Java Edition 14w31a

14w31a is the forty-first snapshot released for 1.8.

This version was previously removed from the launcher for some time, but was added back in September 2018.

Changes

 * Banners
 * Added missing upward gradient and right solid half patterns, upside-down diagonal halves, bottom half, and right half
 * Changed the name of existing patterns according to Vexillology
 * Can be used as fuel in furnaces
 * Rabbits
 * Now take fall damage
 * Now have sounds
 * Have 'hurt', 'death', 'hop', and 'idle' sounds
 * The 'hop' and 'idle' sounds are barely audible
 * Changed model
 * Added tail
 * Daylight sensors
 * Can be inverted with a right click
 * Reaches full strength at the opposite time than it would when set to normal
 * This can allow for a light that turns on at night rather than day without the need of a NOT gate
 * World border
 * The time parameter of the worldborder size changing can now be larger
 * Only players get damage outside of the world border
 * Commands
 * Can now be run in single player
 * New arguments for debug
 * are required and valid only for chunk mode
 * May be removed, as the command was supposed to be dev only
 * Melons & Ladders
 * Mined faster using axes
 * Trading
 * Clerics now sell bottles o' enchanting, prices range from 3 to 11 emeralds each
 * Optimizations
 * Threaded mob pathfinding
 * More optimizations
 * Cobblestone stairs
 * Renamed "Stone Stairs" to "Cobblestone Stairs"
 * Maps
 * Zoomed maps now snap to a grid rather than being centered on the original map
 * Inventory
 * Items which have been renamed will have their tooltips displayed as italic when highlighted, rather than just being straight.
 * Items which have been renamed will have their tooltips displayed as italic when highlighted, rather than just being straight.

Fixes
{{{fixes|fixedin=14w31a


 * old
 * 129|Chunks not loading surface, revealing caves, etc.
 * 1831|Incorrect fire charge noise
 * 2053|Inconsistent door texture
 * 2071|Pausing the Game or opening any GUI in a nether portal does not work
 * 3100|Stone stairs are named incorrectly. They should be called cobblestone stairs
 * 5206|Renamed items' name isn't shown in italic or coloured on item switching
 * 5585|The Ender Dragon is not affected by the Sharpness and Power enchantment
 * 5991|Hoppers use wood sounds for placing / breaking
 * 6773|Renaming a slime or magma cube, once it splits it no longer has its custom name
 * 7443|Temporary floating minecart by pistons
 * 7807|Thrown eggs look like snowballs when hitting something
 * 9275|TNT is not ignited when right-clicked by a fire charge
 * 9406|Underwater effect on held item at high aspect ratios
 * 9664|Blaze / ghast fireballs can make fire with  off
 * 9806|No name color when using {{cmd|say}}
 * 11651|UTF-8 domaine name support
 * 15084|Leads not dropping when a leashed mob is killed
 * 15707|Wild and hostile wolves can be leashed
 * 17035|Can teleport dead and unrespawned player
 * 17047|Placing heads doesn't cause block updates
 * 19702|Wither armor has wrong texture
 * 24778|Opening and closing sound bug
 * 29518|" " and " " track # of hits vs # of hp damage
 * 29559|2 block tall grass/fern does not produce seeds when broken
 * 30589|Item frame only drops item upon explosion
 * 33558|Agro tags don't work with neutral mobs that have new AI
 * 35617|Cactus has incorrect inventory image
 * 36639|Zoomed out maps do not properly align.
 * 37661|DataTag parsing/escaping issue
 * 39825|Floating anvil using TNT
 * 43010|Non-standard texture resolutions cause rendering errors with mipmap
 * 44597|
 * 50176|Asterisk as name for score chat component not effective as translatable argument
 * 51655|Ladders don't break faster with an axe
 * 53215|TNT destruction nerfed
 * 54584|Crash when creating an item with an  with an   of > 2
 * 58322|Connecting to server that uses resource pack displays "Texture pack"
 * 64287|Incorrect display for Failed to Login screen
 * 64851|Getting off of Horse while jumping makes you fly (In Creative)
 * 65060|Heads


 * snap
 * 44413|Villagers no longer trade xp bottles with you
 * 46051|Item frame block/item entities are lit incorrectly
 * 46365|Server crash when pushing villager through nether portal
 * 46460|Spectators show burning effect in lava
 * 46470|Flying through water in spectator mode plays the splashing sound
 * 47878|{{cmd|Spreadplayers}} not working with entities
 * 48294|Items you're holding go black when you walk on soul sand
 * 48372|Crash when using on complex structure (command block and pulser)
 * 48538|Monsters can spawn on barriers
 * 49305|Server scoreboard "36>16" bug
 * 49580|Swimming in water causes held items to "darken"
 * 49590| bug
 * 50176|Asterisk as name for score chat component not effective as translatable argument
 * 50572|Upward facing droppers/dispensers only shoot items west
 * 51754|Fully grown cocoa beans only drop 1 item when wood log they're attached to is retracted
 * 53430|when {{cmd|gamerule randomTickSpeed}} is typed in gives wrong tab completion
 * 53638}} - Pigs spawned inside gravel, invisible on layer 256
 * 55191|,, and do not set blocks outside world border
 * 55253|The new  feature fails on failing selectors
 * 57159|2d rendered objects (tall grass, plants, fire, etc) are darker on one side
 * 57524|Nether portals don't generate or generate unlit
 * 57861|Projectiles going north or south appear sideways
 * 58524|Using shears on double fern results in pink and black box in inventory. When placing said box on dirt, you get dead grass *(i.e. desert)
 * 58838|Breaking an active jukebox doesn't destroy the block
 * 58985|Blocks pushed by pistons above Y=256 are deleted
 * 59043|Using "Pick Block" on lapis lazuli ore creates missing texture
 * 59472|Item frames drop as an item when not supported by block even when game rules say not to
 * 59556|Wearing a skull loses its name
 * 59602|Hoppers can't take water bucket out of furnace
 * 59845|Rabbits do not take damage from falling
 * 59962|Rabbits have no sounds
 * 60306|Rabbit foot in incorrect creative tab
 * 60331|Pie chart debug menu doesn't disappear in F1 mode
 * 61794|Damaged anvils are placed as undamaged ones
 * 62972|Hoppers doesn't taking empty bucket from furnace
 * 63157|Fishing rod / carrot on a stick not held correctly / Line not attached to pole
 * 63026|Spectator gamemode (gamemode 3) is useless underground
 * 63310|Several mirror banner crafting recipes not in game
 * 63357|Sleeping in bed underground and saw sky
 * 63592| not working twice
 * 63735|Natural worldborder 14w30b (30000000 block)

}}
 * prev
 * 63492|Guardians deal damage when hit with TNT
 * 63506|
 * 63507|Clicking 'Snooper Settings' crashes Minecraft
 * 63595|Endermen get angry when hit in creative
 * 63785| has invalid cullface
 * 64362|Anvil durability is restored when anvil is broken and placed back down
 * 64395|Tamed rabbits teleport you as wolves and cats