20w18a — release journal
What 20w18a changed for data packs, measured against 20w17a, the build before it. Released 2020-04-29; development build — not a release.
💡 No measured change
Same data pack format, same registries. That is the strongest safe-for-data-packs signal a diff can give, and it is still not proof — behaviour changes and bug fixes are invisible to it.
Formats
| 20w17a | 20w18a | |
|---|---|---|
| Data pack format | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Resource pack format | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Data version | 2529 | 2532 |
Registries
No registry gained, lost or changed an entry.
The official notes
Read the 20w18a article on minecraft.net.
That article's technical changes are grouped under these headings — open it for the detail:
- Entity Broadcasting
- Advancements
- Extended entity checks
- Miscellaneous trigger changes
Minecraft Wiki page for 20w18a.
In the journal
← 20w17a · All builds · 20w19a →
Sources
- misode/mcmeta — 20w18a summary — formats and registries, generated from the game’s own data.
- minecraft.net — 20w18a — section names only.