What's New in Minecraft Java Edition 1.13 Pre-release 5?

One more pre-release for Minecraft 1.13? Sure is, with crash fixes and other bug fixes. Here's an overview of all the changes! #minecraftemployee

slicedlime works as a Tech Lead for Minecraft at Mojang, but the YouTube and Twitch channels are personal projects run entirely in his spare time.

Official announcement: https://minecraft.net/en-us/article/minecraft-113-pre-release

Minecraft news playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4ZS2guXqa_jrD_9AGgzp9ZEntWkNDOsm

What's New in Minecraft 1.12? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6HsqQMHuSs

The Minecraft JIRA (bug tracker): https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC

If you want to play this pre-release, choose the "Latest Snapshot" profile in your launcher. Keep in mind that snapshots are unstable - they can break your world if you are unlucky - keep backups!

Changes in this version:
Mobs:
- Fixed spider and chicken jockeys only spawning the additional mob
- Fixed cods suffocating when touching a solid block from below
- Fixed the drowned overlay turning dark blue when wearing enchanted armor
- Fixed iron golems spawning inside blocks

Gameplay:
- Fixed the density of nether and overworld ore veins being significantly lower in 18w versions
- Fixed the swimming state not ending when teleporting or jumping out of water
- Fixed moving frosted ice preempting melting even under correct conditions
- Fixed not being able to empty buckets against blocks with the state waterlogged
- Fixed dispensers with empty buckets removing waterlogged blocks instead of drying them out
- Fixed projectiles ignoring collisions for ~1 block after spawned
- Fixed the ender dragon respawning when upgrading from 1.12 to 1.13-pre3

Commands & map making:
- Fixed /datapack disable only working in the overworld
- Fixed inverted tab-suggestions for argument values in entity selectors being suggested even if the typed prefix doesn't include an exclamation mark
- Fixed input range entry and limits being reversed in error messages
- Fixed the objective minecraft.used only ticking up when placing a block from a stack of 2 or more items

Tech stuff:
- Renamed a lot of internal IDs to be more consistent with the game

Stability:
- Fixed the faulty netty-4.1.9.Final release causing players to be kicked from servers
- Fixed malformed JSON as 'name' value for 'show_entity' hoverEvent causing a crash
- Fixed opening the player inventory with visible recipe book after using beacon causing a crash

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