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"Beta 1.2" redirects here. For beta versions for Bedrock Edition 1.2.0, see Bedrock Edition 1.2.0/Development versions. For other uses, see 1.2.
For a guide about all content in this release and the other releases of Beta 1.2, see Java Edition guides/Beta 1.2 releases.

Beta 1.2 is a version of Java Edition Beta released on January 13, 2011,[1] which added charcoal, note blocks, dyes, squid, sugar, dispensers, lapis lazuli blocks, bone meal and sandstone, as well as changing and fixing other features.

Additions[]

Blocks[]

Cake
  • Crafted from wheat, egg, bucket of milk and sugar.
Dispensers
  • Crafted from cobblestone, a bow and redstone.
Lapis Lazuli Block
  • Crafted from 9 lapis lazuli.
Lapis Lazuli Ore
  • Drops one lapis lazuli when mined.
Note Block
  • Crafted from wood planks and redstone.
Sandstone
  • Crafted from sand.
Spruce Log
  • Can be crafted into wood planks.
Birch Log
  • Can be crafted into wood planks.
Spruce Leaves
  • Currently drops nothing.
Birch Leaves
  • Currently drops nothing.
Wool
  • Re-added dyed wool with a new spectrum

Items[]

Bones
  • Can be crafted into bone meal.
Bone Meal
  • Used as a dye.
Lapis Lazuli
  • Used as a dye.
  • 9 lapis lazuli can be crafted into a lapis lazuli block.
Cocoa Beans
  • Used as a dye.
  • Currently only obtainable by using external programs.
  • Currently named "Coco Beans".
Ink Sac
  • Used as a dye.
  • Currently named "Ink Sack".
Charcoal
  • Has the same texture as coal.
  • Smelted from wood.
Dyes
Sugar

Mobs[]

Sheep
  • Added gray, light gray, and black variants.
  • Drop correspondingly colored wool.
Squid
  • New underwater mob.
  • Drops ink sacs.
  • Currently can be milked.

Changes[]

Blocks[]

Cactus
  • Can now be smelted into green dye.
Dandelion
  • Can now be crafted into yellow dye.
Furnace
  • Model changed from to to use new furnace top texture rather than stone.
Sugar Cane
  • Renamed - was previously Reeds
Rose
  • Can now be crafted into red dye.
Spawners
  • Again show a rotating model inside of what they spawn in single player.
White Wool
  • Can now be dyed.
Workbench
  • Now called Crafting Table.

Items[]

Tools
  • Tools made out of wood, stone, iron ingots, and diamond have increased durability.
  • Gold tools can mine blocks like stone and wood much more quickly than their diamond counterparts, with the same durability and restrictions as before this version.
Wheat seeds
  • Now harvested more often when plowing grass blocks.

Mobs[]


Sheep
  • Can now be dyed.
Skeletons
  • Now drop bones.
Spiders
  • Can now climb up walls.

World generation[]

Ores
  • Iron, diamond, and coal are found in larger amounts in caves and other areas.
Taigas
Forests

General[]

Controls
  • Screenshots can be taken using the F2 key without having to first hold down the F1 key.
Mods
  • Included the FastRender mod by Scaevolus.[2]

Bugs[]

  • Powered Redstone does not update properly when a new power source is added.
  • Rails always face north even if there are rails next to it.

Fixes[]

10 bugs fixed
  • Paintings now work in multiplayer.
  • Disconnecting while riding no longer keeps the player in the world.
  • A bunch more state is properly synced in multiplayer.
  • Included PowerPC color and audio fixes by Scaevolus.
  • Fixed a horrible chunk reload loop in singleplayer.
  • Fixed most lighting bugs in newly generated multiplayer maps.
  • Falling sand behaves better in multiplayer.
  • Fixed a few crashes on load level bugs.
  • Jack o'Lantern now has correct tooltip.
  • Bricks now has the correct tooltip.
  • Sheep now visibly lose their wool when hit in multiplayer.

Trivia[]

  • Beta 1.2 is the first version of Minecraft released in 2011.

Gallery[]

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