Version History

Full changelogs from all past updates are available on this page. Not much is known about earlier updates.

Version	Date Released	Changes
1.28	Oct 08, 2016	New features Potions! Potion Stand Swiftness Slowness Harming Healing Poison Regeneration Strength Weakness Fire resistance Water breathing Leaping Invisibility Night vision Has data_tags: "showParticles" Balloons Ghast Balloon Shades Chickens can spawn with them Squid Ink Sac Ghast Ghast Tear Cauldron Dying leather armor Stained Glass Stained Glass Backdrop Zombie Pigman Pigs turn to Zombie Pigmen when struck by lightning Barrier Block Can change sheep color Sheep spawn with different colors Black Wool Gray Wool Light gray Wool Gray Dye Light Gray Dye Dog collars can be dyed Command Book - Inspired by Ahmed Has data_tags: "command" and "uses" Give command has damage and data_tags property type unbreakable enchantments anvilUses name "Difficulty" command Difficulty option is world-specific "Lonely mode" was replaced with "passive mobs" option Gamerule for passiveMobs "Enchant" command "Lightning" command Bonus chest Nether Wart Block Red Nether Bricks Dragon Egg is now placeable New skin submission process Re-added shift+click and drag in inventory Snow Golems leave a trail of snow Recipe for Clay Block Bug fixes Fixed the "Porcupine" bug, and then readded it as an official Easter egg Made keypresses run 59x faster! Fixed blaze fireballs Fixed broken TNT and explosions Fixed dispensed TNT Fixed chicken being able to jump higher than a fence Fixed infinite string recipe - Post by yigiteksi007 Fixed item duplication bug when dropping and placing blocks - Video by WSDGuy2014 Fixed fishing rod capture direction - Video by WSDGuy2014 Fixed minecarts being stuck tilted when falling off a slope - Video by WSDGuy2014 Fixed mobgriefing game rule command - Video by WSDGuy2014 Fixed fishing XP duplication bug - Video by WSDGuy2014 Fixed duplicating bottle glitch - Video by WSDGuy2014 Fixed respawning in ridable after dying - Video by WSDGuy2014 Fixed pistons not transferring all block data, and optimized their code - Video by WSDGuy2014 Fixed items triggering pressure plates only when they bob down - Video by WSDGuy2014 & Thanks @toshavan! Fixed weird empty skins when returning to skin list - Video by WSDGuy2014 Fixed ender gems not working with silk touch - Post from WSDGuy2014 Armor enchantments are no longer lost on respawn - Post from @toshavan Fixed ender portal in survival - Post from @toshavan Enchanting can no longer result in fortune + silk touch - Thanks Protopulse! Fixed issues when placing a bunch of Jack o' Lanterns - Post from @HGirl218 Fixed empty bowls glitching when not using on a mob - Post from @car_n1 Holding the mouse down after placing a block no longer uses the block Fixed incorrect XP command output Fixed rabbits ignoring lonely mode Updated furnace code to support durability and item data Fixed "trap_door" identifier for commands Dirt is no longer flammable Using a bottle of enchanting will properly turn it into an empty bottle Fixed lightning being completely broken Fixed mob names not disappearing on slimes and magma cubes Fixed skeletons not making a shooting sound when facing rightwards Fixed dropper and dispenser not keeping their names when mined Fixed knockback Can no longer place torches on lilipads Fixed not being able to enchant a renamed item Nether eye movement and rotation is even less buggy Fixed similar enchantments not combining properly Fixed respiration enchantment Fixed enderman walk animation Fixed torches being placeable on lilipads Backdrops will drop when replaced with another block Can no longer place fences at the player's current position Fit help command output into window Fixed water generation (probably) Tweaks Increased mine speed in creative mode Endermen can now spawn in the nether "~" is now interpreted as "~0" in commands tp command outputs position tp ~ ~ says current location Increased Rabbit's Foot drop rate Reticle points towards mouse better Torches wont be placed where they can't be placed Shears use durability when used on sheep Buffed explosion damage by 4 times - Thanks Protopulse! Half of the player's experience points are dropped on repawn - Thanks Protopulse! Corrected all block mining particle colors Doubled size of the nether eye Wools and dyes are now one item "give wool_blue" is now "give wool 1 0 {type:'blue'}" Hunger depletes faster Reorganized key bindings menu Updated graphics Spider Chicken Iron Ingot Gold Ingot Dragon Egg Brick
1.27	Nov 13, 2015	Additions Save and load worlds from file! Search skins by name and author! Party hat! (Crafted with paper and 3 differently colored dyes) (Suggestion by MinecraftMan) Rabbits! Rabbit hide Raw rabbit Cooked rabbit Rabbit's foot Rabbit stew Fishing! Raw fish Cooked fish Raw salmon Cooked salmon Clownfish Pufferfish (You really shouldn't eat it!) "Lure" and "Luck of the Sea" enchantments Anvil! Repairing tools through crafting was also added "spawnskin" command - can spawn a passive mob using any skin! "heal" command "tp" command Ender chest! Name tag! Fence! Fence gate Nether brick fence Nether brick fence gate Iron bars! Topaz block! (Crafted with 9 topaz) Glass bottle (You can fill it by using it on a water source block) Lemonade! (Made with Bottle of Water + Lemon + Sugar) Orange Juice! (Water + Orange + Sugar) Apple Juice! (Water + Apple + Sugar) Dragon scale block! Enchanted book! Melon Melon seeds Melon slices Glistering melon Beetroot Beetroot seeds (can be dropped by grass) Beetroot soup Mutton Cooked mutton Pumpkin seeds Pumpkin pie Shear a pumpkin to carve it into different faces! Enchant an empty bottle to make "Experience in a Bottle" Carpet (One for each wool type) Rainbow carpet! Soul sand (Craftable with Netherrack+Dirt) Nether wart (Nethereyes have a chance to drop them in the nether) Cooked egg (Suggested by Elvinotron) Spider eye Fermented spider eye Read signs by hovering mouse over them Coarse dirt (Crafted with 2 dirt and 2 gravel) Hay (Crafted with 9 wheat) Can place wood and hay on its side (must be at least two blocks away) Cacti can't hurt you if you're sneaking "Fish for fish" and "Use an anvil" achievements Drinking milk cancels poison and regeneration effects Throw and bow sound effects "doFireTick" game rule Screenshot key binding can be set Added a save interface for screenshots. Can now save them without Internet! Particle amount quality setting Shift-clicking armor on the hotbar equips it Option to hide armor (Suggested by indianajames99) Added "L" number modifier to the xp command amount A water source will form between two other water sources (infinite water!) When mining blocks, you wont accidentally hit mobs, and vice versa. The game pauses when you click away (there's a setting to turn this off) Bug fixes You will no longer get stuck in the nether or ender! There are no more weird artefacts with lights! Steak and raw chicken are edible again Rafts and moss are placeable again Rafts can float on water Fixed shears Fixed most movement bugs! Fixed taking damage and bouncing near the sides of blocks Clipping through the bottom of blocks when using ladders or flying has been fixed Walking and sprinting up stairs and slabs works much better Sneaking is reliable and has been updated to match how it works in Minecraft Using a block (such as a door) no longer uses the selected inventory item (like flint and steel) Grounded the floating dead bush Golden apple seeds no longer plant invisibly on dirt Fixed acid being completely wacko Non-hostile spiders no longer do damage Can "drop" items through leaves and similar blocks Dragon items no longer get burned in lava Fixed blaze powder + enderpearl making 2 eyes of ender Fixed loud and strange rain sound effect Blazes now drop charcoal instead of bedrock Blaze fireballs no longer hurt the blaze that shot it The ender task/medal works again Skin and armor changes show instantly Hitting mobs is more reliable Odd rock ore mines properly Coral can now be given through commands The armor bar shows and hides properly in different game modes Enchantments of items in chests no longer wander Fixed some skeletons' arrows not alerting the shot mob to attack Activator rails no longer constantly stop the current to nearby rails Oddrock and stone brick mine with grey particles instead of white Liquids finally will properly fill empty spaces below them Snowballs collide properly with blocks again Fixed enderman collision issue Chicken walk cycle works again Fixed incorrect values for home command Seaweed grows only in source water blocks Fixed mobs not being put out of fire when swimming in water, while quality is set to low You will spawn properly back home when first leaving the nether Acid destroys all leaf types (Found by Aftermoth) Fixed doors being pushed by pistons (Found by Aftermoth) If explosion occurs on unbreakable block, it no longer gets destroyed Fixed special jump text being undefined on special days Replaced "radius" with "size" in explode command Corrected typo "Dimentions" -> "Dimensions" Corrected another typo "made" -> "make" Solved a TON of lag issues and a BUNCH of memory leaks! Tweaks The list of worlds is in the order you last played them Turns out there was an unused zombie death sound! Blahhhg! Unlimited enchanting in creative (Suggested by John Au) Topaz is now yellow-orange again Added back key bindings for moving/jumping/sneaking. Arrow keys will always work. You can also disable the spacebar Ice cream recipe now requires ice Ice cream adds a bit of regeneration Soup, bowls, and ice cream are now stackable Saplings can be a fuel in the furnace Slimes can no longer take fall damage You can't punch mobs through blocks Pet dogs can no longer be punched or hit with swords Pet dogs no longer take cactus damage Sneaking while riding a pig will stop the pig Sneaking on a ladder or rope will stop movement Shift+Q drops an entire stack Backdrops are now darker than the foreground (instead of lighter) Made passive mobs less likely to despawn You don't need an Internet connection to test your own skins Better error messages when uploading skins Lightened the nether and ender a little bit Made item damage bars more Minecrafty Command history doesn't forget the command you started to type Add and split stacks in the furnace slots Fill command 'replace' flag is now 'oldBlockHandling': destroy/hollow/keep/outline/replace Increased size of fill command from 400 to 10000 blocks The world seed can be text now - it automatically converts to a number Changed skin links to /skin/#### Skeleton aim varies Skeleton arrows disappear quicker Silk touch now works on giant mushrooms Bonemeal on grass can produce a sapling Coral can now be mined by hand, but doesn't drop anything Dead bushes drop sticks Cactus cake gives less regeneration Tweaked amount of hunger given by food items Double tapping keys (flying and sprinting) is less difficult Reduced amount of block types that lava can set on fire Lowered the volume of the wolf barking sounds (Suggested by pmaguire13) You'll respawn on the ground, if possible Items in the crafting table get used in creative mode Weighted and changed mob spawn rates Tweaked tool damage values Splash screen is now 300% more explosive Lowered vignette effect (Suggested by Prodevus) Added small light around player when underground Changed game resolution to 4:3 (552x414 instead of 550x400) No close-by thunder sound plays if you're above the cloud level Nethereyes drop nether brick instead of netherrack Renamed "Fiber" to "String" Renamed (and updated identifiers for) all "Cloth" blocks to "Wool" Re-arranged menu layout somewhat Updated graphics Water, lava, acid Dirt Obsidian Netherrack Sign Odd Rock and Odd Rock Ore Topaz Fiber Dragon scale Moss Raw/Cooked chicken, chicken nugget Golden apple seed/sapling Clay Paper Lever Rope
1.26.5	July 3, 2014	Additions Cheats! Press / to open cheat window Current commands: gamemode <survival|creative> give item_name <quantity> fill block_type [~]x [~]y width height <replace=true> home <get|set x y> time <get|set <t|day|night>> weather <get|set <clear|rain|thunder>> explode radius [[~]x [~]y] xp <value|add amount> kill seed help (lists commands) Magma cube! Spawns in nether. They’re almost identical to slimes New achievement for them Monster egg for them Drops magma cream Useless for now Craftable (blaze powder + slime ball) Ice cream! (Requested by @BrunoEpic0!) Bowl + bucket of milk + sugar Trash slot for creative mode Shift-click it to clear the entire inventory TNT can be placed in a furnace :3 Rewrote block and item data code. Fixed a few things... probably broke a few too xD Made obsidian take a long time to mine Added a button on the Load/Create World screen to a screen to help fix world saving Added table of contents, dog-taming and skin-creation help pages Bug fixes Snow can’t be on lily pads Fixed mobs spawning very close to player Furnaces now continue to smelt when fuel is removed Lava buckets return an empty bucket in the furnace Trees grown on-screen no longer have the broken bottom-block (Thanks Gino Pensa!) Stopped silk-touch from giving experience (Thanks Gino) Coal ore, odd rock ore, and stone now work with silk-touch (Hi Gino) Enchantments don’t randomly copy over to similar items (G1n0 and others xD) Fixed slimes not dropping slimeballs when killed by the player Fixed nethereyes not following the player correctly Fixed nethereye spawn egg name and image Fixed enderman holding a flickering item when they pick up wood Made signs stackable (Thanks StarrylLeaf!) Tweaks Gave creepers a fancy texture! Gave beds, snow blocks, and ice textures Tweaked rain sound effect Improved enderman teleportation a little bit Fixed ender dragon health being too low Fixed typo in help (Thanks awesomeguy7!)
1.26	May 31, 2014	Additions Skins Create your own, or select from popular skins made by others Mine Blocks skin page Minecart TNT minecart Minecart tracks (Rails) Powered minecart tracks Activator minecart tracks Detector minecart tracks Slime Slime ball Slime block Sticky piston Lemon tree Lemon Lemon block Compass Cactus cake Bug fixes Fixed the main cause of lag!! Portals no longer teleport you back if you stand in them for too long Fixed the duplication bug finally Experience level is resets properly on new worlds Glass backdrops can be crafted Snow golems can be made in lonely mode (Tamed) dogs do not despawn in lonely mode (Tamed) dogs are healed more when fed Made cows quieter - MOO!! Lava and acid does damage quicker Milk buckets no longer can stack Fixed staring at endermen not causing them to get aggravated Removed an unnecessary mask that created lag Entering rafts with a raft in hand doesn’t place another Note blocks work better with redstone Fixed bug where the player gets stuck and levitates off of a pig or raft A saddled pig is more obedient when ridden with a carrot on a stick Ender dragon XP orbs no longer get stuck off-screen Fixed platforms Rapid jumping no longer happens Tweaks Mining and placing code rewritten (the block directly under the mouse is now selected. Might take a while for you guys to get used to the change, haha!) Added settings menu to main menu screen You spawn in the portal when returning home from the nether Endermen drop more ender pearls Drops can stack in creative mode Creative inventory selection supports adding/subtracting and selecting a full stack Drag and drop in inventory is less annoying The currently selected item name appears when changing items When holding a sword in creative, blocks have normal breaking speeds Gave the ender dragon some more health Increased lighting contrast Stairs can be crafted using the flipped recipe instead Added Facebook, Twitter, and Reddit buttons to main menu Boosted experience Changed some textures Piston Mob spawner Cake Clock Flying in water is easier Bone meal can generate sugarcane on grass Other small visual tweaks
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 wool 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 Tweaks 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 light bulb Raw beef Steak Desert Shrub Raw bacon Cooked bacon Mooshroom Saddles Carrot on a stick A couple more humorous loading bar messages when the world generates Added a moss stone 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 Bone meal 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	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 the Nether and The End Bone block Bone shuriken New achievements list Achievements can be achieved in any order Bone meal no longer works on golden apple seeds Cake heals more health and hunger Bug fixes Saving and loading bugs fixed Correctly teleports from the Nether to the Overworld Chests, ovens, etc. work in the 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.
1.22.4	Unknown	Note: Versions 1.22.1-1.22.6 were created to fix item deletion bugs. Additions Wolves and dogs Skeletons Bones Bone meal Mushroom biome Cocoa beans Can be found in chests Cookies Glass backdrop 7 new wool colors and 6 new dyes Bug fixes Fixed inventory issues Fixed lakes, seaweed and coral Fixed seed numbers Tweaks Improved mob behaviors More creative inventory options
1.22	Unknown	Additions Unknown Bug fixes Unknown Tweaks Updated cobblestone texture Updated the texture of ores New creative inventory New textures for iron, gold, diamond, and lapis lazuli blocks.
1.21	May 17th, 2012	Additions Armor Leather, Iron, and Diamond Backdrops Platforms Suffocation in blocks Flaming chickens Fire egg Creative mode Charcoal 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 Tweaks Increased the mining speed by a bit
1.20	February 4th, 2012	Additions Unknown Bug fixes Unknown
1.19.5	Unknown	This version was created to lessen the stress on Zanzlanz.com. I believe accounts were removed. 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 Added bugs Chunk issues
1.18.2	Unknown	Additions Added 3 dyes and cloth types New cloth 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	Oct 12, 2011	Additions Stone bricks Nether bricks (blocks) and the nether brick Golden apple (and regeneration) Added J Sprinting while hitting a mob causes knockback Added bowls Added mushrooms Added soup Added more recipes Added hoes Added farming Added bread Chickens lay eggs Added shrubs and long grass Bug fixes Water evaporates in the Nether Portal stone will place on top of its self properly Bread is edible Fixed a huge lag bug Tweaks Right clicking is allowed Loading screen shows up quicker
1.15	Sep 1, 2011	Additions Split grass biomes into forests and plains Added deserts Added food bar Added spiders Drop fiber Added sandstone Added bow Added arrow Added snow ball Added sprinting Allows the player to jump three blocks Affects food bar
1.14	Aug 24, 2011	Additions Added an achievement system (15 of them) 'T' to open interface Cooked chicken can be crafted into chicken nuggets Tweaks You don't take damage from a three block fall
1.11	August 5th, 2011	Additions The Nether Odd rock Portal stone Netherrack World width doubled
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