Mojang allows players to test content from the next major update ahead of time courtesy of each snapshot update. So today, we’ll explore the Minecraft 1.20 Snapshot 23W18A and all the new content and changes it brings to the game ahead of the massive Trails & Tales update.
New Features in Snapshot 23W18A
The Minecraft 1.20 Snapshot 23W18A shakes things with some nice new quality-of-life improvements as well as the addition of a new feature.
In particular, players who try out this snapshot can now read a power signal from the new Chiseled Bookshelf block with a Comparator. Previously you could only send a power signal from that block.
Other notable changes include a quality-of-life update for the Smithing Table and the Jukebox item being added to the Redstone Blocks creative tab. Plus, an 11-year-old bug has been fixed which prevented step sounds from triggering when your character is on a block’s edge!
Check out the latest patch notes in full below.
Minecraft 1.20 Snapshot 23W18A Patch Notes
New Adventure Advancement
- The Power of Books: Read the power signal of a Chiseled Bookshelf using a Comparator
Notable Changes
- For ease of use, the Smithing Table no longer requires a Smithing Template to be in the template slot before placing an itemstack into the other slots
- Jukebox has been added to the Redstone Blocks creative tab
- Walking on a block will now always play a step sound, even on the ocean floor
- Walking on the ocean floor will produce a step sound for the block you are walking on at a lower volume and pitch
Trigger Advancements
- All fields in placed_block, item_used_on_block and allay_drop_item_on_block have been collapsed to a single location field
- New location is similar to player field – it’s a list of loot conditions/predicates
- All conditions in this list must match for a trigger to run
- Conditions are evaluated in a new loot context called advancement_location
- Contents of old location field should be migrated to location_check condition
- Contents of item field should be migrated to match_tool condition
- Contents of block + state fields should be migrated to block_state_property condition
Loot Table Changes (ANY_OF/ALL_OF)
- Loot condition alternative has been renamed to any_of
- Added new loot condition all_of that passes only when all sub-conditions pass. It has the same syntax as any_of
New Telemetry Events
- Added new properties: launcher_name, realms_map_content, game_load_times, and advancement_made
Bug Fixes
- Whether or not a player experiences some effect is calculated based on the block under the center of the player
- Slime/magma cubes not affected by jump boost potion effect
- Sculk sensor detects player walking between carpet and wool
- The hitboxes of sniffers are not adjusted when they lay down
- Clocks flicker rapidly when enchanted and in an unnatural dimension
- Bundle tooltip does not show its interface
- The type of sniffer digging particles that are produced is determined by the block that sniffers are located on instead of the block that sniffers are digging
- Sniffers continue digging after their target block is destroyed
- Rendering of FPS graph seems to be performing worse than before
- Advancement titles of new advancements introduced in 23w17a are improperly capitalized
- Strong lag spikes when moving above a cleared area with exposed void
- Block light updates don’t cross chunk borders properly in 23w17a
