Java Edition Beta 1.7

Beta 1.7 is an update that added pistons as well as other changes.

Additions

 * Piston.png Piston


 * Sticky Piston.png Sticky Piston

Items

 * Shears
 * New tool.
 * Used to pick up leaf blocks.
 * Used to obtain wool from a sheep without harming it.
 * Yields more wool than killing sheep.

Mobs

 * Sheep
 * No longer drop wool from punching them, they must be either sheared or killed.


 * Silverfish
 * Skin was added (for Beta 1.8).

Blocks

 * General
 * The gray textures in the breaking animation have been replaced with opacity.


 * Bricks (Beta 1.7 through Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4).png Bricks
 * Texture changed from Bricks (Alpha v1.0.11 through Beta 1.6.6).png.


 * Cobblestone.png Cobblestone
 * Texture changed from Cobblestone Revision 3.png.


 * Cobwebs
 * Now requires shears or a sword to be broken properly, and drops 1 string when destroyed.


 * Fences
 * Can now place any block on the top.


 * Redstone dust
 * Now will connect to a redstone repeater.
 * Now is required to trigger TNT.


 * Slabs
 * Single slabs now use the bottom half of the full block's texture.

Items

 * Flint and steel
 * Now required to trigger TNT.

General

 * Controls
 * When pressing in-game, a value ("F") from 0 to 3 will appear to indicate direction.


 * Texture packs
 * The bed side texture has been moved in the texture pack file, as well as the cake texture.

Fixes
2 bugs fixed
 * Fixed clay generation.
 * Squid can now despawn.

Gallery
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