Xbox 360 Edition TU9

TU9

TU9 was a version of Xbox 360 Edition released on April 4, 2013.^[1]

Additions[]

Spawn eggs (stackable to 16), sandstone stairs, fire charge, item frame, nether brick slabs, nether brick items, end crystal, birch and spruce wood planks, saplings, leaves, slabs and stairs.
Options
- HUD size options for both splitscreen and full screen modes.
- Reset Nether option to force regeneration of The Nether. This is helpful for older saves that didn't have a nether fortress.
- Toggle for death messages.
- Toggle to hide or display the animated character in the User Interface.
- Allow individual splitscreen users to have their own settings for HUD.

The End
- The world is not infinite, but has a block placement limit similar to that of the Nether
- Obsidian pillars are generated in a spiral circling an unactivated exit portal
- The crystals on the two tallest obsidian pillars are surrounded by iron bars.
Re-added beaches.

Ender Dragon
- Version exclusive: Breathes 'ender acid' as well as firing purple fire charges
- The bedrock shell of the exit portal spawns when the player enters The End but is only activated when the Ender Dragon is killed.

Tutorial world
- Moved six of the twelve music disc quests in the Tutorial World
- Changed the Tutorial world to add climbable vines and some of the new items and removed/reduced the items in the brewing, farming and breeding chests.
Removed the achievements warning when loading a creative map that has already been saved in creative mode.
Added smoother color transitions between biomes.
Allow players to block with a sword when the ‘Can Build And Mine' option is unchecked by the host.
Improved lighting code performance.
Improved the loading/saving time.
Changed the display order in the Minecraft Store to show newest DLC first.
Added How To Play for the End and farming animals.

Bowls now stackable up to 64.
X on maps to show location of the end portal when someone is in the End.
Fence gates can now be opened and closed with redstone.
Increased the distance jukeboxes can be heard from.
Vines can now be climbed to ascend and descend.
Slab recipes give 6 slabs.
Wooden slabs crafted during and after this update are now flammable. Existing slabs will act as stone slabs and will not be stackable with the flammable slabs.
Buckets now stackable up to 16.
Signs are now stackable to 16.
Sign recipe gives 3 signs.
Dispensers will now exempt liquids from a filled bucket when given a redstone but do not properly fill empty buckets with a dispensed liquid due to a bug.
Changed gravel texture from to .
Nether wart will now grow in the Overworld.
Wooden button
- Currently, they cannot be activated by shooting them with arrows, unlike wooden buttons in the Java Edition.
Stone button now requires one block of stone instead of two.
Trapdoors can be placed on half slabs and stairs
Nether bricks can be crafted by using 4 nether brick items.

Blacksmith buildings in villages now hold chests with loot of the same type as found in strongholds.
Changed nether fortresses to make nether wart rooms more likely.
Made nether wart spawn randomly wherever soul sand is generated in the Nether.

Sheep can now regrow their wool by eating grass.
Reduced the volume of the ghast sound effects.
Increased the distance the ghast's sound effect for shooting a fireball can be heard from.