This preview version comes with a new melee weapon component and a fix for smashing weapons.

For a few more details regarding the new future you can look at the roadmap to 26.x!

Changes

Item Behaviour Components

minecraft:weapon

• Moved the disable_blocking_for_seconds field to the new minecraft:disables_blocking melee weapon component.

So if you had this:

{
  "attack_damage": {
    "default_damage": 9.0,
    "rules": []
  },
  "attack_speed": 0.225,
  "disable_blocking_for_seconds": 5.0,
  "item_damage_per_attack": 2
}

You now have to use this instead:

{
  "attack_damage": {
    "default_damage": 9.0,
    "rules": []
  },
  "attack_speed": 0.225,
  "item_damage_per_attack": 2,
  "types": {
    "minecraft:disables_blocking": {
      "seconds": 5.0
    }
  }
}

Melee Weapons

minecraft:disables_blocking

• Provides a way to disable an attack blocking item that is being used.
• Fields:
  • seconds: A non-negative float. The amount of seconds to disable the attack blocking item for.
• The disable_blocking_for_seconds in the minecraft:weapon data component is still present and used to keep compatibility with existing data components.

Example:

{
  "minecraft:disables_blocking": {
    "seconds": 5.0
  }
}

Fixes

• The correct sounds are now played when using a smashing weapon.