Java Edition Beta 1.3

Beta 1.3 added redstone repeaters, beds, three types of slabs, a new splash screen as well as other changes and fixes.

Blocks

 * Redstone Repeater Revision 1.png Redstone Repeater


 * Slabs
 * Cobblestone Slab Revision 1.png Cobblestone Slab
 * Oak Slab Revision 1.png Petrified Oak Slab
 * Sandstone Slab Revision 1.png Sandstone Slab

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.

General

 * Options
 * New graphics setting screen.


 * Splash screen
 * New Mojang logo.

Blocks

 * Beds
 * Can now be obtained without inventory editors.


 * 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 back from Sulphur

Mobs

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


 * 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 choose the name of the world when starting 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

 * 11 bugs fixed
 * When breaking double slabs (one slab placed on another) it will 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" 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.
 * Bedrock and other blocks cannot be removed by tilling grass or dirt with a hoe and placing seeds anymore.

Debug version
There is a debug version of Beta 1.3 that spawns the player with 64 torches, 64 beds, a diamond pickaxe, a diamond shovel, and a diamond axe 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 Beta 1.3.

Trivia

 * Beta 1.3 is the only Minecraft version across all editions to be explicitly titled "1.3".