Minecrafts Latest Snapshot Includes Chat Reports Which Are Safe For Building

Minecraft is a game that you should play with your friends. Sometimes, you'll be all mucking into creating something amazing and sometimes you'll be making mods to recreate Elden Ring, and at times you'll be exploring online servers to see what the internet has to offer. Sometimes, things can go sour when you play online with strangers. This is exactly what the latest Minecraft snapshot aims to address.

The Minecraft snapshot 22W24A is out. It's moving towards 1.19.1 with some bug fixes, two new features as well as some bug fixes. Chat reporting is the most important feature. This lets you report abusive messages that are being sent in chat in game. It is important to note that the blog explains that "any reports made during the testing period may not be taken into consideration," but the ability to kick out toxic players is an essential aspect of any online game and this is an important option. WELL

Chat reporting is available on the social interactions screen. You'll have to report individual chat messages and select the appropriate category. This is likely to stop abuse of the system. You cannot create a generic report about a player. You must specify the actions they took. The blog states that your report will be reviewed by a moderation team. It's not possible to know what constitutes a genuine and actionable report at this point, but it's worth learning all about it.

Another significant change is that you are now able to duplicate the incredible Minecraft allay. This can be done by giving them an amethyst shard. However, duplication has a 2.5-minute cooling down. This should help alleviate woes about how many mobs of allay there are. Plus, an adorable thing can only be good news, right?

In more non-official news, we're hugely fond of this Mario Kart mod for Minecraft. It brings the karts you like to Minecraft, but also includes some cool aquatic features.