Java Edition 13w39a

13w39a is the eighth snapshot released for 1.7.2.

This version was previously removed from the launcher for some time, but was added back in September 2018.

Blocks

 * Red sand
 * Generated on the lowest surface levels of the mesa biome.
 * Behaves like normal sand.
 * Can be smelted into glass and crafted into TNT, but cannot be crafted into sandstone.

Non-mob entities

 * Minecart with command block


 * Can only be obtained using, or.
 * Activated by activator rails.
 * Run their command every so often as long as they are powered - Running a command block minecart across a single powered activator rail at full speed will run its command thrice.
 * Can be success-tested while on a detector rail with a redstone comparator next to the rail (just like how the minecart with chest and minecart with hopper can be fill-checked).

Items

 * Enchanted books
 * Can now give multiple enchantments.

World generation

 * Badlands
 * Orange terracotta generates in place of sandstone, but not in the same type of formation.

General

 * Logging
 * Now done using Log4j 2.
 * Default logging location is now in logs/latest.logs, older logs are archived in logs/2013-09-23-1.lg.gz, with the number at the end increasing each startup.
 * The way logs are saved can be changed, examples: html page, database, errors only, no logging at all.