Minecraft Version History
Additions
Blocks
Command blocks
Runs editable commands when triggered by redstone
Intended for adventure maps
Can only be edited by ops in Creative mode, as long as enable-command-block in server.properties is enabled
Only obtainable using /give <playername> 137
Can operate in silent mode where it doesn't display commands in the chat box.
Beacons
Intended as an endgame block
Continuously glows and gives a selected status effect to players within 16 blocks ...
Release Date: 2012-10-25
Changes
World generation
Trees
Large oak trees now generate with sideways logs.
General
Server list
The player can now toggle showing server addresses in the server list using the F1 key.
Fixes
4 bugs fixed
Fixed players sometimes falling out of the world when entering the Nether having been there before in the same session.
Fixed players taking damage when water or players push them into corners.
Fixed various uncommon crash bugs.
Fixed players not getting fall damage when ...
Release Date: 2012-08-16
Minecraft 1.3.2
Minecraft 1.3.2 is a release that focuses on fixing some bugs that were left over during the previous release of the game. 1.3.2 also fixes some issues that the player would experience in terms of collisions - these problems have been fixed in version 1.3.2.
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Release Date: 2012-08-16
Additions
Blocks
Wood
Cannot be obtained legitimately.
6 sides textures similar to logs.
Emerald ore
Drops an emerald.
Block of Emerald
Crafted by putting 9 emeralds on a crafting table.
Ender chest
Crafted by surrounding an eye of ender with 8 pieces of obsidian.
Stores each player's contents across dimensions and all Ender Chests.
Contents are preserved even if all ender chests are destroyed.
Explosion-resistant.
Emits light and purple ...
Release Date: 2012-08-01
Minecraft 1.3.1
Minecraft 1.3.1 added trading, adventure mode, new generated structures and new blocks and items in the game. These new blocks and items included emeralds, book and quills, written books, tripwire, and ender chests. There were also some improvements to enchanting and made fights against creepers a bit harder. This version of Minecraft was not officially named.
There were quite a few additions to the game in version 1.3.1, these include a Demo Mode, some new options, and Large ...
Release Date: 2012-07-31
Additions
Blocks
Furnace
⇧ Shift-clicking items in the player's inventory now places the item in its respective furnace slot.
Changes
Mobs
Tamed ocelots
Are now less eager to sit on things
Are now less patient.
Gameplay
Controls
When the hotbar is full, using pick block replaces the held item.
General
Direct connect dialog
Now remembers the last IP for the current session.
Game files
Inside the META-INF folder in minecraft.jar, the ...
Release Date: 2012-04-04
Additions
Blocks
Wood planks
Split "Wood Planks" into four blocks corresponding to each type of wood:
Oak Wood Planks
Birch Wood Planks
Spruce Wood Planks
Jungle Wood Planks
"Sandstone" (carved)
Uses a modified version of the unused sandstone texture from 1.2.1.
Has the same name as the normal sandstone.
Changes
Blocks
Wool
Slightly removed saturation out of every color.
Sandstone
Texture changed from to
Mobs
Cats
When in a standing ...
Release Date: 2012-03-22
Fixes
4 bugs fixed
Fixed light bug causing a crash at y=255.
Corrected zombies and skeletons not burning in sunlight.
Fixed all natural light being 1 light level darker than it should be, except at world creation.
Corrected birch and spruce saplings not growing at a height above y=127.
Release Date: 2012-03-02
Fixes
3 bugs fixed
Fixed generation of birch, spruce, tall oak and swamp trees.
Fixed generation of giant mushrooms.
Snow now appears on maps again.
Release Date: 2012-03-01
Additions
Blocks
Chiseled Stone Bricks
Only available in creative mode.
Redstone Lamp
Crafted with glowstone and redstone.
Gives off light at a light level of 15 only when it is powered.
Jungle Log
New type of wood that spawns as jungle tree trunks.
Has a slightly mossy brown texture with horizontal bark.
Jungle Leaves
Generates in jungle trees and as bushes in jungles.
Jungle Sapling
Can be grown into jungle trees and drops from jungle ...
Release Date: 2012-03-01
Additions
Items
Spawn Eggs
Spawns mobs when used.
20 types of spawn eggs, each spawning their respective mob:
The types were mooshroom, creeper, skeleton, spider, zombie, slime, ghast, villager, zombie pigman, enderman, pig, cave spider, sheep, silverfish, cow, blaze, chicken, magma cube, squid and wolf.
Creative-exclusive item.
World generation
World type
Re-added world ...
Release Date: 2012-01-12
Additions
Blocks
Brewing Stand
Used for brewing
Enchantment Table
Used for enchanting
Nether Bricks
Nether Brick Fence
Nether Brick Stairs
End Portal Frame
End Stone
Dragon Egg
Items
Ghast Tear
Blaze Rod
Nether Wart
Gold Nugget
Glass Bottle
Potions
Splash Potions
Spider Eye
Fermented Spider Eye
Blaze Powder
Magma Cream
Glistering Melon
Eye of Ender
Activates Ender portal frames.
9 new Music Discs
Mobs
Ender ...
Release Date: 2011-11-18
Changes
World generation
Abandoned mineshafts
Support beams in mineshafts are converted from wood planks to oak fences.
Fixes
2 bugs fixed
⇧ Shift+clicking into a full chest/inventory crashing the game fixed.
⇧ Shift+clicking items in and out of a dispenser crashing the game fixed.
Release Date: 2011-09-15
Additions
Blocks
Cracked stone bricksBrick slabBrick stairsFence gateGlass paneIron barsMelonsMossy Stone BricksStone BricksStone Brick SlabStone Brick Stairs
Items
Cooked chicken
Cooked raw chicken.
Cooked porkchop
Has a new texture.
A tan shade of the same sprite.
Ender pearls
Item which doesn't serve any purpose in the game for now, and had an uncentered icon.
Melon seeds
New seed type that grows melons.
Can only be found in abandoned ...
Release Date: 2011-09-14
Fixes
10 bugs fixed
Corrected a block duplication bug when using pistons.
Corrected a redstone torch duplication bug when using pistons.
Corrected a client crash when placing a sign in front of the piston, powering the piston and then removing the block beneath the sign.
Ice blocks are now pushed without causing water streams breaking everything.
Powered rails are no longer being powered magically without a power source.
Pistons connected to the end of a piston transistor via redstone are now ...
Release Date: 2011-07-08
Fixes
3 bugs fixed
Crashed worlds now work again.
Disappearing piston fixes.
Pistons that caused crashing for multiplayer servers fixed.
Release Date: 2011-07-01
Additions
Blocks
Pistons
Can push blocks when powered by redstone.
Sticky Pistons
Can push and pull blocks when powered by redstone.
Items
Shears
New tool.
Used to pick up leaf blocks.
Used to obtain wool from a sheep without harming it.
Yields more wool than killing sheep.
Mobs
Sheep
No longer drop wool from punching them, they must be either sheared or killed.
Silverfish
Skin was added (for Beta 1.8).
Changes
Blocks
General
The gray textures ...
Release Date: 2011-06-30