Java Edition 22w16a

22w16a is the sixth snapshot for Java Edition 1.19, released on April 20, 2022,^[1] which introduces new music, tweaks to the allay, more predictable randomized events, and fixes bugs.

Disc fragment

• Added a new music disc fragment titled "5".
  • Can only be obtained from the chests in the ancient cities. They are extremely rare and hard to obtain.

Music disc

• Added a new music disc by Samuel Åberg titled "5".
  • Can only be obtained through crafting by using 9 "Disc Fragment 5"s.

Painting

• Added unused painting earth, wind, fire, and water from Bedrock Edition.
  • These paintings are not placeable by default, but can be added through commands (such as /summon painting ~ ~ ~ {variant:"water"}) or through a data pack.

Game rules

• Added doWardenSpawning game rule, to control whether wardens can be spawned or not, defaults to true.

Debug screen

• Added a heap memory allocation metric.

Music

• Added new music, all by Lena Raine.^{[note 1]}
  • "Ancestry" only plays in the deep dark.
  • "Aerie", "Firebugs", and "Labyrinthine" play in the lush caves, all types of swamps, forests, and jungles, as well as the title screen.

Tags

• Added the following block tag:
  • #frogs_spawnable_on: grass_block, mud, mangrove_roots, muddy_mangrove_roots, and moss_carpet.
• Added the following painting variant tag (new type):
  • #placeable: kebab, aztec, alban, aztec2, bomb, plant, wasteland, pool, courbet, sea, sunset, creebet, wanderer, graham, match, bust, stage, void, skull_and_roses, wither, fighters, pointer, pigscene, burning_skull, skeleton, and donkey_kong.
    • These paintings are placeable in Survival mode.

Froglights

• Now movable by pistons.

Bucket of tadpole

• Now plays sounds when picking up or releasing tadpoles.

Allay

• Raised health from 10HP to 20HP × 10.
• Lowered the delay after item throw from 5 seconds to 3 seconds.
• Raised item search range from 9 to 32.
• Changed movement speeds:
  • Now slower when just wandering.
  • Now faster when collecting items, going to the player or going to a note block.
• Changed throwing arc to make them hit their target more consistently.
• Now drop the item they were holding when dying.
• Are now unable to despawn if they are holding an item they have been given.
• Now make a sound when they toss an item.

Frog

• Can now spawn on grass block, mud, moss carpet, mangrove roots and muddy mangrove roots.

Tadpole

• Now make a sound when they grow up into a frog.

Mangrove swamp

• Atmospheric water color has been changed to a pale green tint.

LWJGL

• Updated LWJGL library to 3.3.1.

Music

• The places where the following existing music can be played are changed:^{[note 2]}
  • "Stand Tall", "Wending", and "Infinite Amethyst" can no longer be played in the main menu.
  • "Left to Bloom" and "One More Day" can no longer be played in the main menu, and can be played in all types of forests, jungles, and old growth taigas.
  • "Floating Dream" and "Comforting Memories" can be played in all types of forests, jungles, and old-growth taigas.

Particles

• Removed the particle allay_dust.

Randomized events predictability

• Following randomized events are now more predictable, and no longer have a possibility of extreme behaviors:
  • Placement and velocity of things dropped from droppers or dispensers.
  • Placement and velocity of items spawned from containers upon destruction.
  • Randomized follow_range component attribute for mobs.
  • Velocity of horses spawned from skeleton traps.
  • Blaze random position and randomized speed of blaze projectiles.
  • Randomized portion of damage and velocity of arrows.
  • Randomized flight pattern of firework rockets.
  • Bobbing patterns and time until a fish for fishing rods.

Tags

• The #music_discs item tag now includes the new music_disc_5.

47 issues fixed

From released versions before 1.19

• MC-81870 – Editing entity data of Painting does not reflect in-game until chunk reload.
• MC-111809 – Paintings unrender when entity data is updated rapidly.
• MC-121376 – Cannot bind the "caps" key in control settings.
• MC-122421 – On Linux, simultaneously pressing two keys introduces a delay for one of the keys pressed.
• MC-134546 – Mouse won't move first couple seconds after you open your inventory.
• MC-187188 – Painting NBT and registry contain a typo: "Motive" instead of "Motif".
• MC-189897 – Game hangs while loading world saves when entering the singleplayer world selection menu.
• MC-210887 – Game launch crashes on Linux with Unicode home folder/username.
• MC-226184 – Axolotls pathfinding to water can sometimes fall in wide holes.
• MC-227041 – Axolotls will spin constantly on honey blocks that are placed above water.
• MC-228049 – Axolotl can't pathfind through open doors.
• MC-229182 – JVM crash in org.lwjgl.system.JNI.invokePPPP.
• MC-237106 – JVM crash in atio6axx.dll at org.lwjgl.opengl.GL11C.nglDrawElements(IIIJ)V.
• MC-244957 – "Search" Option in Social Interactions Screen is not labeled in the right order when using ↹ Tab.
• MC-245001 – "Manage with Microsoft account" button in Social Interactions menu is not centered.
• MC-249169 – Paintings do not have their packet coordinates set on spawn.
• MC-249246 – Strider can't pathfind through open doors.

From the 1.19 development versions

• MC-249084 – No sound is present for placing a Bucket of Tadpole.
• MC-249092 – Mangrove Stripped Log, Stripped Wood and Wood are in the incorrect order in the creative inventory.
• MC-249120 – Some sound events introduced in 22w11a are missing from the game.
• MC-249176 – Froglights are not visible on maps.
• MC-249179 – Rain/Snow can go through froglights.
• MC-249193 – Frog can't pathfind through open doors.
• MC-249217 – Fluid level next to froglights is too low.
• MC-249265 – Some blocks cannot be placed on froglights.
• MC-249459 – Cactus is not destroyed by froglights.
• MC-249653 – Parity Issue: Oak Boat texture in Java does not match Bedrock Edition.
• MC-249663 – The subtitles of some parrot imitation sounds are inconsistent with the original sounds' subtitles.
• MC-249679 – Incorrect activation of warden's sniffing animations and behavior.
• MC-249715 – Allays don't drop their held items upon death.
• MC-249734 – The minecraft:entity.allay.flap sound event doesn't have a translation key.
• MC-249754 – The minecraft:entity.allay.flap sound event is unused.
• MC-249766 – Allays can despawn after being given an item if they haven't picked up any items yet.
• MC-249790 – Allay follows and drops items for players in spectator mode.
• MC-249814 – The minecraft:entity.allay.throw sound event is unused.
• MC-249838 – Allays lose their idle animation once they start moving.
• MC-249855 – Parity Issue: Allays don't have a flying animation in Java.
• MC-249912 – minecraft:ancient_city/city_center_3 is one block shorter compared than the other ancient city centers.
• MC-249928 – Mangrove tree roots do not update blocks around them when generating.
• MC-250039 – Wardens can get angry at mobs outside world border.
• MC-250040 – Wardens can hear mobs beyond the world border.
• MC-250041 – Wardens can spawn outside of world border.
• MC-250044 – Observers don't detect mangrove roots when tree grows.
• MC-250094 – Wardens ignore /kill execution whilst they're emerging or digging.
• MC-250095 – Wardens can spawn in very narrow places, causing them to suffocate.

From the previous development version

• MC-250293 – The allay_dust particle is unused.
• MC-250294 – Parity Issue: Allays item detection range is significantly smaller than in Bedrock.