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This guide is a simplified overview of all the changes in the Java Edition Infdev releases, which assumes at least some familiarity with Indev releases.
Blocks [ ]
New [ ]
Name
Image
Obtaining
Tool Required
Uses
Door
Can be opened and closed.
Ladder
Can be used to climb upwards.
Rail
Can be used to make minecart tracks.
Spawner
Spawns zombies, skeletons or spiders around it.
Wood Stairs
Allows you to walk upwards without jumping.
Stone Stairs
Allows you to walk upwards without jumping.
Changed [ ]
Name
Image
Changed
Sign
Is now a block instead of an entity.
Can now display custom text.
Now craftable:
Water and Lava
Sand and Gravel
Sand and Gravel now fall if there is no block underneath.
Items [ ]
New [ ]
Name
Image
Obtaining
Uses
Golden Apple
Can be eaten to fully restore the player's health.
Bucket
Can be used to pick up liquids.
Water Bucket
Using a bucket on a water source block empties the block and fills the bucket.
Can be used to place water source blocks.
Lava Bucket
Using a bucket on a lava source block empties the block and fills the bucket.
Can be used to place lava source blocks.
Saddle
Can be used to ride pigs.
Changed [ ]
Name
Image
Changed
Painting
Is now crafted using sticks instead of planks.
Non-Mob Entities [ ]
New [ ]
Name
Image
Creation
Drops
Note
Minecart
Can be moved along rails.
Structures [ ]
New [ ]
Name
Image
Generates
Chests
Mobs
Description
Brick Pyramid
A large pyramid made of bricks.
Removed after this version.
Dungeon
Zombies, skeletons or spiders are created from the spawner.
An underground chamber made of cobblestone and moss stone, containing chests and a monster spawner.
Ore blob
A blob of ore that generates within stone.
Biomes [ ]
New [ ]
Name
Image
Description
Structures
Far Lands
Found beyond 12,550,824 blocks from the center of the world.
Not a biome.
Void
Found below bedrock.
In prior versions, below the bottom of the world was either an infinite lava sea or an infinite blue sky.
Also not a biome.
Gameplay [ ]
New [ ]
Name
Description
Infinite Worlds
Worlds are now functionally infinite in size, instead of limited to a few hundred blocks across at most.
Worlds are now loaded incrementally using chunks , instead of loading in all at once.
An entirely new terrain generator has been added, creating more expansive mountains, lakes and caves than before.
Caves now contain lava lakes and dirt and gravel patches.