Java Edition 17w47a

17w47a is the sixth snapshot released for 1.13.

Blocks

 * Trapdoors, buttons and pressure plates made from all six types of wood.
 * A pumpkin block, without the face. The previous pumpkin block has been renamed "Carved Pumpkin".
 * Right-clicking a pumpkin block with a shear will turn it into a carved pumpkin and make it spit out 4 pumpkin seeds.

Items

 * An item form for bark blocks for all six types of wood.
 * An item form for smooth quartz, smooth red sandstone, smooth sandstone, and smooth stone.
 * An item form for red and brown mushroom blocks and mushroom stems.
 * Debug stick to cycle between different block states. Used by right-clicking on a block.

Options

 * Options when editing a world to make a backup and open the backups folder.
 * An option in chat settings to toggle automatic command suggestions (defaults on, otherwise hit tab to bring them up).

General

 * The "flattening"
 * Numeric block metadata completely phased out in favor of block states.
 * Split, merged, created, deleted, and renamed a lot of blocks, blockstates and items.
 * Blocks and items previously differing because of damage value have gotten their own id, for example  instead of
 * Damage has been moved to the  tag and is only used by tools, armor and maps.


 * Statistics
 * Statistics are being updated.

Blocks

 * Blocks which used to have no bottom texture (like repeaters, comparators, torches, etc.) now have a bottom texture.
 * Flicking a lever on now displays redstone particles.
 * Beds now require a block below it as a support. Previously this was only required when placing the bed and the block could be destroyed afterwards without the bed being destroyed.

Commands

 * Removed in favor of.
 * Particle names have been changed.
 * The  and   particles have been removed.