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.

Additions

 * Redstone Repeater Revision 1.png Redstone Repeater


 * Oak Slab Revision 1.png Petrified Oak Slab


 * Cobblestone Slab Revision 1.png Cobblestone Slab


 * Sandstone Slab Revision 1.png Sandstone Slab


 * New Mojang logo splash screen


 * Added whitelisting to the server. To use, enter where   is ,  ,  ,  ,   or


 * Graphics settings screen

Changes

 * Breaking a block made of two slabs now drops 2 slabs.


 * Slimes have a higher spawn rate


 * Ability to toggle between classic lighting and "smooth" lighting


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


 * Beds can now be obtained without inventory editors


 * While starting a new world, players can choose the world's name and seed to generate the world from.


 * More than 5 Worlds possible


 * Scrollbars added in both the texture pack list, and in the map selection screen


 * and are now toggled when pressed.


 * When is toggled on, mobs display their unique entity ID numbers over their heads.


 * toggles mouse smoothing


 * In 3rd person mode, character can be visibly seen to bob side to side when you walk (only when View Bobbing is enabled).


 * Sandstone is now found at the bottom of naturally generated sand.


 * All pressure plates now require two of its materials, instead of 3. Stone slabs are now created by using 3 of the materials.


 * Mine time for sandstone decreased.


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


 * Fewer passive Mobs when on harder modes.


 * Deleting world confirmation changed slightly.


 * Sulphur renamed back to Gunpowder.

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".