Java Edition version history/Development versions

This article is about publicly-released development versions for the PC. For the official versions' history, see Version history.

Starting in the period between Beta 1.7.3 and Beta 1.8, Mojang publicly releases testing versions of the full update in order to get major feedback, especially for bug reporting, so that the official update is considerably more stable. While these versions were public, they were not auto-installed by the game and are completely optional.

Most of these updates follow the name-suit of "Pre-release" not only by reference but on the version tags as well.

Beta 1.9

Version	Date of Addition	Additions Summary
1.9pre5	October 27, 2011	New Achievements Added option to turn clouds off in Video Settings. Texture change to Blocks of Iron, appearing to be corrugated. Minor changes to textures of: Both instances of the top of Grass Stone Dirt Wooden Planks Gravel Blocks of Gold Blocks of Diamond Netherrack Glowstone Ice Hostile mobs act neutral in creative mode except for ghasts and spiders). Enemies from spawners are still hostile, though. Debug Features: Pressing F6 causes the player to get "stuck" to the camera until F6 is pressed again. This allows players to appear to phase into blocks. Pressing Y, H, U, O, I, K, J, L, N and M change the camera positioning in a variety of ways. Bug Fixes: Mycelium and End Stone are now available in the creative inventory list. Cut into stair lighting bug fixed. Lily Pads now have the correct coloration in the inventory and have a name tag. End Stone now has a name tag (previously "untitled"). Melons now drop the correct number of slices, instead of one. "Unable to block with Enchanted Sword in SMP" bug fixed(?). Nether performance in Creative mode considerably improved(?). Notable Bugs: (Complete bug list)
1.9pre4	October 13, 2011	New Realm: The End To leave The End, just jump down. New settings in Server.properties: debug enable-query enable-rcon query.port rcon.password rcon.port Glistering Melon Enchantments The Sun and Moon now rise in the east and set in the west, based on the top of maps being North. The Sun and Moon have been changed and no longer appear square. The Moon now has multiple phases, including crescent moon, half moon, full moon, and new moon. Flowers now grow randomly around the world like grass on dirt. Strongholds are slightly larger Strongholds have more Chests Splash potions with Area of Effect when thrown, created by brewing an existing potion with gunpowder. Implemented a swirl effect while under a buff. Ghast Tears now cause regeneration and not instant health when brewed into a potion. Glistering Melons cause instant health when brewed into a potion Placing fluids (water or lava) with a bucket treats other fluid source blocks like solid blocks, allowing you to place them next to each other without an adjacent wall. Green bubbles appear when poisoned. You can reload the texture pack by pressing F3+T Bug Fixes: Enchanting now works in multiplayer. Fixed ⇧ Shift+Click crash bug with enchanting tables and brewing stands. Critical hits fixed in SMP. Glass towers stretching to the top of the map no longer appear over Strongholds. Fences do not connect to Melons and Pumpkins. Fixed Minecart with Furnace bugs, except for the lighting bug. Notable Bugs: (Complete bug list) Shooting a sheep with a bow crashes the game for some people. New swirl effects don't show up in 3rd person front facing mode. Ferns still do not spawn in any biome. Eye of Ender doesn't always point to the nearest stronghold. Melons drop just one slice. Monster Spawners can be retrieved using the Silk Touch enchantment.
1.9pre3	October 6, 2011	Eye of Ender Brewing Stand Enchantment Table Added Pie-chart to F3 debug screen. Air Portal Frame in Strongholds above a 3x3 pool of lava (fixing broken Air Portal blocks using Eye of Ender creates the Air Portal to the The Ender though this feature has not been fully implemented). New Mobs: Baby Chicken Baby Cow Baby Mooshroom Baby Pig Baby Sheep Baby Wolf Enchanted Items appear to be glowing with power. Exp Level Number above Exp Bar Signs now join together when placed next to each other. Destroying bookshelves gives 3 books. Brewing System Cauldron Block Enchanting System New Spawner for Silverfish which generates in Strongholds Access to Skylands (possible bug in terrain generation). As of now, it generates a large amount of lag, but otherwise has no ill effects. You can now drink Bottles of Water. (This has no effect so far.) When holding a potion or Golden Apple the hot bar becomes lighter and more transparent. The text for certain item tooltips (e.g. Golden Apple, Music Discs) is a different color from that of other items. Debug Features: 1x1 glass pillars to spot Strongholds Bug Fixes: The large FPS lag on some PCs has been fixed. Fixed Snow Golems entering Love Mode. Notable Bugs: (Complete bug list) Rolling mouse over item ID 119 crashes the client Shearing a baby mooshroom turns it into an adult cow instead of a baby.
1.9pre2	September 29, 2011	Potions, and its new materials: Magma Cream Blaze Powder Spider Eye and Fermented Spider Eye Glass Bottle Breeding 13 new Music Discs Item tooltips now have a pink border. You can now consume Buckets of Milk. Milk is now a cure that resets all potion effects when drunk. Bug Fixes: Removed debug code causing jumping to increase experience. Notable Bugs: (Complete bug list) World size on disk is always "0.0 MB" on the Singleplayer "Select World" screen.
1.9pre1	September 22, 2011	Differences from Beta 1.9: Lacks: Hardcore Mode Breeding Potions, including the materials Holding the jump key will no longer repeatedly jump. Notch said that it was intentional but also intends to revert the change. Debug Features: Jumping increases your experience. Incomplete features: The new chest, Endermen, and Silverfish sounds are not present yet. The tinting of the grass and water between swamp and non-swamp biomes is too harsh and does not blend at all. Notable Bugs: (Complete bug list) During Snowfall, snow layer can be generated in odd places, including on water, ice, lava, and signs. Snowfall can also overwrite non-solid blocks, such as torches and redstone. In SMP, shearing a Mooshroom generates a second client-side Cow. Snowfall doesn't generate new snow in some cases.

Beta 1.8

Version	Date of Addition	Additions Summary
1.8pre2	September 13, 2011	Differences from Beta 1.8: Other than a few bugs, there are no differences. Bug Fixes: Fixed SSP chunk memory leak Mineshaft density is now half of what is used to be Increased stronghold count to 3 per map instead of one Fixed furnace tile entity crash Fixed leaving the crafting table with items on the grid creating phantom blocks Vine and leaf blocks no longer crash the game when placed in the Nether Blocking and eating now play the animation to others Blocking in SMP now works Sprinting with right-click or sneaking is now fixed Some of the missing blocks are now on the creative selection screen You can no longer eat in Creative Fixed Endermen having client-side problems in SMP Chickens and cows killed by burning now drop their cooked meat Squids now drop exp orbs when killed It is now default for pre-1.8 worlds to generate structures Fixed farmlands rejecting melon and pumpkin seeds You can now use bone meal on pumpkin and melon seeds Using bonemeal on a mushroom only works if the mushroom is placed on dirt or grass Added item drops for cracked and mossy smooth stone brick Adjusted fog strength at low altitudes F6 and F7 working as a result of left-in debug code is now removed Notable New Bugs: (Complete bug list) ⇧ Shift+Clicking under these circumstances causes the 'Saving Chunks' crash screen : ⇧ Shift+clicking an item from inventory to a dispenser and vice-versa. ⇧ Shift+clicking an item from a chest to your inventory while your inventory is full and vice-versa. ⇧ Shift+clicking an item from a chest to a nearly full inventory (last stack being partial) and vice-versa.
1.8pre1	September 9, 2011	Differences from Beta 1.8: Viewmodel sway has not been added yet There is no hotkey to change fog distance Debug Features: F6 and F7 change time, forward and back respectively. Notable Bugs: (Complete bug list) Seasonal Forest, Rainforest, Shurbland, Taiga, and Tundra biomes do not generate at all, which also results in that snow is not generated at all. Furnace use will usually cause the game to crash, displayed with a 'Saving Chunks' freeze screen. F8 for smooth-mouse control no longer works.