Java Edition 19w12a

19w12a is the twenty-seventh snapshot released for 1.14.

Blocks

 * Slab
 * Added cut sandstone and cut red sandstone slabs.
 * Crafted from cut sandstone and cut red sandstone.
 * Can no longer make regular sandstone slabs out of cut sandstone.

Blocks

 * Banners
 * Illager banners can no longer be copied using a loom or crafting table.


 * Glass
 * Is now more like most solid blocks.
 * Redstone dust can now be placed on top of glass.
 * Mobs can now suffocate in glass.


 * Grass Path, Mycelium, and Podzol
 * Now have random orientation when placed to correspond with grass blocks.


 * Sandstone
 * Cut sandstone and cut red sandstone are now available through stonecutters.


 * Signs
 * Text can now only be dyed in Creative mode.

Items

 * Totem of Undying
 * Texture and model of the totem when used now has the same CustomModelData value as the item had, making resource packs who use that tag have the correct model when activated.

Mobs

 * Iron Golem
 * Tweaked spawning in villages.
 * Will also only spawn now if villagers in a village have worked and slept before a meeting.


 * Villager
 * Improved AI.
 * Villager children will now play in villages.
 * Nitwit and unemployed variations of villagers for snowy and zombie snowy villages changed.


 * General
 * Updated hitboxes and eye positions of many entities.
 * Player height while sneaking is now 1.5m.

Gameplay

 * Advancements
 * Two by Two
 * Now also requires foxes.


 * Sneaking
 * Now reduces the player's height to 1.5 blocks, allowing them to walk through 1.5-block-tall gaps.


 * Trading
 * General improvements.
 * Trades are now locked from 6–8 trades instead of just 4.

General

 * Creative inventory
 * Wall blocks are now found in the "Decoration Blocks" tab.


 * Sounds
 * Rewrote sound system.
 * Reduced stuttering when playing sounds.


 * Splash
 * Removed "Hobo humping slobo babe!"
 * Added " IS YOU"


 * World creation
 * Worlds with names already being used now will prepend to the folder name a number in parentheses instead of adding hyphens (e.g., "New World (3)" instead of "New World---").

Video
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