Java Edition 19w12a

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

Blocks

 * Slab


 * Added cut sandstone and cut red sandstone slabs.

Blocks

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


 * Glass
 * Is now a solid block.
 * Can no longer transmit a redstone signal through the block (e.g., via the use of repeaters).
 * Redstone dust can now be placed on top of glass.
 * Mobs can now suffocate in glass.


 * Grass Path, Mycelium, and Podzol
 * Now has 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 can now be changed with a resource pack.

Mobs

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


 * Villager
 * Improved AI.
 * Villager children will now play in villages.
 * Trades are now locked from 6–8 trades instead of just 4.


 * General
 * Sneaking now reduces the player's height to 1.5, allowing them to walk through 1.5-block-tall gaps.
 * Updated hitboxes and eye positions of many entities.

Gameplay

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


 * Trading
 * General improvements.

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!"


 * 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---").

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