Minecraft Version History
Additions
Compass
Server side inventory
Changes
Experimental switch to turn on monsters in multiplayer
Lava Buckets can be used to smelt up to 100 smelts
Clay is more common when a world is generated
Servers will now save player locations upon leaving the server
Fixes
Torches can no longer be placed on leaves, but only with fancy graphics
Chests, Signs and Furnaces now work in SMP
Reupload
Alpha v1.1.0 was reuploaded on September 13, 2010, to fix a bug where the player ...
Release Date: 2010-09-10
Fixed some instances of the player getting stuck
Release Date: 2010-08-23
Additions
Server commands
Added ban/pardon commands to ban and unban a player from the game.
Added ban-ip/pardon-ip commands to ban and unban specific IP addresses.
Added op/deop commands to add/remove a player from the operator list.
Added server operators. They can send server commands by typing a slash followed by a server command. Server operators can also build/destroy blocks near the spawn area.
Changes
Support for more records.
Release Date: 2010-08-12
Additions
Arm-swinging animation added, viewable in multiplayer and in third person view.
Changes
New fire behavior.
Lava sets blocks on fire.
Players can now enter the IP for a server other than Mojang's official server.
Fixes
The "M" of Minecraft on title screen now looks correct.
Release Date: 2010-08-03
Additions
Blocks
Jukebox
Items
Eggs
Can't be thrown.
Music Discs
13 and cat.
Minecraft with Furnaces Minecraft with Chests.
Mobs
Chickens
Changes
Cows have new skin making them have brown and white spots instead of black and white spots and now have cow horns.
Three new ambience music pieces
The tip of an arrow in crafting is now made from flint rather than iron ingot.
The player can only jump two blocks ...
Release Date: 2010-07-30
Additions
Blocks
Reeds
Can be found growing next to water.
Can't be placed onto sand.
Clay
Generate underwater.
Items
Paper
Crafted from reeds.
Book
Crafted from 3 paper.
Clay.
Dropped from clay blocks.
Brick
Obtained from smelting clay.
Slimeball
Dropped by the smallest slimes, however it currently has no use.
Mobs
Slimes
A hostile mob which splits into smaller slimes ...
Release Date: 2010-07-23
Changes
Blocks
Water
Can now freeze into ice.
Items
Snowballs
Harvesting snowballs requires a shovel.
Snowballs now stack into stacks of 8 instead of 64.
The sound effect for throwing a snowball has been changed.
Gameplay
Multiplayer
Improved some aspects (although multiplayer is still in private testing).
Blocks can now be broken.
Added movement verification.
It is now impossible for the client to claim to mine a block they cannot.
It is now impossible for the client ...
Release Date: 2010-07-14
Additions
Blocks
Ice
Is slippery.
Snow
Player
Added a sitting animation when riding pigs or minecarts.
World generation
Winter maps
Added a new map type, featuring:
Snowfall.
Blocks exposed to sky generate with a thin layer of snow and those exposed to snowfall slowly get covered by it.
Water exposed to snowfall generates as ice.
However, water found on gravel beaches is not entirely frozen upon generation.
Upon world creation there's a 25% chance for it to become ...
Release Date: 2010-07-08
Additions
Minecraft
Rails
Changes
Gravel and sand fall realistically
Falling off bottom of map kills the player
Sky rendering tweaked
Release Date: 2010-06-18
Changes
Humans no longer spawn on level generation.
Lava lakes no longer spawn.
Fixes
Fixed a bug on level saving by updating the LWJGL version.
Release Date: 2009-05-24
General
Added a thin black block selection outline
"Huge" level size.
Level saving for players with accounts
Feature for registered and logged in players.
5 slots total
Aspect ratio
Game ratio is now 854×480, not 640×480.
Other
Holding jump no longer allows for autojumping
Source code is now obfuscated.
Release Date: 2009-05-22
Fixed an issue with start and destroy functions.
Release Date: 2009-05-17
Blocks
Sapling
Pressing 6 will select it.
Will disappear if in darkness or not on Dirt or Grass
Changes
Crosshair enlarged to current size
Game is no longer in fullscreen mode.
Particles now follow the player's location (a player facing up will see the full particle rather than a sliver of the side)
Textures
Changed wood planks texture from to .
Terrain Generation
Cliffs added to terrain generation
The grass layer can now be thicker than ...
Release Date: 2009-05-16
Additions
Blocks
Dirt
Stone
Planks
General
Spawn Human mobs by pressing G.
Block picking using the number keys 1–4.
Block particles.
Support for different block types and dynamic blocks.
Fullscreen mode.
Crosshair (+) to select items
Changes
Physics
Grass exists on dirt while under light.
Grass blocks revert to dirt when they are no longer under light.
Grass blocks revert to dirt when a block is on top of it.
Grass has to spread to Dirt Block in ...
Release Date: 2009-05-15
Level generation is now more natural.
Release Date: 2009-05-14
MobsHumans
Run randomly around the map with no proper AI or movement animation.
The first mob to be added into the game.
Spawn upon world generation and loading
Do not save to level.dat file
Release Date: 2009-05-13
Placing and destroying blocks.
Left-clicking places a block. Right-clicking destroys a block.
Blocks
Block types are handled depending upon where they are located within the world, as opposed to later versions where any block can be placed anywhere. Blocks at the same level as Grass turn to grass and blocks at the same level as cobblestone or air turn to cobblestone.
World generation
Level generation improved to be not so messy and random (as shown in the Cave game tech ...
Release Date: 2009-05-13