Java Edition 1.15

1.15 is an upcoming major update to Java Edition with no set release date. The theme for this update is currently unknown and will be announced at MINECON Live 2019 (September 28, 2019). This update adds bees and bee-related items, such as bee hives, honey bottles and honeycombs.

Snapshots for 1.15 began over a month before MINECON Live, which will announce the theme of this update. Mojang has stated that snapshots released in 2019 will mainly focus on bug fixes and performance improvements.

Blocks

 * Bee nests
 * Spawn naturally in flower forests, plains, and sunflower plains biomes.
 * Can house bees.
 * Fills up with honey.
 * The amount of honey in the bee nest increases as bees gather nectar and return to their nest.
 * The player can harvest honeycombs and honey bottles from the nest shears and glass bottles respectively.
 * If the player breaks or harvests honey from the nest, the bees will become hostile on the player.
 * Bees inside the nest will not turn hostile if it is harvested with Silk Touch, but bees outside the nest will.
 * Bees will not turn hostile if there is a campfire underneath the nest when honeycombs or honey bottles are harvested.
 * Is a block entity and cannot be pushed by pistons.


 * Bee hives
 * Can be crafted using 6 planks and 3 honeycombs.
 * Functions the same as bee nests, but does not need Silk Touch to be dropped.

Items

 * Honey bottles
 * Restores and 9.6 saturation.
 * Removes poison effects when drunk.
 * Can be used to craft 3 sugar.
 * Obtained by a bottle on bee hives/nests with a  of 5.


 * Honeycombs
 * Obtained by shears on bee hives/nests with a  of 5.
 * Can be used to craft bee hives.


 * Spawn eggs
 * Added bee spawn egg.

Mobs

 * Bees
 * Have health.
 * Live in groups near hives and nests.
 * If a bee does not have a home nest, it will wander until it finds one.
 * Can hide inside hives.
 * Maximum of 3 bees per nest.
 * When attacked, all bees from the same hive try to attack the original attacker.
 * The same happens when their hive/nest is destroyed.
 * Placing a campfire under the nest will make the bees passive.
 * Have an data tag, which defaults to zero.
 * When the bee is attacked, this tag is set to around 700 ticks.
 * When they attack, they give poison to the target for 10 seconds and then they die 50–60 seconds after attacking.
 * When bees attack the player, their eyes will turn red.
 * Can be bred using any type of flower, including wither roses.
 * They will follow any player holding a small flower.
 * If the player holds still the bees will land around them.
 * Will hover around flowers and will enter a "pollinated" state after some time. When pollinated, pale white particles will come off them. The bee will also have its texture changed to include dots similar in color to the pollen particles.
 * Bees will try to pollinate wither roses despite the fact that they are harmed by the wither effect they give.
 * When they pollinate flowers a small popping noise is heard.
 * Will return to their nest after entering the "pollinated" state.
 * A pollinated bee can accelerate the growth of crops and sweet berry bushes it passes.
 * After enough bees enter a bee nest in the pollinated state, the bee nest will be filled with honey.
 * Will try to avoid water.
 * Being killed by a bee sting results in new death message: " was stung to death".

Gameplay

 * Particles
 * New particles:.

Command format

 * Loot tables
 * New function:
 * – Copies state properties from block to  in dropped item.
 * New parameters:
 * – source of properties (block ID).
 * – list of property names. All must be present on block.

General

 * Languages
 * Added Yiddish language.


 * Tags
 * Added block tags.
 * Added item tags.


 * Textures
 * Added textures for a wax block and crystallized honey item.
 * These are currently unobtainable in-game.

Blocks

 * Dispensers
 * Can now harvest honeycombs when dispensing shears on bee nests and bee hives filled with honey.
 * The honeycomb items will be dropped on the ground.
 * Can now collect honey bottles when dispensing glass bottles on bee hives.
 * Can now collect water bottles when dispensing glass bottles on water.


 * Redstone comparators
 * Can now detect how much honey is inside bee hives and bee nests.
 * The output strength is equal to the amount of honey in the hive.

Mobs

 * Slimes, magma cubes, ocelots, and iron golems
 * Now use the attribute.


 * Villagers
 * Nitwit villagers no longer have a leveling gemstone in their belt.

Gameplay

 * Advancements
 * Bees are now included in the "Two by Two" advancement.
 * Honey bottles are now included in the "A Balanced Diet" advancement.


 * Hardcore mode
 * Hardcore game worlds now prompt to return to the menu.


 * Sleeping
 * If a player tries to sleep in a bed that is occupied by a villager, the villager is now kicked out of the bed.

General

 * Game library updates
 * Minecraft now requires OpenGL 2.0.


 * Loot tables
 * Entities are now set for block loot tables in some cases where it was not previously.

Blocks

 * Functionality for smithing tables and fletching tables.