Bountiful Update



The Bountiful Update is the name for Minecraft version, a major update to be released on September 2, 2014. The update has two main themes, one being features added for mapmakers and the other being new survival features.

Development began the month after 1.7.2 was released. Fifty-two development snapshots were released, from 14w02a to 14w34d – the most for any major update to date. During the development period, seven subsequent versions of 1.7 were released. The development period for was the longest of any major update in the history of Minecraft, so far with 3852 days days between the first snapshot on January 9 and the final release. The time between releases of 1.7.2 and represents the longest wait for a major update to Minecraft, so far at 3929 days days.

The official name for the update, The Bountiful Update, was announced on August 22, 2014 in a blog post on the Mojang website.

Mojang released the first pre-release on August 22, 2014, and the second pre-release on the 25th.

Notable features

 * Mapmaking features


 * 5 new gamerules
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 * 5 new statistics
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 * 12 new commands
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 * Many new arguments and scopes for existing commands
 * 13 new NBT tags
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 * Selector  for targeting entities


 * Survival features


 * 37 new blocks: 6 varieties of granite, andesite and diorite; 3 varieties of prismarine; 5 varieties of red sandstone; 5 new varieties each of doors, fences and fence gates; sea lanterns, wet sponge, slime blocks, coarse dirt, barriers, iron trapdoors, banners and armor stands
 * Moss stone, mossy stone bricks, and chiseled stone bricks now obtainable by crafting
 * Cracked stone bricks and sponge now obtainable by smelting
 * New ocean monument underwater dungeon
 * New mobs including Endermites, Guardians and rabbits
 * Improvements to most mobs' AI
 * Rebalances to the enchanting, repairing and villager trading systems
 * Enchanting now consumes lapis lazuli
 * Additional villager professions
 * Potion of Leaping, Depth Strider enchantment and Overpowered achievement
 * Spectator gamemode, and customized and debug mode world types
 * Additional 'jacket' layer for player skins
 * Additional default skin Alex with smaller arms