Many major updates for the Java Edition are released in multiple minor updates, and each minor update potentially contains a lot of added and changed content. To make it easier to get up to speed with this, these guides reduce the complexity of all the technical information on the individual update pages.
Upcoming update guide
| Guide | Relevant releases |
|---|---|
| Village and Pillage | 1.14 |
Full release update guides
| Guide | Relevant releases |
|---|---|
| Update Aquatic | 1.13 • 1.13.1 • 1.13.2 |
| World of Color Update | 1.12 • 1.12.1 • 1.12.2 |
| Exploration Update | 1.11 • 1.11.1 • 1.11.2 |
| Frostburn Update | 1.10 • 1.10.1 • 1.10.2 |
| Combat Update | 1.9 • 1.9.1 • 1.9.2 • 1.9.3 • 1.9.4 |
| Bountiful Update | 1.8 • 1.8.1 • 1.8.2 • 1.8.3 • 1.8.4 • 1.8.5 • 1.8.6 • 1.8.7 • 1.8.8 • 1.8.9 |
| The Update that Changed the World | 1.7.2 • 1.7.4 • 1.7.5 • 1.7.6 • 1.7.7 • 1.7.8 • 1.7.9 • 1.7.10 |
| Horse Update | 1.6.1 • 1.6.2 • 1.6.4 |
| Redstone Update | 1.5 • 1.5.1 • 1.5.2 |
| Pretty Scary Update | 1.4.2 • 1.4.4 • 1.4.5 • 1.4.6 • 1.4.7 |
| 1.3 releases | 1.3.1 • 1.3.2 |
| 1.2 releases | 1.2.1 • 1.2.2 • 1.2.3 • 1.2.4 • 1.2.5 |
| 1.1 releases | 1.1 |
| 1.0 releases | 1.0.0 • 1.0.1 |