15w33c[1] is the ninth snapshot released for Java Edition 1.9, which was released to fix some bugs and crashes from 15w33a and 15w33b, along with adding shields and changing some features.
Additions[]
Items[]
- New tool used for blocking incoming attacks.
- Holding right click while being attacked reduces damage on the player and the durability of the shield.
- This works when the shield is either in the main hand or in the offhand.
- The player can hold 2 shields at once, but it does not affect the damage taken.
- This works when the shield is either in the main hand or in the offhand.
- Holding right click while being attacked reduces damage on the player and the durability of the shield.
- Can be combined with banners of the same base color to transfer its pattern.
- This does not consume the banner.
- The player cannot attack while blocking.
- Crafting recipe: One column of wool (of the same color), one column of planks (any kind), an iron ingot in the middle of the last column.
- Can only be repaired on the anvil.
- Requires planks to repair.
- Cannot be enchanted on the enchanting table, but can have Unbreaking added via an enchanted book.
Changes[]
Blocks[]
- Can now accept splash potions into the lower slots.
- New
BeamTarget
tag for ender crystals.- Used to specify a custom target for the beam.
- Example:
/summon EnderCrystal ~ ~1 ~ {BeamTarget:{X:1,Y:2,Z:3}}
.
Items[]
- Now shoot as ender dragon fireballs when ejected from a dispenser, appearing purple and casting dragon's breath.
- Can no longer be used for blocking, since shields now serve that function.
Mobs[]
- Respawned ender dragons now drop 500 experience.
- Respawning the dragon now regenerates the circle of pillars, including the ender crystals and iron bars.
- Explosion particles appear at the tops of the pillars as they are being rebuilt.
- All end gateway portals are left intact.
- Detection range for players wearing the corresponding mob head adjusted to be 37.5% of the normal range.
World generation[]
- No longer generate with a pumpkin.
- The middle iron block has been replaced with a hopper.
- Inside, there is a book written by Searge.
- It reads: "We will have something else here soon..."
- Inside, there is a book written by Searge.
General[]
- Respects the tags of items in item frames while holding Ctrl.
Fixes[]
- 22 issues fixed
- From released versions before 1.9
- MC-10447 – Pick up framed enchanted items with "Pick Block (MOUSE 3)" doesn't give player the enchanted item.
- MC-68399 – Pressing the '<' key takes screenshot on certain keyboard layouts.
- MC-73474 – Rail duplication glitch.
- From the 1.8 development versions
- MC-48732 – Ctrl plus pick block overwrites selected item.
- From the 1.9 development versions
- MC-82855 – Invisible shulker shows white box until relog.
- MC-82875 – Right-clicking with sword still blocks.
- MC-82986 – Stackable items of same id and meta value but different NBT tags will stack in Creative menu.
- MC-83350 – Entities teleporting through a portal disappear instead of teleporting.
- MC-83945 – Item counts can go negative when interacting with entities, allowing duplication.
- MC-84320 – Respawned ender dragon doesn't drop experience.
- MC-84681 – If in block when you log out, you spawn 1 block lower.
- MC-85500 – Syntax for '
/scoreboard players
' doesn't include 'tag
' parameter. - MC-85801 – Ender dragon dying randomly at portal.
- MC-85834 – Pick-Block on mobs gives you a blank spawn egg.
- MC-85865 – Can't put splash potions in brewing stands.
- MC-86007 – Both the bottle and dragon's breath are consumed when making lingering potions.
- From the previous development version
- MC-85925 – Problems while loading NBT [
AreaEffectCloud
]. - MC-85973 – Modifying the '
Age
' tag of an 'AreaEffectCloud
' entity will result in the 'Effects
' tag being duplicated. - MC-85999 – NBT Tag "
Peek
" is broken. - MC-86066 – Mob spawner spawns skeletons without bow.
- MC-86082 – Cannot summon an entity with a custom UUID.
- MC-86085 – Potions and spawn eggs still show data values in tooltips.
Video[]
Video made by slicedlime:
Trivia[]
- This version was previously removed from the launcher for some time, but was added back in September 2018.