Minecraft Version History
Additions
General
Realms
Added the minigame Splatter by SethBling to Realms.
SethBling had originally named the map Splatoon after the Wii U game, but it was renamed by Marc Watson for copyright reasons.
Realm-wide resource packs for custom maps and minigames
Changes
Blocks
Banners
Only up to 16 layers are rendered now.
General
Resource packs
Now display an error if the pack version number is not 1.
Resource packs that do ...
Release Date: 2015-07-25
Changes
Mobs
Skeletons
No longer ignore the player while seeking shelter from the sun.
Fixes
10 issues fixedFrom released versions before 1.8
MC-7873 – Server lag reduces knockback received.
MC-41798 – Dark borders and outlines with mip-mapping.
From 1.8
MC-54366 – Piston can push blocks one block far out of the world border.
MC-68155 – Skeletons won't shoot/ignore player when on fire/seeking shelter from sun.
From ...
Release Date: 2015-06-05
Minecraft 1.8.7
Minecraft 1.8.7 was an update for the Minecraft client to add a fix to the game that fixes four security issues. Version 1.8.7 is compatible with all server installations 1.8 and newer.
The main fixes added to 1.8.7 fix security issues that caused some issues in the game after the last Minecraft release. There was also a bug fix for a freezing issue players were having on Minecraft 1.8 on Ubuntu 14.04. Some private bugs were also fixed in the game to make sure that address ...
Release Date: 2015-06-05
Changes
Blocks
Dispensers
No longer place command blocks.
Fixes
1 issue fixedPrivate issues
MC-75630 – Exploit with signs and command blocks.
Release Date: 2015-05-25
Minecraft 1.8.6
Minecraft 1.8.6 is an update to the Minecraft game client, which was rushed out to fix an issue that was only partially fixed in the previous update of Minecraft. This game client is compatible with all servers runnig version 1.8 or newer server installations.
The main changes in this release is that the in game dispensers no longer place command blocks, and version 1.8.6 fixes an exploit with signs and command blocks in the game that may or may not be abuse by players on any ...
Release Date: 2015-05-25
Additions
General
Splashes
Added "GNU Terry Pratchett".
Changes
General
Splashes
Removed "Happy birthday Notch!"
Removed "Happy Birthday ez!"
Removed "Notch <3 ez!"
Changed "Cooler than Spock!" to "Not as cool as Spock!"
Fixes
5 issues fixedFrom 1.8
MC-50550 – Stacked boats floating.
From 1.8.4
MC-79632 – Phantom custom player in scoreboard/UUIDs of non-player entities on scoreboards truncated after relog.
Private issues
MC-80478 – ...
Release Date: 2015-05-22
Minecraft 1.8.5
Minecraft 1.8.5 was released as an update to the game to fix a security related issues and an issues related to the in game scoreboard. Version 1.8.5 is compatible with all server versions pertaining to 1.8 and newer. There have been a few changes to the splashes in the main menu, and a few bug fixes added to the game to address some necessary game related issues that affected the gameplay and performance of the game itself. A few private bugs have been addressed as well in ...
Release Date: 2015-05-22
Changes
Mobs
Ocelots and wolves
No longer follow players in Spectator mode.
Gameplay
Nether portal
Traveling through no longer places the player outside the portal.[7]
General
Skin customization.
Player head skins can no longer be loaded from arbitrary servers.[8]
They must now be loaded from the official Mojang servers.
Player head skin files are now required to be a .png file.
Fixes
14 issues fixedFrom released versions before ...
Release Date: 2015-04-17
Minecraft 1.8.4
In Minecraft version 1.8.4, the release of this update is for minor bug fixes that effected the gameplay of the game with various visual and mechanical elements with in the game. A few changes made to 1.8.4 of Minecraft are that player head skins no longer can be loaded from arbitrary servers and the ability to travel through Nether portals will no longer place you outside of the portal. A few bugs fixes that have been added to Minecraft 1.8.4 are fixes to various security ...
Release Date: 2015-04-17