Java Edition 13w16a

13w16a is the first snapshot for Java Edition 1.6.1, released on April 18, 2013.

13w16a was reuploaded once 13 minutes after release, and twice around an hour after release.

Blocks

 * Carpets
 * Carpets are made using 2 of the player's desired colors of wool in a horizontal line


 * Hay Blocks
 * Can be placed in all orientations, just like wood.

Items

 * Horse armor
 * Exist in diamond, iron and gold variants.
 * Crafted with six iron/gold/diamond and a wool block.


 * Horse Saddle
 * Stack to 32.
 * Crafted with five leather and three iron ingots.


 * Leads
 * Can be used to bind mobs to fences or lead them around.
 * Right-click mob first, then right-click fence or right-click the mob again to get the lead back.


 * Horse spawn egg
 * When used, a different horse breed is created each time.
 * Works like any other spawn egg.

Mobs

 * Black Horse Revision 1.gif Horses
 * Ridable by right-clicking them, move with usual movement keys, maximum speed, and jump height differ between horses.
 * Have various amounts of maximum health, use wheat and carrots to heal them.
 * Drop leather when killed.
 * Can be bred using wheat – baby horses can be grown using apples, golden apples, wheat, and hay bales.
 * Players can make them jump by pressing and holding the space bar.
 * They naturally step up over 1 block, which enables you to walk up hills.
 * They can also use ladders, when steered towards them.
 * Creation assisted by DrZhark (Creator of the Mo' Creatures mod).


 * Donkey Revision 1.png Donkeys
 * Like horses, but can carry chests on their back although no inventory is currently available.
 * Can be bred with horses to make a mule.


 * Mule Revision 1.png Mules
 * Mules can be obtained by breeding a donkey and a horse.


 * Skeleton Horse Revision 1.png Skeleton Horses
 * Require NBT editing to view in-game.
 * It's an unused mob.


 * Zombie Horse Revision 1.png Zombie Horses
 * Require NBT editing to view in-game.
 * It's an unused mob.

Mobs

 * General
 * Changed the idea of mob difficulty.
 * Regional difficulty: The longer the player stays in one area, the harder it gets.
 * Scales with difficulty – Items, enchants or AI improve with difficulty.


 * Game window
 * Now displays the client's version in the window title.
 * Example: "Minecraft 13w16a"

Gameplay

 * Enchanting
 * Improved Respiration.
 * Now also helps seeing underwater (this depends on the enchantment level, ranging from 1–3).


 * Riding
 * Add mob's health bar to the Heads-up display when riding on it (both pigs and horses).
 * When riding something, like a mob or a boat, dismounting is only possible using the Sneak key, by default.

General

 * Credits
 * Added Mo' Creatures developers to.


 * Directory structure
 * directory structure is changed:
 * folder; stores resources such as language packs and sounds.
 * All music discs now use format instead of  format.
 * folder; stores Java libraries such as LWJGL and.
 * folder; there are files (meta data) and folders that stores  for each versions (but its name is the same as its version; the jar for 13w16a is ).

Trivia

 * This is the earliest snapshot available in the Minecraft launcher. Although earlier snapshots are not available in the launcher, they are archived.
 * This is the first snapshot which allowed launching with Java 9 or higher.