Java Edition version history/Indev

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The Indev development phase started on December 23, 2009 and ended on February 27, 2010. It was preceded by Classic and followed by Infdev. Indev means: "in development"

Version Title/Number	Date of Addition	Additions Summary
Minecraft Indev	February 23, 2010	Making bread takes less wheat Water works better Busting log gives the block instead of planks Cobblestone smeltable into normal stone Paintings added
Minecraft Indev	February 19, 2010	Furnace block added Loot changed Sheep drops nothing Pig drops porkchops Creepers drop Gunpowder Spiders drop String Skeletons drop Arrows Zombies drop Feathers Flint and Steel can be crafted
Minecraft Indev	February 18, 2010	Armor can be crafted F5 toggles third person view
Minecraft Indev	February 14, 2010	Paradise and Woods theme
Minecraft Indev	February 12, 2010	Day/night cycle
Minecraft Indev	February 9, 2010	New armor model made
Minecraft Indev	February 6, 2010	Farming Hoes, Farmland, Crops, Seeds, Wheat and Bread added
0.31	February 5, 2010	Difficulty slider Peaceful causes health to regenerate and makes no monsters spawn Rana removed Black Steve removed Beast Boy removed Steve (mob) removed
0.31	February 4, 2010	Animals only spawn in bright areas Monsters only in dark areas Pathfinding tweaked
0.31	February 4, 2010	Mobs can avoid cliffs, lava etc.
0.31	February 2, 2010	Old mobs in MD3 format added
0.31	February 1, 2010	Flint and Steel available from mobs Need pickaxe to mine stone Harder materials require better tools
0.31	January 31, 2010	Tools take damage Better tools last longer Title screen Water texture seen while underwater Support for old mob models Minor bug fixes
0.31	January 30, 2010	Emerald now diamond Improved crafting - now 36 recipes
0.31	January 29, 2010	Added crafting Right clicking drops one of a stack Added the following: Crafting table (originally workbench) Diamonds, diamond ore and diamond blocks (originally emerald) Iron ingots and gold ingots Iron, diamond (emerald) and golden pickaxes, swords, shovels and axes Sticks Bowls, mushrooms and mushroom stew Bows The following blocks were previously obtainable but are now craftable: Iron blocks and gold blocks Torches Wooden and stone pickaxes, swords, shovels and axes TNT Chests Signs Bookshelves Stone slabs MD3 mobs roam land Smelt ore by lighting fire to dropped blocks
0.31	January 28, 2010	Items have 3D likeness
0.31	January 26, 2010	Spawn in a Mossy Cobblestone on Indev House with chests full of nearly every block and all available tools Gears added
0.31	January 25, 2010	Block particles Explosions lose power when going through stronger materials
0.31	January 24, 2010	Chests Arrow sound effect Can drop whole stack of items instead of one at a time
0.31	January 22, 2010	Liquid spawner in level generator Fluids can spawn above sea level and on floating islands Less flooded caves Working Bow and Arrow Local saving and loading Better explosions Can place blocks on resource items Resource items will be pushed off
0.31	January 13, 2010	Finite water, always drains from highest remove location Oceans have infinite water Water doesn't move on surface it's on Won't spread out over unfilled water surfaces, if it has an empty space next to it Will evaporate (2/3 probability) or copy (1/3)
0.31	January 11, 2010	Fullscreen mode accessible via F11
0.31	January 11, 2010	Lava sets fire to flammable materials All items and mobs can catch fire Added shovels, pickaxes and axes to gather different materials 400% faster Apple added Added Flint and Steel, which places fire Islands have more sand
0.31	January 9, 2010	Fire added Light reaches farther Torches slightly dimmer
0.31	January 7, 2010	Deep floating maps have layers of islands Level theme selection (normal, hell)
0.31	January 6, 2010	Level type selection (island, floating, flat, original) Level shape (square, long, deep) Level size (small, normal, huge)
0.31	January 5, 2010	New sound engine
0.31	December 25, 2009	Isometric level rendering screenshot added Inventory screen Functionless non-block items Items lying on ground Can drop items and blocks Can pick up items and blocks
0.31	December 23, 2009	Leaves give shadow Grass grows in slightly lit areas Torches added Indev House Spawn With Torches
0.31	December 23, 2009	Indev released- is creative mode with Rana and dynamic lighting Giants no longer spawn Indev House Added