Minecraft Version History
Changes
Items
Armor
Armor reduction in effective defense points due to attack strength will now allow the effective defense to go as low as 20% of the armor points (was 25% since 16w02a).
Gameplay
Combat
Attack cooldown effect increased: now quadratic 20%–100% (was linear 50%–100% since 16w02a).
Explosions
Damage increased ...
Release Date: 2016-02-04
Changes
Blocks
Trapped chest
Recipe is now shapeless.
Fixes
8 issues fixedFrom released versions before 1.9
MC-15214 – Trapped chest recipe not shapeless.
MC-68664 – doMobLoot prevents player's XP from dropping.
MC-74505 – /enchant can't be used on entities.
From the 1.9 development versions
MC-91620 – Boats full speed on pressure plates.
From the previous development version
MC-96195 – Boats travel ...
Release Date: 2016-02-03
Additions
Command format
General
Running "Searge" as the command in a command block (without a preceding "/", also case insensitive) will now set #itzlipofutzli to the previous output.
Gameplay
Enchanting
Added a sound for taking damage from thorns.
Weather
Rain sounds are now more ambient/less loud and sound more realistic.
Changes
Blocks
Lily pads
Bounding box changed again, now 3⁄32 block tall and inset 1⁄16 from all ...
Release Date: 2016-01-28
Changes
Blocks
Beacons
No longer immediately activate when placed on valid pyramids, as they had in the previous snapshot.
Non-mob entitites
Minecarts
All types of minecarts will now display their CustomName when CustomNameVisible is set.
Command format
/achievement
No longer affects statistics.
General
Sounds
More new sounds.[more information needed]
Some updated sounds.[more information needed]
Fixes
14 issues fixedFrom released ...
Release Date: 2016-01-20
Some issues resolved and realms notifications toggle to the options menu has now been added.
Release Date: 2016-01-13
Additions
General
Realms
Added a Realms Notifications toggle to the Options menu, toggleable to ON and OFF.
Changes
Blocks
Trapped Chest
Will now change their texture when the computer time is set to the 24th to 26th of December to suit Christmas.
General
Realms
Better Realms integration.
New buttons to configure/leave realms without having to select them first.
Fixes
13 issues fixedFrom released versions before 1.8
MC-2324 – Player trapped/cannot get out of ...
Release Date: 2015-12-09