New textures for all blocks and items, redesigned and improved villages, raids and many useful blocks and plants, as well as new ways of crafting
Preview releases of Minecraft 1.14 have recently started coming out . Like other major updates, this is called “Village and Pillage” – villages and looting, and it basically expands on the mechanics associated with NPC peasant villages, but there are many more useful features.
New textures
In 1.14, the developers performed the long-awaited rework of the textures of a huge variety of items and blocks. Some players may not approve of this improvement: although the style has not changed as a whole, the changes are quite unusual and dramatic.
The new textures look very confident: they are “realistic”, detailed, although the resolution is still 16×16, with good shadows, with corrected errors and inaccuracies.
Only the following textures were not changed:
- tools;
- painted glass;
- monster heads;
- painted terracotta;
- clock and compass;
- rail;
- framework;
- horse armor;
- pyrotechnic stars and fireworks;
- spawn eggs;
- skin;
- torches;
- block of coal;
- endernyak, soil;
- some dyes;
- plates;
- dynamite, pistons;
- added or changed after 1.8 blocks and items.
New half-blocks
To please the builders, Mojang introduced many semi-blocks into the game: steps, walls and slabs. This, of course, is not a mod from previous versions, which allowed you to grind and gouge structures of any shape from ordinary blocks, but even in this form it will give tremendous opportunities for creating buildings with good detail. Let’s list the blocks for which partial variants have already been added:
- a rock,
- andesite,
- granite,
- diorite,
- red netherite brick,
- smooth quartz,
- stone brick,
- smooth sandstone.
New blocks for crafting
New blocks for crafting
Mojang is going to add new ways to craft items, in the prerelease we reviewed, some of them are useless, and the blocks themselves are already there:
- smokehouse– a variant of an oven for quick cooking of meat, potatoes and seaweed;
Smokehouse interface and available recipes
- smelting furnace– a quick version of the furnace, but only works with ores;
Blast furnace interface and recipes available
- cartographic table– a block for copying and expanding maps;
Cartographic table interface
- archer’s table– a block with a crafting grid, the work of which has not yet been worked out;
- whetstone– a block into which the recipe for repairing tools has been transferred by combining two identical ones, enchantments are still lost;
Grindstone interface
- stone cutterfrom the mobile version of the game. So far, no functionality;
a blacksmith’s table, also with a crafting grid, there is a chance that the recipes for tools, weapons or armor will be transferred;
loom – a block where using the flag, dye and a new item, a template for the flag, you can get a flag with a pattern of the selected color.
Machine interface
World and plants
A new biome has appeared – bamboo jungle . This is the only place where you can get bamboo , a new plant. It should be broken with a sword.
Bamboo jungle
Bushes of sweet berries now appear in the taiga – a new plant and food.
Bushes of sweet berries
New flowers appeared:
- cornflowers,
- withered roses
- lilies of the valley.
Withered rose and lily of the valley
cornflower
Other new blocks:
- The lanternis a powerful and beautiful light source used along with torches in peasant villages.
Lanterns
- Bell– when struck by hand, makes a loud sound;
Bell in the village
- Bonfire– a block for decorating and preparing food. To cook, you need to press the raw product.
Bonfire
- Composter– a device for creating bone meal from plant food and seeds. Simply press on it with an unnecessary item or feed using the hopper above the block.
All states of the composter
- The department, which, by the way, they wanted to add earlier, but due to technical problems, it will be introduced only by 1.14. You can put a written book and a book with a pen on the lectern, you cannot edit the contents, but you can read. For example, in a location that a player who has entered must learn something about, you can leave a pulpit with a note.
Department
- Scaffoldingis a block for rapid deployment of tall buildings. Scaffolding is built by “building up”: click on the side edge of the already set scaffolding – a new block appears on top, click on the upper edge – a new block is placed from the side edge, depending on your view. All blocks placed to the side cannot be made more than five, the subsequent ones fall. Forests work like ladders.
Forests
- A barrelis an analogue of a chest.
Barrel
Crossbow
Crossbow is a ranged weapon. You can either craft or knock out from the robber.
Crossbow player
The crossbow is drawn longer than the bow, and you cannot shoot until the bowstring is fully drawn. Arrows fired from a crossbow hit harder and farther than from a bow.
In addition to arrows, you can shoot fireworks.
Like the trident, the crossbow has its own enchantment:
- Triple shot– shot with three arrows at once, one flies straight, and the other two – in different directions. Only one will be spent. This also works with fireworks.
- Accelerated reloading(I-III level) – reduces the projectile charge time. At the highest level, the crossbow will shoot even faster than a regular bow.
- Through shot(I-IV level) – with each level, the weapon is capable of shooting one arrow at the enemy more.
In addition, the crossbow will work with the usual durability and repair.
Mysterious stew
Mysterious stew recipe
Mysterious Stew is an alternative to potions to start the game. Can be cooked from mushrooms and flowers. The effect depends on the selected flower:
- daisygives regeneration,
- cornflower– jumping ability,
- lily of the valley– poisoning
- withered rose– withering,
- tulips– weakness
- blue cornflower– blindness,
- bow– fire resistance,
- blue orchid and dandelion– saturation,
- poppy– speed.
Villages
The architecture of the villages has changed.
New buildings in the village
New decorations have appeared.
Flower bed
Square
The buildings differ even more depending on the biome.
Village in the taiga
Village in the hills
Generation bugs like doors littered with gravel or earth have been fixed. The houses now have an interior.
Of the useful in new villages, there are new useful blocks: blast furnace or stone cutters. In addition to farms, there are now pens with animals.
The inhabitants themselves have also changed. In zones with different climates, they are now dressed differently. There are no new professions yet, but there are already blank lines in the translation files:
Rogues and ravagers
Rogues are new NPCs that resemble peasants, witches and champions. Armed with crossbows that drop on death. They go on patrols.
In addition, they can be found in the world in a new dungeon – a robber outpost .
Rogue Outpost
Some wear a flag with the face of a robber on their heads, they are considered leaders . Killing the leader will give you the badge of disaster. By entering a village while under this effect, you summon a raid on it.
The stigma effect
The Ravagers are powerful new monsters. Used by robbers as transport. They ram enemies, dealing damage and knocking back, even if it’s the player who raised the shield. But in this case, the destroyer is stunned, and he cannot fight for two seconds. In addition, the Reaver can break some fragile blocks. The saddle drops from the monster.
Siege of the village
The raid on the village takes place in waves with increasing force. The mobs that participate in the escape are champions and spellcasters, robbers and their beasts, as well as witches. During a siege, all mobs have their own model of behavior:
- supporters beat residents;
- robbers and spellcasters of players, and in the second place peasants;
- witches both heal other attackers and poison the defenders.
Raid strip
Raid
Raid
Pandas
Panda
Pandas are new animals with ten health hearts. They feed on bamboo, and appear in the bamboo version of the jungle. You can breed pandas by feeding them bamboo. If they notice nearby, they eat cakes.
Pandas are neutral: they appear on the grass like friendly mobs, but attack in response.
They have complex character traits that are different for different individuals. Pandas, except for the rare brown ones, show emotions.
The new update is bringing more and more content from third-party mods to Minecraft, which we can rejoice in because Mojang sees exciting opportunities for the community. Have a nice game!
