Java Edition 15w33a

15w33a is the seventh snapshot released for Java Edition 1.9.

This version was previously removed from the launcher for some time, but was added back in September 2018.

Items

 * Dragon's breath
 * Found in the brewery section of the creative inventory.
 * Can be used to brew lingering potions by brewing it with a splash potion.
 * Can be obtained by right clicking with a glass bottle while the dragon breathes the homonymous attack.
 * Stacks to 64.


 * Lingering potion
 * Thrown like a splash potion.
 * Leaves a patch of the potion particle effect.
 * Entities that walk into it get the effect.
 * Has all the potion types, and works with potions whose effect are instant, like harming.
 * Brewed with dragon's breath and the corresponding splash potion.
 * The cloud duration can be controlled through a data tag.
 * Doesn't stack, like other potions.

Command format

 * NBT tags
 * Added entity  (ID 3), child of.
 * Added tags,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  , and   to.
 * Added  to.
 * Added  to.


 * Scoreboard
 * New objective types: armor and level.
 * "armor" tracks the armor bar, that indicates the total protection from all currently worn armor pieces.
 * "level" tracks the level of the player which is the number above the experience bar and not the amount of xp points.

General

 * Statistics
 * Per-item statistics for number dropped and number picked up.
 * and.


 * Splashes
 * Added "More Digital!"

Blocks

 * Command block
 * The character limit is now 32500 instead of 32767


 * End gateway block
 * Changed texture to be both angle and face independent.
 * The footprint of the visible faces, will always display the same texture without deforming due to perspective.
 * Therefore any edges of the block that are not part of the footprint will be invisible.
 * Changed the beam texture to be unique.

Items

 * Potions
 * Extended potion of poison, potion of poison II, and extended potion of regeneration had their duration reduced.
 * Potion of strength changed from 130% bonus to damage to of bonus damage (from relative to absolute).
 * Potion of weakness changed from 0.5 ( × $1/4$) reduction to damage to.
 * Throwable potions now behave like other projectiles when used in dispensers.
 * They travel a much greater distance.


 * Spawn eggs
 * Can no longer address spawn eggs by numeric data id, like:.
 * The spawnable item from a spawn egg is now addressed by a datatag:.

Mobs

 * General
 * The  Float tag has been renamed to.
 * As a result, the original  tag is now a Float type rather than Short.


 * Ender dragon
 * Now shoots the previously added ender acid entities.
 * A fire charge like projectile.
 * On impact it spawns dragon breath and lights the ground on fire.
 * The dragon breath acts like a lingering potion, creating a special entity cloud.
 * Players in the cloud will get damaged.
 * Arrows get deflected and set on fire while the dragon is on top of the portal.

Command format

 * NBT tags
 * can be used to obtain the number of scoreboard tags an entity has via.
 * Example: will return the number of "scoreboard tags" applied to the target.
 * If the target previously had 3 tags added, a score of "3" is returned.
 * Removed  from  . It is now only applied to   only, child of.
 * under  has become deprecated.
 * under  has changed from type "Short" to "Float".
 * renamed to  for   entity.
 * removed from  and   entity, its usage replaced by   and   which were added earlier.

General

 * Pick block
 * In Survival, pick block now works on items outside of the hotbar but inside the player's inventory.
 * In Creative, using pick block normally will give the player a new one instead of existing ones with NBT.
 * + no longer replaces items.
 * Existing items are put into the inventory instead of being deleted.


 * Tooltips
 * Now show absolute damage instead of damage increase

Video
Video made by slicedlime:

Trivia

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