Java Edition 1.3

1.3 is the first and only pre-release for Java Edition 1.3.1, released on July 26, 2012.

Items

 * Beef, Blaze Powder, Boat, Bone Meal, Cactus Green, Charcoal, Coal, Cocoa Beans, Magma Cream, Diamond, Flint, Gold Nugget, Nether Wart, Redstone Repeater, Rose Red, Rotten Flesh and Steak
 * Realigned their textures.

Gameplay

 * Heads-up display
 * The block-breaking animation is now shown in F1 mode.


 * Superflat
 * Respawning in superflat is no longer random

Fixes

 * 5 bugs fixed
 * Fixed melon stem block misalignment.
 * Fixed a crash bug.
 * Fixed the chest armor slot being inaccessible in Creative mode's survival inventory tab.
 * Fixed rotated wooden logs mined using Silk Touch enchanted tools dropping as rotated wooden logs.
 * Fixed being unable to place slabs in the small gaps between another slab and the side of another block.

Trivia

 * This is the earliest pre-release available in the Minecraft launcher. Although earlier pre-releases are not available in the launcher, they are archived.