Minecraft Snapshot 22w19a is now out; Chat Preview added! Check how to download

The Minecraft Snapshot 22w19a is out and can be downloaded. This update adds more changes to Warden and Iron Golems as well as gives a new feature of chat preview. Check what’s new and how to download it.

The Minecraft Snapshot 22w19a comes with bug fixes and new features. Check everything that’s new and find out how to download. (Pixabay)

The Minecraft Snapshot 22w19a is finally out. Mojang released the snapshot yesterday and it brings more changes, new features and bug fixes to the existing game. These snapshots are building up to the major update scheduled for later this summer called ‘The Wild' which will add elements such as new biomes, mobs, enchantments and more. The snapshots play the role of teasers which excite the players for the upcoming features and also let the developers test out various features so they can tweak them accordingly. So, let us check out what's new in this snapshot.

What's new in the Minecraft Snapshot 22w19a

Minecraft Snapshots are not major updates, but they introduce some interesting features and bug fixes to the game. This update is also similar. So, let us check out what you get in this Minecraft update.

New features

Warden and Iron Golems now spawn above something solid. The game has also added a new chat preview feature for the servers. When enabled, a server-controlled preview appears above the chat edit box, showing how the message will look when sent. This can be used by servers to preview messages with styling applied, such as emojis or chat coloring. A warning screen will be shown on the client when joining a server with Chat Preview, and it can be globally disabled in Chat Settings.

New commands

A sub-command has been added to the ‘place command'. The place command can now also place templates at a given location. The ‘locate' command moved to ‘locate structure' and ‘locatebiome' command has been moved to ‘locate biome'. Servers will now also send an additional icon and MOTD packet after a player has connected.

Several point of interest types have been changed as well. The ‘nitwit' and ‘unemployed' types have been removed and instead ‘point_of_interest_type/acquirable_job_site' has been added for all villagers with ‘none' profession. Apart from this several bugs have also been fixed. Among them, the most notable was the bug where players could not jump off the edge of blocks while sneaking if they had a block above them.

Minecraft Update: How to download Snapshot 22w19a

Step 1:

Go to the official game launcher.

Step 2:

Open the drop-down menu right next to the ‘Play’ button. 

Step 3:

You should be able to find ‘Snapshot 22w19a’ written there.

Step 4:

Select it and hit ‘Play’. The game launcher will automatically download it for you.

Step 5:

Create a new world to test out the new features. Do not do it in an existing world because if the file is incompatible, it will corrupt your existing game.