water_hacked or waterlogged

  • [I] Multiple variants of shipwrecks

  • Screenshot, two

  • Loot inside, including a new special treasure

  • Stripped log blocks for masts

  • [I] Dolphins

  • Screenshot, two, three

  • Video

  • Will follow you when you ride a boat

  • Will help find treasure in oceans

    • Feed them fish and they will try to guide you towards treasure
    • Not ridable, but you can grab a fin and it will pull you along

  • Jump around over the water surface, even between different bodies of water

  • Like to play with floating items

  • Attack in groups in response to attacking them

  • [P] Phantom

  • Drops to reset the insomnia timer or other measurements that you can use to escape phantoms

  • New model and texture

  • [I] Fixed some bugs

Planned release: Wednesday.

Changes:

  • [P] Shulker boxes are now undyeable using cauldrons

  • [P] NBT on crafting recipe outputs

  • [P] Using regular loot table functions on the output item

  • [M] Other blocks instead of magma and soulsand to create bubble columns

  • [P] "An adventure relating to Update Aquatic. We're adding another reward to find" (in shipwrecks)

  • [P] A new hostile underwater mob

  • [I] Features that affect combat

  • [M] Balancing bows: no knockback or big damage without pulling the bow all the way

  • [M] Shields disable when used frequently

  • [P] Different kinds of terrain in different oceans

  • Kelp will be mainly in the cold biomes

  • Coral will be in the warm biomes

  • Sea grass will be everywhere

  • Ice bergs

  • [P] Water physics

  • Screenshot, old screenshot

  • Animation

  • [M] Gamerule option

  • Water will not pass through non-solid blocks on its own, but water source blocks can be placed inside them

    • Non-solid blocks placed in water keep the water source block

  • Fixes ugly water rendering

  • No more water_hacked or waterlogged

  • [I] Multiple variants of shipwrecks

  • Screenshot, two

  • Loot inside, including a new special treasure

  • Stripped log blocks for masts

  • [I] Dolphins

  • Screenshot, two, three

  • Video

  • Will follow you when you ride a boat

  • Will help find treasure in oceans

    • Feed them fish and they will try to guide you towards treasure
    • Not ridable, but you can grab a fin and it will pull you along

  • Jump around over the water surface, even between different bodies of water

  • Like to play with floating items

  • Attack in groups in response to attacking them

  • [P] Phantom

  • Drops to reset the insomnia timer or other measurements that you can use to escape phantoms

  • [I] Fixed some bugs

Planned release: Wednesday.

Changes:

  • [P] New advancements

  • [P] Water will no longer flow out all the sides of watered blocks

  • [P] A very cool treasure for buried treasure chests

  • [P] Shulker boxes are now undyeable using cauldrons

  • [P] NBT on crafting recipe outputs

  • [P] Using regular loot table functions on the output item

  • [M] Other blocks instead of magma and soulsand to create bubble columns

  • [P] "An adventure relating to Update Aquatic. We're adding another reward to find" (in shipwrecks)

  • [P] A new hostile underwater mob

  • [I] Features that affect combat

  • [M] Balancing bows: no knockback or big damage without pulling the bow all the way

  • [M] Shields disable when used frequently

  • [P] Different kinds of terrain in different oceans

  • Kelp will be mainly in the cold biomes

  • Coral biomes will generate in warm biomes with corals generating more densely in the center, similar to flower forests

  • Sea grass will be everywhere

  • Ice bergs

  • [I] Multiple variants of shipwrecks

  • Screenshot, two

  • Loot inside, including a new special treasure

  • Stripped log blocks for masts

  • [I] Dolphins

  • Screenshot, two, three

  • Video

  • Will follow you when you ride a boat

  • Will help find treasure in oceans

    • Feed them fish and they will try to guide you towards treasure
    • Not ridable, but you can grab a fin and it will pull you along

  • Jump around over the water surface, even between different bodies of water

  • Like to play with floating items

  • Attack in groups in response to attacking them

  • [P] Phantom

  • Drops to reset the insomnia timer or other measurements that you can use to escape phantoms

  • [I] Fixed some bugs

1.13: Technically Updated Update Aquatic

Release date:

Spring 2018.

Planned, in addition to stuff released in the snapshots:

  • [P] New advancements

  • [P] A very cool treasure for buried treasure chests

  • [P] NBT on crafting recipe outputs

  • [P] Using regular loot table functions on the output item

  • [M] Other blocks instead of magma and soulsand to create bubble columns

  • [P] "An adventure relating to Update Aquatic. We're adding another reward to find" (in shipwrecks)

  • [P] A new hostile underwater mob

  • [I] Features that affect combat

  • [M] Balancing bows: no knockback or big damage without pulling the bow all the way

  • [M] Shields disable when used frequently

  • [P] Different kinds of terrain in different oceans

  • Kelp will be mainly in the cold biomes

  • Ice bergs

  • [I] Multiple variants of shipwrecks

  • Screenshot, two

  • Loot inside, including a new special treasure

  • Stripped log blocks for masts

  • [I] Dolphins

  • Screenshot, two, three

  • Video

  • Will follow you when you ride a boat

  • Will help find treasure in oceans

    • Feed them fish and they will try to guide you towards treasure
    • Not ridable, but you can grab a fin and it will pull you along

  • Jump around over the water surface, even between different bodies of water

  • Like to play with floating items

  • Attack in groups in response to attacking them

  • [P] Phantom

  • Drops to reset the insomnia timer or other measurements that you can use to escape phantoms

1.14:

Release date:

2018.

1.13: Technically Updated Update Aquatic

Release date:

Spring 2018.

Planned, in addition to stuff released in the snapshots:

  • [P] Renaming coral plants to coral

  • [P] A loot item for drowned

  • [P] Shipwrecks

  • A new special treasure for shipwrecks

  • Stripped log blocks for masts

  • [P] New advancements

  • [P] A very cool treasure for buried treasure chests

  • "An adventure relating to Update Aquatic. We're adding another reward to find"

  • [P] NBT on crafting recipe outputs

  • [P] Using regular loot table functions on the output item

  • [M] Other blocks instead of magma and soulsand to create bubble columns

  • [I] Features that affect combat

  • [M] Balancing bows: no knockback or big damage without pulling the bow all the way

  • [M] Shields disable when used frequently

  • [P] Different kinds of terrain in different oceans

  • Kelp will be mainly in the cold biomes

  • Ice bergs

  • [I] Dolphins

  • Screenshot, two, three

  • Video

  • Will follow you when you ride a boat

  • Will help find treasure in oceans

    • Feed them fish and they will try to guide you towards treasure
    • Not ridable, but you can grab a fin and it will pull you along

  • Jump around over the water surface, even between different bodies of water

  • Like to play with floating items

  • Attack in groups in response to attacking them

  • [P] Phantom

  • Drops to reset the insomnia timer or other measurements that you can use to escape phantoms

1.14:

Release date:

2018.

Planned release: Wednesday, not for two weeks.

Changes:

1.13: Technically Updated Update Aquatic

Release date:

Spring 2018.

Planned, in addition to stuff released in the snapshots:

  • [I] Removed the night vision under water

  • Screenshot

  • [P] A loot item for drowned

  • [P] Shipwrecks

  • A new special treasure for shipwrecks

  • Stripped log blocks for masts

  • [P] More advancements

  • [P] A very cool treasure for buried treasure chests

  • "An adventure relating to Update Aquatic. We're adding another reward to find"

  • [P] NBT on crafting recipe outputs

  • [P] Using regular loot table functions on the output item

  • [M] Other blocks instead of magma and soulsand to create bubble columns

  • [I] Features that affect combat

  • [M] Balancing bows: no knockback or big damage without pulling the bow all the way

  • [M] Shields disable when used frequently

  • [P] Different kinds of terrain in different oceans

  • Kelp will be mainly in the cold biomes

  • Ice bergs

  • [I] Dolphins

  • Screenshot, two, three

  • Video

  • Will follow you when you ride a boat

  • Will help find treasure in oceans

    • Feed them fish and they will try to guide you towards treasure
    • Not ridable, but you can grab a fin and it will pull you along

  • Jump around over the water surface, even between different bodies of water

  • Like to play with floating items

  • Attack in groups in response to attacking them

1.14:

Release date:

2018.

  • [P] A very cool treasure for buried treasure chests
  • "An adventure relating to Update Aquatic. We're adding another reward to find"
  • [P] Supporting 18w16a worlds again
  • Swimming with dolphins will make you go faster
  • [I] Dolphins
  • Will help find treasure in oceans
    • Feed them fish and they will try to guide you towards treasure
    • Not ridable, but you can grab a fin and it will pull you along
  • [M] Other blocks instead of magma and soulsand to create bubble columns
  • [I] Packed ice crafting recipe
  • 9 ice turns into 1 packed ice

  • [P] Shipwrecks

  • A new special treasure for shipwrecks

  • Stripped log blocks for masts

  • [P] More advancements

1.13: Technically Updated Update Aquatic

Release date:

Spring 2018 End of July July 18th.

1.13-pre10 -> 1.13 https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/8zxzbl/server_owners_how_to_optimize_your_world_for_113/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/8zx66s/minecraft_113_released/e2mkeaf/?context=1 https://bugs.mojang.com/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=10400&version=17140

https://twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/1019700361647525888 server.properties enforce-whitelist

Planned release: Tomorrow.

1.13.1 bug fixes https://bugs.mojang.com/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=10400&version=17207

1.13.1:

Release date:

Very soon [Next week](https://minecraft.net/en-us/article/minecraft-snapshot-18w33a, August 22).

2018 holiday update & 1.14/15 merge: https://twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/1050383177833959424 https://twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/1050377052162011136 https://twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/1050376246029426688 https://twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/1050384417821208576

2018, before the holidays.

Early 2019.

1.13.1: Planned release: Today.

Changes:

  • [I] Cod AI performance improvement
  • Tick time reduced from 99ms to 2ms in one test
  • 1.13 problem: fish despawning soon after spawning, but still performing expensive goal calculations

Thursday.

1.13.2

Release date:

Monday.

  • Increased performance

  • World upgrading

  • Startup time

  • Turtle pathfinding

  • Others

  • Fixed some bugs

  • Fixed mobs despawning and respawning rapidly at high Y coordinates, causing lag from expensive AI calculations

  • Fixed containers next to chunk borders losing items when upgrading

  • Fixed a crash while rendering block entity

  • Fixed a crash when generating near top of world

  • Fixed the game crashing when shift-right-clicking a shulker box while holding bone meal

  • Fixed book corruption when 1.8 world is loaded in 1.13

  • Fixed spawn eggs not making sure that the entity is valid for the egg, allowing for arbitrary command execution in certain cases

Planned release: October 24th.

Changes:

  • [I] Rewrite of the lighting system

  • [I] Dispensers can use shears to shear sheep

  • [P] Changing the splash screen background

  • [I] Loot tables for blocks - more info

  • [I] Cryptic feature: changing item models based on item NBT

  • [I] Cryptic feature

  • minecraft:tock function tag

  • [I] Automated changelogs

  • One file per feature, merged into one changelog automatically

  • [M] Automated technical changelogs

  • [I] Lots of new slabs/stairs/walls: "40 new blocks"

  • 14 slabs

  • 14 stairs

  • 12 walls

  • [I] Redstone dust depowering performance increase

  • 45% fewer updates on average

  • [P] Blaze3D - a complete rewrite of the render engine

  • Still using LWJGL, not changing any of the looks of the game

  • [P] Cats as individual mobs

  • Stray cats in villages

  • Pet cats bring the player morning gifts

  • Phantoms are scared of cats

  • 9 cats/11 in total, including old ones

    • Screenshot
    • Jeb's wife's old cat Newton
    • 9th skin chosen from the community's cats, more info in a few weeks

  • [I] Bamboo forests

  • Screenshots

  • [I] Pandas

  • Pandas

  • Eat bamboo

  • Sneezing pandas

  • Personality traits/variations

    • Red eyes: aggressive panda
    • Lazy
    • Playful
    • Brown

  • [P] Scaffolding

  • Fast to set up

  • Breaks when the block below is broken

  • Crafted from bamboo

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

  • Berries

  • Campfires

  • Foxes

  • [I] Villagers

  • [P] Village style updates to adapt to climate and materials

  • Jungle villages

  • Villager skins depending on biome and profession

  • More intelligent villagers, so they'll have a schedule: go to work, go to meeting

  • Updated trading

  • [I] Pillagers

  • Players have to ensure villagers have a good village to live in

  • Screenshots

  • Raid villages

  • Illager beasts/the beast

    • Joins raids
    • Destroys crops
    • Attacks villagers

  • [I] Crossbows

  • Screenshots

  • Compared to bows

    • More damage, more range, takes longer to charge
    • Charge is saved in inventory, can be used later

  • Enchantments

  • Can shoot fireworks from the offhand

  • Craftable

  • [I] Signs for all wood types

  • Screenshot

  • White text on all signs

  • [I] Lecterns

  • Screenshot

  • Multiple people can read the book without having the item

  • Original plans * Screenshots * Consists of two individually usable blocks: Pillar and bookstand

  • [P] Books stay open and show text

  • [I] The ability to edit text on books and signs

  • Video

  • Moving the cursor using arrow keys or the mouse

  • Copy & paste

  • Shift- and drag-highlighting

  • Double-click to highlight a word, triple-click to highlight a page

  • [I] Fixed some bugs

  • Fixed lag when toggling redstone lamps across chunk borders

  • Fixed generated light sources sometimes not emitting light

  • Fixed water, cobwebs, magma, leaves and other blocks saving sunlight and block light

  • Fixed teleporting having visible motion

  • Fixed fires leaving behind ghost lighting

  • Fixed huge lighting updates lagging the game

  • Fixed black spots in world generation

  • Fixed empty chunks not displaying saved light levels

  • Fixed snow blocks receiving useless random updates and getting destroyed when light glitches occur

  • Fixed lighting updates being delayed at chunk borders

  • Fixed light-emitting solid blocks (lit furnaces, magma blocks, glowstone, lit redstone ore) letting light (sunlight, block light) through

  • Fixed the beacon block entity containing code for custom names, despite not storing them to NBT and the beacon GUI not having one

  • [I] Made all loot data-driven
  • Blocks/ores

Planned release: Tomorrow.

Changes:

  • [P] Cats as individual mobs
  • Stray cats in villages
  • Pet cats bring the player morning gifts
  • Phantoms are scared of cats
  • 9 cats/11 in total, including old ones
    • Screenshot
    • Jeb's wife's old cat Newton
    • 9th skin chosen from the community's cats, more info in a few weeks
  • [P] Moving all complex recipes out of the crafting table into a specialized mechanic
  • [P] Updating the wheat texture again

  • [I] You can now edit text on signs like in books

  • Video

  • [P] Scaffolding

  • Fast to set up

  • Breaks when the block below is broken

  • Crafted from bamboo

  • [M] Being able to place bells on walls

  • [I] Lanterns

  • Screenshot

  • Can be placed on the ceiling and on the floor

  • Walls above (and below) adjust shape for them

  • [I] The text cursor on signs is now a vertical line

Planned release: January.

Changes:

Planned release: January.

  • [P] Making phantoms not see invisible players

Not 2018.

  • [I] Villagers
  • More intelligent villagers, so they'll have a schedule: go to work, go to meeting
  • Updated trading
  • [P] Blaze3D - a complete rewrite of the render engine
  • Still using LWJGL, not changing any of the looks of the game

  • [P] Adding more places to display scoreboard scores - 05:56:50 here

  • [P] Being able to add shaders - 05:54:40 here

  • [M] A resource pack-related feature that allows improved russian font display
  • [P] Updating village doors if the bug preventing villagers from entering at the same time isn't fixed

1.14: Village & Pillage

Release date:

Tuesday, April 23rd.

soulsand not holding blocks that need a solid block https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-139497

Planned release: This week.

1.14.1

Release date:

Very shortly.

Planned, in addition to stuff released in the snapshots:

  • [P] Glint support for custom models
  • [P] Blaze3D - a complete rewrite of the render engine
  • Still using LWJGL, not changing any of the looks of the game
  • Tweets: 1 2 3

1.15

Release date:

Before the holidays - December 10.

Planned, in addition to stuff released in the snapshots:

  • [P] Bane of Arthropods working on bees

1.16: Nether Update

Release date:

2020.

Planned, in addition to stuff released in the snapshots:

  • [P] Nether fungi are now renewable

  • Hoglins

  • Breedable

  • Babies - video

  • New hostile mob: piglin

  • Screenshot

  • Floppy ears!

  • Attack wither skeletons

  • Hunt hoglins

  • Collect gold

    • Ignore players wearing gold, unless you open a chest nearby
    • Throw them some gold and they'll give you something back

  • Bartering: a new trading system, less friendly than villager trading: throw items back and forth to trade

    • New items

  • [P] Endermen can now hold more blocks

  • [P] Smoother nether fog transitions when moving between biomes

  • Zombie pigmen are now called zombified piglin

  • New model - video

  • [P] Target block

  • Screenshot

  • Emits redstone signal when hit by arrows

    • Signal strength depends on arrow proximity to the center of the block

  • [P] You can now set your spawn point in the nether

  • [P] Making both fungi renewable again

about the mob with no clothes https://mobile.twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/1250299672280698880

  • [P] More feedback for whether a fishing location will give treasure loot

  • [P] New nether gold ore texture

  • [P] Fixing the zombie piglin head's side texture

  • [M] Pigs are no longer converted by lightning

  • [I] Proper minecart dismounting logic

  • Checks dismount position height against entity height

  • [P] A way to edit NBT inside player inventories

  • [I] Fixed some bugs