Minecraft 1.18.3 Patch Notes

A new Minecraft update has been pushed live on servers with plenty of new content across all platforms.

In particular, 1.18.30 includes some much needed changes and fixes for Minecraft, and players will be stoked to dive into the update.

Here's what's new in Minecraft

World Generation

• Worlds can now be created with 64-bit seeds (-9223372036854775808 to 9223372036854775807). These seeds can be used between Bedrock Edition and Java Edition to produce the same world (MCPE-144994, MCPE-148168)
• Non-numeric seed UI inputs now produce the same seeds as Java Edition
• Acacia Trees now grow Leaves on every branch below Y = 0 (MCPE-151386)

Gameplay

• • Tweaked hunger depletion rate to better match Java Edition (MCPE-56031)
    • Players can now properly lose hunger when sprinting or swimming
    • Players lose significantly less hunger when jumping
    • Exhaustion rates can now be tweaked in Behavior Packs
  • Players flying in Creative mode are no longer pushed by liquid current (MCPE-84592)

Mobs

• • Shulkers now have a chance to spawn another Shulker when hit by a Shulker projectile (MCPE-104826)
  • When a mob picks up an item, the item can now be seen slightly “pulled” towards the mob right as it picks it up. This matches the behavior of Java Edition
  • Drowned can no longer spawn where the block light level is above 0 (MCPE-150148)
  • Bees no longer become angry when Beehives are destroyed by Silk Touch (MCPE-83550)
  • Untamed Wolves can now be leashed (MCPE-82050)
  • Mobs can no longer spawn on Campfires (MCPE-152770)
  • The Ravager now targets and attacks the Wandering Trader (MCPE-44606)
  • Mobs spawned from a Dispenser are now persistent (MCPE-110521)

Blocks

• Falling blocks once again have full-block hitbox
• Changed block tick rates for Cactus, Chorus Flower, Crops, Grass, Pointed Dripstone, and Saplings to match Java Edition (MCPE-145612)
• Cauldrons now only fill with water and lava by Dripstones that are below water and lava source blocks
• TNT blocks now correctly move in a random X/Z direction once lit
• Glow Lichen no longer generates hanging in the air inside Strongholds (MCPE-123448)
• Glow Lichen now correctly checks for the face of the block they are attached to be a full block
• Glow Lichen can now be attached to Leaves
• Blocks such as Glow Lichen, Torches, and Redstone can no longer be placed on or attached to Brewing Stands
• Blocks such as Glow Lichen, Torches, and Redstone can now be placed on or attached to Trapdoors, depending on their state
• Azaleas and Lily Pads are now broken by flowing water (MCPE-152040)

Items

• • The player’s arm no longer twitches while charging a bow (MCPE-148486)
  • Nether Brick, Iron/Gold Nuggets, Red/Brown Mushroom Blocks, and Chorus Plant/Flower Blocks can no longer be used as fuel in Furnaces (MCPE-114216)
  • Water and Lava Buckets can now be used on waterlogged blocks, such as Light Blocks or Big Dripleaves (MCPE-148392)

Combat and Damage

• Improved accuracy of damage calculations
• Fixed some issues where damage invulnerability wasn’t being applied properly
• The camera now shakes the same way it does in Java Edition when the player receives damage (MCPE-118510)
• Fixed an issue where the Protection enchantments mitigated too much damage. This has been changed to match Java Edition (MCPE-113191)
• Absorption Hearts no longer stay yellow while under the Wither effect (MCPE-131852)
• Added armor toughness
• Diamond Armor and Netherite Armor now have a toughness value of 2 and 3 respectively
• Tweaked armor reduction calculation to account for toughness
• Netherite Armor will now reduce more damage than Diamond Armor
• Lowered the amount of knockback resistance granted by Netherite Armor (MCPE-109408)
• Punching deals less damage now, to better match the Java Edition (MCPE-152713)
• Damage is now calculated more accurately by properly calculating and storing partial damage for larger damage
• Mobs across higher and lower difficulties had their damage adjusted slightly accordingly
• Mobs with knockback resistance (e.g. Ravager or Zoglin) now receive less knockback when hit by an Iron Golem
• Armor and protection reduction calculations have been made more accurate
• Dragon’s Breath attack now properly deals damage (MCPE-94317)
• Protection Enchantment now properly works on most damage types (MCPE-40651)
• Landing on a Stalagmite is now properly considered fall damage (MCPE-151192)
• Blaze Fireball will deal knockback on impact (MCPE-82421)
• Blaze fireballs, Fang attack damage, and Shulker bullets now deal consistent damage across all difficulties
• Small Magma Cubes do slightly more damage, from 2 to 3 on normal
• Spiders deal slightly less damage, from 3 to 2 on normal (MCPE-94878)
• Baby Zoglins deal slightly less damage, from 1 to 0.5 on normal
• Baby Hoglins now attack players for 0.5 damage on normal (MCPE-152577)
• Skeleton melee attack does slightly less damage, from 3 to 2 on normal
• Wolves deal slightly more damage, from 3 to 4 on normal
• Fixed an issue that was causing entities to not be protected from fire damage by the Fire Resistance effect
• Fixed a desync issue that could sometimes cause health to regenerate only visually

Villagers

• Updated Villager trade tables for Armorer, Cleric, Fisherman, Shepherd, Toolsmith, and Weaponsmith to match Java Edition
  • Fishermen Boat trades now change wood type based on Villager biome type
  • Clerics now offer Glowstone instead of Glowstone Dust
  • Weaponsmith enchanted Iron Sword trade moved to Novice
  • Armorer Diamond trade moved to Journeyman
• Villagers no longer share Seeds and Beetroot Seeds
• Cartographers now always unlock Woodland Explorer Map trade (MCPE-152725)
• Fixed an error where Journeymen Clerics would offer Glowstone Dust instead of Glowstone Blocks (MCPE-57524)
• Farmer Villagers can now use Bone Meal on crops and can turn excess Seeds into Bone Meal at their Composter (MCPE-74079)