Java Edition 22w45a

22w45a is the fourth snapshot for Java Edition 1.19.3, released on November 9, 2022, which adds block of bamboo and block of stripped bamboo in the built-in experimental datapack, adds new default skins for offline players, changes model and texture for vexes, tweaks creative inventory again, and fixes bugs.

Mobs

 * Player
 * Added new default skins for offline players.

General

 * Options
 * Added Operator Items Tab option in the Controls menu, which is off by default.

Blocks

 * Scaffolding
 * Changed its texture.


 * Shulker Box
 * Now will pop off blocks attached (such as torches) to the opened faces when opening.
 * While open, blocks which require support cannot be placed on these open faces.

Items

 * Bucket
 * Water buckets can now be emptied into waterlogged blocks.

Mobs

 * Vex
 * Changed its model and textures.
 * Retains a slightly oversized hitbox to make it easier to fight.

Gameplay

 * Creative Inventory
 * Operator-only items now appear in a new Operator Utilities tab if the player has both the "Operator Items Tab" option in Controls menu set to  and the required operator permissions.
 * The tab is hidden if operator permissions are lost while inventory is open.
 * Now also includes structure blocks and all light levels of light blocks.
 * Added a Colored Blocks tab.
 * Contains all blocks with 16 color variants.
 * Moved all colored blocks from Building Blocks tab to this tab instead to make that tab less sizeable.
 * Consumables tab has been renamed to Food & Drinks tab to have a more straightforward name.
 * Crafting tab has been renamed to Ingredients tab since not all items are used in crafting.
 * Reordered:
 * Natural Blocks
 * More consistency between types for the top section.
 * Moved eggs to be between seeds and single-block plants.
 * Placed climbable plants above double-block plants.
 * Food & Drinks
 * Cooked versions of raw food are now right next to each other.
 * Redstone Blocks
 * Less cluttered.
 * Higher importance items up the top.
 * Removed variants of boat with chests, buttons, doors, fence gates, pressure plates and trapdoors that don't have any functional difference.
 * Ingredients
 * Placed lapis in the same order as ore blocks.
 * Moved bottle o' enchanting from the Tools & Utilities tab to the Ingredients tab next to enchanting books.
 * Added:
 * All axes to the Combat tab (they still remain in the Tools & Utilities tab as well).
 * All possible suspicious stews to the Consumables tab.
 * The tooltip will show the effect of a stew before it's picked up from the Creative Inventory.
 * Only stews with effects available via crafting or mooshrooms are listed.
 * Pressure plates and buttons of each type to the Building Blocks tab.
 * Almost all lighting blocks to the top of the Functional Blocks tab.
 * All 3 flight durations of fireworks to Tools & Utilities tab, and the Combat tab next to crossbow.
 * Eye of ender next to end portal frame block in Functional tab for better ease of use.
 * Tooltips for all items in Creative Menu outside single-category tabs will show categories where this item can be found.
 * Previously this only happened on the search tab.
 * The textures for the tabs are now skinnier.


 * Spectator
 * "Teleport to Team Member" option in spectator menu now only shows up for teams with viable target players.

Command format

 * Now has new arguments to enable commands and set the default game mode.
 * New syntax:
 * New syntax:

General

 * Multiplayer
 * Makes changes to the Open to LAN screen.
 * Now allows selecting the port on which to host the LAN world.
 * The game mode and allow cheats buttons are now initialized with the default values of the world.


 * Music
 * The Wild Update music has been tweaked to be slightly less loud.


 * Recipes
 * Many recipe files were made to be formatted more consistently.
 * Blocks and items that are crafted using nine of a single item are now considered shapeless recipes, though this has no impact on gameplay.


 * Resource pack
 * The version is now.


 * Tags
 * The item tag was removed.

Blocks

 * Block of Bamboo and Block of Stripped Bamboo
 * Two new log-like blocks.
 * Block of bamboo can be crafted from 9 bamboo and can be stripped like other wood logs.
 * Bamboo planks crafted from block of bamboo yield only 2 planks compared to 4 for wood logs.

General

 * Tags
 * Added block and item tags:.

Blocks

 * Bamboo Hanging Signs
 * Replaced the bamboo planks in crafting recipe to block of stripped bamboo, also increased the result from 2 to 6.


 * Bamboo Planks
 * Changed its crafting recipe to using 1 block of bamboo (stripped or unstripped) to craft 2 bamboo planks.

Items

 * Bamboo Raft and Bamboo Raft with Chest
 * Changed their item textures.
 * The raft is now taller and the chest is more detailed.

General

 * Tags
 * Added to the  block tag.