Bountiful Update



The Bountiful Update is the name for Minecraft version, a major update to be released on September 2, 2014. The update has two main themes, one being features added for mapmakers and the other being new survival features.

Development began the month after 1.7.2 was released. Fifty-two development snapshots were released, from 14w02a to 14w34d – the most for any major update to date. During the development period, seven subsequent versions of 1.7 were released. The development period for was the longest of any major update in the history of Minecraft, so far with 3852 days days between the first snapshot on January 9 and the final release. The time between releases of 1.7.2 and represents the longest wait for a major update to Minecraft, so far at 3929 days days.

The official name for the update, The Bountiful Update, was announced on August 22, 2014 in a blog post on the Mojang website.

Mojang released the first pre-release on August 22, 2014, and the second pre-release on the 25th.

Mapmaking features

 * Additions


 * 5 new gamerules
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 * 5 new statistics
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 * 12 new commands
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 * 13 new NBT tags
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 * Selector  for targeting entities


 * Changes


 * Interaction with blocks in Adventure Mode is disabled by default
 * Many new arguments and scopes for existing commands
 * Block models are now customizable via resource packs
 * Signs and books can use JSON-formatted text
 * Monster spawners can be quickly changed using spawn eggs

Survival features

 * Additions


 * 37 new blocks: granite, andesite and diorite and polished variants; 3 types of prismarine; 5 blocks relating to red sandstone; 5 new varieties each of doors, fences and fence gates; as well as sea lanterns, wet sponge, slime blocks, coarse dirt, barriers, iron trapdoors, banners and armor stands
 * New ocean monument underwater dungeon
 * New mobs including Endermites, Guardians and rabbits
 * Sheep now drop mutton
 * Rebalances to the enchanting, repairing and villager trading systems
 * Enchanting now consumes lapis lazuli
 * Additional villager professions
 * Potion of Leaping, Depth Strider enchantment and Overpowered achievement
 * Spectator gamemode, and customized and debug mode world types
 * Additional 'jacket' layer for player skins
 * Additional default skin Alex with smaller arms


 * Changes


 * Beacons may be colored with stained glass
 * Moss stone, mossy stone bricks, and chiseled stone bricks now obtainable by crafting
 * Cracked stone bricks and sponge now obtainable by smelting
 * Item frame now emits a redstone signal, and can rotate to 8 directions
 * Daylight sensor may now be inverted
 * Powered activator rail now dismounts entities riding minecarts
 * Creepers, Skeletons, Wither Skeletons, and Zombies drop their heads when killed by charged creepers.
 * Arrows decelerate much more quickly underwater, and extinguish if on fire
 * Improvements to most mobs' AI
 * Pets show death message if named with a name tag
 * VBOs toggle added to Video Settings menu, Anisotropic Filtering and Advanced OpenGL toggle removed
 * Render Distance slider maximum increased to 32 chunks when using 64-bit Java and 2GB allocated RAM