Java Edition RC1

1.0.0-RC1 is the first release candidate for 1.0.0.

Additions
Sounds Main Menu
 * The Player:
 * Damage to player sound was changed to a genderless bone-cracking sound.
 * Eating and drinking now have sounds.
 * Mobs:
 * Blazes were given an ambient breathing noise.
 * Endermen now make strange whistles and grunts.
 * When they teleport, it sounds like a shortened version of the Nether portal sound.
 * Magma Cubes now make sounds.
 * Silverfish now make sounds.
 * Players and all mobs make the same bone-cracking sound when taking fall damage.
 * Arrow landing was changed to a more twangy sound.
 * Tool and armor now make a breaking sound, and have a breaking animation.
 * Added "Quit Game" button to the main menu.
 * Added 28 new splashes and changed 7 of them.

Changes

 * Changed redstone wire placement on one block from a "+" to a "•" shape.
 * Bows now have a durability bar, with 385 uses.
 * Bows can be fired without having arrows in Creative mode.
 * Thrown eggs now hatch baby chickens.

Fixes
7 bugs fixed


 * Error with the shadowing of the right side of blocks in the inventory is now fixed, being back to what it was in Beta 1.7.
 * Fixed wooden door bug from Beta 1.9 pre6
 * The "Particles" option no longer overlaps the warning when playing on far render distance with a 32-bit Java installation.
 * Fixed the bug that caused the players EXP level to revert to 0 again after The End credits is finished from Beta 1.9 Pre 6
 * The full names of Scaevolus and Hippoplatimus are now used in the ending credits.
 * You can now talk while entering a portal in SMP
 * Obsidian's mining time was increased to 8 seconds from ~3 seconds in 1.9pre6.