On Friday, Mojang released its final version (1.14.4) of the Minecraft Village and Pillage update. According to the release notes, 1.14.4 will hammer out any addition bugs and issues that have been reported, while adding a few fun features to Villagers like the ability to remember gossip. The team will now turn its efforts towards update 1.15. Update 1.15 is rumored to bring new features like functionality for smithing tables and fletching tables, as well as quality and performance improvements. A theme and release date for 1.15 has yet to be announced but more details will be revealed during MINECON 2019 in September.
Below you can find all the changes and bug fixes noted in the 1.14.4 patch notes. The update is for the Java Edition of the game. Players can download and install the new update by opening up the Minecraft Launcher and clicking play. You can find the Cross-platform server jar here and if you need to report any additional bugs, you can use the Minecraft issue tracker.
Minecraft 1.14.4 Patch Notes: Everything New & Changed
General Changes and Features Added
Performance improvementsSuspicious stew made from poppies now gives you night vision instead of speedAdded /debug report for getting more detailed information. Please include this while making bug reports about performance!Fixed a memory leakRemoved camera pivot offset in first-personImproved chunk loading when traveling at high speedFixed incorrect Pillager texture/reload and /forceload is now available to gamemastersfunction-permission-level is a new setting in server. properties that controls which commands functions have access toVillagers now stock more itemsVillagers will now remember their gossip after becoming a Zombie VillagerImproved performance of Villager pathfindingVillagers can now work without also restocking at the same timeGossip about players who converted a zombie villager will now last longerThe Player Activity button on the Realm screen has been removedVillagers now wait with restocking until they have trades that need restockingVillage sieges no longer occur on mushroom islandsMobs will no longer try to path find their way through bambooPinged the human (new splash screen text)
Bug Fixes in 1.14.4
MC-150623 - The game crashed whilst rendering overlay: Unable to fit textureMC-156389 - Game Crashes when Shift + Command + Delete 18 characters at once on AnvilMC-156407 - Unobtainable (speed) suspicious stew can be obtained from villagersMC-156574 - Villager demand values increase/decrease indefinitelyMC-149018 - High Idle CPU usage on Server Edition (Minecraft 1. 14 Release)MC-154271 - Rolling shutter issue on MacOS since 1. 14. 3 Pre-Release 2MC-149880 - Villager trades wrong bookMC-151282 - Villager trade GUI doesn’t show the correct price on servers if trade demand is highMC-156042 - Villager demand never goes down over time unless traded withMC-156349 - Cannot press Enter on Direct ConnectFixed debug reports in worlds with a dot in their nameFixed server freeze when Villagers fell into the voidMC-145769 - Villagers aren’t shutting doors behind themMC-148613 - Aquatic mobs are not spawning / Fish spawned from buckets count towards the aquatic mob cap againMC-152908 - When a player joins a server, everything that happened during the time offline queued on connecting to the serverMC-153406 - Score JSON Component Crash in itemsMC-153749 - Trusting Foxes attack player when self-injuredMC-153852 - Concrete powder deleting waterlogged blocks when fallingMC-155711 - Functions capable of running commands they shouldn’t be able to (publish, debug . . . )MC-156013 - Breaking Blocks “re-appear” to nudge playerMC-136318 - Floatable mobs are unable to walk when in waterlogged blocksMC-151150 - Entities (Villagers) cause massive lag when attempting to pathfindMC-151376 - Villagers are not pathfinding towards their POI; POI detection range is too smallMC-151810 - Mobs don’t try to avoid fall damage anymoreMC-154214 - Chunks refusing to unload due to incorrect player ticket additionsMC-155147 - Mouse acceleration with the new 1. 14. 3 updateMC-155906 - Failed to save debug dump if the destination location contains a spaceMC-100946 - Bow with mending undraws when receiving XP while drawedMC-113968 - Zombies of village siege spawn despite gamerule doMobSpawning being falseMC-113970 - Zombies of village siege do not spawn centered on a blockMC-134964 - Unexpected error: java. util. NoSuchElementExceptionMC-142037 - java. lang. NullPointerException: Initializing gameMC-143755 - Arbitrary score/selector/NBT resolution using lectern without operator rightsMC-143886 - Acacia leaves render improprly from a distanceMC-146289 - Farmer villagers don’t stop to pick up their cropsMC-147844 - Pillagers don’t pathfind around obstacles & out of waterMC-152094 - End city/end ship generation gets cut at chunk borders sometimesMC-152636 - Killing a zombie right as it converts into a Drowned will drop the loot from zombie while still converting into a DrownedMC-153498 - Cyrillic letter Є is not included in the Minecraft fontMC-153665 - Full villager inventory creates invisible itemsMC-153712 - Java using 100-200% CPU (MacOS)MC-153766 - Rabbits no longer need sand/grass in order to spawn in deserts/tundrasMC-153892 - Mending slows down breaking blocksMC-154019 - Beacon deactivate sound not sounds when you break the baseMC-154031 - villagers give away all food if they want to share itMC-154068 - parrots occasionally disappearing when you take them from a boatMC-154201 - Trying to trade with villager immediately closes trading menu for some villagersMC-154362 - Crossbow has to re-load when mending takes placeMC-154509 - Bashkir letters Ҙ, ҙ, Ҡ, ҡ, Ҫ, and ҫ are not included in the Minecraft fontMC-154668 - Invalid characters crash the game in jigsaw block input upon pressing enterMC-154830 - All wall signs use oak color on mapsMC-155092 - Zombie sieges can happen on mushroom islandsMC-155104 - when closing a menu while moving the mouse, the screen will move in that directionMC-155172 - Hostile Wolf AI has been broken. Wolves can no longer attack enemies efficiently. MC-155238 - Villagers picking up workstation through wallMC-155345 - ConcurrentModificationException when a player leaves an active raidMC-155571 - Silverfish & Endermite spawners no longer functioning
What do you think of Minecraft’s latest 1.14.4 update? What features do you hope to see in version 1.15? Share your thoughts in the comments below!