Java Edition 22w15a

22w15a is the fifth snapshot for Java Edition 1.19, released on April 13, 2022, which adds ranged attack for wardens, two new advancements, and fixes bugs.

Gameplay

 * Advancements
 * Added two new advancements:
 * "Sneak 100"
 * Sneak near a sculk sensor, sculk shrieker or warden to prevent it from hearing you
 * "When the Squad Hops into Town"
 * Get each frog variant on a lead
 * Added advancement trigger.
 * Triggered when a vibration event is ignored because the source player is holding the sneak key, with following conditions:
 * : a player for which this trigger runs
 * Added advancement trigger.
 * Triggered when a player picks up an item that was thrown by an entity, with following conditions:
 * : a predicate for the player picking up the item
 * : a predicate for the entity that threw the item
 * : a predicate for the item

General

 * Particles
 * Added a new particle:.


 * Tags
 * Added following block tags:
 * Added following item tags:
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Blocks

 * Carpets
 * Carpets, like wool blocks, will now dampen the vibrations caused by their placing, breaking or dropping as items.
 * Carpets now also dampen the vibrations caused by running and jumping over them.


 * Glow Lichen and Sculk Veins
 * Can now be placed on the top and sides of soul sand, mud and maximum height snow.


 * Mangrove Leaves
 * Changed its texture.
 * Are now able to drop when using Silk Touch tools.


 * Mangrove Roots
 * Can now be composted.


 * Mud
 * Now allows sugar cane, bamboo, and big dripleaves to be planted on top of it.


 * Muddy Mangrove Roots
 * Now allows flowers, saplings and grass to be planted on top of it.


 * Note Block
 * Reverted the change made in 22w13a in which only wool and wool carpets would block sounds.


 * Sculk Shrieker
 * Changed its model and its side texture.


 * Vines
 * Can now be placed on the sides of soul sand, mud and maximum height snow.

Items

 * Boats and Boats with Chests
 * Changed item textures of all types of boats and boats with chests.


 * Recovery Compass
 * Can no longer be used on a lodestone.

Mobs

 * Allay
 * Now have a natural health regeneration of per second.


 * Wandering Trader
 * Now will sell 1 mangrove propagule for 5 emeralds.


 * Warden
 * Can now charge a ranged attack when the player is building high, hiding behind walls or being out of range of their melee attack.
 * Their rib cages will open up to shriek a sonically charged ranged attack that can penetrate walls.
 * The ranged attack deals  damage in Normal and can hit at a horizontal distance of 15 blocks.
 * The ranged attack can only hit one target at a time.
 * Can now smell players from further away.
 * The vertical range wardens get angry at a target while sniffing is now 20 blocks instead of 6 blocks.

Non-mob entities

 * Boats with Chests
 * Now, the inventory can be accessed by right click directly when there is already a passenger inside of it.


 * Item Frame
 * Now adjusts its hitbox to account for the larger size of a framed map.

World generation

 * Mangrove Swamp
 * Mud now generates all the way from the surface down to stone.
 * Cave carvers can now cut through mud.
 * Tall mangroves are far more common than short mangroves now.
 * Moss carpet now generates on top of some mangrove tree's roots.
 * Tropical fish now spawn in water.
 * Water fog color is now cyan instead of yellow like in the normal swamp.

Gameplay

 * Advancements
 * The Darkness effect is now required for the "How Did We Get Here" advancement.
 * The parent advancement of the "With our powers combined!" advancement is changed from "Bukkit bukkit" to "When the Squad Hops into Town".
 * The ID of the "Birthday Song" advancement is changed from to.
 * Removed advancement trigger.

General

 * Bonus chest
 * Now has a chance to contain mangrove logs and mangrove planks.


 * Creative inventory
 * All types of wooden stairs are now found together in the same order as other wooden blocks.
 * The recovery compass is now found next to the regular compass.


 * Panorama
 * Changed to reflect The Wild Update, showing a mangrove swamp.


 * Tags
 * Renamed game event tag to.
 * Renamed item tag to, and added  to it.
 * Mud is no longer part of the block tags.
 * Mud and muddy mangrove roots are now part of the block and item tag.
 * Moss carpet and vine are now part of the block tag.
 * Moss carpet, vine, mangrove propagule and snow are now part of the block tag.

Videos
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