Java Edition 19w44a

19w44a is the eleventh snapshot for Java Edition 1.15, released on October 30, 2019. It makes honey bottles stackable and adds improvements for iron golems, chunks, and certain particles.

General

 * Tags
 * Added the block tag.

Items

 * Honey bottles
 * Combining four glass bottles with one honey block in a crafting table now returns four honey bottles.
 * Are now stackable (up to 16).

Mobs

 * Iron golems
 * Iron golem's damage progress is now based on the ratio of current health to max health.


 * Parrots
 * No longer imitate polar bears, wolves, and zombie pigmen.

Gameplay

 * Recipe book
 * Many recipes changed to only require one material instead of nine to unlock.
 * The recipes affected are:


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 * Many recipes for items that are crafted by placing one of the above blocks in a crafting table no longer unlock when the player has nine of the material.
 * The recipes affected are:
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 * Many recipes for items that are crafted by placing one of the above blocks in a crafting table no longer unlock when the player has nine of the material.
 * The recipes affected are:
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 * Many recipes for items that are crafted by placing one of the above blocks in a crafting table no longer unlock when the player has nine of the material.
 * The recipes affected are:
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 * Many recipes for items that are crafted by placing one of the above blocks in a crafting table no longer unlock when the player has nine of the material.
 * The recipes affected are:


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General

 * Chunks
 * Improved performance of chunk saving.


 * Particles
 * Vertically moving particles now perform better when colliding with blocks.

Video
Video made by slicedlime:

Trivia

 * 19w44a was released exactly 9 years after the Halloween Update.