January 2012
1 post
Minecraft 1.1
+ Bow Enchantments + New language translations. + Sheep eat grass and regain their wool + Added spawn eggs to creative (the colors of the eggs even look like the mobs) + Added world type options (currently only super-flat and default) * Golden Apple recipe * Slightly smoothed color transitions between biomes * Reduced brewing time to 20 seconds * Removed collision box from ladders * Bug fixing
November 2011
1 post
Minecraft 1.0
+ Added animal breeding + Added mushroom islands + Added nether structures (fortresses) + Added nether mobs and new item drops + Added snow biome + Made swamps prettier + Added villagers in villages + Added craftable snow golems + Added potions and potion brewing + Added item enchantments + Added mooshrooms + Added The End + Added new achievements + Added many new items + Added video settings for...
September 2011
1 post
Minecraft Beta 1.8
+ Added a brand new biome generation code that simplifies life a lot and makes things much more exciting for the future + Added new mob; Endermen + Added FOV slider + Added brightness slider + Added randomly generated ravines + Killing a monster makes it drop experience orbs + The player can level up by gathering experience orbs + Added randomly generated houses + Added huge mushrooms + Using...
July 2011
1 post
Minecraft Beta 1.7.3
Bug fixes, bug fixes and bug fixes.
- 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 - Booster rails are no...
June 2011
1 post
Minecraft Beta 1.7
1.7: + Added pistons + Fire or redstone is now required to trigger TNT + Fences can be stacked + Added shears + Shears can be used to pick up leaf blocks + Shears can be used to shear sheep without hurting them * Sheep no longer drop wool from being punched - Removed Herobrine
May 2011
5 posts
Minecraft Beta 1.6.6
1.6.6: + Added a new use for bonemeal * Changed the material of glowstone from “glass” to “stone”. This means you need a pickaxe to get resources from it * Made glowstone drop more loot * Made the recipe sizes for creating cloth blocks and glowstone blocks smaller (2x2 instead of 3x3) * Re-introduced unlimited FPS, renamed the option again * Fixed beds not working very well...
Minecraft Beta 1.6.5
There are some annoying bed bugs in multiplayer in this version, I’ll fix those next week.
1.6.5: * Tweaked the connection reading code a lot. Hopefully this helps. * Changed the “limit framerate” option to a “framerate cap” option. * Added “Advanced OpenGL” again * Players riding anything or sleeping in anything will stop doing so when they leave the game now * Removed the minecraft version...
Minecraft Beta 1.6.4
* Fixed 1.6.3 using more CPU despite it claiming to use less * Totally professional
Minecraft Beta 1.6.3
1.6.3: + The renderer is now capped at 100 fps while there are chunks to be generated. The excess time will be spent generating chunks instead of rendering frames + The “limit framerate” option now limits the game to 40 fps and will spend at least 10 ms per frame sleeping + The “limit framerate” option has been reset to “off” for all players, enable it...
Minecraft Beta 1.6
New features: + Added Nether support to multiplayer + The client will ask minecraft.net if the current login is valid. If the server says “no”, a warning message appears in the client. You can still play the game even if this happens. + Added craftable maps + Added hatches + Added tall grass in some biomes + Mushrooms now spreads (very) slowly + Added server property view-distance....
April 2011
2 posts
Minecraft Beta 1.5
(You will need to update your servers as well)
* Weather (rain, snow, thunder) * Statistics * Achievements * Detector rail * Booster rail * Performance improvements
More statistics and achievements will be added over time as we develop the game. They’re only stored locally at the moment, but we’ll slowly be rolling out online storing of achievements over time.
Minecraft Beta 1.4_01
* Removed the April fools joke
(The server was updated as well, but it’s an optional update)
March 2011
1 post
Minecraft Beta 1.4
* Added tameable wolves * Added cookies * Sleeping in a bed now resets your spawn position * New Minecraft logo * Holding shift while climbing will hang on to the ladder * Spiders will no longer trample crops * Lots and lots of infrastructure for Statistics lists and Achievements
While most of the code is written, statistics and achievements won’t show up until the next update. We...
February 2011
3 posts
Minecraft Beta 1.3
* Implemented a new lighting engine with the help of MrMessiahs (can be turned off) * Changed the options around, added a new “Graphics options” button * Added beds. If all players in a map sleeps in a bed during night, the game immediately skips until morning * Added three new half-size blocks * Added Delay/Repeater redstone dust blocks * Added whitelisting to the server. To use,...
Welcome to the new Minecraft Launcher
This area will be used to inform you about game updates and other important news about the game. It’s highly likely we’ll also use it to promote things we like, such as any future games we make, or where to get the latest merchandise for the game. Marketing will be kept tasteful, though.
One cool feature about the new launcher you might want to know about is that you can pass it...
Thanks for helping test this!
The biggest problem so far seems to be the “too many failed log in attempts” bug. That’s caused by the server getting every one connecting to the server mixed up