Java Edition 14w31a

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

Blocks

 * 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 according to Vexillology.
 * Can be used as fuel in furnaces.


 * Cobblestone stairs
 * Renamed "Stone Stairs" to "Cobblestone Stairs".


 * 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.


 * Ladders & Melons
 * Mined faster using axes.

Items

 * Maps
 * Zoomed maps now snap to a grid rather than being centered on the original map.

Mobs

 * Rabbits
 * Now take fall damage.
 * Now have sounds.
 * Have 'hurt', 'death', 'hop', and 'idle' sounds.
 * The 'hop' and 'idle' sounds are barely audible.
 * Changed model.
 * Added tail.

World generation

 * World border
 * The time parameter of the worldborder size changing can now be larger.
 * Only players get damage outside of the world border.

Command format

 * Can now be run in single player.
 * New arguments for debug.
 * are required and valid only for chunk mode.
 * May be removed, as the command was supposed to be dev only.
 * May be removed, as the command was supposed to be dev only.

Gameplay

 * Inventory
 * Items which have been renamed will have their tooltips displayed as italic when highlighted, rather than just being straight.


 * Trading
 * Clerics now sell bottles o' enchanting, prices range from 3 to 11 emeralds each.

General

 * Optimizations
 * Threaded mob pathfinding
 * More optimizations

Trivia

 * 14w31a was previously removed from the launcher for some time, but was added back in September 2018.