Java Edition 1.10-pre1

1.10-pre1 is the first pre-release for 1.10.

General

 * Commands
 * Usage:
 * Example:
 * Teleports a selected entity to the executor's or player's relative position.
 * Teleports a selected entity to the executor's or player's relative position.


 * NBT tags
 * New  and   integer tags for AreaEffectCloud entities.
 * These work just like the two  arguments work, in.
 * Example:
 * Summons a cloud of iconcrack particles with the texture of item 351 (dye), and data value 3 (cocoa beans).
 * Example:
 * Summons a cloud of blockcrack particles with the texture of block 1 (stone), and data value 3 (diorite), using the formula 1+(3×4096).


 * Sound events

General

 * Commands
 * 's behavior is reverted back to 16w20a and previous versions.
 * The new behavior has been given to instead.


 * Particles
 * particle now collides with blocks.


 * Pathfinding
 * Mobs now avoid magma blocks that are in the way.


 * Options
 * Options.txt now has its own version number.
 * VBOs are now enabled by default, overriding old options when upgrading.

World Generation

 * Villages
 * Now generate grass under stairs instead of a dirt path.
 * Villages in savanna and taiga biomes now use the appropriate type of wooden fences.
 * Cobblestone now generates around wells instead of gravel.
 * Paths now only replace grass blocks with air above water, lava, sand, sandstone, and red sandstone. All other blocks will be ignored, with blocks below (down to sea level) considered for replacement instead.
 * This allows paths to generate properly under trees.
 * This removes the ability for paths to bridge ravines.
 * Zombie villagers generated in zombie villages no longer despawn (i.e. they have the  flag set).

Blocks

 * Structure void
 * Indestructibility removed.
 * Blast resistance reduced to 0 (was 18000003).


 * Nether wart block
 * No longer destroyed by water or lava.

Items

 * Spawn eggs
 * Now uses the actual names of entities, rather than entity codes (i.e. ).

Mobs

 * Polar bears
 * Adult polar bears will jump in water if on fire.


 * Skeletons
 * Skeletons holding a tipped arrow in their off hand will now shoot that type of arrow.
 * This overrides strays' normal shooting of slowness arrows.
 * The arrows in the off hand are not consumed.
 * Burning skeletons have a 50% chance of shooting flaming arrows if raw regional difficulty is 3 or greater.


 * Villagers
 * Now run away from nearby husks.


 * Witches
 * Will drink a potion of fire resistance if they don't already have the effect and the most recent damage taken (within the past 2 seconds) was fire damage.


 * Zombies
 * Chance of setting the target on fire when burning, and the duration of the effect, now depends on raw regional difficulty.
 * Chance is now (30 × RegionalDifficulty)%; formerly 30% on Easy, 60% on Normal, 90% on Hard.
 * Duration is now 2 × floor(RegionalDifficulty) seconds; formerly 2 seconds on Easy, 4 on Normal, 6 on Hard.
 * Husk hunger effect duration now depends on raw regional difficulty.
 * Duration is now 7 × floor(RegionalDifficulty) seconds; formerly 7 seconds on Easy, 14 on Normal, 21 on Hard.

Trivia

 * The time span between the first snapshot and 1.10-pre1 was only 15 days, which is abnormal when compared to previous releases.
 * The most recent update to be equal or faster than this was Beta 1.0 to Beta 1.1, with only 2 days passing