We’re now releasing the first pre-release for Minecraft 1.19.3. This pre-release fixes a few bugs, contains a few tweaks, and it has some technical changes.

If everything goes as expected, we aim to release this version on December 6th.

Happy mining!

TECHNICAL CHANGES IN 1.19.3 PRE-RELEASE 1

Added new entity sub-predicate types: axolotl, boat, fox, mushroom, painting, rabbit, horse, llama, villager, parrot, tropical_fish
fillbiome command now supports a filtered mode
Player Heads can now contain a note_block_sound field
- When present, this determines the sound a note block makes when the head is placed on top of it

NEW ENTITY SUB-PREDICATE TYPES

Added new entity sub-predicates for some entity types with variants:
axolotl
- variant - values: lucy, wild, gold, cyan, blue
boat
- Works for boats, chest boats and rafts
- variant - values: oak, spruce, birch, jungle, acacia, dark_oak, mangrove, bamboo
fox
- variant - values: red, snow
mooshroom
- variant - values: red, brown
painting
- variant - values: see painting_variant registry
rabbit
- variant - values: brown, white, black, white_splotched, gold, salt, evil
horse
- variant - values: white, creamy, chestnut, brown, black, gray, dark_brown
- Markings are separate value and not matched
llama
- variant - values: creamy, white, brown, gray
villager
- variant - values: see villager_type registry
- Also works for Zombie Villagers
- Profession and level are separate values and not matched
parrot
- variant - values: red_blue, blue, green, yellow_blue, gray
tropical_fish
- variant - values: kob, sunstreak, snooper, dasher, brinely, spotty, flopper, stripey, glitter, blockfish, betty, clayfish

FILLBIOME COMMAND

Now supports a filtered form. New syntax:

fillbiome <from> <to> <biome> [replace <filter>]

New parameter:

filter: A biome or biome tag to replace

FIXED BUGS IN 1.19.3 PRE-RELEASE 1

MC-156663 - Villager pathfinding broken in water
MC-177596 - Weaponsmith working subtitle is “Grindstone used” instead of “Weaponsmith works”
MC-177676 - Armorer working subtitle is “Blast Furnace crackles” instead of “Armorer works”
MC-245697 - Certain mobs can’t get out of water that is at least two blocks deep
MC-255133 - Extra copper ore generates in deep dark
MC-256481 - minecraft.used:minecraft.BOOK_TYPE doesn’t increase when placing books onto chiseled bookshelves
MC-256679 - Axolotls commonly hesitate when avoiding danger and occasionally start pathfinding in dangerous directions
MC-256883 - Elements within the game menu are now positioned slightly lower than they were in previous versions
MC-257341 - Vex texture does not utilize translucency
MC-257349 - Vex does not sit in boats and minecarts properly anymore
MC-257368 - Not a valid port error in Open to LAN doesn’t show if port is <1024
MC-257373 - The cursor in the port number text box doesn’t blink
MC-257374 - The word “number” isn’t capitalized in “Port number”
MC-257386 - Inventory menu has broken textures with Programmer Art enabled
MC-257506 - Top and bottom texture of chiseled bookshelf rotates depending on placement
MC-257525 - Allay movement AI is broken in 22w42a+ causing them to sometimes spin mid-air
MC-257617 - You cannot scroll with the mouse wheel on the telemetry screen after clicking the “Open my data” or “Data collection” button
MC-257618 - The word “pair” uses the incorrect verb form within the “telemetry.event.world_loaded.description” string
MC-257619 - Baby piglins and zombified piglins take damage when they hit their head on a block
MC-257625 - Piglin Head placed on noteblock play the piglin angry sound instead of the piglin ambient sound
MC-257648 - The fillbiome command can result in flickering biome colors
MC-257658 - Sculk sensors are not activated upon taking books from chiseled bookshelves
MC-257663 - The “Hide messages” button in the social interactions menu can now no longer be toggled due to it being executed twice upon being pressed