Java Edition version history/Development versions


 * "Snapshot" redirects here. It is not to be confused with Screenshot.

Starting in the period between Beta 1.7.3 and Beta 1.8, Mojang began to publicly release testing versions of full updates in order to get major feedback, especially for bug reporting. This enabled the official updates to be considerably more stable.

Mojang generally releases snapshots on Wednesday. The day had been Thursday, until the release of 14w26a on June 25, 2014, in the middle of development for 1.8.

Availability
These versions are publicly available, though they are not auto-installed by the launcher unless the Enable snapshots checkbox is ticked in the profile editor, and then it will only download the current version's development's set of snapshots and pre-releases. You are able to change to other snapshots through the profile editor.

For instructions on how to install a snapshot, read this tutorial.

Naming
Late in Beta development, Mojang began to issue pre-release versions, specifically for Beta 1.8 and what then was known as Beta 1.9. As Beta 1.9 came to be redesignated as release version 1.0, candidates subject to release were designated with the prefix "RC#".

The weekly snapshots for release 1.1 and onward are named by using the format YYwWWx. YY is the two-digit year, w simply stands for "week", WW is the two-digit week number within the year, and x is a unique letter identifier – starting with "a", then "b", and so on – for when there is more than one release per week.

Promotional screenshots
Erik Broes (Grum) appeared in promotional screenshots on the Mojang blog for a number of snapshots and pre-releases. He was often hiding, and occasionally simply his player head was present. These were:
 * 1.6.1 snapshots 13w19a, 13w21a, 13w22a, 13w23a, 13w24a, 13w25a, 13w26a and the 1.6 pre-release
 * 1.7.2 snapshots 13w36a, 13w37a, 13w38a, 13w39a, 13w41a, 13w42a and 13w43a, and 1.7.4 snapshot 13w47a
 * 1.8 snapshots 14w02a, 14w03a, 14w04a, 14w05a, 14w06a, 14w08a, 14w10a, the 1.8 pre-release and the 1.8.2 pre-release
 * 1.9 snapshot 16w04a
 * Release 1.10.
 * 1.11 snapshots 16w40a, 16w41a, 16w43a, 16w44a and 1.11-pre1.
 * 1.11.1 snapshot 16w50a.
 * 1.12 snapshot 17w06a.

Jens Bergensten (Jeb) has appeared in several promotional screenshots as well:
 * Snapshot 12w23a for 1.3.1, snapshot 12w37a for 1.4.2, the 1.6 pre-release, the 1.8 pre-release, the 1.10, 1.11.1 and 1.11.2 releases, and snapshot 17w16a for 1.12.

Nathan Adams (Dinnerbone) has appeared in:
 * The 1.6 pre-release, snapshot 14w03a for 1.8 and the 1.8 pre-release.

Michael Stoyke (Searge) has appeared in:
 * The 1.8 pre-release and the 1.10 release.

Thomas Guimbretière (ProfMobius) has appeared in the 1.10 release.

Maria Lemón (Excited) has appeared in:
 * 1.11 snapshots 16w40a and 16w42a.
 * 1.11.1 snapshot 16w50a.
 * 1.12 snapshots 17w13a and 17w15a.

Agnes Larsson (LadyAgnes) has appeared in 1.11 snapshot 16w43a.

1.13

 * View all
 * 17w43a 17w43b

1.12.2

 * View all
 * 1.12.2-pre1 1.12.2-pre2

1.12.1

 * View all
 * 1.12.1-pre1
 * 17w31a

1.12

 * View all
 * 1.12-pre1 1.12-pre2  1.12-pre3  1.12-pre4  1.12-pre5  1.12-pre6  1.12-pre7
 * 17w18a 17w18b
 * 17w17a 17w17b
 * 17w16a 17w16b
 * 17w15a
 * 17w14a
 * 17w13a 17w13b
 * 17w06a

1.11.1

 * 16w50a

1.11

 * View all
 * 1.11-pre1
 * 16w44a
 * 16w43a
 * 16w42a
 * 16w41a
 * 16w40a
 * 16w39a 16w39b  16w39c
 * 16w38a
 * 16w36a
 * 16w35a
 * 16w33a
 * 16w32a 16w32b

1.10

 * View all
 * 1.10-pre1 1.10-pre2
 * 16w21a 16w21b
 * 16w20a

1.9.3

 * View all
 * 1.9.3-pre1 1.9.3-pre2  1.9.3-pre3
 * 16w15a 16w15b
 * 16w14a

1.9.1

 * View all
 * 1.9.1-pre1 1.9.1-pre2  1.9.1-pre3

1.9

 * View all
 * 1.9-pre1 1.9-pre2  1.9-pre3  1.9-pre4
 * 16w07a 16w07b
 * 16w06a
 * 16w05a 16w05b
 * 16w04a
 * 16w03a
 * 16w02a
 * 15w51a 15w51b
 * 15w50a
 * 15w49a 15w49b
 * 15w47a 15w47b  15w47c
 * 15w46a
 * 15w45a
 * 15w44a 15w44b
 * 15w43a 15w43b  15w43c
 * 15w42a
 * 15w41a 15w41b
 * 15w40a 15w40b
 * 15w39a 15w39b  15w39c
 * 15w38a 15w38b
 * 15w37a
 * 15w36a 15w36b  15w36c  15w36d
 * 15w35a 15w35b  15w35c  15w35d  15w35e
 * 15w34a 15w34b  15w34c  15w34d
 * 15w33a 15w33b  15w33c
 * 15w32a 15w32b  15w32c
 * 15w31a 15w31b  15w31c

1.8.8

 * 1.8.8-pre

1.8.2

 * View all
 * 1.8.2-pre1 1.8.2-pre2  1.8.2-pre3  1.8.2-pre4  1.8.2-pre5  1.8.2-pre6  1.8.2-pre7

1.8.1

 * View all
 * 1.8.1-pre1 1.8.1-pre2  1.8.1-pre3  1.8.1-pre4  1.8.1-pre5

1.8

 * View all
 * 1.8-pre1 1.8-pre2  1.8-pre3
 * 14w34a 14w34b  14w34c  14w34d
 * 14w33a 14w33b  14w33c
 * 14w32a 14w32b  14w32c  14w32d
 * 14w31a
 * 14w30a 14w30b  14w30c
 * 14w29a 14w29b
 * 14w28a 14w28b
 * 14w27a 14w27b
 * 14w26a 14w26b  14w26c
 * 14w25a 14w25b
 * 14w21a 14w21b
 * 14w20a 14w20b
 * 14w19a
 * 14w18a 14w18b
 * 14w17a
 * 14w11a 14w11b
 * 14w10a 14w10b  14w10c
 * 14w08a
 * 14w07a
 * 14w06a 14w06b
 * 14w05a 14w05b
 * 14w04a 14w04b
 * 14w03a 14w03b
 * 14w02a 14w02b  14w02c

1.7.10

 * View all
 * 1.7.10-pre1 1.7.10-pre2  1.7.10-pre3  1.7.10-pre4

1.7.6

 * View all
 * 1.7.6-pre1 1.7.6-pre2

1.7.4

 * View all
 * 1.7.4-pre
 * 1.7.3-pre
 * 13w49a
 * 13w48a 13w48b
 * 13w47a 13w47b  13w47c  13w47d  13w47e

1.7.2

 * View all
 * 1.7.2-pre
 * 1.7.1-pre
 * 1.7-pre
 * 13w43a
 * 13w42a 13w42b
 * 13w41a 13w41b
 * 13w39a 13w39b
 * 13w38a 13w38b  13w38c
 * 13w37a 13w37b
 * 13w36a 13w36b

1.6.4

 * 1.6.3-pre

1.6.2

 * 1.6.2-pre

1.6.1

 * View all
 * 1.6.1-pre
 * 1.6-pre
 * 13w26a
 * 13w25a 13w25b  13w25c
 * 13w24a 13w24b
 * 13w23a 13w23b
 * 13w22a
 * 13w21a 13w21b
 * 13w19a
 * 13w18a 13w18b  13w18c
 * 13w17a
 * 13w16a 13w16b

1.5.2

 * 1.5.2-pre

1.5.1

 * View all
 * 1.5.1-pre
 * 13w12~
 * 13w11a

1.5

 * View all
 * 1.5-pre
 * 13w10a 13w10b
 * 13w09a 13w09b  13w09c
 * 13w07a
 * 13w06a
 * 13w05a 13w05b
 * 13w04a
 * 13w03a
 * 13w02a 13w02b
 * 13w01a 13w01b

1.4.7

 * 1.4.7-pre

1.4.6

 * View all
 * 1.4.6-pre
 * 12w50a 12w50b
 * 12w49a

1.4.5

 * 1.4.5-pre

1.4.4

 * View all
 * 1.4.4-pre
 * 1.4.3-pre

1.4.2

 * View all
 * 1.4.2-pre
 * 1.4.1-pre
 * 1.4-pre
 * 12w42a 12w42b
 * 12w41a 12w41b
 * 12w40a 12w40b
 * 12w39a 12w39b
 * 12w38a 12w38b
 * 12w37a
 * 12w36a
 * 12w34a 12w34b
 * 12w32a

1.3.2

 * 1.3.2-pre

1.3.1

 * View all
 * 1.3.1-pre
 * 1.3-pre
 * 12w30a 12w30b  12w30c  12w30d  12w30e
 * 12w27a
 * 12w26a
 * 12w25a
 * 12w24a
 * 12w23a 12w23b
 * 12w22a
 * 12w21a 12w21b
 * 12w19a
 * 12w18a
 * 12w17a
 * 12w16a
 * 12w15a

1.2.5

 * 1.2.5-pre

1.2.1

 * View all
 * 1.2-pre
 * 12w08a
 * 12w07a 12w07b
 * 12w06a
 * 12w05a 12w05b
 * 12w04a
 * 12w03a

1.1

 * View all
 * 12w01a
 * 11w50a
 * 11w49a
 * 11w48a
 * 11w47a

1.0.0

 * View all
 * 1.0.0-RC2
 * 1.0.0-RC1
 * Beta 1.9-pre6
 * Beta 1.9-pre5
 * Beta 1.9-pre4
 * Beta 1.9-pre3
 * Beta 1.9-pre2
 * Beta 1.9-pre1

Beta 1.8

 * View all
 * Beta 1.8-pre2
 * Beta 1.8-pre1

Beta 1.6

 * Beta 1.6 Test Build 3