Java Edition 14w31a

14w31a is the forty-first snapshot released for 1.8.

Changes

 * Banners
 * Added missing upward gradient and right solid half patterns, upside-down diagonal halves, bottom half, and right half
 * Changed the name of existing patterns
 * Can be used as fuel in furnaces
 * Rabbits
 * Now take fall damage
 * Now have sounds
 * Only have 'hurt' and 'death' sounds
 * Changed model
 * Added tail
 * Daylight Sensors
 * Can be inverted with a right click
 * Reaches full strength at the opposite time than it would when set to normal
 * This can allow for a light that turns on at night rather than day without the need of a NOT gate
 * World border
 * The time parameter of the worldborder size changing can now be larger
 * Only players get damage outside of the world border
 * Commands
 * Can now be run in single player
 * New arguments for debug /debug  [  ]
 * x/y/z are required and valid only for chunk mode
 * May be removed, as the command was supposed to be dev only
 * Melons
 * Mined faster using axes
 * Trading
 * Clerics now sell Bottles o' Enchanting, prices range from 3 to 11 emerald per piece
 * Optimizations
 * Threaded mob pathfinding
 * More optimizations
 * Sun
 * Now a plain white square instead of yellow
 * Referenced as "The surface of the sun is no longer incorrectly made of cheese." on the Mojang blog.
 * Inventory
 * All item names have [] brackets now.
 * All item names have [] brackets now.

Fixes
From released versions before 1.8 From the 1.8 snapshots From the previous snapshot
 * – Potion effect status doesn't show If the inventory was open when it was cast upon the player.
 * – Incorrect Fire Charge Noise
 * – Inconsistent door texture
 * – Pausing the Game or opening any GUI in a nether portal does not work
 * – Stone stairs are named incorrectly. They should be called cobblestone stairs.
 * – Renamed items' name isn't shown in italic or coloured on item switching
 * – The Ender Dragon is not affected by the Sharpness and Power enchantment
 * – Daylight Sensor outputting signal when encased
 * – Hoppers use wood sounds for placing / breaking
 * – Renaming a slime or Magma cube, Once it splits it no longer has its custom name.
 * – Thrown eggs look like snowballs when hitting something
 * – TNT is not ignited when right-clicked by a fire charge
 * – Blaze / Ghast fireballs can make fire with MobGriefing off
 * – no name color when using /say
 * – UTF-8 domaine name support
 * – Leads not dropping when a leashed mob is killed
 * – Wild and Hostile Wolves can be leashed
 * – Wither armor has wrong texture
 * – Opening and closing sound bug
 * – " " and " " track # of hits vs # of hp damage
 * – 2 block tall grass/fern does not produce seeds when broken
 * – Item frame only drops item upon explosion
 * – Fire Block Breaking Sound
 * – Agro tags don't work with Neutral Mobs that have New AI
 * – Cactus has incorrect inventory image
 * – Zoomed out maps do not properly align.
 * – dataTag parsing/escaping issue
 * – Non-standard texture resolutions cause rendering errors with mipmap
 * – Unable to play unkown soundEvent: minecraft:mob:witch.idle
 * – Cobwebs Are Affected By Block Lighting In Full Sky Lighting
 * – Asterisk as Name for Score Chat Component Not Effective as Translatable Argument
 * – Ladders don't break faster with an axe
 * – TNT destruction nerfed
 * – Connecting to server that uses resource pack displays "Texture pack"
 * – Incorrect display for Failed to Login screen
 * – Villagers no longer trade xp bottles with you
 * – Breaking A Slime Block Sounds Like Stone
 * – Item Frame Block/Item Entities Are Lit Incorrectly
 * – Spectators show burning effect in lava
 * – Flying through water in spectator mode plays the splashing sound
 * – Items are too high up on the arm in 3rd person mode while sneaking
 * – Spreadplayers not working with Entities
 * – Crash when using /clone on complex structure(command block and pulser)
 * – Monsters can spawn on Barriers
 * – Server Scoreboard "36>16" Bug
 * – Swimming in water causes held items to "darken"
 * –  bug
 * – Upward facing droppers/dispensers only shoot items west
 * – Fully grown Cocoa beans only drop 1 item when wood log they're attached to is retracted
 * – when is typed in gives wrong tab completion
 * –, , and do not set blocks outside world border
 * – The new  feature fails on failing selectors!
 * – 2d rendered objects (Tall Grass, Plants, Fire, etc) are darker on one side
 * – Nether portals don't generate or generate unlit
 * – Projectiles going north or south appear sideways
 * – Coarse dirt & Podzol turns to regular dirt after tree grows on it
 * – Witch Huts / Witch Traps spawn other mobs
 * – Using Shears on double fern results in pink and black box in inventory. When placing said box on dirt, you get dead grass *(i.e. desert)
 * – Breaking an active jukebox doesn't destroy the block
 * – Blocks pushed by Pistons above Y=256 are deleted
 * – Using "Pick Block" on Lapis Lazuli Ore creates missing texture
 * – Item Frames Drop as an Item When Not Supported by Block Even When Game Rules Say Not to
 * – Hoppers can't take water bucket out of furnace
 * – Rabbits do not take damage from falling
 * – Rabbit foot in incorrect creative tab
 * – pie chart debug menu doesnt dissapear in F1 mode
 * – Breaking / placing / changing blocks has a delay to disappear / appear
 * – Hoppers doesn't taking empty bucket from furnace
 * – Fishing Rod / Carrot on a Stick not held correctly / Line not attached to pole
 * – not working twice
 * – natural worldborder 14w30b (30000000 block)
 * – Guardians deal damage when hit with TNT
 * – Clicking 'Snooper Settings' crashes Minecraft
 * – Endermen get angry when hit in creative
 * – comparator_unlit has invalid cullface
 * – Anvil durability is restored when Anvil is broken and placed back down
 * – Anvil durability is restored when Anvil is broken and placed back down