Java Edition 14w05a

14w05a is the eighth snapshot released for Java Edition 1.8.

Blocks

 * Barriers
 * Act like a solid block but are completely transparent.
 * Can transfer redstone signals and allow blocks to be placed on it.
 * Invincible like bedrock.
 * Can be obtained using.
 * Use the lava texture as their breaking particles.

Gameplay

 * Spectator
 * New game mode.
 * Usage:, or.
 * No interaction with the world.
 * Player can move through any entity or block without interfering with it (commonly referred to as 'noclip' or as if in the far lands because they have fake chunks).
 * Collecting or using items is impossible, as is placing, destroying or interacting with blocks in any way.
 * A bug in this version allows the selected item from the hotbar to be dropped.
 * Viewing inventories and GUIs is possible, but it is not possible to interact with them.
 * The heads-up display is disabled, except for the cross hair when looking at a mob.
 * Player selectors (in commands) can target spectators.
 * Using on a spectator will cause the item(s) to drop at their location.
 * Spectators are not noticed by mobs, and do not trigger spawners or spawning.
 * A spectator's presence keeps a mob from despawning.
 * Only the void and can damage a spectator.
 * Flying mode.
 * Landing is not possible—the player can fly through the ground.
 * The mouse scroll wheel, the sprint key, and the slowness and swiftness effects all affect the flying speed.
 * First-person view through another player or mob's eyes.
 * Left-clicking an entity locks the player's position and camera to the entity's.
 * The spectator cannot control where the entity moves or looks.
 * Certain mobs have a different vision.
 * Creeper applies the new creeper.json shader.
 * Endermen applies the invert.json shader.
 * Spider and cave spider apply the new spider.json shader.
 * Viewing oneself using shows the entity.
 * Pressing the dismount key ( by default) returns the player to flying mode.
 * Viewing privileges.
 * Spectators can see other spectators.
 * Appear as a translucent disembodied head.
 * The selected item from the hotbar is also visible.
 * Invisible players and mobs appear visible, but translucent.

General

 * Shaders
 * creeper.json.
 * Shows the world in pixelated shades of green, similar to green.json.
 * Is applied when the player uses spectator mode on a creeper.
 * spider.json.
 * A segmented-eyes effect.
 * Is applied when the player uses spectator mode on a spider.


 * Splashes
 * Added the following splashes:
 * "pls rt"
 * "Do you want to join my server?"
 * "Put a little fence around it!"
 * "Throw a blanket over it!"
 * "One day, somewhere in the future, my work will be quoted!"
 * "Now with additional stuff!"
 * "Extra things!"

Blocks

 * Activator rail
 * Powered activator rails will now shake minecarts, causing riders to dismount.


 * End portal (block)
 * Inventory image is now the Missing Texture block instead of the Nether Portal.

Items

 * Armor
 * Armor no longer gets colored when mobs/players are hurt.


 * Written books
 * Copying written books will now mark them as copies/copies of copies.
 * The copying status of a book (i.e. original, copy of original or copy of a copy) is denoted in a separate line in the tooltip, beneath the author's name.
 * Copies of copies cannot be copied.

General

 * Debug screen
 * Text now has a background.
 * Replaced x, y, z, b, bl and other labels with more understandable labels.
 * "Light" is now the light levels at feet, not eyes.
 * Currently missing LC value.


 * GUI code
 * Improvements to allow "cooler things".

Trivia

 * 14w05a was previously removed from the launcher for some time, but was added back in September 2018.