Java Edition 22w03a

22w03a is the first snapshot for Java Edition 1.18.2, released on January 19, 2022,^[1] which adds a new command and fixes bugs. This is the first snapshot released in 2022.

/placefeature

• Used to place a configured feature at a given location.
• Syntax: /placefeature <feature> [<pos>]
  • feature: The namespaced ID of a configured feature to place.
  • pos: The position to use as the origin for the feature placement.
    • If omitted, ~ ~ ~ is used.

Debug screen

• Now contains the chunk position in the region file, and the name of this region file which the player is currently in, in the end of the "Chunk" row.

Languages

• Added Friulian.^{[note 1]}

Tags

• Added the #fall_damage_resetting block tag.
  • Contains the #climbable block tag, sweet berry bush, and cobweb.

Ender chest

• No longer gift wrapped around Christmas.

Eroded badlands

• Tweaked generation to generate more cohesively with the rest of the surrounding badlands.

Seeds

• A seed of the number zero is no longer handled as a special case.
• Any spaces before/after an inputted seed are now trimmed.

/locate

• Now uses a namespaced ID parameter.

Debug screen

• Moved the location of the player within a chunk from "Chunk" row, into the new square brackets at the end of the "Block" row.

Logging

• Upgrades log4j to 2.17.0.

Tags

• Powder snow is no longer part of the #goats_spawnable_on block tag.
• Snow blocks and powder snow are now part of the #azalea_root_replaceable block tag.

53 issues fixed

From released versions before 1.18

• MC-9232 – When loading a world, the held item from the previously loaded world is briefly visible.
• MC-56037 – Killing falling_block entity: texture disappears while falling but the block is still there.
• MC-72248 – Falling sand creates invisible blocks.
• MC-83938 – Standing on entities with solid collision boxes (shulkers, boats) kicks you for flying.
• MC-94025 – A world with seed 0 cannot be copied using the "Re-Create" option.
• MC-98727 – Server: Entering a boat/minecart/horse while going upwards from jumping causes a kick for flying.
• MC-111082 – Riding a boat with NoGravity on a server without flight enabled causes kick for flying.
• MC-126772 – Underwater fog doesn't hide edge of chunks correctly at low render distances.
• MC-133703 – Right hand shown for one tick after joining world, ignoring handedness.
• MC-135989 – Kicked for flying using trident with riptide enchantment.
• MC-142590 – StackOverflowError when using /stop with player logged in.
• MC-158696 – Armor stand with a falling block creates ghost block.
• MC-167763 – Blindness does not work underwater for certain graphics cards.
• MC-184549 – Fallling blocks visually jump up when falling through cobweb.
• MC-185545 – Knockback Resistance on players is still affected by chance.
• MC-185695 – Twisting vines don't reliably protect the player from fall damage.
• MC-191765 – Chat closes after death when gamerule doImmediateRespawn is true.
• MC-205232 – Player can see farther in powder snow with blindness effect.
• MC-223834 – Pointed dripstone can form below some non-full (non-solid) blocks.
• MC-226359 – The Zero-Width Non-Joiner shows as a "ZWNJ" box.
• MC-229313 – Some blocks that negate fall damage don't reliably protect mobs at certain heights.
• MC-230905 – Sky background is visible on certain reduced fog situations.
• MC-233599 – /spreadplayers command does not allow for negative "under" values.
• MC-235574 – Game crashes when replacing a block with a wall with blockstate up:false.
• MC-242331 – Entities are displayed faster than chunks.

From 1.18

• MC-236693 – "Done" button in controls submenu is very low.
• MC-237262 – Crash report and tick profiling causes "Failed to find module info for _" spam to log.
• MC-238114 – Meadow trees can spawn without bee nests.
• MC-238866 – Snow / powder snow can generate underwater.
• MC-239031 – Glitchy chunk rendering persists since 21w41a.
• MC-239436 – Broken culling in very long caves.
• MC-240559 – JFR JSON report's bytesPerSecond is incorrectly calculated.
• MC-241152 – Powder snow is part of #goat_spawnable_on block tag / goats can spawn on powder snow.
• MC-241205 – Sandstone generates 2-5 layers instead of 3-8 layers.
• MC-242010 – Snow blocks, powder snow aren't a part of #azalea_root_replaceable / rooted dirt can't replace snow blocks and powder snow.
• MC-242543 – Suffocation always uses the entity head center position for predicate and collision box.
• MC-242709 – Pointed dripstone clusters create holes in the ground when generating in aquifers.
• MC-243015 – Falling blocks at chunk generation cause tons of entities and (client-side) lag.
• MC-243196 – Driver view angle resets when another player enters or exits boat.
• MC-243245 – Unable to select "What is Realms?" button using ↹ Tab.
• MC-243489 – Console spam: Skipping update for removed player.
• MC-243619 – Raid waves can spawn outside of simulation distance.
• MC-244164 – Upgrade to 1.18 makes chests invisible and empty.

From 1.18.1

• MC-244174 – Fog effect for void, blindness, water, lava and powder snow is cylindrical.
• MC-245345 – Crash when reloading chunks.
• MC-245347 – Flying with an elytra and colliding with floating flowing water sometimes doesn't reset fall damage.
• MC-245406 – Memory leak leading to crashes when loading pre-1.18 chunks.
• MC-245416 – Baby turtles suffocate on soul sand.
• MC-246445 – Game crashes when dispenser with shears is used on non-beehive block in #beehives tag.
• MC-246449 – Game crashes when villager tries to open non-door in #wooden_doors tag.
• MC-246464 – Game crashes when dispensing a bone meal in a warm ocean and there is a block with no facing block state in #wall_corals.
• MC-247415 – Game crashes if coral related block tags are empty during coral reef generation.
• MC-248316 – Minecraft server 1.18.1 crashes with OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space.