Java Edition 19w04a

19w04a is the seventeenth snapshot for Java Edition 1.14, released on January 24, 2019, which changes village generation.

Blocks

 * Campfires
 * Now generate in taiga villages.
 * Can be found on the ground.
 * Can be used as signal campfires.


 * Composters
 * Now generate in village farms.


 * Scaffolding
 * More intuitive placement: placing a floating scaffolding requires the player sneaking to place the scaffolding or scaffolding is placed on the top instead.
 * The player can no longer place scaffolding where they or another entity are standing.


 * Stonecutters
 * Can now be crafted with 3 stone blocks and 1 iron ingot.
 * Can now be used as a simpler way to craft various stone variants (stairs, slabs, bricks, walls, chiseled, etc).
 * From cobblestone, all types of stone and polished stone, sandstone, brick and nether bricks, quartz, all types of prismarine, end stone and end stone bricks and mossy variants.
 * Sound effect added for crafting blocks with stonecutter.

World generation

 * Zombie villages
 * Updated desert and taiga zombie villages.
 * Taiga villages
 * Added 1 new building which contains a chimney with a lit campfire inside.
 * Butcher houses will also have a chimney with a lit campfire inside.

General

 * World generation
 * New progress message: "Upgrading structure data".


 * Miscellaneous
 * Improved collision code.

Video
Video made by slicedlime:

Trivia

 * Unlike most first-of-the-week snapshots, this was released on a Thursday instead of Wednesday, similar to the snapshots before 14w26a.