Java Edition 23w07a

23w07a is the fifth snapshot for Java Edition 1.19.4, released on February 15, 2023, which adds the Sniffer, Cherry Grove biome and Archaeology under experimental features, and fixes bugs.

Non-mob entities

 * Interaction
 * A new type of entity that records s and s. Interactions are invisible and of a custom size, with following fields:
 * : Width of the entity's bounding box (default ).
 * : Height of the entity's bounding box (default ).
 * : An action object, records the last attack action on the entity.
 * : An action object, records the last interaction action on the entity.
 * : Boolean specifying if interacting should trigger a response (arm swing, sound effects, etc - default ).
 * Introduced action object accordingly. When an action is stored, it always has two fields:
 * : The UUID (in standard integer array format) of the player performing the action.
 * : The timestamp of the game tick when the event happened (stored as a long).
 * This made following command usage possible:
 * Execute command as the last player who attacked the entity when using.
 * Execute command as the last player who interacted with the entity when using.

Gameplay

 * Advancement
 * Added advancement trigger, for detecting the interaction with an interaction entity.
 * Added advancement trigger, for detecting the attack to an interaction entity.

General

 * Recipe
 * Added a new recipe serializer for the new decorated pot recipe.
 * Added field to recipes.
 * Accepts a boolean which determines if a notification is shown when unlocking this recipe.
 * Defaults to if isn't specified.

Blocks

 * Jukebox
 * Now emits a redstone signal of 15 while playing a music disc.
 * Droppers and hoppers can now interact with it.

Gameplay

 * Horses breeding
 * When breeding horses and the like, the babies' speed, jump height and health are no longer biased toward the average.
 * This change is intended to make horse breeding a viable way of getting great horses, if a player starts with good parents and puts in enough time and golden carrots.

General

 * Realms
 * Updated the Realms screen to be more in line with the Singleplayer and Multiplayer screens.


 * Recipe
 * The crafting table recipe is unlocked immediately on creating a new world.
 * The crossbow and soul campfire recipe is no longer unlocked by sticks.


 * Resource pack
 * The vanilla resource pack language file is now sorted alphanumerically by key.

Blocks

 * Cherry Hanging Sign
 * A new type of hanging sign.
 * Crafted like others, but using its own stripped log.


 * Cherry Leaves
 * A new type of leaves.


 * Cherry Log
 * A new type of log, as well as a stripped variant.
 * Can be used to craft cherry woods and planks.


 * Cherry Planks
 * A new type of plank.
 * Can be used to craft cherry buttons, doors, fences, fence gates, pressure plates, signs, slabs, stairs, and trapdoors.


 * Cherry Sapling
 * A new type of sapling.
 * Can be placed in flower pots.


 * Cherry Wood
 * A new type of wood, as well as a stripped variant.
 * Can be used to craft cherry planks.


 * Decorated Pot
 * Can be crafted with any 4 pottery shards or brick items, shaped rhombic.
 * The type of crafting material decides which picture would occur on the certain side of the crafted decorated pot.
 * The possibile pictures are decided by the type of pottery shard which is used to craft.
 * The brick item will not have a picture.
 * Very fragile, and very easy to break it:
 * Will broke apart into its crafting materials when breaking it using any block-breaking tool.
 * Will drop itself when breaking it using empty hand.


 * Pink Petal
 * A new type of block, which generates naturally in cherry groves.
 * Similar to sea pickle, can be placed up to 4 in one block.


 * Suspicious Sand
 * Generates in desert temples and desert wells.
 * Brushing the suspicious sand with a brush will extract objects.
 * Torchflower
 * A new type of flower, grows from torchflower seeds.
 * Only drop itself when broken.
 * Can be crafted into a orange dye.
 * Can be planted in the flower pot.

Items

 * Brush
 * An item which can be used to brush things.
 * Can be crafted with 3 strings and 2 sticks, like the shape of crafting pickaxes.


 * Pottery Shard
 * They have pictures on them.
 * They cannot be crafted and are only found by brushing suspicious sand.


 * Spawn Egg
 * Added sniffer spawn egg.


 * Torchflower Seeds
 * A new type of seed, which can be planted on farmland and grows into a torchflower.
 * Can only be obtained if a sniffer digs up a torchflower seed.

Mobs

 * Sniffer
 * A new passive friendly mob, which is the mob vote winner of Minecraft Live 2022, and considered as the first "ancient" mob.
 * Cannot spawn naturally.
 * Cannot be tempted or tamed.
 * Often sniff in the air and occasionally dig for torchflower seeds.
 * Can be bred with torchflower seeds.

Non-entities

 * Cherry Boat
 * A new type of boat, crafted with cherry planks.


 * Cherry Boat with Chest
 * A new type of boat with chest, crafted with a cherry boat and a chest.

World generation

 * Cherry Grove
 * A new biome which contains pretty cherry blossom trees.
 * Located in the mountains, like meadows.
 * Generates pink petals on the ground.