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Minecraft 1.14 Update - What's New
Complete village overhaul with new structures, villager professions, and workstations. Added Pillager raids, crossbows, bamboo, scaffolding, and many new blocks.
Changes
#Gameplay(6)
- Complete village redesign with biome-specific architecture
- Villager profession system reworked with workstation blocks
- Added Pillager raids triggered by Bad Omen effect
- Added Hero of the Village effect with trading discounts
- Added campfire for cooking and decoration
- Added suspicious stew
#Mobs(6)
- Added Pillager (crossbow-wielding illager)
- Added Ravager (beast ridden by illagers in raids)
- Added Wandering Trader (spawns periodically with rare trades)
- Added Fox (nocturnal, tameable through breeding)
- Added Panda (with personality genes)
- Added Cat as separate mob from Ocelot
#Blocks & Items(10)
- Added crossbow with Multishot, Piercing, Quick Charge
- Added bamboo and scaffolding
- Added lectern (holds books, redstone output)
- Added barrel, smoker, blast furnace
- Added cartography table, fletching table, smithing table
- Added grindstone, stonecutter, loom, composter, bell
- Added lantern and campfire
- Added all wall sign variants
- Added new slab, stair, and wall variants
- Added sweet berries
#Performance(1)
- New rendering engine in progress (did not fully land here)
Server Admin Migration Guide
- Village mechanics completely reworked - iron farms and trading halls need redesign
- Villager breeding rules changed
- Raid mechanics can be exploited for farms - consider balance
- Many new workstation blocks available
- Significant performance issues at launch - consider waiting for 1.14.4
Known Issues
- Severe performance issues, especially with villages
- Villager pathfinding causes TPS drops
- Chunk loading issues
- Many of these fixed in subsequent 1.14.x patches
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