Teaser screenshot of the Update Aquatic.
The Update Aquatic is the name for Java Edition version 1.13[1] and Bedrock Edition version 1.4[2]. Some of the Update Aquatic features were added to the Bedrock Edition starting from 1.2.13. All of these updates have been, or are set to be released in Q2 2018.[3][4]
The official name for the update, the Update Aquatic, was revealed on November 18, 2017, during the MineCon Earth livestream, at which time it was to be released as 1.14.
Notable features
Main article: 1.13
Additions
- New blocks:
- Trapdoors, pressure plates, and buttons for the other 5 types of wood besides oak
- 10 types of coral, 5 types of coral plants, and 5 types of coral fans
- Kelp
- Dried kelp block
- Sea grass
- Sea pickles
- Turtle eggs
- Blue Ice
- Conduit
- Stripped logs
- Bubble columns, created by magma blocks or soul sand in water
- Prismarine stairs and slabs
- New items:
- Trident
- Scute
- Turtle shell
- Dried kelp
- Phantom Membrane
- Heart of the Sea
- Nautilus Shell
- Potion of the Turtle Master
- Arrow of the Turtle Master
- Potion of Slow Falling
- Arrow of Slow Falling
- Debug stick[Java Edition only]
- Buried treasure explorer map
- Spawn eggs for turtles, phantoms, cod, salmon, puffer fish, tropical fish, and drowned
- Fish buckets: cod, salmon, puffer fish, and tropical fish
- New Status Effects:
- New enchantments: Loyalty, Impaling, Riptide, and Channeling
- New mobs:
- New generated structures:
- Shipwrecks
- Icebergs,[5] which generate in frozen ocean biomes
- Underwater ruins
- Buried treasures
- Underwater caves and ravines
- New biomes:
- Warm, lukewarm, and cold variants of ocean and deep ocean biomes, as well as a deep frozen ocean biome
- Divided the End up into separate biomes: Floating, Medium, High, and Barren islands.[Java Edition only]
- Data packs[Java Edition only]
- Item forms for mushroom blocks, bark blocks, and double slabs.[Java Edition only]
- 3 new commands:
/data,/datapack, and/bossbar.[Java Edition only] - A command suggestion UI.[Java Edition only]
- Changed pumpkin texture, and renamed the old texture to "carved pumpkin", available when a pumpkin is right-clicked with shears.
- Water source blocks can now be placed inside of semi-transparent blocks such as stairs and slabs
Changes
- Magma blocks generate in ocean biomes, causing downward bubble columns
- Dropped items in water will now float towards the surface
- Replaced and changed many commands[Java Edition only]
- The flattening[Java Edition only]
- New horse model
- New water texture
- Item frames can be placed on the floor and the ceiling[Java Edition only]
- Squids now shoot ink when attacked[Java Edition only]
- This feature was ported from Bedrock Edition
- The player's oxygen no longer generates instantly when out of water
- Changed underwater visibility
- Maps can now be marked using banners
- Named banners will show their names under that marker on the map
- Shulker boxes can now be undyed using a cauldron
References
- ↑ "Java Edition Technically Updated!" – Minecraft.net, January 24, 2018
- ↑ https://clips.twitch.tv/FamousAssiduousBatStrawBeary
- ↑ "The update Aquatic will come to both Java and bedrock at the same time." – @MiaLem_n (Maria Lemón) on X, November 19, 2017
- ↑ "The Update Aquatic Is Coming To Minecraft Spring 2018!", November 18, 2017
- ↑ a b "MINECON Earth 2017 Livestream", November 18, 2017