Java Edition Beta 1.2

Beta 1.2 is a version of Beta released on January 13, 2011, that added many things, including charcoal, note blocks, dyes, squid, sugar, dispensers, lapis lazuli blocks, bone meal and sandstone, as well as changing and fixing some things.

Blocks

 * Cake JE1 BE1.png Cake


 * Dispenser Revision 1.png Dispensers


 * Lapis Lazuli Block JE1 BE1.png Lapis lazuli block


 * Lapis Lazuli Ore JE1 BE1.png Lapis lazuli ore


 * Note Block Revision 1.png Note Block


 * Sandstone JE1.png Sandstone


 * Spruce Log Axis Y JE1 BE1.png Spruce Log


 * Birch Log Axis Y JE1 BE1.png Birch Log


 * Spruce Leaves Revision 1.png Spruce Leaves


 * Birch Leaves Revision 1.png Birch Leaves


 * Wool
 * Re-added dyed wool with a new spectrum

Items

 * Bone JE1 BE1.png Bones


 * Coal JE2 BE1.png Charcoal


 * Dyes
 * Added 16 dyes for wool.
 * Cocoa beans are currently only obtainable by using external programs.


 * Sugar JE1 BE1.png Sugar
 * Crafted from sugar cane.

Mobs

 * Sheep
 * Added Gray Sheep Revision 0.png gray, Light Gray Sheep Revision 0.png light gray, and Black Sheep Revision 0.png black variants.
 * Drop correspondingly colored wool.


 * Squid Revision 1.png Squid
 * New underwater mob.
 * Drops ink sacs.

World generation

 * Trees
 * Added two new tree types
 * Birch tree
 * Pine tree

Blocks

 * Cloth
 * Removed from the game.


 * Cactus
 * Can now be smelted into green dye.


 * Flower
 * Can now be crafted into yellow dye.

Furnace
 * Furnace Revision 2.png
 * Texture changed from Furnace Revision 1.png


 * Reeds
 * Now called sugar cane.


 * Rose
 * Can now be crafted into red dye.


 * Spawners
 * Again show a rotating model inside of what they spawn in single player.


 * Wood
 * Can now be smelted into charcoal.

Items

 * Tools
 * Tools made out of wood, stone, Iron ingots, and diamond have increased durability.
 * Gold tools can remove blocks like stone and wood much more quickly than their diamond counterparts, with the same durability and restrictions as before this version.


 * Wheat seeds
 * Now harvested more often when plowing grass blocks.

Mobs

 * Skeletons
 * Now drop bones.


 * Spiders
 * Can now climb up walls.

World generation

 * Ores
 * Iron, diamond, and coal are found in larger amounts in caves and other areas.

General

 * Controls
 * Screenshots can be taken using the key without having to first hold down the  key.


 * Mods
 * Included the FastRender mod by Scaevolus.

Fixes

 * 10 bugs fixed
 * Paintings now work in multiplayer.
 * Disconnecting while riding no longer keeps the player in the world.
 * A bunch more state is properly synched in multiplayer.
 * Included PowerPC color and audio fixes by Scaevolus.
 * Fixed a horrible chunk reload loop in singleplayer.
 * Fixed most lighting bugs in newly generated multiplayer maps.
 * Falling sand behaves better in multiplayer.
 * Fixed a few crash on load level bugs.
 * Jack o'Lantern now has correct tooltip.
 * Sheep now visibly lose their wool when hit in multiplayer.