Java Edition 23w07a

23w07a is the fifth and final snapshot for Java Edition 1.19.4, released on February 15, 2023, which adds the sniffer, cherry groves, 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.
 * Advancement triggers also got triggered, when:
 * Interacting with an interaction entity:.
 * Attacking 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.


 * Tags
 * Added following item tags:
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Blocks

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

Gameplay

 * Horse 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 recipes are no longer unlocked by sticks.


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

Blocks

 * Cherry Leaves
 * A new type of leaves.
 * Have pink particles falling underneath.


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


 * 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 each side of the crafted decorated pot.
 * The possible 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.
 * Will break apart into its crafting materials when broken using any block-breaking tool.
 * Will drop itself when broken using an empty hand or an block-breaking tool with Silk Touch, or when moved by pistons.


 * Pink Petals
 * A new type of block, which generates naturally in cherry groves.
 * Renewable when applying a bone meal to an existing one or to the ground of cherry groves.
 * Similar to sea pickle, can be placed up to 4 in one dirt-related block.
 * Can be placed directional.
 * Can be crafted into a pink dye.


 * Suspicious Sand
 * Looks like sand, but rougher.
 * Affected by gravity, vanishes when landing.
 * Drops nothing when mined or moved, even if mining with Silk Touch.
 * Generates naturally in desert temples and desert wells, with different archaeological loot tables.
 * Brushing the suspicious sand with a brush will extract objects.
 * Has 4 stages of extracting, will recover gradually when stop brushing.
 * Turns to regular sand when extraction is done.
 * Only suspicious sands with a valid archaeological loot table can extract an item.
 * Torchflower
 * A new type of flower, grows from torchflower seeds after 2 stages (3 stages in total).
 * Doesn't emit light.
 * If grown fully, it will drop itself only when broken, otherwise drop the seed.
 * Can be crafted into an orange dye.
 * Can be planted in a flower pot.

Items

 * Brush
 * An item which can be used to brush things.
 * Can be crafted with 3 string and 2 sticks, like the shape of crafting pickaxes.
 * Consumes 1 durability when extracting an item from a suspicious sand successfully.
 * Does nothing when brushing anything other than suspicious sands.


 * 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.
 * Very large (2x2 full blocks).
 * Have points of health.
 * Cannot spawn naturally.
 * Cannot be tempted or tamed.
 * Often sniff in the air and occasionally dig for torchflower seeds.
 * The digging has a cooldown of 8 minutes.
 * The last 20 dug blocks are remembered with a memory, and are not eligible for digging again.
 * Can be bred with torchflower seeds.
 * Drop moss block when killed.

Non-mob 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 blossom trees
 * A new type of tree which can be grown from cherry saplings.
 * Occasionally generated with a bee nest.
 * Tree trunks fork or bend high up, and are then covered up in large, round canopies of cherry leaves.


 * Cherry Grove
 * A new biome which contains pretty cherry blossom trees.
 * Located in the mountains, like meadows.
 * Pigs, sheep, and bees can spawn here.

General

 * Particles
 * Added, which will appear underneath the cherry leaves.


 * Tags
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World generation

 * Desert Pyramid
 * Now includes a new room filled with sand and suspicious sand.
 * Some sand will appear exposed, and can be found at the same height as blue terracotta.


 * Desert Well
 * Now includes suspicious sand underwater.

Gameplay

 * Advancement
 * The cherry grove is now required to be visited for the "Adventuring Time" advancement.

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