15w49a

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15w49a

Type	Snapshot
Release date	Dec. 2, 2015
Snapshot for	1.9 1.9 Official name Combat Update Type Release Release date Feb. 29, 2016 1] Development versions View all Snapshots 15w31a 15w31b 15w31c 15w32a 15w32b 15w32c 15w33a 15w33b 15w33c 15w34a 15w34b 15w34c 15w34d 15w35a 15w35b 15w35c 15w35d
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◄ ◄ 1.8.9 1.8.9 Release date Dec. 9, 2015 Download Client (.json) Server ◄◄ 1.8 ◄ 1.8.8 1.9 ►► See the computer edition. For other editions, see Version history (disambiguation). 1.8.9 1] is an update ◄ 15w47c 15w47c Type Snapshot Release date Nov. 20, 2015 Snapshot for 1.9 Download Client (.json) Server ◄◄ 1.8.9 ◄ 15w47b 15w49a ► 1.9.1 ►► See the computer edition. For other editions, see Version 15w49b ► 1.9.1 ► 1.9.1 Release date Mar. 30, 2016 1] Development versions View all Pre-releases 1.9.1-pre1 1.9.1-pre2 1.9.1-pre3 Download Client (.json) Server ◄◄ 1.9 1.9.2 ► 1.10 ►► See the computer edition. For other editions, ► 1.9.1 Release date Mar. 30, 2016 1] Development versions View all Pre-releases 1.9.1-pre1 1.9.1-pre2 1.9.1-pre3 Download Client (.json) Server ◄◄ 1.9 1.9.2 ► 1.10 ►► See the computer edition. For other editions,

15w49a is the forty-fourth snapshot released for 1.9.

Additions

Sound Sound may refer to: Ambience - The sound heard when near dark caves Music - The sound playing at specified times that was made by C418 Loops - The sounds that were implemented to loop events

• block.furnace.fire_crackle
• block.waterlily.place
• entity.cow.milk
• entity.hanging.place (Removed in 15w49b 15w49b Type Snapshot Release date Dec. 3, 2015 Snapshot for 1.9 Download Client (.json) Server ◄◄ 1.8.9 ◄ 15w49a 15w50a ► 1.9.1 ►► See the computer edition. For other editions, see Version )
• entity.hanging.pop (Removed in 15w49b 15w49b Type Snapshot Release date Dec. 3, 2015 Snapshot for 1.9 Download Client (.json) Server ◄◄ 1.8.9 ◄ 15w49a 15w50a ► 1.9.1 ►► See the computer edition. For other editions, see Version )
• entity.itemframe.add_item
• entity.itemframe.break
• entity.itemframe.place
• entity.itemframe.remove_item
• entity.itemframe.rotate_item
• entity.leashknot.place
• entity.painting.break
• entity.painting.place
• entity.snowman.ambient
• entity.snowman.death
• entity.snowman.hurt
• entity.squid.ambient
• entity.squid.death
• entity.squid.hurt
• item.armor.equip_chain
• item.armor.equip_diamond
• item.armor.equip_generic
• item.armor.equip_gold
• item.armor.equip_iron
• item.armor.equip_leather
• item.bottle.fill
• item.bottle.fill_dragonbreath
• item.bucket.empty
• item.bucket.empty_lava
• item.bucket.fill
• item.bucket.fill_lava
• item.chorus_fruit.teleport
• item.hoe.till
• item.shovel.flatten

Statistics The general statistics screen. Statistics are a game featureSpecial attraction that allows players to track how many times they have completed certain tasks. Statistics are divided into four sections: General, Blocks, Items and Mobs. The General

• aviateOneCm: Tracks the distance a player has glided using elytra.

Videos

Blocks

Beacon Beacon Type Block Entity Physics No Transparency PC, CE: Yes PE: No Luminance Yes, 15 Blast resistance 15 Hardness 3 Tool Any tool Renewable No Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No First appearances See History Drops

• Now drops any contained item when exiting the GUI.
• No longer accepts items from hoppers.
• PaymentItem NBT tag removed.

Cactus Cactus Transparency Yes Luminance No Blast resistance 2 Tool Any tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Experience Smelted: 0.2 Drops Itself Data value dec: 81 hex: 51 bin: 1010001 Name cactus “ What do you reckon

• Will break if lava is adjacent.
• Cactus on sand will break if water or lava is in the block above.

Cobweb Cobweb Transparency Partial (diffuses sky light) Luminance No Blast resistance 20 Tools Renewable No Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops String (1) Data value dec: 30 hex: 1E bin: 11110 Name web Cobwebs are blocks that slow down

• Cobwebs now catch snowballs, eggs, thrown potions, XP bottles, and ender pearls, causing the item form of the projectile to be dropped. (Removed in 15w49b 15w49b Type Snapshot Release date Dec. 3, 2015 Snapshot for 1.9 Download Client (.json) Server ◄◄ 1.8.9 ◄ 15w49a 15w50a ► 1.9.1 ►► See the computer edition. For other editions, see Version )

Crops Crops are defined as "Cultivated plants or agricultural produce, such as grain, vegetables, or fruit, considered as a group" and in Minecraft, may refer to the following food-related items and blocks: Crops - growing wheat and nether wart Nether Wart Transparency Yes Luminance No Blast resistance 0 Tool Any tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Nether Wart (1) (premature) Nether Wart (2–4) (fully grown) Data values Block dec: 115 hex: 73 bin: 1110011

• Hitbox now changes as the plant grows.

Doors Door Transparency Yes Luminance No Blast resistance 15 (Wood) 25 (Iron) Tools Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable Iron: No Wooden: No, but catches fire from lava Drops Itself Data values See Data values Name

• Are now placed facing left/right depending on which half of the block you click on, unless neighboring doors cause them to place a certain way.

Elytra Elytra Type Transport Durability 431 Renewable No Stackable No First appearances See History Data values PC: dec: 443 hex: 1BB bin: 110111011 PE: dec: 444 hex: 1BC bin: 110111100 Name elytra “ Elytra! Soar through The End on your freshly-minted insectoid

• Increased damage when flying into a wall.

End crystals End Crystal Type Decorations Durability N/A Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Internal ID PC: 200 PE: 71 Network ID PC: 51 Entity ID ender_crystal Drops None First appearances See History Data value dec: 426 hex: 1AA bin: 110101010

• Now require air or replaceable blocks in the two blocks above the block it`s being placed on.
• Can no longer be placed to intersect other entities.

Fire Fire Transparency Yes Luminance Yes, 15 Blast resistance 0 Tool Any tool Renewable No Stackable N/A Flammable No Drops None Data value dec: 51 hex: 33 bin: 110011 Name fire Fire is a harmful non-solid block. Contents 1

• Chance of going out in rain increased by 20 percentage points (now 20% + 3 percentage points per age).

Furnace Furnace Type Solid Block Requirements None Physics No Transparency Partial (when active) Luminance Yes, 13 (when active) Blast resistance 17.5 Hardness 3.5 Tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No First appearances See History Drops

• The lit_furnace block is no longer available as an item.

Lily pad Lily Pad Transparency Yes Luminance No Blast resistance 0 Tool Any tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Itself Data value dec: 111 hex: 6F bin: 1101111 Name waterlily The lily pad is a short, flat

• Bounding box changed, now 15/256 high (from 1/16) and inset from three edges of the block by 1/16.

Melons Melon Type Food Restores 2 () Cookable No Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) First appearances See History Data value dec: 360 hex: 168 bin: 101101000 Name melon See the edible melon. For the block, see

• Melons and glistering melons are now oriented the same way. (Removed in 15w49b 15w49b Type Snapshot Release date Dec. 3, 2015 Snapshot for 1.9 Download Client (.json) Server ◄◄ 1.8.9 ◄ 15w49a 15w50a ► 1.9.1 ►► See the computer edition. For other editions, see Version )

Pistons Piston Transparency Yes Luminance None Blast resistance 2.5 Tool Any tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Itself Data values See Data values Pistons are blocks capable of pushing most blocks, depending on

• Unextended pistons, downwards-facing pistons, and upwards-facing piston extensions are now considered to have a solid top surface, like upside-down stairs Stairs Transparency Partial (blocks light) Luminance No Blast resistance Wood: 15 Stone: 30 Sandstone, Quartz, Red Sandstone: 4 Tools Renewable Cobblestone, Stone Brick, Wood, Purpur: Yes All others: No Stackable Yes (64) Flammable Wood: Yes and top-half slabs Slab Transparency Double slab: No Single slab: Partial (blocks light) Luminance No Blast resistance Wood: 15 Stone: 30 Tools Renewable Stone: Yes Wood: Yes (except Fake Wood) Cobblestone: Yes Stone Brick: Yes Purpur: Yes Quartz: .
  • Among other things, this means mobs can now spawn on them.

Powered rails Powered Rail Transparency Yes Luminance No Blast resistance 3.5 Tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Itself Data value dec: 27 hex: 1B bin: 11011 Name golden_rail A powered rail is a type of rail that and activator rails Activator Rail Transparency Yes Luminance No Blast resistance 3.5 Tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Itself Data values See Data values Name activator_rail An activator rail is a type of rail that

• Powered rails and activator rails Activator Rail Transparency Yes Luminance No Blast resistance 3.5 Tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Itself Data values See Data values Name activator_rail An activator rail is a type of rail that no longer transmit power to each other.

Tripwire String Transparency Yes Luminance No Blast resistance 0 Tool Any tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops String (1) Data values Block dec: 132 hex: 84 bin: 10000100 Item dec: 287 hex: 11F bin: 100011111 Name Block tripwire Item and tripwire hooks Tripwire Hook Transparency Yes Luminance No Blast resistance 0 Tool Any tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Itself Data value dec: 131 hex: 83 bin: 10000011 Name tripwire_hook See the hooks. For

• Removed the distinction between "suspended" and "non-suspended": formerly, tripwire would only work if the whole stretch and both hooks were all above solid blocks or all not above solid blocks.

Trapped Chest Trapped Chest Type Block Entity Physics No Transparency Yes Luminance No Blast resistance 12.5 Hardness 2.5 Tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No, but catches fire from lava First appearances See History Drops Trapped

• Now appears in the Redstone tab of the Creative inventory instead of Decoration Blocks.

Mobs

All mobs

• Improved path finding
• Zombies, Zombie Pigmen, Slimes, Magma Cubes, Wither Skeletons, Spiders, Cave Spiders, Silverfish, and Endermites now fight back when hit by other mobs.
• Knockback no longer changes the Y-axis speed of flying and falling mobs.

Ender dragon Ender Dragon Health points 200 ( × 100) Attack strength Peaceful: 0 () Easy: 6 () Normal: 10 () Hard: 15 () Breath attack: 6 () after a half-second Exploding fireball attack: 12 () after

• No longer teleports through Nether portals Nether portal Consists of Obsidian Nether Portal Can generate post-generation Yes, when the player builds an appropriate frame and lights it with flint and steel First appearances See History See the structure. or End portals End Portal Room Biome Any Overworld biome Consists of Mossy Stone Bricks Cracked Stone Bricks Stone Bricks Stone Brick Stairs Iron Bars Lava Silverfish spawner End Portal Frame End Portal Can generate post-generation No First .
• Can no longer ride anything.
• Can no longer have status effects.

Enderman Enderman Health points 40 ( × 20) Attack strength Easy: 4 () Normal: 7 () Hard: 10 () Size Height: 2.9 Blocks Width: 0.6 Blocks Spawn In the Overworld, the Nether or the End in

• Can no longer pick blocks from behind walls.

Horse Horse Health points 15 () to 30 ( × 15) Armor points See horse armor Size Adult: Height: 1.6 Blocks Width: 1.3965 Blocks Baby: Height: 0.8 Blocks Width: 0.6982 Blocks Spawn Plains and savanna First

• Now rotates with the player.

Shulker Shulker Health points 30 ( × 15) Armor points 20 ( × 10) when closed Attack strength 4 () Size Closed: Height: 1.0 Blocks Width: 1.0 Blocks Open: Height: 1.2069 Blocks Width: 1.0 Blocks Spawn End city

• No longer float above the ground.

Skeleton Skeleton Health points 20 () Attack strength Bow: Easy: 1 () - 4 () Normal: 1 () - 4 () Hard: 1 () - 5 () Sword: Easy: 2 () Normal: 2 () Hard: 3

• No longer find shade to hide under if equipped with a helmet.

Snow golem Snow Golem Health points 4 () Attack strength 0 () (only pushes mobs back) 3 () to Blaze Size Height: 1.9 Blocks Width: 0.7 Blocks Spawn Where created by the player First appearances See History

• Using shears Shears Type Tools Durability 238 Renewable Yes Stackable No First appearances See History Data value dec: 359 hex: 167 bin: 101100111 Name shears Shears are a tool used primarily to shear sheep and mine a few types of on a snow golem will remove the pumpkin head (and remove 1 durability from the shears). The pumpkin is not dropped.

Wither Wither Health points 300 ( × 150) 600 ( × 300) Pocket edition only] Armor points 4 () Attack strength Easy: 5 () Normal: 8 () Hard: 12 () Size Height: 3.5 Blocks Width: 0.9 Blocks Spawn

• No longer teleports through Nether portals Nether portal Consists of Obsidian Nether Portal Can generate post-generation Yes, when the player builds an appropriate frame and lights it with flint and steel First appearances See History See the structure. or End portals End Portal Room Biome Any Overworld biome Consists of Mossy Stone Bricks Cracked Stone Bricks Stone Bricks Stone Brick Stairs Iron Bars Lava Silverfish spawner End Portal Frame End Portal Can generate post-generation No First .

Non-mob entities

Arrow Arrow Type Combat Durability N/A Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Internal ID Normal / Tipped: PC: 10, PE: 80 Spectral: PC: 24 Network ID Normal / Tipped: PC: 60 Spectral: PC: 91 Entity ID Normal entity

• Now take the thrower`s motion into account. For instance, an arrow fired forward by a player in a speeding minecart will fly faster relative to the ground, an arrow fired backwards will fly slower, and an arrow fired sideways will have motion in the direction of minecart travel.
• Arrows that bounce off a target (e.g. a shield or a sitting dragon) and may be retrieved will become dropped items if near zero momentum after being bounced.

SmallFireball entity

• No longer damages (or angers) fire-immune entities.

Thrown projectiles (snowballs, eggs, ender pearls, bottles o` enchanting, and thrown potions)

• No longer collide with non-opaque blocks.
  • Even non-opaque blocks that are solid, such as glass. See MC-93636.
• Are "caught" and converted to the item form by cobwebs.
• Now take the thrower`s motion into account. For instance, an arrow fired forward by a player in a speeding minecart will fly faster relative to the ground, an arrow fired backwards will fly slower, and an arrow fired sideways will have motion in the direction of minecart travel.

Commands

• /playsound now auto-completes itself when pressing TAB.
• /particle now has a player parameter to specify which players will see the particle^verify, as well as a params parameter to specify particle parameters (for iconcrack_, ⃢₀⅚).

Other

Combat

• Sweep attacks now do 1 () damage to mobs affected by the knockback.
• The Infinity enchantment no longer affects Spectral and Tipped arrows.

End portal

• In the 0.0000000001% chance that all 12 frame blocks generate with eyes already present, the portal will now be active.
  • This means once again you can access the End without going to the Nether.

Exhaustion

• Sneaking now increases exhaustion by half as much as walking.

Frost Walker enchantment

• Now functions whenever the player is standing on ground, regardless of whether the ground is a solid block or not.
• No longer works on armor stands.

Lightning

• No longer destroys item frames, leash knots, paintings, and armor stands.

Sounds

• Renamed sound event entity.arrow.successful_hit to entity.arrow.hit_player.

Status effects

• Health Boost effect now shows multiple red hearts instead of the one similar to Regeneration.
• Absorption effect now shows a single red heart with a yellow outline around it.
• Nausea effect will now stop instantly when cleared using Milk or with commands.

Fixes

93 issues fixed

From released versions before 1.9

• MC-729 – Zombies only fight back against players.
• MC-1973 – Items placed into a beacon are lost upon reloading a world.
• MC-3626 – Signs, sugar cane, vines, two-block plants and cobwebs cause glitchy mob behavior.
• MC-7519 – Clearing Nausea potion effect will stop it, but purple portal tint will remain.
• MC-8017 – Throwing eggs and snowballs though cobweb just hits it and breaks.
• MC-9074 – Command selector syntax does not recognize decimals.
• MC-18272 – Health Boost and Absorption effects have the same icon.
• MC-20431 – Player is floating above the saddle of a donkey.
• MC-33863 – Villagers rarely can turn to baby zombie villagers, or chicken jockey.
• MC-38307 – Lightning strike area-effect destroys item frames, paintings, and armor stands.
• MC-39098 – Endermen can pick up blocks behind walls.
• MC-46034 – Lava flows towards gaps even if they can`t be reached.
• MC-48570 – Server-side resource packs do not show up in resource pack list.
• MC-50468 – Skeleton AI ignoring helmet – skeleton still stays in shadow.
• MC-50559 – Rain texture is upside-down.
• MC-55942 – Nether wart, wheat, carrot, and potato hitboxes reflect only first stage.
• MC-63129 – Baby zombies named "Dinnerbone" appear suspended in the air.
• MC-69328 – /playsound not tab-completing sounds.
• MC-69834 – Metal ring misplaced at tripwire hook / does not move.
• MC-70327 – Blaze fireballs damage other blazes.
• MC-72156 – Tamed wolves attack when a wild wolf is hurt.
• MC-72368 – Cactus can be placed under water, but doesn`t break.
• MC-73370 – Trapped chests are in "Decoration Blocks".
• MC-75471 – Ocelots and rabbits run from you in creative mode.
• MC-76045 – Clicking on a non-existing link target or deleted screenshot gives an error.
• MC-76975 – Pick block doesn`t work on the dragon egg.
• MC-77224 – /tp with relative x rotation above 90₰ affects y rotation.
• MC-80148 – Custom model lighting irregularities (top & bottom faces) / each cuboid part of a model renders smooth lighting as if it were a full block.
• MC-80597 – Lit furnace still obtainable using the /give command.
• MC-81693 – Multiple items have missing (transparent) pixels.
• MC-81725 – ⇧ Shift+F3 menu remains on server disconnect.
• MC-82452 – Server resource packs not staying persistent.
• MC-85963 – Melon and glistering melon textures have different rotations.
• MC-87219 – Mob heads float above baby zombies that wear them.
• MC-89399 – If an end portal generates with 12 eyes in it, it is impossible to use it.
• MC-92983 – Slimes are incorrectly offset from actual position.
• MC-93289 – Level-up sound originates at position in world, not at player position.

From the 1.8 development versions

• MC-62552 – FallingSand shows alternate block textures while falling.
• MC-70306 – Can`t put flower pot on piston.

From the 1.9 development versions

• MC-83107 – Shulkers deflect arrows from the side but not the top; arrows glitchy when shot at the edge.
• MC-83174 – Zombies, zombie pigmen, ghasts, guardians, slimes, magma cubes, wither skeletons, spiders, cave spiders, silverfish and endermites do not attack when hit by other mobs.
• MC-83193 – Punching cake eats it.
• MC-83271 – Bosses are unaffected by potions or tipped arrows.
• MC-83599 – Arrow/item in offhand is still displayed while drawing bow in first person view.
• MC-83824 – Infinity enchantment works with potion tipped arrows.
• MC-83850 – Squid and ghasts are unaffected by levitation.
• MC-83896 – Shulkers can teleport into other shulkers.
• MC-83930 – End City spawns even when "Generate Structures" is set to false.
• MC-85117 – Shulkers teleport even after they`re already dead.
• MC-85256 – Cauldrons are filled with water while snowing in biomes where it only snows above a certain height.
• MC-85756 – Blocks/items on mobs` heads turn red when the mob takes damage.
• MC-86305 – AreaEffectCloud can be pushed by pistons.
• MC-86385 – Leading zeroes omitted in tooltip on dyed leather armor color.
• MC-86951 – Drop item scoreboard objective increases when /give is used.
• MC-86992 – A shulker floats a bit above ground.
• MC-87143 – /setblock signs with text put "null" on empty lines when reloading the world.
• MC-87242 – Librarian zombie villager robe texture is sometimes white instead of transparent.
• MC-87383 – Shulker hitbox height is too high.
• MC-87411 – Zombie villager leg has transparent pixels
• MC-87568 – Slimes with levitation can move.
• MC-87573 – Spawned slimes always move south (+Z) first.
• MC-88401 – Arrow blocked by shield can get stuck above the player.
• MC-88465 – Shields still show metadata in the tooltip.
• MC-88569 – Armor slots inconsistency: /replaceitem refers to `chest` while AttributeModifiers.Slot refers to `torso`.
• MC-89181 – AreaEffectCloud does not work with some particles, crashes with others.
• MC-90095 – Elytra goes invisible with player if potion is used.
• MC-90417 – Enderdragon can be a passenger on boats.
• MC-90587 – Frost Walker does not work on transparent blocks.
• MC-90601 – Using pick block on frosted ice gives a warning in the console.
• MC-90606 – Damage from hitting walls with Elytra is too small.
• MC-91061 – Loot table exceptions are not caught.
• MC-91177 – Rain puts out fires less often.
• MC-91264 – Right clicking a hoe or a shovel on grass or dirt plays the wrong sound.
• MC-91533 – Container minecarts with invalid loot table cannot be removed from world.
• MC-91543 – Multiple (unlimited) number of Ender Crystals placeable on one block at the same time.
• MC-91666 – Exploding creepers drop gunpowder when they set off an end crystal.
• MC-91756 – Beam target of end crystals on obsidian pillars does not update when ender dragon spawn sequence is stopped.
• MC-91807 – Having used the /kill @etype=EnderCrystal instruction, the rebirth ceremony still continued execution.
• MC-92202 – Villagers stand outside opening and closing doors instead of entering.
• MC-92225 – Buggy AI for skeletons riding horses.
• MC-92309 – "Block Broken" closed caption is inaccurate.
• MC-92415 – Mob pathing issue – they appear to stop and travel in loops.
• MC-92451 – Beam detaching from end crystal as crystal levitates up and down.
• MC-92548 – Can`t place certain blocks on marker armor stand.
• MC-92697 – Activator rails and powered rails power each other.
• MC-92784 – Some subtitles are unrelated to the sound.
• MC-92849 – Mob kills due to knockback from a sweep attack fail to reward experience.
• MC-92972 – Villagers won`t go outside.
• MC-93107 – Shulkers still produce sound even when Silent:1b.
• MC-93474 – Players can place End Crystal in Adventure mode

From the previous development version

• MC-93118 – Some of the new textures` filesize is too big.
• MC-93119 – Survival player can obtain bedrock item
• MC-93167 – Some textures jump and change rotation as you move closer or farther from them – easy to confirm with netherack in the Nether.