Java Edition 12w01a

12w01a is the fifth and final snapshot for Java Edition 1.1, released on January 5, 2012, which adds beaches and the Superflat world type as well as more language translations. It is the first snapshot released in 2012.

General

 * Language Files
 * Added 18 new translations.
 * Removed 4 translations.


 * Server.properties
 * New setting:

World generation

 * Superflat
 * Completely flat world composed of grass blocks, dirt, and bedrock; also generates villages.


 * World types
 * Re-added world types after being removed in Infdev.
 * Added World Type selection in the options menu.
 * Currently the only types are Default and Superflat.

Biomes

 * Beaches
 * Re-added beaches as biomes, after being removed in Beta 1.8.


 * Desert Hills
 * Hills variant of Desert.


 * Extreme Hills Edge
 * Generates at edges of Extreme Hills.


 * Forest Hills
 * Hills variant of Forests.


 * Taiga Hills
 * Hills variant of Taigas.

Blocks

 * Fence gates
 * Updated the fence gate collision and hit box to align with fences.


 * Ladders
 * Removed collision box from ladders, meaning they are no longer solid and cannot be stood on.

Items

 * Spawn egg
 * Reordered spawn eggs in the creative inventory.
 * Changed spawn eggs colors to better represent their respective mobs they spawn.
 * Blaze
 * Cave Spider
 * Chicken
 * Cow
 * Creeper
 * Enderman
 * Ghast
 * Magma Cube
 * Mooshroom
 * Pig
 * Sheep
 * Silverfish
 * Skeleton
 * Slime
 * Spider
 * Squid
 * Villager
 * Wolf
 * Zombie
 * Zombie Pigman

World generation

 * Biomes
 * Slightly smoothed color transitions between biomes.
 * Added proper color transitions for the darkened swamp biomes into other biomes.
 * Changed biomes to be slightly more varied, examples of which being hills in forests and deserts.


 * Villages
 * A single chest is generated in each blacksmith building.

General

 * Brewing
 * Reduced brewing time to 20 seconds.


 * Enchanting
 * Decreased randomness of enchantment tables.

Trivia

 * This is the first snapshot to feature META-INF folder.