Hello everyone the news reporter rithviktheMCgamer is here with a news and the news is yup you guessed it minecraft latest snapshot 23W18A is HERE!
let's what are the changes and new things added to 23w18a! Now minecraft releasing like snapshot every week which means 1.20 is near!

anyways lets get into the news

MINECRAFT SNAPSHOT 23W18A:

NEW FEATURES

NEW ADVANCEMENTS

ADVENTURE ADVANCEMENTS:

• The Power of Books : Read the power signal of a Chiseled Bookshelf using a Comparator
  

  CHANGES:
  

  • For ease of use, the Smithing Table no longer requires a Smithing Template to be in the template slot before placing an itemstack into the other slots

  • Jukebox has been added to the Redstone Blocks creative tab
    

    STEP SOUNDS:

    • Walking on a block will now always play a step sound

      • It was previously not the case if you were walking along the edge of a block with air or fluid besides it

    • Walking on the ocean floor will produce a step sound for the block you are walking on at a lower volume and pitch
      

      TECHNICAL CHANGES:

      • The data pack version is now 15, accounting for sign data format, item display orientation and advancement changes

      • Advancement trigger changes:

        • Added

          recipe_crafted

        • Changed format of placed_block, item_used_on_block and allay_drop_item_on_block

          triggers:

      • Loot table condition/predicate changes:

        • Renamed alternative to

          any_of

        • Added

          all_of

      • Updates to telemetry:

        • A new property has been added to every event: launcher_name

        • The world_loaded event now has a new property: realms_map_content

        • Added two new opt-in telemetry events: game_load_times and advancement_made
          

          FIXED BUGS IN SNAPSHOT 23W18A:

          • MC-1133 - Whether or not a player experiences some effect is calculated based on the block under the center of the player
          • MC-48923 - Slime/magma cubes not affected by jump boost potion effect
          • MC-257269 - Sculk sensor detects player walking between carpet and wool
          • MC-261417 - The hitboxes of sniffers are not adjusted when they lay down
          • MC-261952 - Clocks flicker rapidly when enchanted and in an unnatural dimension
          • MC-262003 - Bundle tooltip does not show its interface
          • MC-262067 - The type of sniffer digging particles that are produced is determined by the block that sniffers are located on instead of the block that sniffers are digging
          • MC-262069 - Sniffers continue digging after their target block is destroyed
          • MC-262104 - Rendering of FPS graph seems to be performing worse than before
          • MC-262123 - Advancement titles of new advancements introduced in 23w17a are improperly capitalized
          • MC-262133 - Strong lag spikes when moving above a cleared area with exposed void
          • MC-262218 - Block light updates don't cross chunk borders properly in 23w17a

          thats it! for today's news its not that big i hope the snapshot add somthing cool and change THE STUPID TRAILS RUINS ITS UGLY I MEAN THEY CAN ADD NEW BLOCK TO MAKE IT COOL!