The original message screen for Minecraft, indicating a new update has been released.
The evolution of Minecraft
Minecraft update is a bundle of changes to official Minecraft game clients that are released periodically by Mojang AB
Generally speaking, updates must be installed on the user's local machine in order to remain compatible with the newest Minecraft features.
Overview Updates to Minecraft may add, remove, or tweak features such as Blocks , Items , entities , Game Mechanics , etc.
Users will not be able to receive updates if they choose to play Minecraft offline.
Provided below, is an historical list of major updates to the PC version of Minecraft . For the content added, tweaked, or removed in each update, see Minecraft Updates Changelog .
NOTE: Alpha and Beta (that is, versions from June 30, 2010 to September 19, 2011) updates were only ported to the launcher . Unless one has third party mods or systems, the old sounds for doors , bows and etc will not play.
Classic Main article: Classic
Pre-classic: this phase of Classic was never publicly released. However, four versions are currently available to play in the launcher's "Time Machine" function:
rd-132211
rd-132328
rd-160052
rd-161348
Version Title/Number
Date of Addition
Additions Summary
0.0.15a May 28, 2009
Leaves have new texture
Trees have new shape
0.0.14a_08
May 28, 2009
0.0.14a_02 May 28, 2009
Spawn point saving and reloading
0.0.14a_01 May 28, 2009
Sand , Gravel , Gold ore , Iron ore , Coal ore , Trees (made up of Log and Leaves )
Clouds
Controller support
Faster water flowing
Scroll-wheel block picking support
Mobs saved in level data
New texture for wooden planks and cobblestone
0.0.14a May 25, 2009
0.0.13a_04 May 22, 2009
Changed Grass Block Texture back to original
0.0.13a_03 May 22, 2009
Changed Grass Block Texture (Grass overlay slightly higher)
This version is in the launcher
0.0.13a_02 May 22, 2009
Level saving added for players with accounts
0.0.13a May 21, 2009
Huge level test
Sapling texture changed back to original
Water is now see-through
This version is in the launcher
0.0.12a_03 May 20, 2009
Fixed bug where players had trouble selecting blocks
0.0.12a_02 May 20, 2009
Game runs "smoother than ever"
0.0.12a_01 May 20, 2009
"Resetting mobs on level restart. There's no way of killing the mobs now."
0.0.12a May 20, 2009
New level generator
Water , Lava , and Bedrock
Fog distance option
Ocean around map
Hitting N creates a new level without starting over
0.0.11a May 17, 2009
First single player creative mode release
Stability increase
Sapling texture changed
This version is in the launcher
0.0.9a May 16, 2009
First officially numbered version
Pre 0.0.9a (rd-20090515) May 15, 2009
Dirt , Wood Planks , and Stone added
Spawn Human mobs by pressing G
Block picking using the number keys
Block particles
Simple level generator
Pre 0.0.9a May 14, 2009
Renamed Cave Game to "Minecraft: Order of the Stone" Later changed to "Minecraft"[2]
Pre 0.0.9a (rd-132328) May 13, 2009
Human mobs
Block picking
Placing and destroying blocks
Dirt , Planks and Stone were added
Pre 0.0.9a (rd-132211) May 13, 2009
Placing and destroying blocks
Level generation improved to be not so messy and random (as shown in the Cave game tech test video) but rather completely flat.
Pre 0.0.0 May 10, 2009
Development on "Cave Game" started
Physics created
Cobblestone and Grass Block made with the same graphics from Notch's game RubyDung.
Multiplayer Test (Creative Mode)
Version Title/Number
Date of Addition
Additions Summary
0.0.23a July 11, 2009
Clicking a players' name under the Tab menu pastes their nick into chat
New button graphics
Options page
Custom keymappings
0.0.22a June 30, 2009
.ogg vorbis mutuiple sounds for blocks
0.0.21a_01 June 23, 2009
0.0.21a June 23, 2009
"Hang bug" cause determined
0.0.20a_02 June 20, 2009
Better FPS
Players able to break Bedrock bug fixed
0.0.20a June 20, 2009
/solid command makes Bedrock , only admins can break Bedrock 16 colored Cloth blocks
Rose
Yellow flower
Red and Brown Mushrooms
Mushroom blocks Gold block Player inventory can be accessed by pressing B (lists all blocks and can pick which go into the box at the bottom)
Cobblestone returned after being removed in 0.0.19a.
0.0.19a_06 June 20, 2009
Sponges don't decay
New Glass texture
0.0.19a June 20, 2009
0.0.18a_02 June 14, 2009
0.0.18a_01 June 14, 2009
New chat characters
Unstable FPS problem fixed
Made font differentiate "l" and "I"
Made "{" render correctly
0.0.18a June 14, 2009
0.0.17a_02 June 10, 2009
0.0.17a June 10, 2009
/setspawn command
/banip command fixed
Server flood exploit prevention
Chatlog when typing
List logged in players when Tab ⇆ is pressed
No level generation or loading
0.0.16a_01 June 10, 2009
/broadcast command changed to /say
0.0.16a June 8, 2009
Multiplayer released
Server flood exploit added
0.0.15a_03 June 8, 2009
Multiplayer
Admin commands
Reduced bandwidth usage
Other minor bug fixes
0.0.15a_02 June 3, 2009
Multiplayer
Players' name shows above their head
Chat added
0.0.15a June 1, 2009
Survival Test Main article: Survival Test
Version Title/Number
Date of Addition
Additions Summary
0.30_03 December 22, 2009
Dynamic lighting test
Giant, Beast Boy, Steve (test mob), and Black Steve added
0.30_02 December 19, 2009
Player shadow (test)
Rana first seen
Wall hack protection
0.30_01 December 8, 2009
0.30 November 10, 2009
Sheep in public survival mode
Hitting an active TNT block defuses it and lets one pick it up
No more online saving for free accounts
0.29_02 October 30, 2009
Fixed bug that caused most people in servers to disconnect
0.29_01 October 29, 2009
Rain toggle in Creative Multiplayer
No more arrows in single player
Fixed bug where bedrock was impossible to destroy
Tree growing switch in server properties
Opping/deopping a player makes changes instantaneous instead of having to reload
One can build through players
Names don't appear over players unless mouse is on them
Names no longer hidden in terrain
0.29 October 29, 2009
TNT doesn't work in Creative
Can pick up a hit TNT block by clicking it
0.28_01 October 27, 2009
Bug fixed where players could "kill" each other as if they were mobs
0.28 October 27, 2009
Creative mode update
Left click removes block
Right click adds block
Players push each other when standing next to one another
All new block types added
0.27 SURVIVAL TEST 12 October 25, 2009
Sheep drop white cloth instead of red, eat grass, and drop mushrooms when killed
0.27 SURVIVAL TEST 11 October 25, 2009
0.27 SURVIVAL TEST 10 October 24, 2009
Spider released to the public
Mining rock drops Cobblestone
Mining ore gives the block corresponding with it
Instead of the ore block, mining coal gives half blocks
F5 toggles rain
Switch from frame rate limiting
Player starts with 10 TNT blocks
0.26 SURVIVAL TEST 9 October 24, 2009
0.26 SURVIVAL TEST 8 October 23, 2009
Spider test
Mushrooms only spawn underground (?)
0.26 SURVIVAL TEST 7 October 23, 2009
Half block nearly finished
0.26 SURVIVAL TEST 6 October 23, 2009
0.26 SURVIVAL TEST 5 October 22, 2009
0.26 SURVIVAL TEST 4 October 22, 2009
Half-sized dirt block test
Rain
0.26 SURVIVAL TEST 3 October 20, 2009
Creeper explosions no longer destroy stone or stone-like blocks
Explosions leave smoldering
0.25 SURVIVAL TEST 2 September 3, 2009
Mobs "more dangerous"
Pigs drop mushrooms
Arrows deal more damage
Limited amount of arrows
Skeletons fire arrows
Killing skeletons makes arrows drop
Able to save and load files
Mobs respawn over time
Lone mobs die over time
Monster in fighting (skeleton shoots something, they battle to the death)
0.24 SURVIVAL TEST August 31, 2009
Faster rendering
Mobs and player jump back when taking damage
Creeper mobs
Mushrooms regain health
Arrows
Enemies fall over when killed
Humans have a new Ai where they attack a player
0.24_07 August 28, 2009
Players' arm appears when nothing selected
Blocks and arm swing when mouse pressed
Mobs take damage
Harsher falling damage
Permadeath
0.24_06 August 25, 2009
New level generator
More cliffs
Longer and narrower caves
Flowers and mushrooms
Spawned on map
Surface lava possible but unlikely
The deeper one go, the bigger the caves are
Viewport bobbing
Currently selected block shows up in view
Leaves drop saplings
Saplings grow into trees
Mobs spawn in groups
Mobs and player can push each other around
Breaking log drops 3–5 wood blocks
Can hold breath underwater up to 15 seconds
Lava damage
0.24_05 August 22, 2009
0.24_04 August 20, 2009
Droppable signs with preset text
Health bar blinks when damage received
Invulnerable for a few seconds after being hit
Low health makes bar shake
0.24_03 August 18, 2009
0.24_02 August 14, 2009
Zombie & Skeleton mob (No collision, No attack)
Each with random armor
Mouse button held down to break blocks (cracks cover the surface until it busts)
Gathering resources has an animation of block bobbing up
0.24_01 August 13, 2009
3D anaglyph mode test
Mob armor test
0.24 August 4, 2009
Resource management
Start with nothing
Breaking blocks allows one to pick them up and place them, thus adding and removing from inventory
Indev Main article: Indev
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 made smeltable into normal stone
Added Paintings
Minecraft Indev
February 19, 2010
Minecraft Indev
February 18, 2010
Armor can be crafted
F5 toggles third-person view
Minecraft Indev
February 14, 2010
Paradise and Woods themes added
Minecraft Indev
February 12, 2010
Minecraft Indev
February 9, 2010
Minecraft Indev
February 6, 2010
0.31
February 5, 2010
Difficulty slider
Peaceful causes health to regenerate and makes no monsters spawn
Rana, Black Steve, Beast Boy, and Steve mobs removed
0.31
February 4, 2010
Animals only spawn in bright areas
Monsters only spawn in dark areas
Pathfinding tweaked
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 is now Diamond
Improved crafting - now with 36 recipes!
0.31
January 29, 2010
Added crafting
Right-clicking drops one of a stack
Added these
These were previously obtainable but are now craftable
MD3 mobs roam the land
Smelt ore by lighting fire to dropped blocks
0.31
January 28, 2010
0.31
January 26, 2010
0.31
January 25, 2010
Block particles
Explosions lose power when going through stronger materials
Infdev Main article: Infdev
Version Title/Number
Date of Addition
Additions Summary
Infdev
April 13, 2010
New trees implemented, thanks to Paul Spooner's Forester editor script
Sand and gravel re-added
Lighting code fixed
Fixed a few bugs
Removed leaf decay and the Brick Pyramid
Infdev
March 27, 2010
New terrain generator, with caves and flowers being removed
Autosave functionality
Player death causes all items to drop and respawns in starting location
No longer start with 64 of certain items
Infdev
March 25, 2010
Caves, fire, grass-spreading, and farming re-added
Infdev
March 20, 2010
Furnaces and chests work
Trees re-added
Fewer crash bugs
Randomly placed ore
Now only start with 64 of every item instead of 999
Infdev
March 16, 2010
Entities work, resulting in the ability to mine and drop resources
Arrows re-added, and shot arrows spawn monsters
Crafting in the inventory
Day/night cycle
Infdev
March 13, 2010
Faster lighting sky brightness recalculation
Working lights
Start with more items
Infdev
February 27, 2010
Infinite map test
Used same method of generation as indev's
Long line of obsidian on the axes
Renamed Gears to Cogs
Large Brick Pyramids were generated for testing purposes
Golden Apple added
Skybox test (?)
Start with 999 glass and planks and 990 planks
Alpha Main article: Alpha
Version Title/Number
Date of Addition
Additions Summary
Alpha 1.2.6
December 3, 2010
Added /kill command for SMP, which deals 500 hearts of damage to the player
Added small lakes and rare lava boths, both on the surface and underground
In SMP, players connecting to a server or respawning are now invulnerable for three seconds
Fixed some bugs
Alpha 1.2.5
December 1, 2010
Removed /home command
Fixed some bugs
Alpha 1.2.4_01
November 30, 2010
Alpha 1.2.4
November 30, 2010
Added proper hurt animations and sounds to mobs and players
The SMP join server screen now remembers the last IP entered
Creepers now animate before exploding, and explosions animate porperly
Increased chunk saving frequency on the server
You can now see sneaking players. Nametags of sneaking players aren't visible through walls.
Buttons , Levers , and Pressure Plates animate properly when activated
Fixed some bugs
Alpha 1.2.3_04
November 26, 2010
Alpha 1.2.3_02
November 25, 2010
Fixed an SMP player respawn bug
Alpha 1.2.3_01
November 24, 2010
Alpha 1.2.3
November 23, 2010
Player coordinates now shown in debug screen
Leaves now decay again
Players and mobs on fire in multiplayer now visibly on fire
Added ability to attack entities (mobs, boats, etc.) in multiplayer
New server configurations
F3 shows the debug screen now
Improvements to multiplayer
Beta Main article: Beta
Official Update History (Note: This is the info on updates for Java, so the dates may not be correct for Bedrock, or the updates simply do not exist on Bedrock.)
2011 1.0 (Released November 18, 2011)
1.0.1 (Released November 24, 2011)
2012 1.1 (Released January 12, 2012)
1.2.1 (Released March 1, 2012)
1.2.2 (Released March 1, 2012)
1.2.3 (Released March 2, 2012)
1.2.4 (Released March 22, 2012)
1.2.5 (Released April 4, 2012)
1.3.1 (Released August 1, 2012)
1.3.2 (Released August 16, 2012)
1.4.2 - "The Pretty Scary Update"(Released October 25, 2012)
1.4.4 (Released November 14, 2012)
1.4.5 (Released November 20, 2012)
1.4.6 (Released December 20, 2012)
1.4.7 (Released January 9, 2013)
2013 1.5 - "The Redstone Update"(Released March 13, 2013)
1.5.1 (Released March 21, 2013)
1.5.2 (Released May 2, 2013)
1.6.1 - "The Horse Update"(Released July 1, 2013)
1.6.2 (Released July 8, 2013)
1.6.4 (Released September 19, 2013)
1.7.2 - "The Update That Changed The World"(Released October 25, 2013)
1.7.4 (Released December 10, 2013)
1.7.5 (Released February 26, 2014)
1.7.6 (Released April 9, 2014)
1.7.7 (Released April 9, 2014)
1.7.8 (Released April 11, 2014)
1.7.9 (Released April 14, 2014)
1.7.10 (Released June 26, 2014)
2014 1.8 - "The Bountiful Update"(Released September 2, 2014)
1.8.1 (Released November 24, 2014)
1.8.2 (Released February 19, 2015)
1.8.3 (Released February 20, 2015)
1.8.4 (Released April 17, 2015)
1.8.5 (Released May 22, 2015)
1.8.6 (Released May 25, 2015)
1.8.7 (Released June 5, 2015)
1.8.8 (Released July 27, 2015)
1.8.9 (Released December 9, 2015)
2016 1.9 - "The Combat Update"(Released February 29, 2016)
1.9.1 (Released March 30, 2016)
1.9.2 (Released March 30, 2016)
1.9.3 (Released May 10, 2016)
1.9.4 (Released May 10, 2016)
1.10 - "The Frostburn Update"(Released June 8, 2016)
1.10.1 (Released June 22, 2016)
1.10.2 (Released June 23, 2016)
1.11 - "The Exploration Update"(Released November 14, 2016)
1.11.1 (Released December 20, 2016)
1.11.2 (Released December 21, 2016)
2017 1.12 - "World of Color Update"(Released June 2, 2017)
1.12.1 (Released August 3, 2017)
1.12.2 (Released September 18, 2017)
2018 1.13 - "The Update Aquatic"(Released July 18, 2018)
1.13.1 (Released August 22, 2018)
1.13.2 (Released October 22, 2018)
2019 1.14 - "Village And Pillage"(Released April 23, 2019)
1.14.1 (Released May 13, 2019)
1.14.2 (Released May 27, 2019)
1.14.3 (Released June 24, 2019)
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