Java Edition 1.7

1.7 is the first pre-release for Java Edition 1.7.2, released on October 22, 2013. It adds acacia and dark slabs and stairs of the yet to be added wooden planks and retextures the tops of most wood blocks.

Blocks

 * Slabs
 * Acacia wood slabs
 * Predates the addition of acacia planks.


 * Dark oak wood slabs
 * Predates the addition of dark oak planks.


 * Stairs
 * Acacia wood stairs
 * Predates the addition of acacia planks.


 * Dark oak wood stairs
 * Predates the addition of dark oak planks.

World Generation
Added the Mesa Biome, later renamed the Badlands Biome.

Blocks

 * Bonus chests
 * Now also contain acacia logs.


 * Logs
 * Now have different textures for their top and bottom (with the exception of oak logs).


 * Spruce saplings
 * Can now be grown in a 2×2 grid to produce a large spruce tree.

World generation

 * Dark oak tree
 * Renamed from "Roofed Oak" and "Oak Roof".

General

 * Sounds
 * Music now pauses when pausing the game.

Reupload
The 1.7 server was reuploaded with unknown changes.

Trivia

 * This version was previously removed from the launcher for some time, but was added back in September 2018.