Java Edition 18w16a

18w16a is the thirty-second snapshot released for 1.13.

Additions

 * World Generation
 * New world type: Buffet
 * Creates single-biome worlds.
 * Allows choosing between Overworld and End terrain generation.

Changes

 * Blocks
 * Coral fans now generate in coral reefs, on the sides of coral blocks.
 * Blue ice is slightly less slippery.
 * Conduit Power particles are now blue instead of orange.
 * Coral blocks
 * Now require Silk Touch to drop as items when mined, otherwise they drop dead coral.
 * No longer instantly turn into dead coral when on land.


 * Items
 * Water Breathing given from turtle shells no longer shows particles.


 * Mobs
 * Drowned can now spawn in underwater ruins.


 * World generation
 * Changed how the temperature of ocean biomes is calculated; should result in nicer transitions between oceans.
 * Biome names are now translatable.
 * Updated some biome names:


 * Gameplay
 * When water spreads and would later turn into a source block, it now immediately just places a source block.


 * General
 * Optimized world spawn position–finding code.
 * New  block tag for blocks that the player can spawn on.
 * There is now a distinction between scheduled "liquid ticks" and "block ticks".
 * New block and item tags for coral.