12w22a is the eighth snapshot released for Java Edition 1.3.1.
Additions[]
Blocks[]
- Decorative storage blocks, crafted with 9 emeralds.
- Can place down string to create tripwire, when walked on, these can activate tripwire hooks if there is a hook at each end of the string.
World generation[]
- Generated Structure that generate in jungle biomes.
- Comprised mainly of cobblestone and mossy cobblestone.
- Have dispenser and tripwire traps and chest loot.
Gameplay[]
- Adventure mode
- New gamemode, only accessible with
/gamemode 2
. - The player cannot break or place any blocks.
- The player can interact with any blocks, like doors and levers, and can buy from villagers.
- The player can still damage mobs.
- Creative inventory
- Added potions to the Creative inventory; found in "brewing" category.
- Added delete item, armor and crafting to survival inventory when in Creative.
- Added silverfish cobblestone and stone brick monster egg blocks to the Creative inventory.
Command format[]
- Added
/defaultgamemode
command.
Changes[]
Blocks[]
- Now generates in blobs of 1 block
- Rain will slowly drip through leaves.
- Top texture changed from
- Changed as a result of the addition of the texture of what would later become the Block of Emerald occupying the texture space of what used to be the chest texture.
- Half-slabs can now be placed upside-down when pointing at the upper half of the side of a block. This does not work with stairs.
World generation[]
- General
- Some minor terrain changes.[more information needed]
Gameplay[]
- Enchantment system has been rebalanced.
- The maximum enchantment level has been lowered from 50 to 30.
- As a result enchantment tables now require only 15 bookcases around them to allow maximum level enchantments.
- With a full enchantment table set with bookshelves, at the bottom of the 3 enchantments, it always shows the player the highest number possible.
- Using level 30 enchantments, the player has a lot more luck; almost all items get at least 2 enchantments.
- Various actions will now reward the player with experience orbs, such as mining ores (except gold ore and iron ore), using furnaces, and getting achievements.
- Levels are now awarded linearly. It takes 17 experience to go up one level.
- The maximum enchantment level has been lowered from 50 to 30.
- Blocks seen in inventory are oriented to the right instead of to the left.
- Have a very small chance of spawning zombie pigmen.
- Pausing now works again in single player.
- Smelting in a furnace with a lava bucket now leaves an empty bucket for the player to retrieve.
- Added the 10 gravel + 1 emearld → 2-3 flint trade to farmers
- Added the enchanted item trades to clerics (e.g. 1 iron pickaxe + 3 emeralds → 1 iron pickaxe with Fortune I).
- Includes iron sword, iron pickaxe, iron axe, iron chestplate, diamond sword, diamond pickaxe, diamond axe, and diamond chestplate.
- Added the 1 emerald → 5 arrows trade
- Switched the 2 eyes of ender → 1 emerald to 7-10 emeralds → 1 eye of ender
- Removed the 36- 63 rotten flesh → 1 emerald trade
General[]
- Pressing F will reload the chunks.
Fixes[]
- 10 bugs fixed
- In the redstone tab of the creative inventory, the redstone torch is now on instead of being off.
- In the decoration tab of the creative inventory, the redstone torch has been removed.
- Fixed the size of slimes which was sometimes wrong in the previous snapshot.
- Fully charged arrows now show their particle effect again.
- Arrows are now stuck at the correct position in the block they hit.
- The language English (US) is available again.
- Fixed Enderman often not shaking and opening their jaws when looked at.[2]
- Fixed repeaters sometimes being stuck when loading the chunks they are in.[3]
- The Search tab does not automatically open up unless the player presses their chat key, allowing the inventory to be closed with the normal inventory key again.
- Fixed bug causing stacked buckets to disappear when used to milk cows.