Java Edition 1.3

This article is about a pre-release. For the full version, see Java Edition 1.3.1.

Minecraft 1.3

Edition	Java Edition
Type	Pre-release
Release date	July 26, 2012
Pre-release for	1.3.1
Downloads	Client (.json) Server (.exe)
Protocol version	39
Other instances of 1.3	Java Edition Classic server Java Edition Beta Realms New Nintendo 3DS Edition
◄◄ 1.2.5 ◄ 12w30e 1.3.1 ► 1.3.2 ►►

1.3 is the first and only pre-release for Java Edition 1.3.1, released on July 26, 2012.

Changes

Items

Beef, Blaze Powder, Boat, Bone Meal, Cactus Green, Charcoal, Coal, Cocoa Beans, Magma Cream, Diamond, Flint, Gold Nugget, Nether Wart, Redstone Repeater, Rose Red, Rotten Flesh and Steak

• Realigned their textures.

Gameplay

Heads-up display

• The block-breaking animation is now shown in F1 mode.

Superflat

• Respawning in superflat is no longer random

Fixes

5 bugs fixed

• Fixed melon stem block misalignment.
• Fixed a crash bug.
• Fixed the chest armor slot being inaccessible in Creative mode's survival inventory tab.
• Fixed rotated wooden logs mined using Silk Touch enchanted tools dropping as rotated wooden logs.
• Fixed being unable to place slabs in the small gaps between another slab and the side of another block.

Trivia

• This is the earliest pre-release available in the Minecraft launcher. Although earlier pre-releases are not available in the launcher, they are archived.