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This article is about a pre-release. For the full version, see Java Edition 1.7.2.

1.7 is the first pre-release for Java Edition 1.7.2, released on October 22, 2013.[1] It adds acacia and dark slabs and stairs of the yet to be added wooden planks and retextures the tops of most wood blocks.

Additions

Blocks

Slabs
Stairs

Changes

Blocks

Bonus chests
  • Now also contain acacia logs.
Logs
  • Now have different textures for their top and bottom (with the exception of oak logs).
Spruce saplings
  • Can now be grown in a 2×2 grid to produce a large spruce tree.

World generation

Dark oak tree
  • Renamed from "Roofed Oak" and "Oak Roof".

General

Sounds
  • Music now pauses when pausing the game.

Fixes

15 issues fixed
From released versions before 1.7.2
  • MC-2638 – Once hit, old AI mobs and wolves don't turn back to passive in Creative until they die or despawn.
  • MC-4592 – When mobs start to attack the player in survival and they switch to creative mobs keep attacking the player.
  • MC-13661 – When re-sizing window before game loads internal view doesn't resize.
  • MC-33294 – Log top textures messed up.
From the 1.7.2 development versions
  • MC-29489 – 2x2 Spruce trees won't grow.
  • MC-30870 – Commands with coordinates are offset -2 x and/or z from where it should (at negative X and Z coordinates).
  • MC-31656 – Can't see fire on spiders.
  • MC-32862 – Hopper: java.lang.NullPointerException: Ticking entity.
  • MC-35716 – Rain cannot be seen through stained glass.
  • MC-35739 – Crash when hovering over a written book given by commands.
  • MC-35846 – Hopper: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: n must be positive.
From the previous development version
  • MC-36364 – Roofed oak and acacia trees drop incorrect saplings.
  • MC-36437 – Acacia or oak roof logs produce oak wood planks.
  • MC-36448 – Some sounds do not play.
From the current version, hotfixed
  • MC-36529 – "Pick Block" key on acacia or dark oak leaves gives the wrong item back.

Reupload

The 1.7 server was reuploaded with unknown changes.

Trivia

  • This version was previously removed from the launcher for some time, but was added back in September 2018.

References

  1. "Minecraft 1.7: The Update that Changed the World" (archived) – Mojang.com via the Wayback Machine.
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