Java Edition version history/Development versions

This article is about publicly-released development versions for the PC. For the stable versions' history, see Version history.

Starting in the period between Beta 1.7.3 and Beta 1.8, Mojang 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. While these versions are public, they are not auto-installed by the old launcher and are only auto-installed by the new launcher if "Enable experimental development versions ("snapshots")" is ticked in the profiles options menu.

For instructions on how to install a snapshot, read this tutorial. A (?) denotes version's info here is guess-work, possibly incorrect.

Note: This is not a page for reporting bugs; they should be posted on the official bug tracker instead. For more information see the Issues page.

Snapshots & Pre-releases

In Beta, these versions went under the tag of "Pre-Release", candidates subject to release for 1.0 as "RC#".

The weekly snapshots post-1.0.0 are named by using the format YYwWWx. YY is the two-digit year, w simply stands for "week", WW is the two-digit week number within the year, and x is a unique identifier – starting with "a" – for when there is more than one release per week. The new launcher will only download that version's development set of snapshots. All older snapshots will be stored locally. You are able to change to other snapshots through the profile editor (Only in new launcher)

In Snapshot 13w19a through 1.6 Pre-release, 13w36a through 1.7 Pre-release, and 13w47a through 13w47e Erik Broes (_Grum) appears in every snapshot 'cover picture' on mojang.com.

1.8

Version	Release date	Summary of changes	Download
14w02a	January 9, 2014	Added Granite, Diorite and Andesite Can be crafted into Polished Granite, Diorite and Andesite, respectively Added recipe for mossy stone bricks Updates to villager trading They can have subclasses (i.e.: Farmers can be Leatherworkers and sell emeralds for leather or leather trousers for an emerald and so on) which have new, specific trades Updates to enchanting system Will now show the first possible enchantment applied to the tool when hovering over an enchantment May also require Lapis Lazuli as additional cost for enchanting Added slime blocks Players and entities bounce when landing on them, and thus can be used for trampolines Doors can now stack to 64 Changes to Adventure Mode: Blocks can no longer be placed or removed Exception: Tools obtained with /give can be modified to allow extraction of specific blocks, the tag needed to be used is CanDestroy (example: /give @p minecraft:diamond_shovel 1 0 {CanDestroy:["minecraft:sand","minecraft:grass"]} to give a Diamond Shovel that can break grass and sand) Added Lock NBT tag to lock containers Commands can now target entities: /kill @e[type=Chicken] Added /blockdata command Added optional arguments to /clear for max item count (use 0 to not delete anything) and NBT data Bug fixes: 349 Villagers ignore damage values and item tags in trading 2367 Players can place and remove arbitrary blocks in Adventure mode, breaking pre-1.4.2 maps 10046 Random destination routine has a small statistical tendency to move more north west (fix included) 39228 Zombies kill villagers instead of transform them (HARD difficulty) 42174 Chicken Jockeys causing lag on Multiplayer servers	Server

1.7.4

Version	Release date	Summary of changes	Download
1.7.4 Pre-release	December 9, 2013	Bug fixes: 12964 – Server performance issue: Chunk coordinates use a bad hash function 41623 – "Force Unicode Font" button in languages section of the options doesn't work if GUI Scale is set to "Auto" 41668 – "Old graphics card detected" Watermark on title screen is in quotes	Server
1.7.3 Pre-release	December 6, 2013	Bug fixes: 2488 – The Unicode font is illegible in fullscreen mode. 5002 – Some texts can't be translated in a language file. 11129 – Unicode font text shadow in fullscreen mode. 13046 – Certain supported characters glitch out, clearing out lines of text. 32322 – World loading screen uses wrong font 33035 – Loading text in Polish (and other languages with Unicode font) isn't showing properly. 34573 – Font file of Unicode Page C2 (Korean) shows character '숼'(U+C23C) at the position of '쉴'(U+C274). 40587 – Broadcast Server List Giving Same Values. 41135 – Players become invisible+immune for PvP damage, after being killed and relogging instead of respawning. 41528 – No taskbar workbench icon in Windows. 41537 – Hopper don't suck items from above if all the slots have an item. 41554 – Hopper: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Failed to add player. 41566 – Chicken Jockeys, when zombie is killed, chicken still attacks	Server
13w49a	December 5, 2013	Added Chicken Jockeys Consist of a baby zombie riding a chicken The zombie controls the chicken instead of using the chicken AI Because the zombie is riding a chicken, it cannot take fall damage Extremely rare Changed the Mojang logo from 512x512 to 256x256 Bug fixes: 31622 – Wrong render distance on 9 and more chunks settings. 41165 – SetSlot packet can no longer set item under cursor 41407 – Minor optimization to world generation 41508 – Hopper: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Not a JSON Object	Server
13w48b	November 26, 2013	Naming a sheep "jeb_" (with a name tag) will make the sheep wool fade between dye colors (Rainbow effect) Shearing produces the color wool the sheep "really" has. Bug fixes: 107 – Potion of night vision: total blackout 35897 – Damaged armor, tools & weapons placed in certain inventory slots cause other slots to go black 36482 – Upon exiting (shift click) minecart, the range and criteria is drastically off, up to 8 blocks away 40947 – Opening Broadcast Settings Crash	Server
13w48a	November 25, 2013	Bug fixes: 190 – Misaligned textures on south and east faces for non-full blocks 16259 – Enchantments not showing stats in tooltip. 29469 – Unable to take screenshot in GUI or active chat line 30527 – Achievement "Adventuring Time" does not work 31006 – Adventuring Time — list of visited biomes resets on login 31651 – Block break animations no longer display 35856 – Multiple Background Songs Playing At One Time / Automatic music overlap 36159 – Graphical glitch on beacon effects in inventory screen. 36772 – Enchanted items have big enchant around whole item 40580 – Changing a control to "Start Stream" key activates streaming 40621 – Flowing water surface not visible seen from inside flowing water blocks 40628 – There is no space between potion effect name & level 40647 – OpenGL greater than 1.5 but can't stream 40659 – Chest Texture flickers when looking at a dropped chest item 40718 – Shift + CapsLock / Volume buttons on Keyboard cause Twitch API to crash	Server
13w47e	November 22, 2013	Bug fixes: 32295 – Glitchy item borders with Mipmapping and Anisotropic Filtering activated 40512 – Stained glass panes are opaque in 3rd person mode 40527 – Twitch broadcast: Unknown error 40537 – 13w47c fails to launch 40603 – 13w47c Crashes at startup on Mac 40627 – Glass blocks in hotbar toggle backface culling on/off when selecting/deselecting a stained glass block	Server
13w47d	November 22, 2013	Bug fixes: 35296 – Draw order-related graphical errors involving stained glass 35561 – You can see a stained glass pane clearer through stained glass 35694 – Stained Glass Texture Different While in Creative-"Survival Inventory" 36329 – Rendering glitch when looking at water through stained glass 40255 – Falling Invisible slime causes "blue screen"	Server
13w47c	November 21, 2013	Notable bugs: 40537 – 13w47c fails to launch 40603 – 13w47c Crashes at startup on Mac	Server
13w47b	November 21, 2013	Bug fixes: 40523 – Game crash at Startup	Server
13w47a	November 21, 2013	One click broadcasting to Twitch.tv Microphone can be recorded too. Chat integration in the game. Several new settings Twitch Broadcast Settings Quality, Framerate, Bandwidth, Send Metadata, Mic Volume, System Volume and Compression Twitch Chat Settings Enable and User Filter New Mojang Logo shows on game startup New "Notch" shader added to Super Secret Settings Better full screen (only on mac) Bug fixes: 12413 – Furnace GUI - "full" arrow texture always drawn on leftmost column 14323 – Minimising other windows open, resizes Minecraft window 23132 – Click or right-click stuck on OS X 26102 – OS X Fullscreen is not supported 30300 – Minecraft Mac Command Key Glitch 30537 – Flower duplication glitch 31388 – Right clicking a flower pot that has certain plants in it while holding another plant replaces the one in the flower pot with the one you're holding 35617 – Cactus has incorrect inventory image 35643 – Items with enchantment effect cause blocks and potion effects indicator to not render 35658 – Water too transparent? 35797 – Background Rendering Issues When Picking Up Enchanted Items / Caption of containers white 36383 – Translucent parts of stained glass not visible in 3rd person mode 36395 – Weird rendering of transparent blocks on the 0-axis 36705 – Block held in 3rd person rendered incorrectly 37106 – All the textures are flipped/mirrored on north/east sides of blocks	Server

1.7.2

Version	Release date	Summary of changes	Download
1.7.2 Pre-release	October 25, 2013	Bug fixes: 36778 – Block Selection Cursor is no longer transparent 36329 – Rendering glitch when looking at river through stained glass 36228 – The outline of blocks targeted by the crosshairs are not visible under/behind water 33092 – Custom Mob Spawners will first spawn unedited mob, then the correct mob 32436 – Maps from one world copied to another world and more 30402 – Default resource pack says "Missing pack.mcmeta" 15189 – Cobblestone Wall with blocks on top shows black light on its North side with Maximum Smooth Lighting 1865 – Spawn Eggs and Firework Stars are pure white when held by zombies 1769 – X-Ray by standing inside TNT/Glowstone/Block of Redstone/Leaves (fast) 1279 – Slow (Choppy) Rotating Beacon Block 190 – Misaligned textures on south and east faces for non-full blocks	Server (On windows, right click -> open with -> java)
1.7.1 Pre-release	October 23, 2013	Jukeboxes no longer loop Changed F3+B visuals Block bounding boxes are now completely black instead of dark grey New Wood Planks Acacia Wood Planks Dark Oak Wood Planks Bug fixes: 30940 – Game crashes and deletes chunks when encountering invalid items, such as lit Redstone Lamps broken with Silk Touch 31714 – Game never starts on linux (took about 7 minutes before 13w41a) 35689 – Music disk descriptions show records.{recordname} instead of just {recordname} 35714 – Sounds loop/restart when exiting screens 36410 – Dark Oak Wood and Acacia Wood won't turn into Charcoal 36715 – 'Search Items' text is white in creative inventory screen 36737 – Anvil text is sometimes white and unreadable	Server (On windows, right click -> open with -> java)
1.7 Pre-release	October 23, 2013	Bonus chests now also contain Acacia logs Music now pauses when pausing the game Tree related improvements New Wooden Logs Acacia Wood logs Dark Oak Wood Logs New Leaves Acacia Leaves Dark Oak Leaves New Stairs Acacia Wood Stairs Dark Oak Wood Stairs Wooden logs now have different textures for their top and bottom (with the exception of Oak Logs) Spruce saplings can now be grown in a 2x2 grid to produce a large spruce Renamed roofed oak to "Dark Oak" Bug fixes: 2638 – Once hit old AI mobs and Wolves don't turn back to passive in Creative until they die or despawn 4592 – When mobs start to attack you in survival and you switch to creative mobs keep attacking you 5902 – Empty extra row in creative inventory 13661 – When re-sizing window before game loads internal view doesn't resize 29489 – Can't grow 2x2 Spruce 30870 – Commands with coordinates are offset -2 x and/or z from where it should (at negative X and Z coordinates) 31656 – Cant see fire on spiders 32862 – Hopper: java.lang.NullPointerException: Ticking entity 33294 – Log top textures messed up 34947 – Internal Exception: io.netty.handler.timeout.ReadTimeoutException 35716 – Rain cannot be seen through stained glass 35739 – Crash when hovering over a written book given by commands 35846 – Hopper: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: n must be positive 36364 – Roofed Oak and Acacia Trees drop incorrect saplings 36437 – Acacia or Oak Roof logs produce Oak Wood Planks 36448 – Some sounds do not play 36529 – "Pick Block" key on acacia or dark oak leaves gives the wrong item back	Server (On windows, right click -> open with -> java)
13w43a	October 21, 2013	New command: /setworldspawn or /setworldspawn <x> <y> <z> Sets a new point as the spawn for all players (even if they have never joined the server or are offline, but will not override beds) Improved Minecraft Realms support Cauldrons with water in them will now put out burning entities, but deplete some of the water Added two new saplings, both found from their respective tree types Acacia Sapling, found in savannas Oak Roof Sapling, found in roofed forests Must have 4 saplings placed in a 2x2 square to be grown, much like Big Jungle Trees Added two new logs Acacia Wood, which has a texture resembling jungle wood, but with less green Oak Roof Wood, which shares its texture with spruce wood Both cannot be crafted in their respective planks yet Added two new leaves that are visually identical to Oak Leaves Acacia Leaves Oak Roof Leaves Music played by Jukeboxes now loops Changed Pufferfish texture Maps in item frames now display the item frame again, but still on a full block scale Boats have been reverted to the previous WASD controls Note that the A and D keys can be used only while the W key is pressed Players can now "sprint" in boats and horses, which speeds them up slightly Bug fixes: 3871 – Cauldron water does not put out fire / damage blaze 11027 – Axes accelarate the speed at which Slabs are broken 12769 – when typing /help with a number higher than 4, it produces the wrong message 14521 – Boats cannot be steered by using the "left" and "right" keys 15688 – Axe breaks all slabs in adventure mode. No drops for stone. 26151 – Minecraft has advice on an error report that should be deleted. 29424 – Players appear offset for other clients after going through nether portals 29483 – 2x2 Spruce use Oak Leaves 29510 – New trees that spawn in Savanna drop wrong sapling and are unable to be reproduced 31031 – Spawn eggs can be used on top of water, but not lava 32250 – Typo on "Unable to Load Worlds" screen 35619 – Sound warnings in console 35722 – Master sound level resets on reboot and RP Change 35728 – Numbers render behind enchanted stacked enchanted items 35735 – Splash potions making throw sound but not breaking sound. 35805 – OS X: Pressing Del / Backspace on signs shows "DEL" character instead of deleting characters 35848 – Maps rendered too bright 35856 – Multiple Background Music playing at one time / Automatic music overlap 35879 – German Umlauts and ß are not correctly centered at sign 35883 – Partially transparent Maps 35910 – Typing ƒ, ∞ œ, π, Ω, ≈, √, ≤, ≥ and many more symbols on a sign or in the chat crashes the game. 35918 – "Format Error" in the Book and Quill 36096 – Cake FallingSand Entity not landing correctly regenerates chunk 36133 – "Force Unicode Font" is displayed in currently active language, whereas "Done" is displayed in highlighted language 36141 – "Format error" in language selection menu 36327 – RCON Messages: TranslatableComponent Notable Bugs: 35619 – Sound warnings in console 36364 – Roofed Oak and Acacia Trees drop incorrect saplings	Server (or .exe)
13w42b	October 18, 2013	"Force Unicode Font" button added to language selection, which allows you to change whether Unicode font is forced for text or not. Bug fixes: 35614 – Non-ASCII characters render incorrectly 35615 – Damaged Enchanted Items don't have damage bars, but are damaged 35642 – Wobble shader broken 35653 – Hopper: java.lang.NullPointerException: Ticking player 35655 – Game crashes when changing the player sound slider 35805 – Backspace while editing signs not working	Server (or .exe)
13w42a	October 17, 2013	Stained Glass and Stained Glass Panes have a smoother/transparent texture Witches now rarely spawn outside of Witch Huts and in the wild at night (Halloween related) Witches seem to spawn more frequently on the surface and in abandoned mineshafts rather than in normal cave systems Different letters can now be typed on Signs Rewrote the sound system You are now able to add new sounds using resource packs Resource packs can now add, remove, supplement, randomize, and group sounds using JSON Sounds and music are now stored together in the new .minecraft/assets/sounds folder Improved Maps Maps now display the color of colored Wool and Stained Clay, allowing a wider range of colors visible on maps Each different type of Block has a different shading on the map Transparency adjusted slightly If Water is directly adjacent to Ice, when looking through the ice you cannot see the Water. However, you can see the Ice when looking through Water. If Water is not directly adjacent to Ice, you can see the Water when looking through the Ice. You can no longer see the Water surface from underwater There are some changes in the inventory of the player. The armor boxes get black when empty and away from cursor. Putting cursor over the armor inventory displays which armor is to put on there. Bug fixes: 4921 – Sounds (e.g. mobs/portals/water) don't immediately fade 10633 – You cant look through ice or stained glass if you have it in your hand, but you can if it is placed 19483 – Sounds playing after leaving world 26660 – Constant minecart sound 28478 – Successful hit sound effect does not match the sound in the assets sound folder 31577 – Major bug: arrows shot by infinity bow/skeleton do not despawn over time 32082 – Signs, Heads and Cauldrons have a full block breaking texture 32295 – Glitchy item borders with mipmapping and anisotropic filtering activated 32314 – The Mojang logo is blurry 32850 – Server GUI text box is empty 33141 – Rain does not stop 33182 – Losing connection to server when a minecart command block is placed on a powered activator rail 34096 – Minecart sound is considered an enemy monster 34636 – Netty IO #(increasing number starting from 1) /ERROR Channel became inactive! 34649 – Glass panes, stained glass and ice show the texture in all faces 34889 – Superflat shows void particles 34892 – Mobs/other players only looking in one direction/walking backwards on SMP 35112 – Bad packet ID 64 whilst connecting to servers that we aren't whitelisted on Notable bugs: 35615 – Damaged enchanted items don't have damage bars, but are damaged. 35629 – When moving an enchanted item in the inventory the text of currently applied potion effects disappears. 35856 – Multiple Background Songs playing at one time / Automatic music overlap	Server (or .exe)
13w41b (Reupload)	October 11, 2013	Fix for crashes related to the server icon.	Server (or .exe)
13w41b	October 11, 2013	Bug fixes: 14865 – Carpets are not flammable 29588 – Hopper: java.lang.NullPointerException – Invalid biome id 30811 – TellRaw – tab complete 32880 – Crash with falling blocks/when giving technical/invalid blocks 34641 – Pausing the game not working correctly 34642 – Typo "White Stained Glass Pane Pane" 34645 – Maximum render distance at 8 chunks 34647 – Hopper: java.lang.NullPointerException/crash when selecting Resourcepack 34650 – Hopper: java.lang.NullPointerException/collision of entities 34676 – Iron bars render oddly 34679 – Stained glass pane recipe only yields 6 panes as opposed to 16 34705 – NullPointerException thrown on server login Notable bugs: 34892 – Hostile mobs / Other players only looking in one direction on SMP (Caused by the Body of Players/Mobs not turning with the Head.)
13w41a	October 10, 2013	Added Stained Glass Crafted the same way as Stained Clay, but with glass Added splash screen: "Now contains 32 random daily cats!" in reference to Random_Guy_32 Added Stained Glass Panes Crafted the same way as regular glass panes, but with Stained Glass Glass Panes and Iron Bars are rendered differently, and are 2 pixel thick boxes Iron Bars now connect to Glass Panes Iron Bars and Glass Panes now connect to Glass Fixed transparency with blocks Ice, portals and water are now visible through each other Rewrite of the network code Uses Netty now Most packets won't change, handshake and ping procedure is being redone There is a packet length header Reworked the Server List Added server icons Lists the current players on a server when you hover over the player number Added Support for multi-line MOTD comments Removed support for MOTD comments going offscreen Changes to the Video Settings menu Removed Locked Chest Bug fixes: 1379 – Transparent texture makes transparent texture behind invisible 10984 – GS4 query listener fails to send player list when len(players) > 127 16435 – Boats still break on lilies 29498 – Villagers, exchanging 2 items for one, have their second required item in trade deleted after reloading the world. 29748 – Fire aspect does not cause fire on any mob 30873 – Crash - Block Statistics: If Player breaks Technical Blocks, Statistics are getting corrupted 31619 – Item frames are self lit 31649 – Beacon Beam not showing 31686 – Custom mob names can't be seen through blocks 32008 – Since 13w38b leaves are lighter and cast a lot less shadows 32733 – Game is sending incorrect (additional?) frames to the video buffer. 32762 – No logging to development console 33025 – No logs created in 13w39 client in singleplayer mode 33057 – Text is completely unreadable/invisible Notable bugs: MC-34641 – Pausing the game not working correctly MC-34780 – Stained Glass Texture glitch MC-34642 – Typo "White Stained Glass Pane Pane" MC-34645 – Maximum render distance at 8 chunks MC-34679 – Stained Glass Pane recipe only yields 6 panes as opposed to 16	Server (or .exe)
13w39b	September 27, 2013	An alert appears telling you to use item names when you spawn an item in using its ID, as they will soon become deprecated A different alert in the main menu warns you of a change in the far future, which will result in Minecraft requiring at least the OpenGL 2.1 feature set The "Diamonds to you" achievement can be obtained by throwing a diamond at a zombie with the "CanPickUpLoot" NBT-tag Minecart with Command Block only activates every 4 ticks (2 redstone ticks) when on a powered Activator Rail Changed the item name (the name used in place of block and item IDs in the /give command) of the Minecart with Command Block from "minecraft:hopper_command_block" to "minecraft:command_block_minecart" Bug fixes: 32687 – Activating Minecart with Command Block with an Activator Rail causes multiple activations 32699 – Squid damage multiplayer - End of Stream, NullPointerException 32091 – "Diamonds to you" Achievement not available in Singleplayer 32673 – Command Blocks ignore Gamerule "commandBlockOutput" 32672 – /testfor command no longer works 31693 – Super Secret settings does nothing / Shaders don't work 32663 – Some shaders render entire screen black	Server (or .exe)
13w39a	September 26, 2013	Added Red Sand Generated on the lowest surface levels of the Mesa biome Behaves like normal sand Can be smelted into Glass and crafted into TNT, but cannot be crafted into Sandstone Orange Stained Clay generates in Mesa in place of sandstone Added Minecart with Command Block Can only be obtained using /give (item ID 422 or minecraft:hopper_command_block) or /summon (entity name MinecartCommandBlock) Activated by Activator Rails Run their command every so often as long as they are powered - Running a command block minecart across a single powered activator rail at full speed will run its command thrice Can be success-tested while on a Detector Rail with a Redstone Comparator next to the rail (just like how the Minecart with Chest and Minecart with Hopper can be fill-checked) When enchanting books, books can now gain multiple enchantments. Logging is now done using Log4j 2 Default logging location is now in logs/latest.logs, older logs are archived in logs/2013-09-23-1.lg.gz, with the number at the end increasing each startup Thanks to Log4j 2, the way logs are saved can be changed, examples: html page, database, errors only, no logging at all Bug fixes: 31947 – Hopper: java.lang.NullPointerException 31932 – Hopper: java.lang.NullPointerException 31438 – Enemy Monster slider controls the sound of items entering one's inventory 29521 – Rain doesn't make particles/sound in some biomes (extreme hills) 673 – Sky/lighting doesn't get darker during a thunderstorm 31418 – Snow Golems die in extreme hills snow 31432 – XP Orb Sound bug 1105 – Villagers act like it is Raining when they are in the Desert, and it Rains elsewhere. 5305 – Arrows from a flame bow aren't extinguished from rain but are extinguished from other water. 28405 – The saddle equip sound effect does not play when equipping a pig with a saddle. 881 – Boat inflicts fall damage if it runs aground in some fashion (Slabs, Mobs, Soul Sand)	Server (or .exe)
13w38c	September 20, 2013	(Old feature): Pressing F4 stops all shader effects. Removed Air as an item (not obtainable with /give, like most of the technical blocks as of 13w37a). Bug fixes: 3973 – Silk Touch, pre-lit Redstone Lamps 31876 – Hopper: java.lang.NullPointerException 31880 – Hopper: java.lang.NullPointerException 31883 – Killing mobs sometimes drop "tile.air.name" 31888 – Hopper: java.lang.NullPointerException 31892 – Nether entering crash. 31906 – Hopper: java.lang.NullPointerException Notable bugs: 29475 – Arrow sound plays twice when shot into blocks 32008 – Since 13w38b leaves are lighter and cast a lot less shadows	Server (or .exe)
13w38b	September 20, 2013	Added bumpy shader Redefined the concept of Air Is now an actual block instead of the absence of a block (null) It can be kept in the inventory. It looks like a magenta and black checker pattern (the missing texture) in the inventory, but when held in the hand, dropped, or put in an item frame, it looks invisible. Bug fixes: 31613 – Hopper: java.lang.NullPointerException - Clicking in video settings screen. 31631 – Main Menu does not display correctly. 31651 – Block break animations no longer display. 31729 – Player showing up multiple times on adjacent maps. 31731 – Player icons on maps in item frames. 31754 – Map disappearing when leaving world. 31777 – Scoreboard does not display sidebar anymore. 31782 – Chatbar background doesn't show when typing. 31846 – Placed tripwire string does not show its texture.	Server (or .exe)
13w38a	September 19, 2013	Reduced zombie lag Added <structure>.dat files in data folder for storing structure data Contains .dat called Village.dat, Fortress.dat (Nether Fortress), Temple.dat (Desert Temple, Jungle Temple and Witch Hut), Stronghold.dat, Mineshaft.dat, and others NBT structure consists of the individual parts of each structure, labeled "children," the chunk it originates in, a tag called BB, and an ID for what type of structure it is The children tags have information on each part of the structure and the type of part it is Added /setidletimeout <Minutes until kick> to automatically kick idle players after some time Multiplayer-only command, can be used only by server operators The sky near the horizon now darkens when the player has blocks between them and the sky The greater the distance between the player and an area open to the sky, the darker the sky appears Added and improved the video settings Render Distance is now a slider ranging from 2 to 16 chunks The sky is now visible on Short (4 chunks) render distance Max Framerate is now a slider ranging from 10 to 250 fps, then unlimited Added mipmapping, anisotropic filtering and FSAA (as a shader) Mipmap levels can be set to Off and 1 through 4 Anisotropic filtering can be disabled or set to 2, 4, 8 or 16 Post-Processing (shaders) can be toggled Improved the super secret settings The button now applies different experimental shaders - the actual effects will be used for gameplay in the future List of available shaders: antialias, deconverge, outline, art, desaturate, pencil, bits, flip, phosphor, blobs, fxaa, scan_pincushion, blobs2, green, sobel, blur, invert, wobble, color_convolve, ntsc Improved maps hung in item frames They now display on the whole block Improved achievements Added achievement for throwing diamonds at another player When a player earns an achievement, it is now announced in chat; This can be turned off Bug fixes: MC-315 – Chunks do not delete properly remaining in a newly created world if the same world name is reused MC-28625 – The horse armor equip sound does not play when replacing it with already equipped armour MC-30483 – When you set your render distance to far it stays on normal MC-30694 – enderman stare sound still plays when the enemy mobs sound slider is at 0% MC-30822 – Enchanted books with no metadata MC-30858 – A player selector with only one matching player outputs as " and USERNAME .." MC-31065 – Villages not generating? (snapshot 13w37b) MC-31577 – Major bug - Arrows shot by Infinity bow/skeleton do not despawn over time	Server (or .exe)
13w37b	September 13, 2013	Bug fixes: MC-15547 – Structures (witch huts, nether fortresses etc.) don't get saved with the world file MC-30796 – 2 portals overlaying each other does not render correctly MC-30806 – Exception with /give command	Server (or .exe)
13w37a	September 12, 2013	Slightly changed Mesa biome generation to appear more layered Improved command blocks. Increased the character limit to "many thousand characters" Improved Nether portals. Planned to have odd width to allow for design variations Can be built large enough so that Ghasts can enter the Overworld. Portals can now be activated from any block within the portal, not just the bottom (when any fire block appears inside the frame) New nether portal building rules: Any size from 4x5 to 23x23, but rectangular Block/item IDs can now be referred to with names instead of IDs Improved /give Will now print renamed items' name in chat and show tooltips when hovered over Added /setblock to place blocks without the use of FallingSand Syntax: /setblock <x> <y> <z> <TileName> [dataValue] [oldBlockHandling] [dataTag] Valid values for oldBlockHandling: "replace" to place the specified block (throws error message if the same block exists already), "keep" will only place blocks in air, and "destroy" will mine the existing block and drop an item before placing the new block Added /testforblock to check for blocks in specific locations Syntax: /testforblock <x> <y> <z> <TileName> [dataValue] [dataTag] All blocks beyond X/Z 30 million (±30,000,000) from origin now act as solid blocks, and cannot be targeted with the crosshair. This includes air blocks. This creates essentially an invisible wall which extends infinitely, even above and below the chunks. As all blocks function as solid, if the player is moved outside the boundary via external tools, they will be unable to move outside the block space they are within. Despite the above, the camera can still move normally. This reveals that ghost chunks still generate, as the camera can pass through normally solid blocks beyond the boundary. Improved the chat system "Useful to map makers, modders, players and server admins" Added a way to do things when clicking things in chat, like executing a command Other actions include opening a URL and showing an item tooltip when hovered on "Saved screenshot as" messages can now be clicked to open the screenshot, takes you to the .minecraft folder Names can now be clicked to PM people Added /tellraw <player> <raw json message> to send chat messages with custom functionality to players - sender will not appear Syntax example: /tellraw @p {text:"Daytime? ",color:"green",extra:[{text:"Click here!",color:"blue",clickEvent:{action:"run_command",value:"/time set day"}},{text:" Nighttime? "},{text:"Click here!",color:"blue",clickEvent:{action:"run_command",value:"/time set night"}},{text:" Have fun!"}]} Removed most technical block items (block IDs 34, 36, 59, 74, 75, 94, 95, 104, 105, 124, 150); they can no longer be obtained with /give, but can be created with /setblock. Bug fixes: MC-4973 – Zombie Pigman from Nether Portal still spawns even if doMobSpawning is false MC-10077 – Adjacent Obsidian Blocks prevent Nether portal appearing MC-28400 – Breeding animals gives xp even if doMobLoot gamerule is false MC-28768 – Horse Breeding Doesn't Produce Markings Correctly on Foal MC-29088 – Shearing sound does not play when shearing a mooshroom MC-29432 – Water and Ice no longer transparent on fast graphics MC-29493 – Minecraft crash near 30 million blocks MC-29505 – Some plants not working properly with flowerpots MC-29530 – All the new flowers give only 1 of their respective dye whereas dandelions and 'roses' (now poppies) still give 2 MC-29866 – Thorns enchantment backfires MC-30181 – Statistics and Achievements un-pause the game MC-30405 – Flint and steel sound and hand animation do not play when igniting a creeper MC-30465 – Ender cystals in the overworld cause non-reasonable amount of lag MC-30615 – Sugar Cane with no water	Server (or .exe)
13w36b (Reupload 2)	September 6, 2013	Rolled back the control changes If you die and you select the 'Title screen' button, a prompt will ask if you are sure you want to quit and give you the options to go to the title screen or respawn and continue playing	Server (or .exe)
13w36b (Reupload)	September 6, 2013	Hotfix for the inventory key issues
13w36b	September 6, 2013	Small update to Super Secret Options Pressing the button plays a random sound with a deeper pitch. Added Mobs statistics Armor, Bows and Swords can now get the Unbreaking enchant from enchantment tables Bug fixes: MC-2840 – Chat concurrency issues MC-29446 – Mesa biome spawn MC-29453 – Server Console: Debug Messages? TranslatableComponent MC-29462 – Enchantments are not displayed on item's tool tip / Enchantments do not work at all MC-29463 – Can't obtain achievement "Beginning?" MC-29478 – Attacks show enchanted particles without enchanted weapons MC-29479 – When eating Pufferfish/Salmon/Clownfish the Normal Fish particles appear MC-29484 – Sound not saving MC-29497 – Vanilla 13w36a find suspicious class MC-29504 – Typo in /achievement give MC-29532 – Wrong item shows up on the 'Adventure Time' achievement MC-29548 – commands.summon.outOfWorld MC-29562 – Hopper: java.lang.NullPointerException MC-29571 – Hopper: java.lang.NullPointerException
13w36a (Reupload)	September 5, 2013	Fixed weird language selection Attempt to fix Mesa biomes, but the fix did not work. Fixed names of Grass Block and Dirt	Server (or .exe)
13w36a	September 5, 2013	New Biomes Mesa (also known as Clay Canyon or "Disco Mountains") Composed of multiple colored hardened clay Dead bushes spawn in this biome Mega Taiga Contains 2x2 Spruce trees Has a grass block variant known as Podzol. Currently obtained only by the silk touch enchantment. Contains dirt blocks that do not allow grass to grow. They have a data value of 1. Only obtainable with /give because there is no visual difference. Moss Stone "boulders" are scattered around in this biome. Dead Bushes, Mushrooms, and Ferns spawn in this biome. Cold Beach (Technical Biome) Ice Plains Spikes Contains giant ice spires similar to upside down icicles made of Packed Ice Stone Beach (Technical Biome) Main block is stone Like Steep hills, not completely vertical Savannah Curved Acacia-like Trees Along with plains, the Savannah is one of the two biomes where horses now spawn naturally NPC Villages may generate in savannah biomes Roofed/Black Forest Has dark grass and giant mushrooms with 2 by 2 spruce trees Has extremely dense trees and leaves; dark and dangerous under the canopy even during the day Monsters will most likely be able to spawn during the day and the night This is the first biome aside from the Mushroom Island that naturally spawns with giant mushrooms Birch Forest A forest made of birch trees. Sunflower Plains Exactly the same as Plains, but can spawn Sunflowers Flower Forest Forest variant with several of the new flowers, including peonies, orange tulips, white tulips, oxeye daisies, rose bush and allium Deep Ocean Is about ten blocks deeper than normal oceans, the maximum depth is low 20s, but may reach bedrock. Extreme Hills+ Contains spruce trees Taiga Non-snowy taiga variation. The previous taiga biomes are now cold taiga biomes Biome Variants/Technical Biomes M - Biomes with an M variant are much rarer than any other variant. Extreme Hills M, Taiga M, Roofed Forest M, Extreme Hills+ M, Savanna M Mesa Plateau M and Mesa Plateau F M are more mountainous versions of their normal biome counterpart. Desert M has patches of water unlike normal deserts Birch Forest M has taller birch trees than usual Swampland M, Jungle M, JungleEdge M, Birch Forest Hills M, Cold Taiga M and Savanna Plateau M are other rare technical biome variants Plateau - Biomes with a Plateau variant are like the hills technical biome, but flattened at the top Savanna Plateau and Mesa Plateau are both plateaus Hills - More technical hills biomes are added to fit with the new biomes. Birch Forest Hills, Cold Taiga Hills and Mega Taiga Hills can now be generated New AMPLIFIED world type. Requires powerful computer to run. Mountains in this world type can reach up to Y: 256. Gravel beaches Melons now generate in Jungles Rivers have gravel patches and the Deep Ocean (a new technical biome) bottom is covered with it Changes to oceans Oceans are smaller and take up much less of the map Changes to Swampland Grass is greener and fluctuates more in color, depending on biome temperature. In shallower parts, the coast is covered in staggered dirt blocks. Changes to Extreme Hills Generation tends to include more flat areas, and more extreme mountainous regions. Stone is generated more frequently than in the previous versions, even outside of Extreme Hills+ Biomes. Biomes have been put into four main categories Snow-covered Cold Medium Dry/warm Biomes will attempt to avoid getting placed next to a biome that is too different to itself Most biomes have uncommon/rare variations Alternate taiga variation without snow Extreme Hills+ variation that has spruce trees New technical biomes coded as Savanna M, Desert M, Roofed Forest M or Extreme Hills+ M, the "M" stands for mountain Snow now generates depending on Y level, with noise variation Biome dependent Improved fishing Changes to fishing mechanics More rewards: some good, some bad Treasure: 6 items total, including enchanted fishing rods, enchanted bow, enchanted books, name tags, lilypads, saddles Junk: 13 items total, including damaged fishing rods, Water Bottles, rotten flesh, string, leather, bowls, sticks, bones, tripwire hooks, ten stacked Ink Sacs, or damaged leather boots New enchantments for Fishing Rods that can change your luck when fishing. Lure - increases chance of catching fish Luck of the Sea - increases chance of getting treasure New fish Pufferfish Will poison you, give you nausea, and give you hunger if eaten Used to brew a water breathing potion Raw Salmon Can be cooked and eaten Clownfish New particle effects Fishing now has many different particle effects Bubbles will show up moving towards your bobber just before you have something on your hook. This has the appearance of a fish swimming towards the hook. Falling now has particle effects Particle size depends on distance fallen. Multiple enchantments in an Enchanted Book, when combined with a tool using an Anvil, give enchantments according to the tool. Zombies and Skeletons can now spawn with and drop armour, bows and swords enchanted with the Unbreaking Enchantment . Rewrite of the achievements and statistics system Now ties in with the scoreboard system - added 744 new objective criteria that were previously tracked with statistics and achievements Are now per world/server Achievements screen can now be zoomed in and out using the mouse wheel. Achievements don't appear on the achievements screen if more than five achievements need to be achieved first (i.e. "DIAMONDS!" doesn't appear until "Getting Wood" is achieved). Data for a block, item, or mob doesn't appear in their respective tab in the Statistics screen unless the player has crafted/placed/mined that block, crafted/used/depleted that item, or killed/was killed by that mob. New achievements: Repopulation, Adventuring Time, The Beginning?, The Beginning., and Beaconator New statistics: Distance by Horse, Junk Fished, and Treasure Fished New scoreboard functions Can now use statistics to create objectives; anything that statistics can track can be used as an objective (can also track achievements) This is the reason why statistics/achievements were changed to be stored per world/server The /give command can now give items to players with custom names and lore It can also give enchanted items. Example: /give <player> <ID> <quantity> <damage value> {display:{Name:"",Lore:["",""]},ench:[0:{id: ,lvl: }]} It can also give items with custom NBT tags, such as SkullOwner to obtain the Head of a specific player This removes the necessity to use an NBT editing program to obtain these items. Attribute modifiers have been added to the /give command (not completely investigated as of yet). Example: To give a diamond sword with +50 Attack Damage to the nearest player, use the command /give @p 276 1 0 {AttributeModifiers:[0:{AttributeName:"generic.attackDamage",Name:"generic.attackDamage",Amount:50,Operation:0,UUIDLeast:894654,UUIDMost:2872}]} This enables the possibility of additional attributes to items using commands without the use of an NBT editing program. Command blocks now show what command it ran recently. The /time set day command now sets the time to 1000 instead of 0 Increased fog distance Weighted Pressure Plates now output a signal relative to the amount of entities on them, always starting at 1 signal strength if any entities are present For Light Weighted Pressure Plates, every entity adds 1 strength to the signal For Heavy Weighted Pressure Plates, starting at 1, every 10 entities adds 1 strength to the signal (Example: 11 entities increases signal strength to 2) New ground covers Podzol New grass variation Grass can't spread on it, doesn't spread on to dirt Can be harvested using Silk Touch tools Only found in Redwood Forest Biomes Grassless Dirt Grass can not grow on it Block ID is 3:1 Only obtainable through /give Packed Ice When broken, does not turn to water like normal ice blocks do Does not melt Opaque, rather than translucent like normal ice Torches and redstone can be placed on it New Flowers Red, Orange, White and Pink Tulips. Can be crafted to Red, Orange, Light Gray, and Pink Dyes, respectively Blue Orchid Can be crafted to Light Blue Dye Allium Can be crafted to Magenta Dye Azure Bluet Can be crafted to Light Gray Dye Oxeye Daisy Can be crafted to Light Gray Dye Poppy replaced Rose Iron Golems now drop poppies instead of roses Two blocks tall Flowers Applying bonemeal to them causes them to dispense a flower item that can be collected. Therefore, all two blocks tall flowers are renewable. Sunflowers Typically face East Can be grown, unlike Roses and Dandelions. Can be crafted into 2 Yellow Dye Pink Peonies, called Peony. Can be crafted into 2 Pink Dye Rose bush Can be crafted into 2 Red Dye Lilac Can be crafted into 2 Magenta Dye Two block tall grass. Double Tallgrass Can be made by applying Bonemeal to Tallgrass. Large Fern Can be made by applying Bonemeal to Fern. 3 new variants of Monster Egg Mossy Stone Brick, Cracked Stone Brick and Chiseled Stone Brick Written Books can now be cloned the same way maps can, but by using Book and Quills instead of Empty Maps. Can clone multiple copies of the same Written Book by putting more Book and Quills in the crafting grid. Item Frames Now drop the item inside them when punched, then drop themselves if they are punched when empty. Will display the name of the item they hold (if it is custom named) when looked at up close. Sugar Cane changes color depending on biome (Texture is unchanged, adding biome color makes it appear different) New /summon command to spawn entities Usage: /summon <EntityName> [x] [y] [z] [dataTag] The ability to select multiple resource packs at once. Resource packs at the top take precedence over those below. Allows for non-manual merging of textures from multiple packs, a sound pack and a different texture pack, etc. Flint and Steel is now a shapeless recipe. A Creeper will explode after igniting it with a flint and steel. Several lighting issues fixed. A lot fewer "black spots" in the terrain generator. Torch bugs in strongholds and mineshafts have been fixed. Rewrite of several option screens. A completely new options menu. A new "Select Resource Pack" menu. Rewrote Key Config. Function and sprint keys can be changed. By default, sprinting can be activated by holding down the left control key. In Creative mode, this can also be done while flying. The original sprinting controls (double-tap forward or double-tap backward while holding down forward) still function. Smooth mouse, formerly available by pressing F8, will now use F4 by default. The volume of in game music, Jukebox and Note Block music, hostile mobs, passive mobs, players, weather, blocks/environment, and the master volume can now all be modified separately. Changed the display item for the Decoration Blocks tab in the Creative mode inventory from the Rose to the new Peony flower. Tall grass, ferns, double tall grass, and large ferns display their coloring from foliage.png Flowers will now burn. Flowers will not be placed dead center on a block, but have certain variations in which they are placed. Dead Bushes can now be placed on Hardened Clay and Stained Clay. Bug fixes: MC-2915 – Attempting to tp to an invalid coordinate returns "commands.generic.double.invalid" MC-9547 – Incorrect usage string for `/scoreboard teams empty` MC-10257 – when a pig gets struck by lightning it spawns without a sword MC-11280 – Sometimes Water flows out of newly generated Village Farms MC-11518 – RCON and Scoreboard Command Output Formatting MC-12450 – Missing usage string commands.scoreboard.players.list.usage MC-12452 – Scoreboard team join command fails on invalid team name MC-12454 – Scoreboard option seeFriendlyInvisibles not listed in usage MC-12541 – the letters for the 'off' setting on smooth lighting aren't capitalized MC-16324 – "Reached end of stream" messages in Minecraft server terminal when client pings the server MC-17090 – Invalid teamcolors throw an NPE in the console rather than an error message "invalid color" MC-26608 – /spreadplayers confirmation text is wrong

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