Java Edition 1.4.4

1.4.4 was a minor update to Minecraft (Java Edition) that was released on November 14, 2012, primarily to fix bugs from 1.4.2.

A pre-release for 1.4.4 was released on November 8, 2012, though the full release of 1.4.4 is identical to this pre-release.

Items

 * Music disc
 * Added the music disc "wait".

Command format

 * Used to give specific enchantments to tools and weapons.
 * Used to give specific enchantments to tools and weapons.

Blocks

 * Cobwebs
 * When in creative mode, flying through cobwebs does not slow the player down, but walking through them will.

Mobs

 * Baby mobs
 * Spawnable by right-clicking a mob with a corresponding spawn egg.


 * Creepers
 * Can now drop the music disc "11" when killed by a skeleton


 * Squid
 * Now die when they are not underwater.

Fixes

 * 29 bugs fixed


 * Random falling damage due to lag fixed.
 * Falling damage when riding minecarts fixed.
 * Enchanted book exploit fixed.
 * Slimes have correct collision box.
 * Signs no longer lose their text client-side on servers.


 * From released versions before 1.4.4
 * – Tab key not working for any function on Mac.
 * – Chicken head movement is inverted.
 * – "seed" command doesn't work in Minecraft server command line.
 * – Killing animals with fire aspect on the first hit does not cook the drops.
 * – Torch texture is rendered incorrectly.
 * – Walking from ground level onto anvil.
 * – Enderchest doesn't have the right hitbox.
 * – Nether Brick Fence has an incorrect texture.
 * – Block and item duplication.
 * – Fences are not rendered correctly from underneath.
 * – Item frames disappear without drop when a block is placed in their position.
 * – Pistons are invisible and make blocks invisible while pushing.
 * – Pistons are invisible and make blocks invisible while pushing.


 * From the 1.4.4 prereleases
 * – Iron Golems crash the player when they walk.
 * – Torches don't place properly, get adjacent to wall.
 * – Water current too strong / Can't swim up in deep water.
 * – Cannot fall into void.
 * – Crash when placing minecart on powered rail.
 * – Loading a world that has been moved or deleted causes a crash.
 * – player can jump over cobblestone walls.
 * – Squids do not suffocate on land.
 * – Crash when rendering entities.
 * – Running on leaves produces gray particles.
 * – Redstone repeaters above 1 tick do not receive a pulse at all when sent a 1-tick pulse from redstone wire or repeaters.
 * – disappearing mobs and items after dying.
 * – Cannot break block behind gravel, sand, dirt with Efficiency V diamond pickaxe.