Java Edition 12w05a

12w05a is the third snapshot released for Java Edition 1.2.1.

Blocks

 * Dead bushes
 * Can be obtained by breaking them using Shears

Mobs

 * Creepers
 * run away from cats.
 * now have new AI – they stalk the player.


 * Ghasts
 * Updated hit box to incorporate their whole body, prior to this ghasts could only be injured by hitting their tentacles and lower body.


 * Ocelots
 * are easier to tame, and cats can be told to sit.


 * Villagers
 * will try to detect village houses and live in them.

World generation

 * Abandoned mineshafts
 * Abandoned mineshafts now bridges over ravines

General

 * Enchanting
 * no longer requires experience in creative mode.


 * Language Files
 * Updated language files
 * Removed some offensive translation text
 * If a player's home bed is missing/obstructed while the player is on Canadian English, it will say "Sorry, your home bed is missing or obstructed, eh?"


 * Sounds
 * Lava sounds now function

Reupload
12w05a was reuploaded later on February 2, 2012 to fix a bug where the game would crash when right-clicking a sitting cat empty-handed, as well as fixing translation griefings.