Version History

Since nobody was really keeping track, not much is known about the updates, except 1.23-1.24.
The information on this page may not be perfectly accurate!

Version	Date Released	Changes
1.26	May 31, 2014	Additions Added skins Create your own, or select from popular skins made by others Added Minecart 1.25	May 11, 2013	Additions Added 11 stairs and 11 half slabs Stone, cobblestone, brick, nether brick, stone brick, planks, iron, gold, diamond, obsidian, and bedrock Added afro Added coal block Smelting netherrack makes nether brick Passive mobs flee when attacked Enchanting Added experience points and bar Added enchantment table Added 59 enchantments (22 unique) Added experience in a bottle Added dispenser Added dropper Bug fixes Fixed zombies and skeletons crashing the game if they are under a block during the day Fixed sheep not dropping white cloth on death Fixed arrows in blocks locking your left/right keys Pistons have better functionality Fixed duplicating pistons glitch Iron doors drop correctly Fixed TNT booming crazily Fixed some medal bugs Tweaked damage, health, and armor Fixed diamond and dragon scale armor protection values Portal glitches fixed, I think Fixed bugs with signs The inventory updates when drops are collected Lightning now does damage Fixed bug on Kongregate Improvements Improved inventory GUI Improved redstone logic Improved collision detection Updated the creative inventory items New bookshelf texture Changed lapis ore texture Furnaces emit light when smelting Some code optimization Improved backdrop behavior Fixed wooden planks graphic being old Reticle follows mouse better
1.24	December 22, 2012	Additions Santa hat Candy canes (recommended by GhostID!) Snow golems Bamboo block New song Trap door Rotten flesh Food poisoning Redstone lamp The redstone lamp replaces the lightbulb Raw beef Steak Desert Shrub Bacon Mooshroom Saddles Carrot on a stick A couple more humorous loading bar messages when the world generates Added a mossy cobblestone recipe Splitting stacks Drops store quantity Zombies drop other items Skeletons have a higher chance of dropping their bows Mouse hides when holding item Sheep shed wool only when sheared or killed Sheep can regrow wool by eating grass Spiders jump when attacking Decreased zombie/skeleton sunlight check time Added error message when loading corrupt world Decreased fall damage and increased jump height on mobs Improved mining particles Mobs don't spawn too close Mobs can spawn naturally in skyholds Possibility for 2 chests in a dungeon Changed book recipe Nether rock renamed to netherrack Netherrack doesn’t catch on fire randomly in the overworld Decreased amount of ore veins generated Endermen may drop what their holding Skeletons delay their shot if they take damage Bonemeal works on grass Sounds when eating Snowballs have knockback and may randomly take small damage Fishing rods (does not work yet) Decreased loot in prize chests Can change the window size of the EXE Some new textures Bug fixes Shears get damaged now Backdrops interaction fixed a bit Chicken item drop typo fixed Pumpkin head bug fixes Fixed mob swimming bug Fixed underground clouds when first generating a world Task text box is no longer editable Seaweed misplacement check fixed Altered the saving system Shortened ender dragon spawning text in creative Forced item drops to self-correct Fixed wrong ad provider showing
1.23	October 31, 2012	Note: Versions 1.22.1-1.22.6 were created to fix item deletion bugs. Additions The ender Ender dragon Scales Ender dragon scale armor Ender dragon egg Ender gem Healing crystal Endermen Ender pearls Eyes of ender Blaze Blaze rod Blaze powder Skyhold Cobweb Obsidian backdrop Potatoes Cooked potatoes Golden nuggets Carrots Golden carrots Caramel Caramel apple Spear Golden armor Armor bar Raft Some new textures Better explosion particles A second smoke particle Iron doors When you create a new world, you may use numbers and symbols Wooden pressure plates Seaweed can be placed underwater Beds explode in nether and ender Bone block Bone shuriken New achievements list Achievements can be achieved in any order Bonemeal no longer works on golden apple seeds Cake heals more health and hunger Bug Fixes Saving and loading bugs fixed Correctly teleports from nether to overworld Chests, ovens, etc. work in Nether Snowy regions get saved Got rid of duplicate and useless saves Mouse lag decreased Armor deletion bug fixed Swapping items in the shoe armor spot fixed Small AI improvements and fixes Skeleton’s arrows are slower Output of crafting table displays number properly Infinite-trees-from-one-seed bug fixed Fixed white cloth and red dye making pink cloth Rain bugs fixed Rain can be collected in 1x1 blocks again Spawn position fixed Buckets can be retrieved after making cake! Fixed mobs disappearing when paused thanks to GhostID! Explosions no longer break portal stone and liquids Snow and snow blocks are placed correctly when snowing Gold ore no longer can be mined without better-than-stone pickaxes Mobs have a slightly increased jump height Fixed some drop bugs Fixed armor not disappearing on the player And more Lakes generate again Mobs don't follow player in creative mode Seeds don't trap the ability to open doors, enter Crafting Tables, etc. New Bugs When holding carrots or potatoes you can not open chests, furnaces, crafting tables, ect.
1.21	May 17th, 2012	Additions Armor Leather, Iron, and Diamond Backdrops Platforms Suffocation in blocks Flaming chickens Fire egg Bug Fixes Obsidian is working again Loud rain noises fixed Using a ladder under a block no longer causes noclip Lava now generates in the nether New bugs Mobs will not suffocate like the player does
1.20	February 4th, 2012	Additions Unknown Bug Fixes Unknown New Bugs Unknown
1.19.5	Unknown	This version was created to lessen the stress on Zanzlanz.com Additions Mute button
1.19.4	December 11th, 2011	Additions Sneaking Height of world is doubled Sun and moon Water currents Bug Fixes Liquid physics fixed Fixed buckets Removed infinite bucket glitch Fixed portals not turning on Piston no longer moves bedrock Light bulbs no longer turn into bedrock when crafted Paper is craftable again Removed herobrine
1.19	Unknown	Additions Most graphics were changed (Thanks to Prodevus!) Water physics resembles Minecraft's Golden apple seeds and golden apple tree Bug Fixes Many lag fixes Misplacing a bed or door doesn't remove it Removed herobrine Bugs Chunk issues
1.18.2	Unknown	Additions Added 3 dyes and wool types New wool textures Added advertisements Bug Fixes Crafting wasn't working
1.18.1	Unknown	Additions Signs New world generation More caverns, cliffs, ores and caves Milk buckets Optimized particle graphics New title song Some new graphics Bug Fixes Fixed feedback button Tools work on respawn Mobs spawn properly Improvements to lag
1.17	Unknown	Additions Stone brick Nether brick Bug Fixes Water evaporates in the nether Portalstone will place on top of its self properly Bread is edible
Version 1.8.8	Unknown	Additions Redstone Bug Fixes Fixed more mob glitches
Prior to 1.8.8	N/A	No updates were saved of these versions, but there is a daily change log! Additions All blocks and items used Minecraft's textures Snow can turn lava and acid into obsidian Lowered rain sound volume Added fire Clock Bricks and brick blocks Pressing Q drops items Zombies Creepers Pigs Cows Drop leather Sheep Swords Quality options Gravel, flint, flint and steel Door and torches can be placed in different ways Bug Fixes Furnaces and chests drop their contents when removed Chests can be removed Rain and snow pause when the game pauses Audio is muted when paused No raining in deserts Fixed seaweed texture
1.4.34	Unknown	The First 3 Weeks of Development Progress Log See here

See Also

• Upcoming Features
• Bugs