We are now releasing Snapshot 23w14a, containing changes to Sculk blocks and Enchanting Tables, a new Quick Play functionality, an updated logo for Java Edition, a new main menu panorama, and lots of bug fixes!

Happy mining!

Changes

Changes to Sculk blocks
Replaceable blocks no longer block the connection between Enchanting Tables and Bookshelves
In the Desert Temple, the new room has more of its roof collapsed and one block of Suspicious Sand is always visible in the top layer
Updated the Minecraft: Java Edition logo
The main menu background is now a Trails & Tales panorama

Sculk Shrieker

Waterlogging them will now silence their shriek sounds
Added to the Redstone Blocks tab in the creative menu

Sculk Sensor

For both normal and calibrated Sculk Sensors, the following changes have been made:
- Default redstone output has been modified to be more reliable for distance calculations
- Now strongly powers the block they are placed on

Calibrated Sculk Sensor

Has an active cooldown of 1 second instead of 2 seconds
Detects vibrations up to 16 blocks away instead of 8 blocks
Accepts signals into the calibration input side more consistently with other Redstone components
- For example, signals can now be received through a block

Technical Changes

Signs with click commands can now be interacted with even if the Sign is not waxed
- Signs with non-text chat components can no longer be edited
Added new loot table function called reference
Added support for Quick Play
Removed the server & port arguments as their functionality has been replaced by Quick Play
Changes to tags
The resource pack version is now 14
- Updated the sprite layout of minecraft.png
- Removed the overriding minecraft.png from the Programmer Art resource pack
- Updated the sprite layout of invite_icon.png

Loot tables

`reference`

New function reference allows functions to call sub-functions (similar to reference condition). Fields:

name - location of function to call

Quick Play

Added support for four new command line arguments that allow the game to be launched directly into a world
quickPlayPath takes a specified path for logging (relative to the run directory)
- If a path is provided the following will be logged upon joining a world:
  - type: is either singleplayer, multiplayer, or realms
  - identifier: represents the world you want to join
    - For singleplayer, the folder name of the world
    - For multiplayer, the IP address of the server
    - For realms, the Realms ID
  - port: represents the server port and is only logged for multiplayer
  - name: The name of the world
  - gamemode: The gamemode of the world
  - lastPlayedTime: The time you joined the world
- Example:
  - --quickPlayPath "quickPlay/log.json" will resolve into .minecraft/quickPlay/log.json
quickPlaySingleplayer, quickPlayMultiplayer and quickPlayRealms all take their respective identifier
- If one of these arguments is provided, the game will try to launch directly into the given world
- Examples:
  - --quickPlaySingleplayer "New World"
  - --quickPlayMultiplayer "localhost:25565"
  - --quickPlayRealms "1234"

Fixed bugs in 23w14a

MC-2474 Transparent blocks placed between bookshelves and enchanting tables negate bonuses received from bookshelves
MC-138358 Levers on top of item frames Z-fighting with blocks in item frames
MC-155084 Horses' armor, reins, and bridles experience z-fighting
MC-165773 /execute run does not cause syntax error when arguments are missing
MC-176309 Illusioner has a few misplaced pixels left in their texture
MC-203399 Hoppers use the side texture on the bottom
MC-203406 Kelp and seagrass models appear to reference biome tints despite not using any
MC-212271 Glow squid and squid show Z-fighting
MC-224433 Clouds texture contains semi-transparent background
MC-230792 Cat's tail shows Z-Fighting
MC-237556 Legs of black cat model are white at the top
MC-241314 Filled cauldrons' bottom faces are still culled when they should not be
MC-246459 Drowned have some transparent pixels within their inner body texture
MC-249514 Button UV appears to be upside-down
MC-251536 Desert zombie villager feet still mismatch the sides of the feet
MC-251537 Desert (zombie) villager has solid-color on inner of arm, unlike other villagers
MC-251538 Desert villager missing some pixels for the sandals
MC-252099 Incorrect texture mapping in potted mangrove propagule (mirror effect)
MC-254588 Miscolored pixel on slowness effect icon
MC-256419 Incomplete commands run through aliases don't produce errors
MC-256540 The top texture of the camel's front left leg contains some redundant gray pixels
MC-258939 Non-atomic cached state can cause multithreaded crashes
MC-259873 Skeleton/Zombie Horse's chests are outdated
MC-260036 Can't plant cactus and sugar cane on suspicious sand
MC-260042 Cannot waterlog a decorated pot by using a water bucket or dispenser
MC-260105 The name tags of sniffers are partly inside their models
MC-260152 Sculk sensors are not activated by sniffers digging
MC-260202 The sound of using the brush isn't affected by blocks
MC-260237 Sniffers can sniff while panicking
MC-260240 Sniffers that are in love sometimes don't attempt to approach one another to breed
MC-260347 Falling suspicious sand does not break when reopening the world
MC-260348 Sniffers will never dig in normal mud despite being a "sniffer_diggable" block
MC-260401 When Brush is broken in offhand, the broken Particle is the Item in mainhand
MC-260459 Baby sniffers don't sound high pitched when sniffing
MC-260467 Torchflower is not grouped with other small flowers in the creative inventory
MC-260478 Torchflower crop hitboxes don't change in size according to their age
MC-260527 The coordinates of the sniffer "minecraft:sniffer_explored_positions" tag do not check the dimension
MC-260778 Sniffer tries to sniff out blocks outside the world border
MC-260779 Sniffers can dig into blocks outside the world border
MC-260810 Villagers can't pick up torchflower seeds, despite being able to farm torchflowers
MC-261167 Suspicious gravel does not have an assigned tool
MC-261171 You can't plant bamboo on suspicious gravel
MC-261172 Pitcher crop hitboxes don't change in size according to their age
MC-261174 Suspicious gravel is not part of the #overworld_carver_replaceables tag, causing carvers to not cut through it
MC-261176 Pitchers don't maintain the farmland used to grow it
MC-261179 Attempting to interact with a waxed sign plays a sound but displays no subtitle
MC-261183 Sniffer egg sound events are listed under "entity" instead of "block"
MC-261186 Entities don't recognize sniffer eggs as obstacles when pathfinding
MC-261187 Entities will often spin while pathfinding on top of sniffer eggs
MC-261189 Inconsistent naming of block states for sniffer and turtle eggs

Minecraft Snapshot 23w14a