After a long weekend, we’re back with a new snapshot! This week, we’re moving the Locator Bar feature out of the experimental phase and making it available for everyone to use. You can continue to send your feedback through feedback.minecraft.net. We’ve also made improvements to the Realms interface, including region selection for your world. Happy Mining! ⛏️
New Features 🆕
- Added a new option to reduce cloud range ☁️
- Added the Locator Bar, a new HUD element that shows the direction of other players in multiplayer
Locator Bar Features 🧭
The Locator Bar is a new default UI element that displays the direction of other players in the world:
- If there are no other players in the world, the experience bar will display normally
- If another player is in the world (and that player is not hiding), the experience bar will appear when experience is gained; otherwise, the Locator Bar will display in the same area
- Multiplayer servers can toggle the Locator Bar with the locatorBar gamerule
- Players can hide by crouching, wearing a mob head or a Carved Pumpkin, or using a Potion of Invisibility
- Players in Spectator Mode are not visible on the Locator Bar
- However, spectating players are visible to each other
- Facing other players within a 120-degree range will display those players as colored indicators on the Locator Bar
- Other players who are above/below the screen will also display an up/down arrow with their indicator
- The indicator will change to different sized icons depending on how far away the other player is
- Colored indicators are randomized for each player
- Servers can modify the colors of indicators with the /waypoint command
Player Changes 👥
- Crouching will hide the player, preventing them from appearing on the Locator Bar of other players
- Spectators are only visible to other spectators on the Locator Bar
Item Changes 🎭
The following items will hide players when worn in the head slot:
- Carved Pumpkin
- Skeleton Skull
- Wither Skeleton Skull
- Player Head
- Zombie Head
- Creeper Head
- Dragon Head
- Piglin Head
Potion Changes 🧪
- Using a Potion of Invisibility will also hide players from the Locator Bar
Other Changes and Improvements 🔧
- Improvements to the Realms configuration screen
- Introduced a Region Preference setting that allows for more granular control over what region a Realm is started in
- Realms interface now uses tabs
- Data Pack version is now 74
- Resource Pack version is now 58
- Added a Server-authoritative Waypoint broadcasting system for controlling the Locator Bar behavior for Players
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- Minecraft 1.22 Java & Bedrock Innovations – Get information about major updates! 🆕
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- Minecraft Server Guide – Experience new features with your friends 🖥️
- Minecraft 1.30 New Features and In-Depth Review – Discover upcoming updates 🔍
- Minecraft’s Spring Update Creates Excitement – Latest update news 🌱
- How to Port Forward a Minecraft Server – Set up your own server 🔌
These new features coming with Snapshot 25w17a will not only enhance your multiplayer experience but also improve how you play with Realms! 🎯
