Java Edition Beta 1.9 Prerelease

Beta 1.9 Prerelease is the first pre-release for Java Edition 1.0.0, released on September 22, 2011, which adds nether fortresses, 6 new blocks including nether bricks and some variants, 5 new mobs including villagers, 4 new items including ghast tears, the mushroom island biome and some minor changes.

Initially a pre-release for Beta 1.9, Mojang instead opted to delay the release of this update until MINECON 2011 and release it under the name "Minecraft 1.0.0". This decision was made after a few development versions tagged as Beta 1.9 were already sent out, so the name Beta 1.9 was kept for all of the development versions in the gap between Beta 1.8.1 and Minecraft 1.0.0, other than the release candidates.

Blocks

 * Lily Pad JE1 BE1.png Lily pads
 * Mycelium JE1 BE1.png Mycelium
 * Nether Bricks JE1 BE1.png Nether bricks
 * Nether Brick Fence JE1 BE1.png Nether brick fences
 * Nether Brick Stairs.png Nether brick stairs
 * Nether Wart Age 2 JE1 BE2.png Nether wart

Items

 * Blaze Rod JE1 BE1.png Blaze rods
 * Ghast Tear JE1 BE1.png Ghast tears
 * Gold Nugget JE1.png Gold nuggets
 * Nether Wart (Item) JE1.png Nether wart

Mobs

 * Blaze Revision 1.png Blazes
 * Magma Cube Revision 1.png Magma cubes
 * Mooshroom Revision 1.png Mooshrooms
 * Snow Golem Revision 1.png Snow golems
 * Farmer.png Villagers

World generation

 * Biomes
 * Added the mushroom island biome.
 * Re-added tundras as ice plains. They now generate with sparse trees and flatter terrain.
 * Added the frozen ocean biome.


 * Structures
 * Added nether fortresses

Items

 * Arrows
 * No longer visually stay stuck in mobs when hit.
 * Arrows remain visible in players.

World generation

 * Swampland:
 * Grass, leaves, and water blocks are now darker.

General

 * Debug feature
 * Jumping increases the player's experience.