Java Edition Beta 1.4

"Beta 1.4" redirects here. For beta versions of Bedrock Edition 1.4.0, see Bedrock Edition 1.4.0/Development versions.

For a guide about all content in this release and the other releases of Beta 1.4, see Java Edition guides/Beta 1.4 releases.

Minecraft Beta 1.4
Edition	Java Edition
Release date	March 31, 2011
Downloads	Original client (.json) Reuploaded client (.json) Server (.exe)
Protocol version	10
See also other instances of 1.4	Java Edition Classic server Java Edition Beta Minecraft Launcher Bedrock Edition Education Edition New Nintendo 3DS Edition

Beta 1.4 is a version of Java Edition Beta released on March 31, 2011, which added wolves, cookies and a new Minecraft logo as well as other changes and fixes.

Beta 1.4 was reuploaded an hour and a half after release to remove debug code.

Additions

Blocks

Locked chests

• Was an April Fools' gag.
  • It linked to the Minecraft Store, but the link has since been removed.
  • Clicking it instead opens the website that downloads Minecraft.
• Could not be broken except for explosions.
• Randomly generates in the world if the date is set to April 1st.

Items

Cookies

• New food item.
• Heals the player for 0.5 hearts.
• Can be stacked up to 8, making it the first stackable food item.

Mobs

Wolves

• Neutral mob.
• Players can tame wolves.
• When killed, wolves will drop nothing.

General

Missing content

• Added the missing texture.
  • Used if a texture is absent from the game files.
  • Only visible through modding (including removing an image file from the jar)
  • Previously the game would just outright crash if a texture was absent.

Changes

Blocks

Beds

• Sleeping in a bed now resets spawn position, though does not work for most users.
  • At the moment the spawn point unintentionally only changes if "Leave bed" is clicked and the function is limited to multiplayer.

Ladders

• Sneaking while climbing will hang on to the ladder, thus being a handy cave tool.

Wheat

• Now grows more quickly.

Mobs

Sheep

• Can now spawn with pink or brown wool (very rare, however).

Spiders

• Will no longer trample crops.
• Have their walking sounds removed.

Gameplay

Achievements

• Lots of infrastructure has been implemented.

General

Controls

• The new default hotkey for the inventory is E.

Menu screen

• Changed Minecraft logo from to .

Multiplayer

• Servers can now have a new world seeded with an option in the server.properties file.

Options

• Scale of UI may now be changed in options.txt located in the .minecraft folder.

Statistics

• Lots of infrastructure for statistics lists have been implemented.

World generation

Dungeons

• Added cocoa beans to dungeon chests.

Fixes

4 bugs fixed

• Zombies and spiders now hurt the player in all instances.
  • Before this version, Zombies and spiders will only hurt the player if they were 1 block above their location.
• Client-sided slime spawn on multiplayer has been fixed.
• Arm no longer swings when player cannot place a block.
• Opening and closing the inventory quickly while swinging no longer removes the character 'swinging' animation, which previously made destroying blocks faster. (Multiplayer only).

Reupload

Beta 1.4 was reuploaded around an hour and a half after its initial release. The later version removed a small unused section of code added in the initial version which tracks the player's walking distance in memory, presumably testing code accidentally left in the game for Beta 1.5, which added statistics – namely, a statistic that tracks how many meters the player has walked.

Gallery

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  The prompt which the locked chest would bring up when used.