Minecrafts Latest Snapshot Adds Chat Reports Which Are Safe For Building

Minecraft is a game you should play with your friends. Sometimes, you'll all be digging in to create something awesome or perhaps making mods to recreate Elden Ring, and sometimes you'll be exploring online servers to see what the internet holds for you. Minecraft Tekkit Servers Sometimes things can get messy when you play online with strangers. That is what the latest Minecraft snapshot is aiming to fix.

The Minecraft snapshot 22W24A is out. It's moving towards 1.19.1 with a few bugs fixed, two new features, and some bugs fixed. Chat reporting is the most important feature. This lets you report abusive messages that are being sent in game chat. The blog states that "any reports made during testing are not considered to be valid," but that it is important to recognize that toxic players are a vital part of any online game. This is a good step.

Chat reporting is available on the social interactions screen. You'll need to report chat messages individually and choose the appropriate category. Presumably, this is to prevent the system from being misused, since it is not possible to make a general report of an individual player. You have to detail what they've done, and the blog states that your report will then be reviewed by a moderation team. It's unclear what will constitute a genuine and effective report, but it's worth knowing about it nonetheless.

In addition the other major change is that the fantastic Minecraft allay can now be duplicated. This is done by providing them with an amethyst-shard. However, duplication has an 2.5-minute cooling time. This should take away any worries about how many mobs of allay are there. Plus, a cute thing can only be good news, right?

We are huge fans of the Mario Kart mod for Minecraft. It brings in the karts that we know and love, but also some amazing aquatic features, too.