{{Infobox version
|title=Minecraft 19w44a
|image=19w44a.jpg
|image2=19w44a Preview.jpg
|image3=Java Edition 19w44a.png
|edition=Java
|type=Snapshot
|date=October 30, 2019
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'''19w44a''' is the eleventh [[snapshot]] for [[Java Edition 1.15]], released on October 30, 2019.<ref name="19w44a">{{snap|19w44a|October 30, 2019}}</ref> It makes [[honey bottle]]s stackable and adds improvements for [[iron golem]]s, [[chunk]]s, and certain particles.

== Additions ==
=== General ===
; [[Tag]]s
* Added the <code>shulker_boxes</code> block tag.

== Changes ==
=== Items ===
; [[Honey bottle]]s
* Combining four [[glass bottle]]s with one [[honey block]] in a [[crafting table]] now returns four honey bottles.
* Are now stackable (up to 16).

=== Mobs ===
; [[Iron golem]]s
* Damage progress is now based on the ratio of current [[health]] to max health.

; [[Parrot]]s
* No longer imitate [[polar bear]]s, [[wolves]], and [[zombie pigmen]].

=== Gameplay ===
; [[Recipe book]]
* Many recipes changed to only require one material instead of nine to unlock.
** The recipes affected are:
::{| 
|-
| width=175 | {{BlockLink|Bone Block}} || width=175 | {{BlockLink|Block of Coal}} || width=175 | {{BlockLink|Block of Diamond}}
|-
| {{BlockLink|Block of Emerald}} || {{BlockLink|Block of Gold}} || {{ItemLink|Gold Ingot}}
|-
| {{BlockLink|Block of Iron}} || {{ItemLink|Iron Ingot}} || {{BlockLink|id=Block of Lapis Lazuli|Lapis Lazuli Block}}
|-
| {{BlockLink|Block of Redstone}} || {{BlockLink|Slime Block}} || {{BlockLink|Dried Kelp Block}}
|-
| {{BlockLink|Hay Bale}} || {{BlockLink|Packed Ice}} || {{BlockLink|Blue Ice}} 
|}
* Many recipes for items that are [[crafted]] by placing one of the above blocks in a [[crafting table]] no longer unlock when the [[player]] has nine of the material.
** The recipes affected are:
::{| 
|-
| width=175 | {{ItemLink|Bone Meal}} || width=175 | {{ItemLink|Coal}} || width=175 | {{ItemLink|Diamond}}
|-
| {{ItemLink|Emerald}} || {{ItemLink|Gold Ingot}} || {{ItemLink|Gold Nugget}}
|-
| {{ItemLink|Iron Ingot}} || {{ItemLink|Iron Nugget}} || {{ItemLink|Lapis Lazuli}}
|-
| {{ItemLink|Redstone Dust}} || {{ItemLink|Slimeball}} || {{ItemLink|Dried Kelp}}
|-
| {{ItemLink|Wheat}}
|}

=== General ===
; [[Chunk]]s
* Improved performance of chunk saving.

; [[Particles (Java Edition)|Particles]]
* Vertically moving particles now perform better when colliding with blocks.

== Fixes ==
{{fixes|fixedin=19w44a
|;old
|63179|Clouds move with the player.
|93932|Blocks/items held by witches are flipped upside-down.
|106494|Items despawn after one minute instead of five when dropped from the creative inventory.
|108666|Chest/trapped chest/ender chest/shulker box/bed/conduit held by witches are too small.
|132211|Book edits occur on network thread.
|151962|The last use of a shear will not drop the item on one high blocks.
|156197|Using shears with 1 durability remaining drops nothing or wrong drop.
|158911|Fences and walls connect to closed shulker boxes.
|161083|Inconsistency with how multi-block objects display cracking animations.
|163400|Parrots can imitate wolves, polar bears and zombie pigmen.
|;dev
|161835|Shulker boxes and chests in the inventory are shaded very light.
|161837|Some biome-affected items are colored incorrectly when held in the hand.
|161841|Top texture of leaves and grass blocks is gray in the first-person mode when being held in the hand.
|161846|Shulkers on walls (facing east or west) are sometimes incorrectly oriented.
|161918|Item and experience orb shadows turn completely black during pickup animation.
|161941|Some items lose their color when being picked up.
|162026|Some blocks held by the witch, the rendering is very strange.
|162361|Potions and water bottles are incorrectly colored when held in the hand.
|162526|Edge of spawn eggs are incorrectly colored when held in the hand.
|162530|Grass block and leaves sides are not colored correctly in the first-person mode when being held in the hand.
|162606|Evoker fangs are rendered too big.
|163028|Experience orbs turn white when being picked up.
|163403|Trees now require much more free space around them to grow.
|163744|Missing predicates return true/false rather than failing.
|;prev
|163840|Witch nose is always high when holding item, but item doesn't render.
|163849|Stopping creative flight with double-space triggers elytra flight.
|163877|Banners are still discolored when viewing from certain angles.
|164038|Serializer for storage nbt component is missing.
}}</onlyinclude>

== Video ==
Video made by [[slicedlime]]:
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== Trivia ==
* 19w44a was released exactly 9 years after the [[Halloween Update]].

== References ==
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