Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2[1][2] is the second pre-release for Java Edition 1.0.0, released on September 29, 2011,[3] which adds cauldrons, potions, animal breeding mechanics, 9 more music discs, hardcore mode, and changes milk to remove potion effects when drunk.
Additions
Blocks
Items
Crafted from blaze rods.
- Ingredient to brewing potions.
- Ingredient to brewing potions.
- First iteration of potions, not yet properly obtainable.
- Drops from magma cubes.
- Ingredient to brewing potions.
- Drops from spiders.
- Ingredient to brewing potions.
Mobs
General
- Hardcore mode
- Locks the difficulty to Hard and forces users to delete the world's save data upon death.
- The health bar changes appearance to indicate the game is in Hardcore mode.
Changes
Items
- Is now drinkable.
- Drinking milk resets all potion effects currently afflicted upon the player.
Blocks
- No longer drops as a resource when destroyed.
Mobs
- No longer has a "TESTIFICATE" label above their head.
General
- Item tooltips
- Now have a pink border.
- Debug feature
- Removed debug code causing jumping to increase experience.
Fixes
1 bug fixed
- Client-side double Mooshroom bug in multiplayer fixed.