Minecraft Version History
Additions
Command format
NBT tags
FallFlying
Allows mobs to use elytra when they fall.
Mobs lose their ability to fly after touching the ground.
Changes
Blocks
Bone blocks
No longer transparent.
Dispensers
Can now equip shields onto entities.
Rails (all types)
Bounding box for ascending rails is a full block (formerly only 5⁄32 of a block tall).
Structure blocks
No longer emit light.
Added "Structure Integrity and Seed" to load mode ...
Release Date: 2016-05-25
Additions
Blocks
Bone blocks
Crafted by filling a 3×3 square in the crafting table with bone meal.
Can be crafted back into 9 bone meal.
Found underground in desert and swamps as part of fossils.
Magma blocks
Found in the Nether, generating 4 veins per chunk between y=27 and y=36.
It has a similar frequency to blocks like andesite in the Overworld.
Crafted using four magma cream.
Mobs and players take 1 damage every second while ...
Release Date: 2016-05-18
Changes
General
Warnings
Removed incorrect snapshot version warning when loading a world saved in an older version.
Fixes
5 issues fixedFrom released versions before 1.9
MC-92057 – Particles are dark at Y≥256.
From 1.9
MC-94670 – Bat subtitle is misspelled ("squeeks").
MC-95574 – Minecraft freezes when windows loses focus.
MC-100116 – [r=x] selector is not selecting mobs/players in the full radius when run in command blocks.
From ...
Release Date: 2016-05-10
Additions
Commands
/stopsound
Permits the player to choose which specific sounds should be stopped from playing.
Syntax: /stopsound <player> [<source>] [<sound>].
Changes
Commands
/tp
No longer teleports the player to a y-coordinate outside the range −512 to 512.
General
Networking
As of the release of this version, the Netty networking library that Minecraft uses, now ...
Release Date: 2016-05-10
Changes
General
Networking
The game no longer checks https://sessionserver.mojang.com/blockedservers, as it had begun to in the previous pre-release.
Fixes
1 issue fixedFrom the previous development version
MC-101545 – Problem with the new pre-release.
Other fixes
Fixed a potential crash with spreading water or lava.
Release Date: 2016-05-03
Additions
Command format
/stopsound
Permits the player to choose which specific sounds should be stopped from playing.
Syntax: /stopsound <player> [source] [sound].
Changes
General
Networking
In this version, the game checks https://sessionserver.mojang.com/blockedservers when connecting to a multiplayer server, and if the server is on the blocked server list, it reports to the user that the server is unavailable.
This behavior was removed ...
Release Date: 2016-04-27
Changes
Command format
/tp
Will no longer teleport the player to a y-coordinate outside the range -512 to 512.
Fixes
4 issues fixedFrom released versions before 1.9.2
MC-82464 – Colored 'dead' skin template parts cause in-game issues.
MC-88357 – Crash when going outside height limit or into the void with F3.
MC-89760 – Skin's jacket parts do not show up under specific conditions.
From version 1.9.2
MC-100410 – Corrupting world by ...
Release Date: 2016-04-21
Fixes
5 issues fixedFrom released versions before 1.9.2
MC-17630 – Zombie pathfinding to unreachable targets causes server lag.
MC-98994 – Chunk generation performance regressed by 20-30%.
MC-100692 – Collisions cause extreme lag.
From version 1.9.2
MC-100442 – DEV - Navigation Listener very slow code.
From the previous development version
MC-100848 – Glitch upon entering the edge of the world sitting on the boat/horse/minecart.
Release Date: 2016-04-13
Fixes
1 issue fixedFrom released versions before 1.9.3
MC-94438 – Server: Mob pathfinding induced massive lag in any versions 15w49a and later.
Release Date: 2016-04-11
Fixes
1 issue fixedFrom version 1.9.2
MC-100382 – Pathfinding memory leak.
Release Date: 2016-04-07
Additions
Blocks
USB Charger Block
Functions the same as a redstone block, emitting a redstone signal with strength 15.
Can be used as a decoration block.
Items
Reality Vision
Equipped via the helmet armor slot.
When equipped, it shows a 3D minimap.
Displays vision overlay (similar to the pumpkin overlay).
Activates a shader when equipped.
Signs display the text "OBEY" while glasses are equipped, a reference to ...
Release Date: 2016-03-31
Fixes
7 issues fixedFrom released versions before 1.9
MC-18995 – Invulnerable boats still break like normal.
MC-26552 – Infecting adult villagers has a chance to turn them into baby zombies.
MC-45115 – Head rotates beyond normal rotation with /tp command when a window is open.
MC-50261 – stat.walkOneCm still increments when sneaking.
From 1.9
MC-87943 – Torches render as other blocks.
From ...
Release Date: 2016-03-30
Additions
Items
Armor
New armor attribute: generic.armorToughness, which includes a new formula for calculating damage:
Increased toughness means less armor defense point reduction from strong attacks.
Diamond armor has toughness 2, all other armor has toughness 0. A full set of diamond armor, therefore gives a toughness attribute of 8.
Elytra
Added sound effects while gliding in the Elytra.
Sound ...
Release Date: 2016-03-30
This is the latest version of Minecraft 1.9 with many new additions and features, shields have now been added, you are also able to hold and carry items in both of your hands now, new attacks added for both swords and axes, dragon head block is now available, also igloos have been added, you can resummon the ender dragon, frost walker enchantment has been added along with a new frosted ice block, lots of new sound effects along with sound effect subtitles. Skeleton riders have been added, tipped and ...
Release Date: 2016-03-29
Fixes
2 issues fixedFrom the 1.9 development versions
MC-93074 – Summoned arrows can't be assigned a scoreboard value (too many arrows/spectral arrows cause command fail).
From the previous development version
MC-99426 – PigZombie Ticking entity crash.
Other fixes
"Fixed another crash in pathfinding code (NPE)." (NullPointerException)
Release Date: 2016-03-11
Changes
Items
Shields
No longer take damage when blocking weak attacks (less than 3 damage).
Entities
Minecarts with chests & minecarts with hoppers
The title of the inventory now match the item's name.
Gameplay
Combat
Missing triggers weapon cooldown again if the cooldown was 75% or more recharged (later reverted in final release).
Fixes
5 issues fixedFrom release version 1.9
MC-98461 – Several languages (at least Frisian, Talossan, Ripuarian, ...
Release Date: 2016-03-10
Additions
Items
Armor
New armor attribute: generic.armorToughness.
Damage formula is now damage = damage * ( 1 - max( defensePoints / 5, defensePoints - damage / ( 2 + toughness / 4 ) ) / 25 ), i.e. increased toughness means less armor defense point reduction from strong attacks.
Diamond armor has toughness 2, all other armor has toughness 0. A full set of diamond armor, therefore gives a toughness attribute of 8.
New ...
Release Date: 2016-03-09
Additions
Blocks
Chorus flower
Spawn on the top of the chorus trees.
Breaks if the supporting block below is broken.
It only drops when mined directly.
Can only be planted on end stone in any dimension.
It will show a different texture when it stops growing.
Chorus plant
Generate in the End.
Can be grown using chorus flowers.
Breaks in quick succession if the supporting chorus plant below is broken.
Drops chorus fruit.
Dragon head
While a player ...
Release Date: 2016-02-29
Changes
Non-mob entities
Projectiles
Changed scaling.
Command format
Selectors
Changed handling of r= in entity selectors
Now based on the position of the entity and not on the center of the block anymore - meaning that r=0 only selects entities at the exact same position.
Gameplay
Traveling
Made players invulnerable during dimension changes.
Fixes
4 issues fixedFrom the 1.9 development versions
MC-85135 – Projectiles ...
Release Date: 2016-02-26
Additions
Command format
Sound events
Added that were unavailable in the snapshots, that were available from 1.8.x and previous:
block.note.pling.
entity.bat.loop.
entity.cat.hiss.
entity.ghast.scream.
entity.small_slime.jump.
entity.wolf.howl.
A new sound event was added, however unused in the actual game.
entity.player.breath.
Changes
Mobs
Horses
Are less wide (now 1.3964844 blocks instead of 1.4).
General
Credits
Thomas Guimbretière is now ...
Release Date: 2016-02-24