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Minecraft Java Edition 24w38a changelog

Released 18 September 2024

This is the official changelog from the Minecraft Feedback site, published by Mojang Studios. FoxyNoTail shows it here so every version is easy to find; the text is © Mojang Studios / Microsoft.

Read the original on minecraft.net Last checked 9 Oct 2026
Contents (8 sections)
  1. Experimental Features
  2. Changes
  3. Technical Changes
  4. Data Pack Version 54
  5. Resource Pack Version 39
  6.  
  7. Fixed bugs in 24w38a
  8. Get the Snapshot

Hey! This snapshot brings you dyable Bundles in the Bundles experiment and fully-featured world creation for Realms, including Hardcore mode.

Happy dyeing!

Experimental Features

Bundles

  • The Bundle can be dyed 16 different colors using Dyes

 

Changes

  • Shulker Box coloring recipes are now shown in the recipe book
  • Updated the world creation screen for Realms
  • Enabled hardcore mode for Realms
  • Throwing items out of your inventory very quickly in creative mode is now throttled

Realms

  • Now uses the normal, fully featured world creation screen
    • Enables game rule customization
    • Enables datapack customization

Hardcore mode

Hardcore mode is now available in Realms and is accessible by creating a new world or recreating an existing one

 

Technical Changes

  • The Data Pack version is now 54
  • Resource Pack version is now 39
  • Temporary option for ignoring connection errors on client side (strictErrorHandling) has been removed

 

Data Pack Version 54

  • Introduced new Item tag bundles which includes all Bundle Items

 

New recipe type

crafting_transmute recipe type

  • New crafting recipe type has been introduced: crafting_transmute
  • When matched, output will copy the input item stack, changing the item type but preserving all stack components
  • This completely replaces crafting_special_shulkerboxcoloring
  • Fields:
    • category - crafting book category, one of building, redstone, equipment, misc
    • group - optional string
    • input - ingredient for item to copy
    • material - additional ingredient to use
    • result - item type to use for output

Resource Pack Version 39

  • Bundle models and textures have 16 colored variants
  • The models and UV mapping related to the Torch and blocks containing Redstone Torch have been updated
    • The "inverted" model now uses 6 separate faces creating the same effect as a model with a negative size
    • Updated the UV layout for the inverted model

 

Fixed bugs in 24w38a

  • MC-13246 - On certain enchanted items, the Anvil will display a "too expensive" message before attempting to repair, combine, or rename them
  • MC-134626 - Squids/glow squids bounce up and down in bubble columns, teleporting high up in the air
  • MC-164258 - Recipe book search field is not selected when clicking on the search icon
  • MC-169660 - /teleport without can change the entity's rotation
  • MC-204050 - Subtitle for shooting amethyst blocks is "Block breaking"
  • MC-216016 - Launching fireworks into a crystal sound block will make the breaking noise
  • MC-225060 - Burning entity sound repeats every tick
  • MC-228070 - Name tags rendered in blocks have letters brighter depending on your angle
  • MC-275347 - Minecart with Furnace does not travel correctly over curves
  • MC-275413 - Squids and glow squids are not affected by the thrust of the bubble column
  • MC-276292 - Shift-clicking the "Destroy Item" slot in the creative inventory deletes the items server-side but not client-side, causing a desync
  • MC-276372 - Player drops 2 items from the hotbar at once when the Survival Inventory tab is not selected
  • MC-276373 - Items dropped from the hotbar are sometimes lost when the Survival Inventory tab is not selected
  • MC-276428 - Player cannot drink honey bottles when they're not hungry
  • MC-276459 - Item display rotation wrapping does not interpolate cleanly
  • MC-276539 - Name tags and text displays render brighter in dark areas when behind blocks or entities
  • MC-276573 - Spruce boat item translation key misspells "minecaft"
  • MC-276603 - No High Norwegian language option
  • MC-276621 - Game crashes when opening inventory that renders entity with both Invisibility and Glowing effects
  • MC-276640 - Riding an entity constantly teleported with relative coordinates produces jittery camera movement
  • MC-276704 - Not using a selector in a tp command breaks rotation from a completely different tp command
  • MC-276722 - Teleporting to your current position every tick sometimes doesn't let you move properly

Get the Snapshot

Snapshots are available for Minecraft: Java Edition. To install the Snapshot, open up the Minecraft Launcher and enable snapshots in the "Installations" tab.

Testing versions can corrupt your world, so please backup and/or run them in a different folder from your main worlds.

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