15w42a is the thirty-third snapshot released for Java Edition 1.9.[1]
Additions[]
Blocks[]
- Created when using "Frost Walker" enchantment.
- Cannot be obtained in inventory, neither with silk touch, pick block nor with commands. (Can only be placed using
/setblock
,/fill
etc.) - Despawn after a few seconds.
- Despawning takes place in four breaking stages (blockstates:
age:0, age:1, age:2, age:3
). Still decay with randomTickSpeed set to 0, but a higher number will make them decay faster. - Despawns faster with a higher light level (doesn't despawn at night).
- Despawning takes place in four breaking stages (blockstates:
Command format[]
- NBT tags
- Brewing stands
Fuel
(byte): Stores how much fuel is remaining in a brewing stand.- e.g.
/setblock ~ ~1 ~ minecraft:brewing_stand 0 replace {Fuel:127b}
.
- e.g.
Gameplay[]
- "Treasure" enchantments.
- Can only be obtained from chest loot, fishing, or trading for enchanted books.
- New "treasure" enchantment: Frost Walker.
- Turns water into frosted ice.
- Different tiers:
- Level I creates a circle of frosted ice around the player with a radius of 2 blocks.
- Each additional level adds 1 to that radius.
- Works while riding mobs
- Will not turn water into frosted ice if an entity is in that spot.
- Works as long as the player is within one block above a solid block.
- Flowing water will also turn into frosted ice, making one bucket of water enough to make an infinite water source.
- Cannot be combined with Depth Strider enchantment.
- New "treasure" enchantment: Mending.
- Any experience collected while holding the item repairs it instead of going to the experience bar.
- Mainhand, offhand, and armor slots all count as held.
- If multiple held items have the enchantment, one will be chosen at random for each XP orb collected.
- Repairs at a rate of 2 durability per XP.
- If the amount of repair needed is less than the value of the XP orb, the extra XP will go to the experience bar.
- Shields cannot be enchanted with mending using
/enchant
or a survival anvil.- Mending enchantment does affect the shield when using creative anvil or NBT commands.
- Any experience collected while holding the item repairs it instead of going to the experience bar.
General[]
- Added the following splashes:
- "Falling with style!"
- "There's no stopping the Trollmaso"
- "Throw yourself at the ground and miss"
Changes[]
Blocks[]
- Requires blaze powder to be able to use.
- One piece of blaze powder allows for 30 ingredients to be brewed in the brewing stand (tag:
Fuel:30b
).- To be exact, it removes 1 from fuel (1 blaze powder = 30 fuel) every time the player puts an ingredient in (if the player takes it out and puts it back in, it takes another fuel).
- Can be automated by putting a hopper feeding in the side of the block like water bottles.
- One piece of blaze powder allows for 30 ingredients to be brewed in the brewing stand (tag:
Items[]
- Nerfed - the player is no longer able to go higher than where they started.
- New sneaking animation.
- The player can now fit through one block high gaps while gliding.
- Horizontal collisions now deal damage, new death message: "Player experienced kinetic energy".
Non-mob entities[]
- Now slightly faster than sprinting.
- This makes them similar in speed to the old boats, though with less momentum.
- Players can now use items and attack immediately after they stop rowing.
- All types of boats are now craftable.
- Due to MC-90590, the dark oak boat cannot be crafted.
Gameplay[]
- Anvil repairing
- Renaming an item does not increase the repair cost for a future repair/rename any more.
- Enchantments with max 1 level will no longer display the level, e.g. "Infinity" rather than "Infinity I".
- When multiple pieces of Thorns armor are worn, one will now be chosen at random instead of always using the "bottommost" piece.
General[]
- When crouching, players are 1.65 blocks tall (versus 1.8 blocks normally).
- When flying with elytra, players are now only 0.6 blocks tall.
- When laying in bed, players are as tall as a 0.2 blocks cube.
- Changed "0% sugar" to "1% sugar".
- Removed "SOPA means LOSER in Swedish!".
Fixes[]
- 18 issues fixed
- From released versions before 1.9
- MC-1565 – Silk touch and Fortune enchantments do not activate on last use.
- MC-11883 – Cured zombie villagers don't keep their profession.
- MC-12845 – Skeletons unable to damage the player when in a 2x1x2 area.
- MC-46164 – Zombie hit animation is only when they hold an item. (Should be every time they hit).
- MC-55593 –
/clear
won't remove items 'in hand' in the inventory screen. - MC-62485 – When using an invalid enchantment ID,
/enchant
says "<text> is not a valid number
". - MC-81507 – Right clicking non-placeable item give wrong animation.
- From the 1.8 development versions
- MC-69097 – Flying into an unloaded chunk flashes random biomes.
- From the 1.9 development versions
- MC-83897 – Enchanted Books found in chests or fished don't have enchants.
- MC-88646 – Spider Jockeys are broken - skeleton does not move.
- MC-89127 –
Netty Epoll Server IO #26/ERROR
. - MC-90012 – Boats will paddle once when getting in for the first time.
- MC-90013 – Excessively slow boats.
- From the previous development version
- MC-89923 – No AI mobs from natural mob spawners.
- MC-89942 – Can only craft oak boats.
- MC-89975 – Elytra stationary while sneaking.
- MC-89988 – Nether portals causing fall damage.
- MC-90099 – Player flying with elytra has incorrect hitbox.
Video[]
Video made by slicedlime:
Trivia[]
- 15w42a was previously removed from the launcher for some time, but was added back in September 2018.