1.14, the first release of Village and Pillage,[1] is an upcoming major update with the possible release date at the beginning of 2019. It will focus mainly on villages, introduce many new stairs and slabs,[2] update the taiga biome, but will not overhaul combat.[3][4]
Planned additions
Blocks
- Stairs
- More stairs will be added.[2]
- Slabs
- More slabs will be added.[2]
- Sandstone Wall
- Campfires
- Bamboo
- Spawns in bamboo forests in jungles
- Eaten by pandas
- Used in crafting scaffolding
- Scaffolding
- Can be climbed on
- Whole structure breaks when the bottom block is broken
- Crafted from bamboo
Items
- Crossbows
- Stronger than bows, but slower
- New enchantments such as:
- Triple Shot
- Fast Reload
- A third secret enchantment
- Can shoot firework rockets
- Can be crafted
Mobs
- Foxes
- Spawn in taiga biomes
- Pillagers
- Pillager beasts
- Pandas
- Spawn in bamboo forests
- Eat bamboo
- Have varying personalities and traits
- Can be lazy, playful, and/or aggressive
- When they have red eyes, they are aggressive when attacked
- Baby pandas can sneeze, startling the parent
World generation
- Berry bushes
- Spawns in taiga biomes
- Bamboo Forests
- A "mini-biome" of the jungle
- Spawns bamboo shoots and pandas
Planned changes
Mobs
- Villagers
- New skins, based on profession and occupying biome
- Improved trading
- Cats/Ocelots
- Cats and ocelots are being split into two mobs
- Cats are now able to spawn as strays in villages
- Have 9 new skins, one being chosen by the community
- Will bring the player "gifts"
- Scare off phantoms
- Cats and ocelots are being split into two mobs
World generation
- Villages
- Redesigned, new architecture per biome
- Spawns in more biomes, such as snowy biomes and jungles
Unconfirmed features
These features were mentioned during the development of 1.14 or during Minecon Earth 2018, but have not been confirmed to be added in this update.
- Brown mooshrooms
Planned fixes
- 2 issues fixed
- From released versions before Java Edition 1.14
- MC-1578 – Cannot move backwards in Books/Signs while writing / Cannot copy anything from the book.
- MC-4686 – Client movement when teleported.
Gallery
A pillager armed with a crossbow, shown at Minecon Earth 2018.
A group of pillagers shown at Minecon Earth 2018.
A pillager beast shown at Minecon Earth 2018.
A panda shown at Minecon Earth 2018.
A group of pandas eating bamboo shown at Minecon Earth 2018.
A crossbow shown at Minecon Earth 2018.
The new cat skins shown at Minecon Earth 2018.
New villager types shown at Minecon Earth 2018.
New taiga biome villager types shown at Minecon Earth 2018.
References
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jb4xSzTNd-I
- ↑ a b c "I can't tell you the theme but unrelated to that it'll have lots and lots of new slabs/stairs/etc. We don't have nearly enough." – @Dinnerbone (Nathan Adams) on X, April 17, 2018
- ↑ "The combat system overhaul will not be part of Minecraft 1.14. Mojang wants to take time and really get a lot of feedback." – @docm77 on X, May 31, 2018
- ↑ "One thing is 100%. 1.7 combat is gone, will stay gone. Let it go. Overhaul doesn't mean bring back the old stuff." – @docm77 on X, June 1, 2018
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