Java Edition 22w14a

22w14a is the fourth snapshot for Java Edition 1.19, released on April 6, 2022, which adds clay renewability, mangrove trees, mangrove swamp biome, echo shard, recovery compass and fixes some bugs related to ancient cities and wardens.

Blocks

 * Mud
 * Now can convert into clay by placing mud above a block which has pointed dripstone underneath.

Items

 * Echo Shards
 * Can only be found in ancient cities' loot chests.
 * Can be used to crafting recovery compass.


 * Recovery Compass
 * A new type of compass which can points to the last place where player died.
 * Randomly spinning when the player is not in the same dimension of the death point.
 * Can be crafted by 1 compass surrounded by 8 echo shards.

World generation

 * Mangrove Swamp
 * A new swamp located in warmer and more humid places, a place which a swamp can be found often.
 * Contains mangrove tree, a new type of tree.
 * Has a unique shape.
 * It has a chance to generate a bee nest.
 * Grows from mangrove propagules.
 * Naturally spawns warm frogs.
 * The floor is coated with a thick layer of mud.

Gameplay

 * Advancements
 * Added two new advancements:
 * Birthday Song
 * Have an Allay drop a cake at a note block
 * You Got a Friend in Me
 * Have an Allay deliver items to you
 * Added advancement trigger.
 * Triggered when an allay delivers an item to a player, with following conditions:
 * : a player for which this trigger runs
 * Added advancement trigger.
 * Triggered when an allay drops an item on a block, with following conditions:
 * : a player for which this trigger runs
 * : a predicate for the block that the item was dropped on
 * : a predicate for the item that was dropped

General

 * Tags
 * Added following block tags:
 * Added following item tag:
 * Added following entity tag:
 * Added following game event tag:
 * Added following cat variant tag (new type):
 * Added following entity tag:
 * Added following game event tag:
 * Added following cat variant tag (new type):
 * Added following game event tag:
 * Added following cat variant tag (new type):
 * Added following cat variant tag (new type):

Mobs

 * Warden
 * Now get angry at all living mobs that bump into it, not just players.

World Generation

 * Ancient City
 * Removed 、 、 、 and variant structures because they duplicate existing structures.
 * Changed some structures.
 * Slightly changed  blocks around the chest so that vibrations generated there are always detected by the sculk sensor below.
 * Replaced the golden carrot in  chest with a golden apple.
 * A missing sculk sensor was added for the redstone lamp in.
 * Replaced the light blue and blue carpets in  with gray carpets.

Gameplay

 * Advancements
 * Mangrove swamp is now required to be visited for the "Adventuring Time" advancement.
 * Removed location from triggers . It was handled exactly the same as.

General

 * Entity format
 * Replaced field in cats' entity format with.
 * Accepted type of value is changed from numeric values to strings IDs. (e.g. -> )


 * Predicates
 * ) fields have been replaced with.
 * has field type (one of ) and same fields as removed fields.
 * Example:
 * Before:
 * After:
 * has been wrapped to match new format and now uses new cat variant names instead of texture names.
 * Before:
 * After:
 * New options:
 * has variant field matching frog variant.
 * applies for slimes and magma creams, has field matching slime size (smallest is 1).
 * New options:
 * has variant field matching frog variant.
 * applies for slimes and magma creams, has field matching slime size (smallest is 1).
 * applies for slimes and magma creams, has field matching slime size (smallest is 1).