15w40a

15w40a

Type	Snapshot
Release date	September 30, 2015
Snapshot for	1.9
Other editions of 15w40a	Computer
◄◄ 1.8.9 ◄ 15w39c 15w40b ► 1.9.1 ►►

This article is about the java edition. For other editions, see Version history (disambiguation).

15w40a is the twenty-ninth snapshot released for 1.9.

Changes

Mobs

General

• Changes to mob pathfinding.
  • Mobs now avoid cacti and fire.
    • Blazes will not avoid fire.
  • Passive mobs following a player holding food will now go around water, if possible.
• Entities panicking and on fire will preferentially run towards water within ±5 blocks horizontally and ±4 blocks vertically, even if they cannot actually reach it.

Shulkers

• No longer attack in peaceful difficulty.
  • Shulker bullets despawn in peaceful, but not shulkers themselves.

Gameplay

Health

• Health regenerates 1 () every half-second instead of 1 () every 4 seconds, when saturation is not empty.
  • Regenerating health increases exhaustion by 4 points rather than 3.

Fixes

6 issues fixed

From released versions before 1.9

• MC-68403 – Entities become invisible after death and respawn.

From the 1.9 development versions

• MC-84537 – Signed written book doesn't open when in off hand.
• MC-86946 – Pick block in survival on items that are not on the hotbar causes client/server desync.
• MC-88847 – Upside-down stairs are messed up.
• MC-89602 – Minecart chests spewing out items.

From the previous development version

• MC-89593 – The Void required for Adventuring Time.

Video

Video made by slicedlime:

Trivia

• 15w40a was previously removed from the launcher for some time, but was added back in September 2018.