Java Edition 1.23

1.23, the first release of the Aquatics & Archaeology update, is a major update to Java Edition released on December 22, 2023. This update was a smaller update and consisted of many bug fixes, but also added the announced desert features from MINECON Earth 2018's biome vote, and is the last update to receive features from this vote, following 1.14 and 1.19. The update added meerkats, a new type of tree, many beach and ocean changes, archaeology, and a new biome, the oasis.
The Aquatics & Archaeology update was also released on Bedrock Edition on the same day. On Java Edition, this update was subsequently followed by 1.23.1 and 1.23.2. It was announced at Minecraft Festival 2023 along with its predecessor update, 1.22.
==Additions ==
===Blocks===
====Palm Log====
*A new type of wood.
*Can be found in palm trees with palm leaves, in the new oasis biome, or at beaches.
*Can be crafted into palm planks, wood, doors, trapdoors, fences, fence gates, stairs, slabs, buttons, pressure plates, signs, boats, and chests.
====Chest====
*Texture is now specific to what wood type it was crafted with.
*Needs to be crafted with 8 of the same plank.
*All variants are: oak, spruce, birch, jungle, acacia, dark oak, maple, orange, banana, baobab, palm, crimson, warped, end-warped, finem, amber, and decayed.
*The old chest texture is now the oak chest.
====Desert Grass====
*A new plant block.
*Similar to grass (the plant), but is darker green and is placed on sand.
* Sometimes found in deserts and oases, but more common on beaches.
==== Clay Pot ====
* A decoration block.
* Can have ceramic shards applied to them.
* When placed above fire or a campfire, will become a smelted clay pot.
==== Smelted Clay Pot ====
* The smelted version of clay pots.
* Texture more resembles terracotta, rather than a clay block.
===Items===
====Raw Crab====
*A new food.
*Fills 2 hunger points.
*Dropped from crabs.
*Smelted in a furnace or smoker for cooked crab.
====Cooked Crab====
*A new food.
*Fills 5 hunger points.
*Smelted from raw crab.
====Crab Shell====
*A rare drop from crabs.
*Can be used as crop fertilizer.
*Fully grows crops when used on them.
*Used to make crab shell armor.
==== Crab Shell Helmet====
* A new tier of helmet.
*Crafted with 5 crab shells.
*+2 protection
*562 durability.
==== Crab Shell Chestplate ====
* A new tier of chestplate.
*Crafted with 8 crab shells.
*+5 protection
*562 durability.
==== Crab Shell Leggings====
*A new tier of leggings.
*Crafted with 7 crab shells.
*+4 protection
*562 durability.
====Crab Shell Boots====
*A new tier of boots.
*Crafted with 4 crab shells.
*+2 protection
*562 durability.
==== Brush ====
* A new tool.
* Crafted with one copper ingot and three string.
* Removes layers of blocks, sometimes yielding treasure.
* Can brush:
** Dirt
** Coarse Dirt
** Gravel
** Sand
==== Ceramic Shards ====
* Found with archaeology.
* Can be placed on clay pots before being smelted, for decoration.
* 16 variants (for each color).
=== Mobs===
====Meerkat ====
* A new mob.
*Has 4 health (2 hearts).
*Spawns in deserts and oasis biomes.
*Drops nothing.
*A passive mob.
*Can be bred with salmon, cod, or tropical fish.
====Crab====
*A new mob.
*Has 4 health (2 hearts).
*Spawns in beach or ocean biomes.
*Drops 2-3 raw crab.
* Can also drop a crab shell with a 5% chance.
*A neutral mob, and attacks once dealing 2 damage (1 heart).
====Nautilus====
*A new mob.
*Spawns in oceans.
*Very small.
* Drops 1 nautilus shell when killed.
===World generation===
====Oasis====
*A new biome.
*Generates often near deserts or beaches.
*Has similar terrain to deserts, but with palm trees and beach grass.
====Black Sand Beach====
*A new Nether biome.
* Generates near lava oceans.
* Generally very small.
=== Gameplay ===
==== Archaeology ====
* Using the brush, players can uncover a variety of items underground.
* Artifacts can be found uncommonly underground anywhere, but items are most commonly found in archaeological excavations, and also commonly found around shipwrecks and ocean ruins
==Changes==
====Advancements====
*Hot Tourist Destinations: Now requires black sand beach
==== World generation ====
* Beaches are much bigger
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