Java Edition version history/Development versions

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Starting in the period between Beta 1.7.3 and Beta 1.8, Mojang Studios began to publicly release testing versions of full updates in order to get major feedback, especially for bug reporting. This enabled the official updates to be considerably more stable.

Mojang Studios generally releases snapshots on Wednesday. The day had been Thursday, until the release of 14w26a on June 25, 2014, in the middle of development for 1.8.

Development versions

A list of snapshots per year.

All versions of Minecraft Java Edition up to 1.19.3.

Availabilities

For instructions on how to install a snapshot, see Tutorials/How to install a snapshot.

These versions are publicly available, though they are not auto-installed by the launcher unless the Enable snapshots checkbox is ticked in the profile editor, and then it will only download the current version's development's set of snapshots and pre-releases. The player is able to change to other snapshots through the profile editor.

Naming

Main article: Version formats § Java Edition

There are several development builds of Classic versions of the game which were never released to the public. Some of them are now available through the launcher. In-game, the versions were labeled as their public release counterparts (e.g. 0.0.14a), but had distinct differences from the versions released to the public. Classic 0.24 is the only exception to this rule, as it was labeled simply "0.24" in-game, whereas the full release was labeled "0.24_SURVIVAL_TEST"

There are several builds of Indev 0.31 20091223-1 which were never released to the public. Most were still labeled "0.30" in-game.

The day before Beta 1.6 was released, Mojang created a Test Build version that was never released, but was nonetheless a development version for Beta 1.6. Between Beta 1.7.3 and Beta 1.8, Mojang began to issue pre-release versions, specifically for Beta 1.8 and what then was known as Beta 1.9. As Beta 1.9 came to be re-designated as release version 1.0.0, candidates subject to release were designated with the prefix "RC#".

The weekly snapshots for release 1.1 and onward are named by using the format YYwWWn. "YY" is the two-digit year, "w" simply stands for "week", "WW" is the two-digit week number within the year, and "n" is a unique letter identifier – starting with "a", then "b", and so on – for when there is more than one release per week. Currently the highest letter reached is "e", a tie between 12w30e, 13w47e and 15w35e. The naming convention is, however, broken by 13w12~. The update that has the most snapshots is release 1.9, with a total of 56 snapshots. The update that has the most pre-releases is release 1.13, with 10 pre-releases.

Pre-releases were originally named as version number Pre-release x, where x was either blank or a revision number; this format was used during development of Beta 1.8 (e.g., Beta 1.8 Pre-release 2). Pre-releases for 1.0.0 removed the hyphen in the word "Pre-release" (e.g., Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3). Pre-release versions until 1.7.4 were released as full versions and incremented the minor version number for each pre-release (for example, 1.4 and 1.4.1 were both pre-releases for 1.4.2, and the pre-release for 1.4.7 is identical to the full release of 1.4.7). From 1.7.6 to 1.13.2, pre-releases had the format version number-prex, where x is the revision number (e.g., 1.12-pre2). 1.14 started naming pre-releases as version number Pre-Release x (where the word "release" may or may not be capitalized, starting from Java Edition 1.15 Pre-release 1), where x is the revision number (e.g., 1.14.1 Pre-Release 2).

Release candidates were re-introduced with 1.16 Release Candidate 1. These are intended to be the last version before the full release, unless a major game-breaking bug is discovered. Release candidates are formatted as version number Release Candidate x, where x is a revision number.

Experimental snapshots were introduced with 1.14.3 - Combat Test. This type of snapshot is released only on special occasions, when Mojang developers want to get testing and feedback on a particular set of features that are outside the scope of a data pack, but which they cannot currently include in a normal snapshot or in Bedrock development versions. As they are exempt from the typical standards of other development versions, there has not been a standard format for the naming of experimental snapshots.

Promotional screenshots

Erik Broes (Grum) appeared in promotional screenshots on the Mojang blog for a number of snapshots and pre-releases. He was often hiding, and occasionally simply his player head was present. These were:

• 1.6.1 snapshots 13w19a, 13w21a, 13w22a, 13w23a, 13w24a, 13w25a, 13w26a and the 1.6 pre-release
• 1.7.2 snapshots 13w36a, 13w37a, 13w38a, 13w39a, 13w41a, 13w42a and 13w43a, and 1.7.4 snapshot 13w47a
• 1.8 snapshots 14w02a, 14w03a, 14w04a, 14w05a, 14w06a, 14w08a, 14w10a, the 1.8 pre-release and the 1.8.2 pre-release
• 1.9 snapshot 16w04a
• Release 1.10.
• 1.11 snapshots 16w40a, 16w41a, 16w43a, 16w44a and 1.11-pre1.
• 1.11.1 snapshot 16w50a.
• 1.12 snapshot 17w06a.
• 1.13 snapshot 17w50a.

Jens Bergensten (Jeb) has appeared in several promotional screenshots as well:

• Snapshot 12w23a for 1.3.1, snapshot 12w37a for 1.4.2, the 1.6 pre-release, the 1.8 pre-release, the 1.10, 1.11.1 and 1.11.2 releases, and snapshot 17w16a for 1.12.

Nathan Adams (Dinnerbone) has appeared in:

• The 1.6 pre-release, snapshot 14w03a for 1.8 and the 1.8 pre-release.

Michael Stoyke (Searge) has appeared in:

• The 1.8 pre-release and the 1.10 release.

Ryan Holtz (TheMoogle) has appeared in:

• The 1.8 pre-release.

Thomas Guimbretière (ProfMobius) has appeared in the 1.10 release.

Maria Lemón (Excited) has appeared in:

• 1.11 snapshots 16w40a and 16w42a.
• 1.11.1 snapshot 16w50a.
• 1.12 snapshots 17w13a and 17w15a.

Agnes Larsson (LadyAgnes) has appeared in 1.11 snapshot 16w43a.

Other

These snapshots are experimental and not available in the Minecraft Launcher.

Combat Tests

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• 1.14.3 - Combat Test
• Combat Test 2
• Combat Test 3
• Combat Test 4
• Combat Test 5
• Combat Test 6
• Combat Test 7c
  • Combat Test 7
  • Combat Test 7b
• Combat Test 8b
  • Combat Test 8
• Combat Test 8c

1.18 experimental snapshots

• 1.18 Experimental Snapshot 1
• 1.18 experimental snapshot 2
• 1.18 experimental snapshot 3
• 1.18 experimental snapshot 4
• 1.18 experimental snapshot 5
• 1.18 experimental snapshot 6
• 1.18 experimental snapshot 7

1.19 experimental snapshots

• Deep Dark Experimental Snapshot 1

Full release

1.20

Trails & Tales

1.20.2

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• 1.20.2-rc1 • 1.20.2-rc2
• 1.20.2-pre1 • 1.20.2-pre2 • 1.20.2-pre3 • 1.20.2-pre4
• 23w35a
• 23w33a
• 23w32a
• 23w31a

1.20.1

• 1.20.1-rc1

1.20

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• 1.20-rc1
• 1.20-pre1 • 1.20-pre2 • 1.20-pre3 • 1.20-pre4 • 1.20-pre5 • 1.20-pre6 • 1.20-pre7
• 23w18a
• 23w17a
• 23w16a
• 23w14a
• 23w13a
• 23w12a

1.19

The Wild Update

1.19.4

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• 1.19.4-rc1 • 1.19.4-rc2 • 1.19.4-rc3
• 1.19.4-pre1 • 1.19.4-pre2 • 1.19.4-pre3 • 1.19.4-pre4
• 23w07a
• 23w06a
• 23w05a
• 23w04a
• 23w03a

1.19.3

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• 1.19.3-rc1 • 1.19.3-rc2 • 1.19.3-rc3
• 1.19.3-pre1 • 1.19.3-pre2 • 1.19.3-pre3
• 22w46a
• 22w45a
• 22w44a
• 22w43a
• 22w42a

1.19.2

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• 1.19.2-rc1 • 1.19.2-rc2

1.19.1

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• 1.19.1-rc2 • 1.19.1-rc3
• 1.19.1-pre2 • 1.19.1-pre3 • 1.19.1-pre4 • 1.19.1-pre5 • 1.19.1-pre6
• 1.19.1-rc1
• 1.19.1-pre1
• 22w24a

1.19

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• 1.19-rc1 • 1.19-rc2
• 1.19-pre1 • 1.19-pre2 • 1.19-pre3 • 1.19-pre4 • 1.19-pre5
• 22w19a
• 22w18a
• 22w17a
• 22w16a • 22w16b
• 22w15a
• 22w14a
• 22w13a
• 22w12a
• 22w11a
• Experimental snapshots (see above)

1.18

Caves & Cliffs: Part II

1.18.2

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• 1.18.2-rc1
• 1.18.2-pre1 • 1.18.2-pre2 • 1.18.2-pre3
• 22w07a
• 22w06a
• 22w05a
• 22w03a

1.18.1

View all

• 1.18.1-rc1 • 1.18.1-rc2 • 1.18.1-rc3
• 1.18.1-pre1

1.18

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• 1.18-rc1 • 1.18-rc2 • 1.18-rc3 • 1.18-rc4
• 1.18-pre1 • 1.18-pre2 • 1.18-pre3 • 1.18-pre4 • 1.18-pre5 • 1.18-pre6 • 1.18-pre7 • 1.18-pre8
• 21w44a
• 21w43a
• 21w42a
• 21w41a
• 21w40a
• 21w39a
• 21w38a
• 21w37a
• Experimental snapshots (see above)

1.17

Caves & Cliffs: Part I

1.17.1

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• 1.17.1-rc1 • 1.17.1-rc2
• 1.17.1-pre1 • 1.17.1-pre2 • 1.17.1-pre3

1.17

View all

• 1.17-rc1 • 1.17-rc2
• 1.17-pre1 • 1.17-pre2 • 1.17-pre3 • 1.17-pre4 • 1.17-pre5
• 21w20a
• 21w19a
• 21w18a
• 21w17a
• 21w16a
• 21w15a
• 21w14a
• 21w13a
• 21w11a
• 21w10a
• 21w08a • 21w08b
• 21w07a
• 21w06a
• 21w05a • 21w05b
• 21w03a
• 20w51a
• 20w49a
• 20w48a
• 20w46a
• 20w45a

1.16

Nether Update

1.16.5

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• 1.16.5-rc1

1.16.4

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• 1.16.4-rc1
• 1.16.4-pre1 • 1.16.4-pre2

1.16.3

• 1.16.3-rc1

1.16.2

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• 1.16.2-rc1 • 1.16.2-rc2
• 1.16.2-pre1 • 1.16.2-pre2 • 1.16.2-pre3
• 20w30a
• 20w29a
• 20w28a
• 20w27a

1.16

View all

• 1.16-rc1
• 1.16-pre1 • 1.16-pre2 • 1.16-pre3 • 1.16-pre4 • 1.16-pre5 • 1.16-pre6 • 1.16-pre7 • 1.16-pre8
• 20w22a
• 20w21a
• 20w20a • 20w20b
• 20w19a
• 20w18a
• 20w17a
• 20w16a
• 20w15a
• 20w14a
• 20w13a • 20w13b
• 20w12a
• 20w11a
• 20w10a
• 20w09a
• 20w08a
• 20w07a
• 20w06a

1.15

Buzzy Bees

1.15.2

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• 1.15.2-pre1 • 1.15.2-pre2

1.15.1

• 1.15.1-pre1

1.15

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• 1.15-pre1 • 1.15-pre2 • 1.15-pre3 • 1.15-pre4 • 1.15-pre5 • 1.15-pre6 • 1.15-pre7
• 19w46a • 19w46b
• 19w45a • 19w45b
• 19w44a
• 19w42a
• 19w41a
• 19w40a
• 19w39a
• 19w38a • 19w38b
• 19w37a
• 19w36a
• 19w35a
• 19w34a

1.14

Village & Pillage

1.14.4

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• 1.14.4-pre1 • 1.14.4-pre2 • 1.14.4-pre3 • 1.14.4-pre4 • 1.14.4-pre5 • 1.14.4-pre6 • 1.14.4-pre7

1.14.3

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• 1.14.3-pre1 • 1.14.3-pre2 • 1.14.3-pre3 • 1.14.3-pre4

1.14.2

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• 1.14.2-pre1 • 1.14.2-pre2 • 1.14.2-pre3 • 1.14.2-pre4

1.14.1

View all

• 1.14.1-pre1 • 1.14.1-pre2

1.14

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• 1.14-pre1 • 1.14-pre2 • 1.14-pre3 • 1.14-pre4 • 1.14-pre5
• 19w14a • 19w14b
• 19w13a • 19w13b
• 19w12a • 19w12b
• 19w11a • 19w11b
• 19w09a
• 19w08a • 19w08b
• 19w07a
• 19w06a
• 19w05a
• 19w04a • 19w04b
• 19w03a • 19w03b • 19w03c
• 19w02a
• 18w50a
• 18w49a
• 18w48a • 18w48b
• 18w47a • 18w47b
• 18w46a
• 18w45a
• 18w44a
• 18w43a • 18w43b • 18w43c

1.13

Update Aquatic

1.13.2

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• 1.13.2-pre1 • 1.13.2-pre2

1.13.1

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• 1.13.1-pre1 • 1.13.1-pre2
• 18w33a
• 18w32a
• 18w31a
• 18w30a • 18w30b

1.13

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• 1.13-pre1 • 1.13-pre2 • 1.13-pre3 • 1.13-pre4 • 1.13-pre5 • 1.13-pre6 • 1.13-pre7 • 1.13-pre8 • 1.13-pre9 • 1.13-pre10
• 18w22a • 18w22b • 18w22c
• 18w21a • 18w21b
• 18w20a • 18w20b • 18w20c
• 18w19a • 18w19b
• 18w16a
• 18w15a
• 18w14a • 18w14b
• 18w11a
• 18w10a • 18w10b • 18w10c • 18w10d
• 18w09a
• 18w08a • 18w08b
• 18w07a • 18w07b • 18w07c
• 18w06a
• 18w05a
• 18w03a • 18w03b
• 18w02a
• 18w01a
• 17w50a
• 17w49a • 17w49b
• 17w48a
• 17w47a • 17w47b
• 17w46a
• 17w45a • 17w45b
• 17w43a • 17w43b

1.12

World of Color Update

1.12.2

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• 1.12.2-pre1 • 1.12.2-pre2

1.12.1

View all

• 1.12.1-pre1
• 17w31a

1.12

View all

• 1.12-pre1 • 1.12-pre2 • 1.12-pre3 • 1.12-pre4 • 1.12-pre5 • 1.12-pre6 • 1.12-pre7
• 17w18a • 17w18b
• 17w17a • 17w17b
• 17w16a • 17w16b
• 17w15a
• 17w14a
• 17w13a • 17w13b
• 17w06a

1.11

Exploration Update

1.11.1

• 16w50a

1.11

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• 1.11-pre1
• 16w44a
• 16w43a
• 16w42a
• 16w41a
• 16w40a
• 16w39a • 16w39b • 16w39c
• 16w38a
• 16w36a
• 16w35a
• 16w33a
• 16w32a • 16w32b

1.10

Frostburn Update

1.10

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• 1.10-pre1 • 1.10-pre2
• 16w21a • 16w21b
• 16w20a

1.9

Combat Update

1.9.3

View all

• 1.9.3-pre1 • 1.9.3-pre2 • 1.9.3-pre3
• 16w15a • 16w15b
• 16w14a

1.9.1

View all

• 1.9.1-pre1 • 1.9.1-pre2 • 1.9.1-pre3

1.9

View all

• 1.9-pre1 • 1.9-pre2 • 1.9-pre3 • 1.9-pre4
• 16w07a • 16w07b
• 16w06a
• 16w05a • 16w05b
• 16w04a
• 16w03a
• 16w02a
• 15w51a • 15w51b
• 15w50a
• 15w49a • 15w49b
• 15w47a • 15w47b • 15w47c
• 15w46a
• 15w45a
• 15w44a • 15w44b
• 15w43a • 15w43b • 15w43c
• 15w42a
• 15w41a • 15w41b
• 15w40a • 15w40b
• 15w39a • 15w39b • 15w39c
• 15w38a • 15w38b
• 15w37a
• 15w36a • 15w36b • 15w36c • 15w36d
• 15w35a • 15w35b • 15w35c • 15w35d • 15w35e
• 15w34a • 15w34b • 15w34c • 15w34d
• 15w33a • 15w33b • 15w33c
• 15w32a • 15w32b • 15w32c
• 15w31a • 15w31b • 15w31c

1.8

Bountiful Update

1.8.8

• 1.8.8-pre

1.8.2

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• 1.8.2-pre1 • 1.8.2-pre2 • 1.8.2-pre3 • 1.8.2-pre4 • 1.8.2-pre5 • 1.8.2-pre6 • 1.8.2-pre7

1.8.1

View all

• 1.8.1-pre1 • 1.8.1-pre2 • 1.8.1-pre3 • 1.8.1-pre4 • 1.8.1-pre5

1.8

View all

• 1.8-pre1 • 1.8-pre2 • 1.8-pre3
• 14w34a • 14w34b • 14w34c • 14w34d
• 14w33a • 14w33b • 14w33c
• 14w32a • 14w32b • 14w32c • 14w32d
• 14w31a
• 14w30a • 14w30b • 14w30c
• 14w29a • 14w29b
• 14w28a • 14w28b
• 14w27a • 14w27b
• 14w26a • 14w26b • 14w26c
• 14w25a • 14w25b
• 14w21a • 14w21b
• 14w20a • 14w20b
• 14w19a
• 14w18a • 14w18b
• 14w17a
• 14w11a • 14w11b
• 14w10a • 14w10b • 14w10c
• 14w08a
• 14w07a
• 14w06a • 14w06b
• 14w05a • 14w05b
• 14w04a • 14w04b
• 14w03a • 14w03b
• 14w02a • 14w02b • 14w02c

1.7

(1.7.2) The Update that Changed the World

1.7.10

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• 1.7.10-pre1 • 1.7.10-pre2 • 1.7.10-pre3 • 1.7.10-pre4

1.7.6

View all

• 1.7.6-pre1 • 1.7.6-pre2

1.7.4

View all

• 1.7.4-pre
• 1.7.3-pre
• 13w49a
• 13w48a • 13w48b
• 13w47a • 13w47b • 13w47c • 13w47d • 13w47e

1.7.2

View all

• 1.7.2-pre
• 1.7.1-pre
• 1.7-pre
• 13w43a
• 13w42a • 13w42b
• 13w41a • 13w41b
• 13w39a • 13w39b
• 13w38a • 13w38b • 13w38c
• 13w37a • 13w37b
• 13w36a • 13w36b

1.6

(1.6.1) Horse Update

1.6.4

• 1.6.3-pre

1.6.2

• 1.6.2-pre

1.6.1

View all

• 1.6.1-pre
• 1.6-pre
• 13w26a
• 13w25a • 13w25b • 13w25c
• 13w24a • 13w24b
• 13w23a • 13w23b
• 13w22a
• 13w21a • 13w21b
• 13w19a
• 13w18a • 13w18b • 13w18c
• 13w17a
• 13w16a • 13w16b

1.5

Key

	Unavailable in the launcher, but on legacy download site
	Missing pre-reupload.

Update	Version	Snapshot
Redstone Update(Guide)	1.5.2	1.5.2-pre
	1.5.1 (View all)	1.5.1-pre
		13w12~
		13w11a
	1.5 (View all)	1.5-pre
		13w10b
		13w10a
		13w09c
		13w09b
		13w09a
		13w07a
		13w06a
		13w05b
		13w05a
		13w04a
		13w03a
		13w02b
		13w02a
		13w01b
		13w01a

1.4

Update	Version	Snapshot
Pretty Scary Update (Guide)	1.4.7	1.4.7-pre
	1.4.6 (View all)	1.4.6-pre
		12w50b
		12w50a
		12w49a
	1.4.5	1.4.5-pre
	1.4.4	1.4.4-pre
		1.4.3-pre
	1.4.2 (View all)	1.4.2-pre
		1.4.1-pre
		1.4-pre
		12w42b
		12w42a
		12w41b
		12w41a
		12w40b
		12w40a
		12w39b
		12w39a
		12w38b
		12w38a
		12w37a
		12w36a
		12w34b
		12w34a
		12w32a

1.3

Update	Version	Snapshot
1.3 (Guide)	1.3.2	1.3.2-pre
	1.3.1 (View all)	1.3.1-pre
		1.3-pre
		12w30e
		12w30d
		12w30c
		12w30b
		12w30a
		12w27a
		12w26a
		12w25a
		12w24a
		12w23b
		12w23a
		12w22a
		12w21b
		12w21a
		12w19a
		12w18a
		12w17a
		12w16a
		12w15a

1.2

Update	Version	Snapshot
1.2 (Guide)	1.2.5	1.2.5-pre
	1.2.1 (View all)	1.2-pre
		12w08a
		12w07b
		12w07a
		12w06a
		12w05b
		12w05a
		12w04a
		12w03a

1.1 (View all)

Update	Version
1.1 (Guide)	12w01a
	11w50a
	11w49a
	11w48a
	11w47a

1.0.0 (View all)

Update	Version
Adventure Update (Part 2) (Guide)	RC2
	RC1
	Beta 1.9 Prerelease 6
	Beta 1.9 Prerelease 5
	Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4
	Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3
	Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2
	Beta 1.9 Prerelease

Beta

Key

	Unavailable in the launcher, but archived elsewhere.
	Missing pre-reupload.
	Not archived. Video/image proof exists.

Beta 1.8 (View all)

Update	Version
Adventure Update(Part 1) (Guide)	Beta 1.8 Pre-release 2 ;)
	Beta 1.8 Pre-release
	Beta 1.8 (preview)

Beta 1.7

Update	Version
Beta 1.7 (Guide)	Beta 1.7 (preview)

Beta 1.6

Update	Version
Beta 1.6 (Guide)	Beta 1.6 Test Build 3
	Beta 1.6 (preview)

Alpha

Key

Not archived. Video/image proof exists.

Alpha 1.2

Update	Version
Alpha 1.2 (Guide)	Alpha v1.2.0-preview