Minecraft Snapshot 24w44a Update Notes: New Eyeblossoms, Resin Clumps, and Exciting Features

Recently, Mojang launched a significant update for Minecraft Bedrock, which introduced a novel flower known as the Eyeblossom and a new resource called Resin. These exciting elements have now arrived in the Java Edition, thanks to the release of Minecraft Snapshot 24w44a.

This snapshot brings Eyeblossoms, a flower unique to the Pale Garden biome, along with Resin Clumps and various types of Resin Blocks. Additionally, the update enhances the features and functions of the Creaking Heart and Creaking mob, along with modifications to the Pale Oak trees.

Let’s take a look at the detailed patch notes for the Minecraft Snapshot 24w44a, highlighting the new additions and upgrades.

Minecraft Snapshot 24w44a Patch Notes

With Snapshot 24w44a, the Minecraft Winter Drop transitions from the experimental tab, making it accessible in worlds created or played in this latest version.

New Features in Minecraft Snapshot 24w44a

Introduction of Eyeblossoms

Eyeblossoms are an innovative flower found in the Pale Garden biome, characterized by:

• Two forms: Closed and Open Eyeblossom
• Flower variants change based on the time of day
• Open Eyeblossoms surface at night
• Closed Eyeblossoms appear during the day
• In dimensions without a day/night cycle, they will retain their state
• During transitions, a particle effect is emitted
• When planted, Eyeblossoms interact with each other for synchronized blooming
• Open Eyeblossoms exhibit glowing eyes during nighttime
• Can be attained by bonemealing grass in the Pale Garden
• Bees suffer poisoning upon contact with Eyeblossoms
• While bees are attracted to Eyeblossoms, player interaction leads to poisoning instead of their usual breeding behavior
• Suspicious Stew created with Eyeblossoms yields Blindness or Nausea effects based on the variant
• Closed and Open Eyeblossoms can be crafted into Gray and Orange Dye respectively
• Open Eyeblossoms may be available through trades with the Wandering Trader

New Resin Items and Blocks

• Inflicting damage on a Creaking will produce 2 to 3 Resin Clumps from its Creaking Heart
• Resin Clumps can be found on the sides of Pale Oak Logs, closely linked to the Creaking Heart
• The Creaking Heart has a 5-second cooldown before it can produce more Resin Clumps after being attacked
• Resin Clumps serve as a material for enhancing armor trims
• Block of Resin allows for the storage of Resin Clumps
• Smelting Resin Clumps results in Resin Brick items
• Resin Brick items can be utilized to craft various Resin structures such as Resin Bricks, Slabs, Stairs, and Walls, along with Chiseled Resin Bricks
• Both Resin Clumps and Blocks can be instantly mined without tools
• A pickaxe is needed for the Resin Brick family of blocks
• Wandering Traders are known to sell Resin Clumps
• Resin Clumps can also be discovered in chests of Woodland Mansions

Changes in Minecraft Snapshot 24w44a

• The panorama has undergone an update
• Using a sword is no longer effective for breaking Moss Carpet; the Hoe remains the appropriate tool
• Player interactions with Wither Roses now inflict Withering on bees

Tool Requirements for Drops

Developer’s Note: Blocks that drop upon being broken from underneath will now yield drops regardless of the tool used. Previously, breaking a block directly could result in destruction even when it could have been collected with alternate tools!

• Blocks needing support that will now drop when destroyed with any tool include: Bell, Lantern, Soul Lantern, all Copper Doors, Iron Door, Heavy Lightweight Pressure Plates, Light Weighted Pressure Plates, Polished Blackstone Pressure Plates, and Stone Pressure Plates
• The Brewing Stand will also drop when mined with any tool
• When broken using an incorrect tool, the Ender Chest will yield Obsidian instead of nothing

Pale Garden Updates

• The Pale Garden biome has no music; should a player enter the biome while music is playing, the existing music will fade out

Creaking Heart Modifications

• Creaking Hearts can be obtained using a Silk Touch enchanted tool
• Craftable with a Resin Block and Pale Oak Logs
• Naturally found Creaking Hearts yield 20-24 experience upon breaking, with or without Silk Touch
• Breaking a Creaking Heart will drop 1-3 Resin Clumps, and Fortune enchantment applies

Pale Oak Tree Changes

• Pale Oak Leaves can produce leaf particles when exposed from the underside
• Player-cultivated Pale Oaks grow devoid of any decorations
• Wild Pale Oak trees are adorned with Pale Hanging Moss, Pale Moss patches beneath them, and may contain Creaking Heart blocks
• Pale Oak Saplings are sold by Wandering Traders

Pale Moss Block Availability

• Pale Moss Blocks can be purchased from Wandering Traders

Pale Hanging Moss Characteristics

• Pale Hanging Moss can be harvested instantly when mined
• It requires shears or Silk Touch tools for collection
• Pale Hanging Moss is also available from Wandering Traders

Creaking Mob Behavior

• Creaking has 3 points (1.5 hearts) of melee damage
• Illagers exhibit fear of Creakings and will flee when they come near

Additional changes for naturally occurring Creaking include:

• Creaking will only respond to damage caused by mobs or projectiles by swaying
• Creaking ignores damage from Cactus, Sweet Berry Bushes, and Powder Snow, traversing over these unharmed
• Creaking has a twitching animation
• Creaking is resistant to fire
• The Creaking Heart will decide to remove or replace the connected Creaking when:
• Daytime occurs
• The Creaking moves too far from the associated Creaking Heart
• A player collides with the Creaking for several seconds

Technical Changes in Minecraft Snapshot 24w44a

• Data Pack version is now set to 58
• Resource Pack version is now set to 43
• The winter_drop feature flag and inclusive data pack have been removed

Data Pack Version 58 Updates

• Trail particles now require a new field: duration
• This specifies, in ticks, how long the particle will travel from the start to the targeted location
• The simple_block feature type now has a new optional field: schedule_tick
• If enabled, this will schedule the block for ticking
• Biome effects have a revamped format for music with a weighted list
• While the list can be empty, it can also signify no music is to play in the biome
• Biome effects also have an optional field for music_volume
• The game will smoothly adjust volume transitions when entering the biome

“music”: [

{

“data”: {

“max_delay”: 24000,

“min_delay”: 12000,

“replace_current_music”: false,

“sound”: “minecraft:music.overworld.forest”

},

“weight”: 1

}

],

“music_volume”: 1.0,

• Item blocks with the minecraft:block_entity_data component will only set block entity data if the id tag corresponds to the type of placed block entity
• A warning will also display in the item tooltip if placing an item could lead to command execution with elevated permissions

Commands Updates

• Attribute modifier IDs existing on the targeted entities will now have suggestions in the attribute command

Attribute Command

New subcommand for resetting the base value of an attribute to its default for the target entity. If the attribute doesn’t exist on the entity, the command will not work.

Syntax:

attribute <target> <attribute> base reset

Parameters:

• target: The entity for which you want to update the attribute
• attribute: The ID of the attribute being updated

TNT Minecart Data Alterations

• The TNTFuse field for TNT Minecarts is now renamed to fuse
• New optional field explosion_speed_factor has also been added; it controls how much damage is affected by the Minecart’s speed
• Default value is set at 1.0

Text Components Adjustments

An additional optional shadow_color style property has been added to Text Components to override text shadow properties.

• Format:
• Pack an integer ARGB value (e.g., -1)
• An array comprising RGBA values (e.g., [1, 1, 1, 1])
• If set to 0, this indicates that the shadow won’t display for this text
• If a non-zero value is provided, the shadow will perpetually appear in that specified color

Resource Pack Version 43 Updates

• New block models and textures added include:
• chiseled_resin_bricks
• closed_eyeblossom
• open_eyeblossom
• also utilizes the open_eyeblossom_emissive texture layer
• resin_block
• resin_bricks
• resin_clump
• Additionally, the following non-top-level block models are included:
• cross_emissive
• flower_pot_cross_emissive
• Along with new item models and textures such as:
• resin_brick
• resin_clump
• An updated Armor Trim color palette: trims/color_palettes/resin
• Various enhancements to GUI sprites
• UV mapping for the Magma Cube texture has been refreshed

GUI Sprites Improvements

• The toast/system sprite layout has been revamped to implement standard nine-slicing features
• Toast/tutorial sprites are adjusted for taller appearances, now featuring nine-slice scaling in the default Resource Pack
• Advancements/box_obtained and advancements/box_unobtained GUI sprites have now been set to scale using nine-slicing processes
• Empty slot sprites, like those for armor inventory, have been renamed and reorganized into the gui/sprites/container/slot directory
• empty_armor_slot_helmet -> helmet
• empty_armor_slot_chestplate -> chestplate
• empty_armor_slot_leggings -> leggings
• empty_armor_slot_boots -> boots
• empty_slot_sword -> sword
• empty_slot_pickaxe -> pickaxe
• empty_slot_axe -> axe
• empty_slot_shovel -> shovel
• empty_slot_how -> how
• empty_slot_smithing_template_armor_trim -> smithing_template_armor_trim
• empty_slot_smithing_template_netherite -> smithing_template_netherite
• empty_slot_amethyst_shard -> amethyst_shard
• empty_slot_diamond -> diamond
• empty_slot_emerald -> emerald
• empty_slot_ingot -> ingot
• empty_slot_lapis_lazuli -> lapis_lazuli
• empty_slot_quartz -> quartz
• empty_slot_redstone_dust -> redstone_dust
• Additionally, the empty slot sprites in the Loom have been separated from their backgrounds and relocated:
• container/loom/banner_slot -> container/slot/banner
• container/loom/pattern_slot -> container/slot/banner_pattern
• container/loom/dye_slot -> container/slot/dye
• Empty slot sprites in the Brewing Stand are also separated from the container backgrounds:
• container/slot/brewing_fuel
• container/slot/potion
• Empty slot sprites for Horse/Llama inventories have been cropped and moved:
• container/horse/armor_slot -> container/slot/horse_armor
• container/horse/llama_armor_slot -> container/slot/llama_armor
• container/horse/saddle_slot -> container/slot/saddle

Bug Fixes in Minecraft Snapshot 24w44a

• MC-12829 – Slowing down when passing through climbable blocks in creative mode
• MC-16132 – Cave carvers do not interact correctly with snow blocks
• MC-49071 – Titles of written books fail to show in item frames unless renamed using anvils
• MC-50614 – Villager trading menus remain open even when the villager exits interaction range
• MC-55347 – Long-duration titles appear in other worlds
• MC-59308 – Dark/pale oak leaves don’t generate centered on trees periodically
• MC-71990 – The ‘Hat’ layer of player skins may not display in the tab list in specific conditions
• MC-72846 – Command-altering time of day experiences delays
• MC-74408 – Brewing Stand interface lacks sprites for fuel and potion output slots
• MC-86153 – Ctrl Pick Block feature provides new items even if the item is already in inventory
• MC-111516 – Players flicker or turn invisible at high speeds while flying
• MC-134002 – Blocks at y=-64 do not render on the map
• MC-152728 – Players continue sprinting while performing actions that typically slow them down
• MC-158205 – Ender Dragon immunity to melee damage unless hit in specific manners
• MC-166614 – Advancement menus do not fully render titles exceeding approximately 30 characters
• MC-191096 – Fences and walls cannot be placed in valid block states using /setblock or /fill commands
• MC-191698 – Inability to set stair “shape”block states with /setblock
• MC-192498 – Various blocks like glass panes and iron bars can’t have different directional block states set via /fill and /setblock
• MC-192791 – Doors can’t set their block states correctly if another door half is present
• MC-192956 – Setting up a chest type beyond single requires another adjacent chest
• MC-192959 – Directional states on redstone wire or tripwire cannot be assigned via setblock
• MC-203146 – No subtitle for item.crossbow.loading_middle
• MC-225367 – Misalignment of Magma Cube’s layers UV mapping
• MC-255254 – Incompatible use of /setblock for placing snowy grass block
• MC-256822 – Advancement description texts improperly cut at odd lengths
• MC-264541 – Faulty nine_sliced sprite glitches
• MC-265033 – Inconsistency in slots with item outline textures when items are placed
• MC-265637 – /execute on origin fails for Area Effect Cloud’s owner after rejoining
• MC-266019 – Gaps sometimes appear in large bold text characters
• MC-267095 – Nether Brick block texture misalignment issues
• MC-267730 – Text display problems when connecting to a server
• MC-267878 – Text hint for movement may not display fully if controls are modified
• MC-268364 – Wind Charges failing to ignite TNT minecarts
• MC-268522 – Last language option is not deselected at the list bottom
• MC-268822 – Absence of shadows on text within menus
• MC-272062 – Dimension padding not impacting start pieces
• MC-272105 – Decorated Pot lacking implicit data component type for “contents”
• MC-275917 – Consumable blocking animation malfunctioning in first-person view
• MC-276123 – Display entity shadow_radius updates affecting all display entities
• MC-276389 – Shadows missing from “Can hold a mixed stack of items”tooltip text
• MC-276794 – Shadows absent in text within social interactions list
• MC-276799 – No shadows in text for superflat customization or preset lists
• MC-276969 – TNT Minecarts with explosion_power set to 0 can still cause block damage
• MC-277066 – Creakings not indicating particles towards the creaking heart with minimal particle settings
• MC-277072 – Use of bone meal on pale moss carpets should yield no growth
• MC-277076 – Pale hanging moss requiring no assigned tool
• MC-277094 – Pale oak sign item and block texture misalignment with other signs
• MC-277101 – Player-activated TNT does not trigger the Monster Hunter advancement when breaking a creaking heart
• MC-277113 – Inconsistencies in Pale oak sign textures
• MC-277115 – Creaking mob spawning within blocks
• MC-277123 – Possible soft lock if a creaking falls into a hole with the player
• MC-277129 – Creakings move on the ground when not actively targeting players
• MC-277134 – Incorrect representation of pale chest boat items
• MC-277145 – Brightest pixel colors on pale oak boat items need adjustments
• MC-277164 – Music plays within the Pale Garden biome
• MC-277202 – Highlight effect discrepancies for empty slot outlines in GUI
• MC-277213 – Identical subtitles for cave sounds and idle sounds of creaking heart and hanging moss
• MC-277214 – Missing sound event for “Creaking sees player”subtitle
• MC-277268 – Pufferfish lack hit delay on creakings, creating constant loud buzzing
• MC-277271 – Sniffers cannot dig through pale moss
• MC-277275 – Crash occurring upon chunk loading while teleporting
• MC-277305 – Creakings can be moved by players and entities when on soul sand or mud
• MC-277363 – Creakings unable to independently rotate their heads from their bodies
• MC-277368 – Text positioning issues within “Select Chat Messages to Report”menu
• MC-277373 – Shadows missing on category name texts within key binds menu
• MC-277374 – Shadows absent in category names within resource pack and data pack lists
• MC-277387 – Evokers retreat from Creakings more rapidly than other illagers
• MC-277408 – Absence of shadows in report categories within “Select Report Category”menu
• MC-277440 – Shadows missing in realm upload status messages
• MC-277441 – Shadows not appearing in realm subscription details
• MC-277443 – Shadows missing in connection messages to realms
• MC-277444 – Shadows lacking for text boxes in realm settings
• MC-277477 – Shadows missing for advancement descriptions
• MC-277478 – Text positioning issues within Superflat Customization menu
• MC-277479 – Shadows missing for game rules text
• MC-277480 – No shadows for placeholder text in reporting menus
• MC-277510 – Grass or mycelium does not grow snowy when under powder snow
• MC-277549 – Arrows with custom motions do not render accurately
• MC-277557 – Texture inconsistencies found in Creaking Heart pixels
• MC-277617 – Base damage of the Power enchantment adjusted in version 1.21
• MC-277651 – Arrows and tridents exhibit glitches during explosions or wind charge bursts
• MC-277657 – Arrows not influenced correctly by rising bubble columns
• MC-277658 – Tridents display glitches when ascending through bubble columns
• MC-277682 – Glitches occur when arrows or tridents are shot or thrown onto magma/soul sand blocks underwater
• MC-277742 – Creakings briefly activate when transitioning from Creative to Spectator mode
• MC-277754 – Inconsistent chunk rendering synchronization between client and server
• MC-277776 – Baby cats and ocelots’ sizes modified
• MC-277815 – Creakings remain observable and stoppable by teammates when on the same team
• MC-277833 – Creakings may attack teammates
• MC-277871 – Unique sound effects for Creaking Hearts missing

Minecraft Snapshot 24w44a is officially available for the Java Edition on PC. Players interested in trying it out can open the Minecraft Launcher, create a new installation, and select the latest snapshot 24w44a. All newly introduced blocks and items from the Winter Drop update can be found in the Creative mode menu.

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