Java Edition 1.12.2

1.12.2 is a minor update for Minecraft that was released on September 18, 2017. It is not compatible with 1.12 and 1.12.1 servers. This is the first version of the Java Edition (originally called just Minecraft) to display the new official title, Minecraft: Java Edition.

Mobs

 * Parrot
 * Can now respawn

General

 * Menu screen
 * Changed the menu screen logo to have the subtitle "Java Edition&#8202;". This subtitle is a separate texture.

Video
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Trivia

 * On April 1, 2018, all textures in 1.12.2 were temporarily replaced – they were changed to include a smaller range of colors, falsely told to be the new textures previously announced (as a joke for April Fools).
 * This is widely considered the most modded version of Minecraft Java to date, with far over 46,000 released mods as of September, 2021. As such, most people who play with mods primarily play on this version.
 * This is the last full release to use the panoramic background from Beta 1.8, as all of the subsequent updates had backgrounds related to the theme of the respective update.
 * This release holds the record of serving as the latest release of Minecraft: Java Edition for the longest time, at 303 days between its release on September 18, 2017 and the release of Java Edition 1.13 on July 18, 2018.
 * The previous record of serving as the latest release of Minecraft: Java Edition for the longest time was held by 1.11.2 (168 days).
 * This is the last version using numeric IDs, as The Flattening was implemented in Java Edition 1.13.
 * This version came exactly seven years after Alpha v1.1.1.