Java Edition Beta 1.2

Beta 1.2 is a version of Beta released on January 13, 2011, added many additions including charcoal, note blocks, dyes, squid, sugar canes, sugar, dispensers, lapis lazuli blocks, bone meal and sandstone, as well as other changes and fixes.

Blocks

 * Red Bed Revision 1.png Bed
 * Currently unobtainable.


 * Cake.png Cake


 * Dispenser Revision 1.png Dispensers


 * Lapis Lazuli Block Revision 1.png Lapis lazuli block


 * Lapis Lazuli Ore.png Lapis lazuli ore


 * Note Block.png Note Block
 * Right click to tune, trigger to play.


 * Sandstone Revision 1.png Sandstone

Items

 * Bones


 * Bone meal
 * Crafted from bones


 * Charcoal


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


 * Sugar
 * Crafted from sugar canes.

Mobs

 * Sheep
 * Added gray, light gray, and black variants.
 * Drop correspondingly colored wool.


 * Squid
 * New underwater mob.
 * Drops Ink sacs.

World generation

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

Blocks

 * Furnace.png Furnace
 * Given new design.
 * Non-default furnaces remain unchanged.


 * Reeds
 * Are now called sugar cane.
 * They still make paper.


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

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 drops 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.