Ancient cities and Guardians fixed in Minecraft: what’s new in snapshot 22W18A

And Allai can now be properly put on a leash.

Technical snapshot 22W18A has been released for the Java version of Minecraft. Developers are fixing bugs that appeared in previous updates; a large part of the bugs is connected with Allai and the Guardian, new mobs.

The snapshot also removed the placefeature command from the game (don’t worry, there is a replacement), fixed the generation of the Dark Depths, and expanded the support for cryptography that appeared in the previous snapshot.

Finally, mod developers and server owners have a little more control over what happens in their projects.

Please note that starting from this snapshot, the game uses Java version 17.0.3.

Major changes to snapshot 22W18A

• Allai now follows the player he likes even if he can’t see him.
• Allai loses track of the player only at a distance of more than 64 blocks.
• Scalk sensors, scalk shrikers, Guardians and other objects that react to vibrations now focus on the nearest vibration in the tick, and not the very first one.
• The placefeature command has been removed, replaced by the place command. The functionality is the same: placing objects in a given place in the game world. The syntax is:
  • place feature [feature] [pos]
  • place jigsaw [pool] [start] [depth] [pos]
  • place structure [structure] [pos]
• On the server, you can override the client chat format. For this, the chat_type parameter is used, it is synchronized when connecting to the server.
• Now you can manage flag patterns through the banner_pattern/no_item_required and banner_pattern/pattern_item/* tags.
• The say, msg, me and teammsg commands now have cryptographic signatures in the chat.
• The set_goat_horn_sound function has been removed from the loot table.
• Fixed handling of DNS SRV records.
• The movement animation of frogs now depends on their movement speed.
• The scalk catalyst no longer spreads the scalk if a mob child that doesn’t give experience dies near it.
• Mangrove crowns will no longer generate in the air.

This bug looked pretty picturesque

• Keeper surrounded by a lot of sounds or enemies will no longer get stuck.
• The Guardian’s ranged attack will no longer follow the player in another dimension.
• Allai stopped losing items when reloading the world.
• Allai, put on a leash, can again move within this leash.
• Ancient cities in the Dark Depths can no longer be flooded.
• In single player mode, the player will no longer receive a new UUID.
• After death, the Guardian will no longer react to surrounding objects.

The fact that there is such a reaction was guessed by the luminous horns

• Guardian stopped growling at targets that are out of play, missing, or in unloaded chunks.
• Using a goat horn with an incorrect audio option no longer results in a crash.
• Guardians and frogs will no longer play animations when the game is paused.
• Now the dirt can be covered with snow on top.
• Fixed loading skins in multiplayer.
• Fixed a bug that prevented Allai from picking up stacks of items.

To install a test version, you need to open the settings of the Minecraft launcher and enable the installation of snapshots.