Java Edition 18w08b

Minecraft 18w08b

Edition	Java Edition
Release date	February 22, 2018
Type	Snapshot
Snapshot for	1.13
Downloads	Client (.json) Server
Protocol version	362
Data version	1471
Resource pack format	4
Data pack format	4
Minimum Java version	Java SE 8
◄◄  1.12.2 1.13 1.13.1 ►► ◄  18w08a 18w08b 18w09a ►

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18w08b is the twenty-second snapshot for Java Edition 1.13, released on February 22, 2018, which adds three types of fish mobs and fish buckets, adds a crafting recipe for dried kelp blocks, changes the player's underwater visibility and fixes bugs.

Additions

Items

Fish buckets

• Cod bucket
• Salmon bucket
• Puffer fish bucket
• When used, they place a water source block and spawn the corresponding fish inside it.
  • Unused texture for an upcoming "clownfish bucket" added to the game files.

Spawn eggs

• Cod spawn egg
  • Spawns cod.

• Salmon spawn egg
  • Spawns salmons.

• Puffer fish spawn egg
  • Spawns puffer fishes.

Mobs

• Added fish as mobs.
• They need water to live. Outside of water, they flop around before suffocating.
• They can be caught with a water bucket.
  • Cod
    • Spawn in cold ocean, normal ocean, and lukewarm ocean biomes.
    • Swim in groups of up to 9 cod.
  • Salmon
    • Spawn in frozen ocean, cold ocean and river biomes.
    • Swim in groups of up to 6 salmon.
  • Puffer fish
    • Spawn in lukewarm ocean and warm ocean biomes.
    • Inflate themselves when a player gets near.
    • Cause 7 seconds of Poison to nearby players.
    • They drop 1 pufferfish item when killed.

General

• Dried kelp can now be crafted into dried kelp blocks, which can be crafted back into dried kelp.

Changes

World generation

• Warm and lukewarm oceans now have sand floors.
• Warm deep ocean biomes no longer generate.

Gameplay

• Changed natural water visibility.
  • The longer a player stays underwater, the better they are able to see. (Maximum underwater visibility is given when a player stays underwater for 1 minute)
  • The Water Breathing status effect and Respiration enchantment no longer grant enhanced vision underwater.

Fixes

12 issues fixed

From released versions before 1.13

• MC-80096 – Insufficient handling of Damage tag.
• MC-112974 – Hostile mob doesn't teleport correctly when overworld/nether is already loaded.
• MC-120524 – Signs controled by command blocks with scoreboards will make other block entities in the same chunk disappear after respawning.
• MC-120622 – Item loss with shift + click to fill up with picked up items.
• MC-124964 – Clicking into the armor slots or the first inventory slot cancels crafting recipe preview.

From the 1.13 development versions

• MC-124007 – Multiplayer recipe book not working on server.
• MC-124896 – Testing for a score of x or a minimum of x doesn't work in execute if/unless score.
• MC-124909 – Taking an item out of the output slot of the furnace will give the player the recipe for the item in the input slot.
• MC-124963 – Clicking into the first 7 inventory slots cancels smelting recipe preview.
• MC-125352 – Dried kelp block can't be crafted.
• MC-125961 – Furnace experience reward depends on item in cooking slot, rather than output slot.

From the previous development version

• MC-126049 – Underwater lighting effect glitch.

Videos

Video made by slicedlime:

Gallery

• 
  A school of cod swimming in the ocean.