We are now releasing the first pre-release for Minecraft 1.19.4. This pre-release contains a new high contrast accessibility setting, some updates to the Create World tab visuals, a new execute subcommand, improvements to startup performance, and lots of bug fixes!

For the remainder of the 1.19.4 cycle, you should mostly see bugs being fixed. In addition to that, pre-releases don't follow the regular snapshot cadence of releasing on Wednesdays, so keep an eye out for the next pre-release.

Happy mining!

Important Note

Experimental 1.20 worlds created in the previous snapshot (23w07a) can no longer be opened in this version

Changes

The enchantment glint for items in the inventory has been made more visible
The default value of the "Glint Strength" setting has been reduced to 75%
Potions no longer have an enchantment glint due to it obscuring the color of the potion contents
Added a notification system for Realms to tell you about important information about your Realm

Accessibility

Added a built-in resource pack that enhances the contrast of UI elements
- The resource pack can be enabled in the Accessibility Options screen or manually in the Resource Pack screen
- This is only available in the menus for now, but we’ll be looking to bring this to gameplay UIs in the future as well

Updated Create New World Screen

The appearance of the tab bar in the Create New World screen has been updated
- Tabs now have unique visuals instead of being traditional buttons
- The tabs now align to the center of the screen
- The content has been aligned to the top of the screen

Technical Changes

The resource pack version is now 13
Changed the following game events:
- item_interact_finish now has a vibration frequency of 2 instead of 14
New Damage Type Tag: bypasses_cooldown - damage types with this tag bypass the regular invincibility time after taking damage
New Entity Type Tag: fall_damage_immune - entity types with this tag do not take fall damage

Resource Pack format

The enchantment glint now has two separate texture files: enchanted_glint_entity.png and enchanted_glint_item.png

Commands

`execute positioned over`

New execute sub-command for finding positions on top of a heightmap. Changes the height of the execution position to be on top of the given heightmap. Syntax:

execute positioned over <heightmap>

Heightmaps

A heightmap records the highest position in a column of blocks according to some criteria. Available options:

world_surface: Any non-air block
motion_blocking: Any motion blocking material (e.g. ignores flowers and grass)
motion_blocking_no_leaves: Any non-leaf motion blocking material
ocean_floor: Any non-fluid motion blocking material

Changes for Experimental Features

The Brush crafting recipe now uses a Feather, Copper Ingot and Stick in a vertical line
The Sniffer Spawn Egg colors have been updated
The recipe for the Decorated Pot made of all Bricks can now be found in the Recipe Book

Fixed bugs in 1.19.4 Pre-release 1

MC-106484 Some potions are indistinguishable by color
MC-132200 Ghost block hoppers appear if summoned by command to powered location
MC-253210 Goats will panic when receiving fall damage
MC-253211 Frogs will panic when receiving fall damage
MC-256484 Sitting camels don't stand up and begin following players that are tempting them with their favorite food
MC-256489 Sitting camels that are in love don't attempt to stand up and approach one another to breed
MC-256731 The sounds of camels recovering aren't controlled by the "Friendly Creatures" sound slider
MC-256861 Camels panic when receiving fall damage
MC-259192 Server/client position desync when running /ride too fast and manually dismounting
MC-259246 Passengers on an ender dragon ride too high
MC-259576 Passenger's riding position is too high on a phantom
MC-259613 Enchantment glint is hardly noticeable on some items, even when the Glint Strength is set to 100%
MC-259630 Camels, horses and mules bounce high into the air when being ridden across water
MC-259882 Axolotls no longer give the Regeneration effect to nearby players after they kill a mob, and do not grant "The Healing Power of Friendship!" advancement
MC-259893 Long texts on buttons scroll too fast
MC-259917 Entities immune to fall damage are damaged when using minecraft:fall damage type in /damage
MC-259918 Text scrolling speed isn't accessible-friendly
MC-259920 The "ITEM_INTERACT_FINISH" game event overrides other game events causing several actions to not produce their intended vibration frequency
MC-260030 Starting data.Main for data generation crashes
MC-260033 Torchflowers cannot be used to craft suspicious stew
MC-260035 Chickens and parrots are not tempted by torchflower seeds
MC-260051 Bees are not tempted by or attempt to pollinate Pink Petals and Torchflowers
MC-260059 Pigs do not seem to spawn in Cherry Grove biome
MC-260071 Sniffer Digging Sounds can be heard from way too far
MC-260089 Sniffers panic when receiving fall damage
MC-260092 Sniffers' hitboxes are too small resulting in sniffers not being rendered from certain angles despite being visible on the screen
MC-260098 Sniffers aren't required for the "Two by Two" advancement
MC-260102 Torchflower seeds don't contribute to the "A Seedy Place" advancement
MC-260107 Sniffers don't swim properly and their walking animations freeze when in water
MC-260109 Sniffers do not rotate their head to look at the player
MC-260118 Disabling experimental features on the world creation screen causes pack validation to fail
MC-260121 Hoppers are ghost blocks for other players when placed on jukeboxes that are playing music
MC-260125 Sniffer's head occasionally disappears
MC-260126 Using pick block function on grown torchflower crop gives torchflower seeds instead of the plant item
MC-260149 Cherry logs can't be used to craft campfires
MC-260156 The sound of the torchflower being broken after growing is different than the sound of it breaking after being placed
MC-260157 On existing snapshot servers, cherry grove biomes cannot be found with "/locate", nor do they generate
MC-260168 Torchflower crop aren't part of the #crops block tag
MC-260171 Cherry Leaves and Pink Petals aren't part of the #flower block tag
MC-260172 Torchflower isn't part of the #flowers block or item tags
MC-260181 Torchflower seeds are not grouped with other seeds in the creative inventory
MC-260185 Pink Petals aren't insta-mined
MC-260189 Cherry Sapling is not part of the #saplings item tag
MC-260191 Cherry Leaves aren't part of the #leaves and #complete_find_tree_tutorial item tags
MC-260192 You can't make Charcoal with Cherry Logs or Wood
MC-260193 Cherry Logs and Wood can't be used as fuel in furnaces
MC-260194 Create new world screen appears even when world is created; clicking on button causes freeze or crash
MC-260195 Cherry Logs and Wood are missing from the #log, #logs_that_burn and #complete_find_tree_tutorial item tags
MC-260209 breaks_decorated_pots Item Tag is in the Vanilla datapack, not 1.20
MC-260210 Brush Recipe is in the Vanilla datapack, not 1.20

Minecraft 1.19.4 Pre-Release 1