Java Edition 18w43a

18w43a is the first snapshot released for 1.14.

Blocks

 * Bamboo
 * Dropped by pandas when killed, or can be obtained when fishing in jungle biomes.
 * Can be farmed and grow up to 12–16 blocks tall.
 * Can be eaten by pandas, used as fuel, or planted inside a flower pot.
 * Can be used to craft sticks.


 * Loom
 * Can be crafted with two string and two planks.
 * Purpose is to dye and design banners, which was previously done in the crafting grid.
 * Has a slot for a banner, a dye, and a banner pattern.


 * Signs
 * Added spruce, birch, acacia, jungle and dark oak signs.


 * Slabs
 * Added stone, andesite, polished andesite, diorite, polished diorite, granite, polished granite, mossy stone brick slab, mossy cobblestone, smooth sandstone, smooth red sandstone, smooth quartz, red nether brick, and end stone brick slabs.


 * Stairs
 * Added stone, andesite, polished andesite, diorite, polished diorite, granite, polished granite, mossy stone brick, mossy cobblestone, smooth sandstone, smooth red sandstone, smooth quartz, red nether brick, and end stone brick stairs.


 * Walls
 * Added brick, andesite, diorite, granite, prismarine, mossy stone brick, sandstone, red sandstone, nether brick, red nether brick, and end stone brick walls.

Items

 * Banner patterns
 * They are crafted with paper and their associated items (enchanted apple + paper = Banner Pattern "Mojang", etc).


 * Crossbow
 * Crafted from strings, iron ingots, sticks, and tripwire hooks
 * Can be used as a weapon similar to bows: stronger than them, but slower to reload.
 * Can shoot firework rockets holding the crossbow in one hand and the fireworks in the other.
 * Can be enchanted with new enchantments:
 * Multi-Shot
 * Fires three arrows at once in different directions.
 * Quick Charge
 * Increases the reload speed.
 * Piercing
 * Projectiles pierce through enemies.


 * Dyes
 * Added blue dye, brown dye, black dye, and white dye.


 * Flowers
 * Added cornflower
 * Gives blue dye
 * Appears on plains biomes
 * Added wither rose
 * Gives black dye
 * Inflicts 1 second of Wither status to mobs around it
 * Cannot be destroyed by Wither's explosions
 * Dropped on death by any non-undead mob being killed by the Wither.
 * Added lily of the valley
 * Gives white dye
 * Appears on flower forest biomes


 * Suspicious stew
 * Can be crafted with a red and brown mushroom, a bowl and any flower.
 * It restores and 7.2 saturation points, and gives 5 seconds of a status effect.
 * The effect given upon eating depends on which flower is used.
 * Oxeye Daisy gives Regeneration
 * Cornflower gives Jump Boost
 * Lily of the Valley gives Poison
 * Wither Rose gives Wither
 * Tulip gives Weakness
 * Azure Bluet gives Blindness
 * Allium gives Fire Resistance
 * Blue Orchid gives Saturation
 * Poppy gives Speed
 * Dandelion gives Saturation

Mobs

 * Illager beast
 * Have 100 health.
 * Drop a saddle when killed (100% of the time, not affected by Looting).


 * Panda
 * Spawn in jungles.
 * Have 20 health.
 * Drop 1 bamboo when killed (not affected by Looting).
 * Will seek out bamboo and cake items and eat them.
 * Baby pandas will sometimes sneeze, making nearby pandas jump: when they sneeze, they have a chance to drop a slime ball.
 * Can have different personalities: either normal, aggressive, lazy, weak, worried, or playful (defined by two NBT tags, HiddenGene and MainGene).
 * Have a chance of finding a brown panda which is very rare (both main and hidden gene have to be brown for a panda to appear brown).
 * Sometimes roll and sit on hind legs.


 * Pillager
 * Drop emeralds and their crossbows when killed (affected by Looting).
 * They cannot wear armour of any type.

Biomes

 * Bamboo Jungle

General

 * Advancements
 * Added 4 new advancements:
 * Ol' Besty: Shoot a Crossbow
 * Who's the Pillager Now?: Give a Pillager a taste of their own medicine
 * Two Bird, One Arrow: Kill two Phantoms with a piercing arrow
 * Arbalistic: Kill five unique mobs with one crossbow arrow


 * Textures
 * All textures have been updated

General

 * Credits
 * Updated the credits list


 * Pause screen
 * Added "Give Feedback" and "Report Bugs" buttons.
 * "FS Resolution" slider has been renamed to "Fullscreen resolution".

Blocks

 * Chorus Flower
 * Chorus Flowers now break when shot by an arrow.


 * Leaves
 * Can now drop sticks


 * Nether Brick Fence
 * Recipe changed to include nether bricks rather than just nether bricks blocks.
 * The old recipe is now used to craft nether brick walls.


 * Signs
 * Renamed "Sign" to "Oak Sign"
 * The default text color is now white (was black).

Entities

 * Creepers
 * Can now drop music discs from Strays, in addition to Skeletons.

Items

 * Beetroot Soup
 * Recipe changed to be shapeless.


 * Books
 * Rewrote the book & quill editing to be more intuitive:
 * Movable cursor for free text editing.
 * Selection support.
 * Copy & Paste support.
 * Keyboard and Mouse handling.
 * Improved page filling and line wrapping.
 * Can now go up to 100 pages.


 * Rabbit Stew
 * Recipe changed to be shapeless.

Trivia

 * The first snapshot of 1.13, 17w43a was also released in the same week of the year as 18w43a was, but a year before.