Java Edition version history/Development versions

Starting in the period between Beta 1.7.3 and Beta 1.8, Mojang began to publicly release testing versions of full updates in order to get major feedback, especially for bug reporting. This enabled the official updates to be considerably more stable.

Mojang generally releases snapshots on Wednesday. The day had been Thursday, until the release of 14w26a on June 25, 2014, in the middle of development for 1.8.

Promotional screenshots
Erik Broes (Grum) appeared in promotional screenshots on the Mojang blog for a number of snapshots and pre-releases. He was often hiding, and occasionally simply his player head was present. These were:
 * 1.6.1 snapshots 13w19a, 13w21a, 13w22a, 13w23a, 13w24a, 13w25a, 13w26a and the 1.6 pre-release
 * 1.7.2 snapshots 13w36a, 13w37a, 13w38a, 13w39a, 13w41a, 13w42a and 13w43a, and 1.7.4 snapshot 13w47a
 * 1.8 snapshots 14w02a, 14w03a, 14w04a, 14w05a, 14w06a, 14w08a, 14w10a, the 1.8 pre-release and the 1.8.2 pre-release
 * 1.9 snapshot 16w04a
 * Release 1.10.
 * 1.11 snapshots 16w40a, 16w41a, 16w43a, 16w44a and 1.11-pre1.
 * 1.11.1 snapshot 16w50a.
 * 1.12 snapshot 17w06a.

Jens Bergensten (Jeb) has appeared in several promotional screenshots as well:
 * Snapshot 12w23a for 1.3.1, snapshot 12w37a for 1.4.2, the 1.6 pre-release, the 1.8 pre-release, and the 1.10, 1.11.1 and 1.11.2 releases.

Nathan Adams (Dinnerbone) has appeared in:
 * The 1.6 pre-release, snapshot 14w03a for 1.8 and the 1.8 pre-release.

Michael Stoyke (Searge) has appeared in:
 * The 1.8 pre-release and the 1.10 release

Thomas Guimbretière (ProfMobius) has appeared in the 1.10 release.

Maria Lemón has appeared in:
 * 1.11 snapshots 16w40a and 16w42a.
 * 1.11.1 snapshot 16w50a.

Agnes Larsson has appeared in 1.11 snapshot 16w43a.

1.12

 * View all
 * 17w06a

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 * View all
 * 16w50a

1.11

 * View all
 * 1.11-pre1
 * 16w44a
 * 16w43a
 * 16w42a
 * 16w41a
 * 16w40a
 * 16w39a • 16w39b • 16w39c
 * 16w38a
 * 16w36a
 * 16w35a
 * 16w33a
 * 16w32a • 16w32b

1.10

 * View all
 * 1.10-pre1 • 1.10-pre2
 * 16w21a • 16w21b
 * 16w20a

1.9.3

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 * 1.9.3-pre1 • 1.9.3-pre2 • 1.9.3-pre3
 * 16w15a • 16w15b
 * 16w14a

1.9.1

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 * 1.9.1-pre1 • 1.9.1-pre2 • 1.9.1-pre3

1.9

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 * 1.9-pre1 • 1.9-pre2 • 1.9-pre3 • 1.9-pre4
 * 16w07a • 16w07b
 * 16w06a
 * 16w05a • 16w05b
 * 16w04a
 * 16w03a
 * 16w02a
 * 15w51a • 15w51b
 * 15w50a
 * 15w49a • 15w49b
 * 15w47a • 15w47b • 15w47c
 * 15w46a
 * 15w45a
 * 15w44a • 15w44b
 * 15w43a • 15w43b • 15w43c
 * 15w42a
 * 15w41a • 15w41b
 * 15w40a • 15w40b
 * 15w39a • 15w39b • 15w39c
 * 15w38a • 15w38b
 * 15w37a
 * 15w36a • 15w36b • 15w36c • 15w36d
 * 15w35a • 15w35b • 15w35c • 15w35d • 15w35e
 * 15w34a • 15w34b • 15w34c • 15w34d
 * 15w33a • 15w33b • 15w33c
 * 15w32a • 15w32b • 15w32c
 * 15w31a • 15w31b • 15w31c

1.8.8

 * 1.8.8-pre

1.8.2

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 * 1.8.2-pre1 • 1.8.2-pre2 • 1.8.2-pre3 • 1.8.2-pre4 • 1.8.2-pre5 • 1.8.2-pre6 • 1.8.2-pre7

1.8.1

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 * 1.8.1-pre1 • 1.8.1-pre2 • 1.8.1-pre3 • 1.8.1-pre4 • 1.8.1-pre5

1.8

 * View all
 * 1.8-pre1 • 1.8-pre2 • 1.8-pre3
 * 14w34a • 14w34b • 14w34c • 14w34d
 * 14w33a • 14w33b • 14w33c
 * 14w32a • 14w32b • 14w32c • 14w32d
 * 14w31a
 * 14w30a • 14w30b • 14w30c
 * 14w29a • 14w29b
 * 14w28a • 14w28b
 * 14w27a • 14w27b
 * 14w26a • 14w26b • 14w26c
 * 14w25a • 14w25b
 * 14w21a • 14w21b
 * 14w20a • 14w20b
 * 14w19a
 * 14w18a • 14w18b
 * 14w17a
 * 14w11a • 14w11b
 * 14w10a • 14w10b • 14w10c
 * 14w08a
 * 14w07a
 * 14w06a • 14w06b
 * 14w05a • 14w05b
 * 14w04a • 14w04b
 * 14w03a • 14w03b
 * 14w02a • 14w02b • 14w02c

1.7.10

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 * 1.7.10-pre1 • 1.7.10-pre2 • 1.7.10-pre3 • 1.7.10-pre4

1.7.6

 * View all
 * 1.7.6-pre1 • 1.7.6-pre2

1.7.4

 * View all
 * 1.7.4-pre
 * 1.7.3-pre
 * 13w49a
 * 13w48a • 13w48b
 * 13w47a • 13w47b • 13w47c • 13w47d • 13w47e

1.7.2

 * View all
 * 1.7.2-pre
 * 1.7.1-pre
 * 1.7-pre
 * 13w43a
 * 13w42a • 13w42b
 * 13w41a • 13w41b
 * 13w39a • 13w39b
 * 13w38a • 13w38b • 13w38c
 * 13w37a • 13w37b
 * 13w36a • 13w36b

1.6.4

 * 1.6.3-pre

1.6.2

 * 1.6.2-pre

1.6.1

 * View all
 * 1.6.1-pre
 * 1.6-pre
 * 13w26a
 * 13w25a • 13w25b • 13w25c
 * 13w24a • 13w24b
 * 13w23a • 13w23b
 * 13w22a
 * 13w21a • 13w21b
 * 13w19a
 * 13w18a • 13w18b • 13w18c
 * 13w17a
 * 13w16a • 13w16b

1.5.2

 * 1.5.2-pre

1.5.1

 * View all
 * 1.5.1-pre
 * 13w12~
 * 13w11a

1.5

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 * 1.5-pre
 * 13w10a • 13w10b
 * 13w09a • 13w09b • 13w09c
 * 13w07a
 * 13w06a
 * 13w05a • 13w05b
 * 13w04a
 * 13w03a
 * 13w02a • 13w02b
 * 13w01a • 13w01b

1.4.7

 * 1.4.7-pre

1.4.6

 * View all
 * 1.4.6-pre
 * 12w50a • 12w50b
 * 12w49a

1.4.5

 * 1.4.5-pre

1.4.4

 * View all
 * 1.4.4-pre
 * 1.4.3-pre

1.4.2

 * View all
 * 1.4.2-pre
 * 1.4.1-pre
 * 1.4-pre
 * 12w42a • 12w42b
 * 12w41a • 12w41b
 * 12w40a • 12w40b
 * 12w39a • 12w39b
 * 12w38a • 12w38b
 * 12w37a
 * 12w36a
 * 12w34a • 12w34b
 * 12w32a

1.3.2

 * 1.3.2-pre

1.3.1

 * View all
 * 1.3.1-pre
 * 1.3-pre
 * 12w30a • 12w30b • 12w30c • 12w30d • 12w30e
 * 12w27a
 * 12w26a
 * 12w25a
 * 12w24a
 * 12w23a • 12w23b
 * 12w22a
 * 12w21a • 12w21b
 * 12w19a
 * 12w18a
 * 12w17a
 * 12w16a
 * 12w15a

1.2.5

 * 1.2.5-pre

1.2.1

 * View all
 * 1.2-pre
 * 12w08a
 * 12w07a • 12w07b
 * 12w06a
 * 12w05a • 12w05b
 * 12w04a
 * 12w03a

1.1

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 * 12w01a
 * 11w50a
 * 11w49a
 * 11w48a
 * 11w47a

1.0.0

 * View all
 * 1.0.0-RC2
 * 1.0.0-RC1
 * Beta 1.9-pre6
 * Beta 1.9-pre5
 * Beta 1.9-pre4
 * Beta 1.9-pre3
 * Beta 1.9-pre2
 * Beta 1.9-pre1

Beta 1.8

 * View all
 * Beta 1.8-pre2
 * Beta 1.8-pre1

Beta 1.6

 * Beta 1.6 Test Build 3