Java Edition Beta 1.3

Beta 1.3 was a version of Java Edition Beta released on February 22, 2011, which added redstone repeaters, beds, three types of slabs, and a new splash screen, among other changes and fixes.

Blocks

 * Red Bed JE1 BE1.png Beds
 * Crafted from wood planks and wool.


 * Redstone Repeater JE3 BE2.png Redstone Repeater
 * Crafted from stone and redstone.


 * Slabs
 * Cobblestone Slab (centered) JE1.png Cobblestone Slab
 * Crafted from cobblestone.
 * Oak Slab (centered) JE1.png Wood Slab
 * Have to be mined with a pickaxe to collect, were not affected by fire, and had stronger blast resistance than wood planks, like cobblestone slabs.
 * Crafted from wood planks.
 * Sandstone Slab (centered) JE1.png Sandstone Slab
 * Crafted from sandstone.

Non-mob entities

 * New Painting
 * Burning Skull Painting JE2 BE1.png "Burning Skull"
 * Code to make this painting display was added in Beta 1.2_01, but the texture itself was not added until this version, resulting in the painting in the prior versions using a purple placeholder texture.

Command format

 * Added whitelisting to multiplayer servers.
 * Can turn on/off the whitelist.
 * Can add/remove players from the whitelist.
 * Can give a list of whitelisted players and reload that list.
 * Can give a list of whitelisted players and reload that list.

Textures

 * Crying Obsidian (texture) JE0 BE0.png Crying obsidian
 * Added a texture for crying obsidian to terrain.png.
 * Texture went unused and removed in Beta 1.5, but re-added in 20w10a via the Programmer Art Resource Pack

General

 * Lighting
 * Smooth lighting engine added with the help of MrMessiah.


 * Options
 * New graphics setting screen.
 * Added "Smooth Lighting" option.


 * Splash screen
 * New Mojang logo.

Blocks

 * Redstone dust
 * Will get darker the farther away it is from a source of power.


 * Sandstone
 * Now found at the bottom of naturally generated sand.
 * Mine time for sandstone has been decreased.


 * Slabs
 * Breaking a block made of two slabs now drops 2 slabs.
 * Stone slabs are now created by using 3 of the materials.


 * Stone pressure plate & Wooden pressure plate
 * Now require two of its materials, instead of 3.

Items

 * Gunpowder
 * Renamed "Sulphur" to Gunpowder

Mobs

 * General
 * Fewer passive mobs spawn when on harder difficulties.


 * Slimes
 * Now have a higher spawn rate.

World generation

 * Overworld
 * Players can now choose the name of the world.


 * Seed
 * Players can now choose the seed for world generation.
 * More than 5 worlds can now be created.
 * Deleting world confirmation changed slightly.

Gameplay

 * 3rd person mode
 * Player can be visibly seen to bob side to side when the player walks (only when View Bobbing is enabled).

General

 * Controls
 * and are now toggled when pressed.
 * When is toggled on, mobs display their unique entity ID numbers over their heads.
 * toggles mouse smoothing.


 * Options
 * Ability to toggle between classic lighting and "smooth" lighting.
 * Scrollbars added in the map selection screen.
 * Players can now choose the name of the world when creating a new one.


 * McRegion
 * Worlds now use a generic McRegion chunk save format, with a built-in auto conversion.


 * Texture packs
 * Scrollbars added in the texture pack list.

Fixes

 * 10 bugs fixed
 * When breaking double slabs (one slab placed on another) it will now drop two slabs instead of one.
 * Wood doesn't burn forever anymore.
 * Grassland/Sand related biome border fixed (Boundaries line up, rather than obviously show chunk borders)
 * No longer receiving Java Log error .txt file spam in the minecraft.exe folder when closing the Minecraft client program.
 * Players can no longer use the click-release to quickly mine blocks (referred to as "click mining" in Multiplayer only).
 * Players no longer glitch when standing on fences in multiplayer.
 * Players can no longer milk squids.
 * When right-clicking on a wooden door while holding a bow or fishing rod, arrows will no longer be fired into the door, nor will the fishing hook be cast into the door.
 * Hostile mobs can now be attacked properly in multiplayer.
 * Lapis lazuli ore now drops 4-8 Lapis Lazuli in multiplayer.

Debug version
There is a debug version of Beta 1.3 that spawns the player with 64 torches, a diamond pickaxe, a diamond shovel, a diamond axe, and 64 beds upon creating a new world. This version is unofficially referred as Beta 1.3a, as the version of Beta 1.3 available in the launcher is labeled old_beta b1.3b.