Java Edition 14w04a

14w04a is the sixth snapshot released for 1.8.

This version was previously removed from the launcher for some time, but was added back in September 2018.

Additions

 * Commands
 * Spawns particles in a given area
 * It can also be relative to entities.
 * Usage:
 * Example:
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Changes

 * Item frame
 * Items in item frames can now be rotated by 45 degrees (eight possible orientations)
 * Item frames can give off a signal detected by comparators, based on the item's current orientation
 * Signal strength is as follows: 0: empty; 1: item; 2: item rotated once; 3: item rotated twice; ...; 8: item rotated 7 times
 * Furnaces
 * When a furnace runs out of fuel, the smelting progress will reverse at twice the normal speed.
 * Villager
 * Villagers will now harvest, collect and replant grown potatoes, wheat and carrots
 * Villagers do not have unlimited seeds; seeds must be replenished to replant crops
 * Villagers will craft wheat into bread, and drop it to other villagers
 * Villagers can now become willing to breed by consuming food: 3 bread, 12 potatoes or 12 carrots
 * Village mechanics
 * Doors are now added to the closest village
 * This will not break iron farms, but change them a little, enough to make them "practically pointless"
 * Anvil
 * Prior work cost increase changed from linear (1 per repair) to exponential (times 2 plus 1 per repair).
 * Repairing with a "sacrifice" now costs 2 levels rather than only 1.
 * Enchantments
 * Looting now gives an extra 1% chance of getting rare loot per level
 * Iron golem
 * Can drop iron ingots again by any means of death
 * Zombie pigman
 * Can drop gold nuggets again by any means of death
 * Iron golem/snow golem/wither
 * You can now spawn iron golems/snow golems/withers with dispensers + pumpkin/skulls respectively
 * Dead bush
 * Is now flammable
 * Button
 * Can now be placed on ceiling/floors
 * Moss stone
 * Now craftable in a shapeless recipe with one cobblestone and one vine.
 * Commands
 * Added the ability to filter block types in the command, as long as the filler block is not a tile entity
 * Only if it’s used to fill in replace mode with “normal” blocks.
 * Syntax:
 * F3 Debug Screen Crosshairsindebug14w04a.png
 * The x coordinate line will now be bold when looking east/west, similarly the z coordinate line will now be bold when looking south/north
 * The crosshair will display 3 short colored lines to indicate the direction of each axis: x/red, y/green, z/blue
 * Skin
 * Now displays the right arm's second layer in first person view
 * Skins and capes are now distributed through servers
 * Skins server outages will occur less frequently and have less impact
 * Server-altered skins/capes are not possible - only signed URLs are stored server-side
 * Skin changes will no longer require client restarting, at worst re-logging will update the skin for everybody
 * Duplicate skins no longer need to be downloaded twice
 * Server traffic will barely be affected
 * Rendering
 * Only transparent blocks will now render as transparent (eliminates the use of x-ray texture packs)