Minecraft Version History
Additions
Blocks
Locked Chest
Was an April Fools' gag.
It linked to the 'Minecraft Store', but it has been removed.
Items
Cookies
New food item.
Heals the player for 0.5 hearts.
Mobs
Wolves
New neutral mob.
Players can tame the wolf.
Can be killed for no loot.
General
Splash screen
New Minecraft logo (no longer 3D stone blocks).
Changes
Blocks
Beds
Sleeping in a bed now resets spawn position, though does not work for most ...
Release Date: 2011-03-31
Changes
General
Java
Dependencies on Java 1.6 are gone.
Fixes
3 bugs fixed
Fixed the recent issues on macOS in which the game would crash when "Singleplayer" button was clicked on.
Able to connect client to Minecraft server 1.3.
Fixed item duplication glitch.
Release Date: 2011-02-23
Additions
Blocks
Redstone Repeater
Slabs
Cobblestone Slab
Wood Slab
Have to be mined with a pickaxe to collect, were not affected by fire, and had stronger blast resistance than wood planks
Sandstone Slab
Command format
/whitelist
Added whitelisting to multiplayer servers.
Can turn on/off the whitelist.
Can add/remove players from the whitelist.
Can give a list of whitelisted players and reload that list.
General
Options
New ...
Release Date: 2011-02-22
Additions
General
Controls
Pressing ⇧ Shift+F2 generates a 36450×17700 TGA format screenshot (which ends up being 1.8 GB). While the file is being generated, the game freezes and experiences major graphical distortions. This is unfinished test code, as confirmed by Notch.[1] This "feature" would go on to be removed in Beta 1.5.
Changes
Blocks
Lapis Lazuli Ore
Now drops 4–8 lapis lazuli per block mined (increased from 1) on single player only (servers ...
Release Date: 2011-01-21
Additions
Items
Paintings
Added code for a new painting, but not the painting itself.
Mobs
Slimes
Re-added with a very low spawn rate
Changes
Mobs
General
Reduced spawn rates a bit.
No more ghosts at night.
General
Performance
Optimized performance.
Splashes
Text on the main menu returned to normal.
No longer constantly shows the quote "Finally beta!"
Fixes
3 bugs fixed
Fixed various blocks acting weird when placed (rails, torches, etc).
Fixed lighting ...
Release Date: 2011-01-14
Additions
Blocks
Bed
Currently unobtainable.
Cake Dispensers Lapis Lazuli block Lapis Lazuli Ore Note block
Right click to tune, trigger to play.
Sandstone
Items
BonesBone meal
Crafted from bones
CharcoalDyes
Added 16 dyes for wool.
Cocoa beans are currently only obtainable by using external programs.
Sugar
Crafted from sugar canes.
Mobs
Sheeps
Added gray, light gray, and black variants.
Drop correspondingly ...
Release Date: 2011-01-13
Fixes
1 bug fixed
Fixed a bug where chests would not open if the player's hand was empty.
Release Date: 2010-12-22
Additions
General
Font file
Added the missing font file in the package build.
Release Date: 2010-12-22
Fixes
2 bugs fixed
Fixed double chest bug.
Fixed rare crash on level load bug.
Release Date: 2010-12-20
Additions
Gameplay
Inventory
Working server-side inventory.
Tooltips in inventory.
When the player hovers the mouse over an item, its name appears.
General
Skins
Added capes for Mojang employees.
Added the deadmau5 skin (only in use on deadmau5's player).
Splashes
Added "Finally Beta!"
Changes
Blocks
Chests
Moving too far away from a chest, or having it blow up, closes the inventory screen.
Leaves
Introduced leaf decay again. It acts differently from ...
Release Date: 2010-12-20
Additions
Added command /kill for multiplayer, which deals 1000 × 500 damage to the player.
Added small lakes and rare lava pools, both on the surface and randomly in caves.
Fixes
Items no longer get used when opening chests (e.g., food being eaten, lava being poured out, etc.)
Breaking a boat in a certain fashion no longer causes it to drop 4 times the normal amount.
Patched client to prevent duplicated entities.
Fixed a crash bug when destroying the vehicle from under a ...
Release Date: 2010-12-03
Changes
Removed command /home.
Fixes
6 bugs fixed
Fixed a memory leak bug in the server.
Riding carts and boats now works properly when the player travel long distances.
Harvesting crops no longer yields fake seeds.
Snowballs are given again.
Fixed a door bug.
Release Date: 2010-11-30
Fixes
1 bug fixed
All mobs can spawn again, not just creepers.
Release Date: 2010-11-30
Fixes
2 bugs fixed
Fixed single player mode.
Fixed infinite looping by disabling leaf decay.
Release Date: 2010-11-24
Additions
The player's current coordinates are now shown in the debug screen.
Leaves now decay again.
Added visible hurting animations for players and mobs in multiplayer.
Added the ability to attack entities (mobs, boats, minecraft, and players) in multiplayer.
Changes
The debug screen is now only shown while holding F3.
Fixes
Fixed a crash related to lighting.
Players in boats and minecarts now receive terrain updates.
Release Date: 2010-11-23
Additions
Support for more animation settings added
Changes
Lava
Now flows further in the Nether
Main Menu
Now contains the texture pack selection menu for easy texture pack switching, replacing the "play tutorial level" button.
Displays the version name in the top-left corner.
Servers
It now takes longer for the "took too long to log in" screen to appear when connecting to a server.
Release Date: 2010-11-10
Debugging version
Alpha v1.2.2b added generation of a nether portal using F4.
Release Date: 2010-11-09
Fixes
Fixed armor not having an effect on the damage taken.
Release Date: 2010-11-05
Changes
Mob spawning reverted to old code.
Leaves particle colors now reflect the biome instead of having the grayscale texture.
Fixes
Signs on the sides of cacti no longer crash the game.
Optimized CPU usage for mob spawning.
Music now plays in multiplayer.
Release Date: 2010-11-05