Minecraft Version History
Fixes
24 issues fixedFrom released versions before 1.11.1
MC-13727 – Arrows shot from bow bounce on horse when moving or not and damage if fire arrows
MC-16311 – Zombie Spawning
MC-17948 – Incorrect dispenser sound with Flint & Steel
MC-38385 – Hopper: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: bad Base64 input character at 4036: 5 (Caused by corrupt servers.dat)
MC-44589 – Ridden boats not teleporting ...
Release Date: 2016-12-21
Additions
Items
Iron Nuggets
Can be crafted from iron ingots, but are also received from smelting iron tools and armor.
Can be crafted into iron ingots.
Gameplay
Enchantments
Added Sweeping Edge.
Can be applied to a sword to increase the damage of the sweep attack.
The damage dealt will be multiplied by 11⁄2 on Level I, 12⁄3 on Level II, and 13⁄4 on Level III.
Changes
Blocks
Furnaces
Iron and ...
Release Date: 2016-12-20
Additions
Blocks
Observer
Ported from the Pocket and Windows 10 Editions.
May have slight behavior differences due to how redstone works in the Java edition compared to Pocket and Windows 10 Edition.
Outputs a redstone signal when it detects a block update.
Normal BUDs still remain.
Shulker box
Shulker Box
Crafted in a crafting table as a single column, with a chest in the middle of the row and a shulker ...
Release Date: 2016-11-14
Additions
Woodland mansions
Have a new room with lava encased in glass and obsidian, with a diamond block in the middle.
Death messages
"<player|mob> was squished too much", when suffocated due to the maxEntityCramming gamerule.
Evocation fangs
Added the Owner tag.
Changes
Fishing rods
Fishing rods will now cast out or reel in when right clicking on fences.
Loot tables
Villagers, vexes and ender dragons are now able to draw from their own ...
Release Date: 2016-10-27
Changes
Arrows
Now have a crit tag which determines whether the arrow will deal critical hit damage.
Vexes
Now do more damage - their attack damage on Easy has been increased from 3 to 5, on Normal 4 to 9, and on Hard 6 to 13 × 6.5.
Fixes
37 issues fixedFrom released versions before 1.11
MC-3367 – Reflecting ghast fireballs is nearly impossible
MC-12788 – Custom superflat world GUI graphical glitch with chests / ...
Release Date: 2016-10-19
1.10.2 version of Minecraft, fix to the crash on the last build rectified, 23 issues have been fixed including mob and fence interaction, pushing a leashed mob in to a portal duplicates the lead, increased suffocation whilst in a vehicle, new AI mobs have been issued, fixed Enderman continuosly trying to walk to the same place causing him to commit suicide in water, large unicdoe square now has corrrect size, teleporting in unloaded chunks has been fixed, mobs that are on fire will now not jump ...
Release Date: 2016-10-18
Changes
Item durability bar
The colors of the durability bar, which is displayed on damaged items in the hotbar and inventories, have been changed.
The color is now bright during the entire length of the bar, when previously it would fade through a set of not so bright oranges and yellows, it will now fade through clear yellow and orange.
Also the background of the durability bar is now completely black, where it used to be transparent.
Elytra
Now have their own sound ...
Release Date: 2016-10-13
Changes
Vindicators
"Johnny" vindicators are now also created by setting a new byte tag, Johnny, to true, in addition to renaming the vindicator to Johnny. The tag supersedes the name, so a Johnny tag set to 1b will allow arbitrary names with the "Johnny" behavior, or a Johnny tag set to 0b will allow the name Johnny without the "Johnny" behavior.
Their axe is now one of their HandItems, whereas before it was purely a visual effect. ...
Release Date: 2016-10-06
Changes
Dispensers
Now dispense boats facing the same way as the dispenser, instead of toward the dispenser.
Shulkers
Can now be spawned on the sides and bottoms of blocks through the usage of spawn eggs.
Fixes
21 issues fixedFrom released versions before 1.11
MC-7809 – Aiming at the very bottom of a side of an upper slab/stair places slabs/stairs right-side up in multiplayer
MC-72962 – The Empty Map texture is one pixel to the right compared to ...
Release Date: 2016-09-30