Java Edition Beta 1.8

Beta 1.8, the first release of the Adventure Update, is a version of Java Edition Beta released on September 14, 2011,^[1] which introduces features that focus mainly on fighting, exploration, and adventuring, as well as other aspects, and fixes bugs and crashes.

Stone bricks

• Occur naturally in strongholds.
• Crafted using stone.

Cracked stone bricks

• Occur naturally in strongholds.

Mossy stone bricks

• Occur naturally in strongholds.

Infested blocks

• Spawn silverfish when broken.
• Doesn't drop when broken.
• They lack an in-game name.

Bricks slab

• Crafted using bricks.

Stone bricks slab

• Occur naturally in strongholds.
• Crafted using stone bricks.

Brick stairs

• Drop brick blocks.
• Crafted using bricks.

Stone brick stairs

• Occur naturally in strongholds.
• Drop stone bricks.
• Crafted using stone bricks.

Glass pane

• Crafted using glass.

Iron bars

• Appear only in strongholds and blacksmith houses.
• Crafted using iron ingots.

Fence gate

• Open when used.
• Connect to fences.
• Crafted using stick and planks.

Vines

• Can grow to nearby blocks.
• Spread infinitely down, but do not spread if there are more than four other vine blocks nearby.
• Are naturally generated in swamps.

Mushroom blocks

• Drop their corresponding mushroom.
• Generate when the player uses bone meal on a mushroom.

Pumpkin stems

• Are plants grown on farmland that, over time, grow pumpkin on dirt, mud and moss blocks adjacent to them.

Melon stems

• Are plants grown on farmland that, over time, grow melon on dirt, mud and moss blocks adjacent to them.

Melon block

• Cannot be obtained.

Raw chicken

• New food item.
• Dropped by chickens.
• Restores 2 () hunger.
• Can give the player hunger effect.

Cooked chicken

• New food item.
• Restores 6 () hunger.

Raw beef

• New food item.
• Dropped by cows.
• Restores 3 () hunger.

Steak

• New food item.
• Restores 8 () hunger.

Ender pearl

• Dropped by endermen.
• Has no function.

Melon seeds

• Can be planted in farmland to grow melons.
• Crafted from melons.

Melon

• New food item.
• Drops from melon blocks.
• Restores 2 () hunger.

Pumpkin seeds

• Cannot be obtained.
• Can be planted in farmland to grow pumpkins.

Rotten flesh

• New food item.
• Dropped by zombies and zombie pigmen.
• Restores 4 () hunger.
• Can give the player the hunger effect.

Cave spider

• New variant of the spider.
• Inflicts Poison on the player.
• Has 12HP × 6.
• Spawns from spawners in mineshafts.

Enderman

• It becomes hostile to players that damage it or look directly at its face, using its arms to attack.
• Has the ability to teleport.
• Is able to carry every block except bedrock, double slabs, and spawners.
• Makes zombie sounds.
• Emits portal particles.
• Has 10HP.

Silverfish

• Appears when the player breaks infested blocks.
• Has 8HP.
• Makes spider sounds.

Experience orb

• Adds to the player's total experience when collected.
• Entity ID is XPOrb.
• Plays low-pitched item pickup sound upon collecting.
• Dropped by monsters and animals when they are killed.

Ravine

• Are deep and long cracks breaching the underground layers of the Overworld.

Huge mushroom

• Does not generate naturally.
• Can be artificially created by applying bone meal to a brown or red mushroom.
• Can only be made if a mushroom is planted on grass or dirt.

Extreme hills

• New biome.

Ocean

• New biome.
• Oceans existed in previous versions, however, now they exist as an actual biome, spanning thousands of blocks.

River

• New biome.
• Flows through/in between biomes.

Mineshaft

• Are underground structures primarily found underground in the Overworld.
• They consist of interlinked 3×3 tunnels with incomplete rail lines running through them, with planks platforms bridging gaps.
• Mineshafts are the only structures where cave spider monster spawners can be found.

Stronghold

• Is an underground structure in the Overworld.
• Only 3 generate per world.

Village

• Is a group or complex of buildings and other above ground structures that generate naturally in the Overworld.

Achievements

• Added Sniper Duel: "Kill a skeleton with an arrow at 50 meters".

Controls Debug keys

• F6 and F7 move time forwards and backwards, respectively.
• F6 disables gravity for the player, it can be canceled by pressing it again.
• H and Y increase and decrease the player's FOV, respectively
• L and J make the player's camera turn right and left, respectively
• I and K make the player's camera turn up or down, respectively
• M and N rotate the player's camera 180° around the Z-axis, respectively.

Sprinting

• Activated by double-tapping W.

Hunger

• Is a feature exclusive to the player, which is required for natural health regeneration and sprinting.
• Decreases when the player does certain actions, like when being hurt, jumping and mining.
• Food no longer heals directly, but indirectly: if the food meter is above 90%, heals every 4 seconds.
• If the food meter is at 0%, the player starves and loses hearts every 4 seconds.
• It can be restored by eating food.

Experience

• Currently has no use.

Critical hits

• Do more damage depending how close the player was to the ground while falling.

Creative gamemode

• Infinite access to almost every item.
• No health, except when falling into the void.
• Food is not edible.
• Flying by double tapping Space.
• Increased reach.

Effects

• Added obtainable status effects:
  • Regeneration, which increases health slowly.
    • Obtained after eating a golden apple.
  • Hunger, which decreases the hunger bar.
    • Obtained after eating rotten flesh or raw chicken.
  • Poison, which hurts the player.
    • Obtained when being hurt by a cave spider.
• Added unobtainable status effects:
  • Speed, Slowness, Haste, Mining Fatigue, Instant Health, Instant Damage, Water Breathing, Nausea, Strength, Weakness, Jump Boost, Resistance, Fire Resistance, Invisibility, Blindness, and Night Vision.

Void fog

• Increases darkness at extreme depths.
• Decreases field of vision.

/gamemode

• Changes the gamemode.

Main menu

• Revamped the main menu by adding an animated menu panorama.^[2]

Options

• The player can now set their field of view in the options via the FOV slider. It can be set from 70 (default) to 110 (Quake Pro).
• "Attack", "Use Item", and "List Players" can now be remapped.
• "Pick Block" can now be remapped.
• "Toggle Fog" can be remapped once again.
• Added the brightness option.

Particles

• Performing a critical hit on any mob causes 'sparks' to fly.
• Explosion particles are now shockwaves instead of smoke.
• Tiny stationary bubble particles can be seen when underwater.
• Fog is now thicker and darker deep underground, and gives off particles. Due to this, the void appears black.

Server list

• The ability to save and view multiple servers has now been added.

Splash

• Added the following splash text:
  • Jeb has amazing hair!
  • Casual gaming!
  • Undefeated!
  • Kinda like Lemmings!
  • Follow the train, CJ!
  • Leveraging synergy!
  • This message will never appear on the splash screen, isn't that weird?
  • DungeonQuest is unfair!
  • 110813!
  • 90210!
  • Check out the far lands!
  • Tyrian would love it!
  • Also try VVVVVV!
  • Also try Super Meat Boy!
  • Also try Terraria!
  • Also try Mount And Blade!
  • Also try Project Zomboid!
  • Also try World of Goo!
  • Also try Limbo!
  • Also try Pixeljunk Shooter!
  • Also try Braid!
  • That's super!
  • Bread is pain!
  • Read more books!
  • Khaaaaaaaaan!
  • Less addictive than TV Tropes!
  • More addictive than lemonade!
  • Bigger than a bread box!
  • Millions of peaches!
  • Fnord!
  • This is my true form!
  • Totally forgot about Dre!
  • Don't bother with the clones!
  • Pumpkinhead!
  • Hobo humping slobo babe!

Cake

• Now a slice of cake restore 3 (), instead of 3HP.

Ferns

• Ferns no longer generate naturally.

Chests

• Texture changed from .
• Added an opening and closing animation .
• The chest's texture is no longer in the terrain.png file. Instead, it is in the folder "item" under "chest.png" and "chestlarge.png", with the former being a chest on its own and the latter being the large chest.
• Are now tile entities, which means they no longer show the breaking animation and are also now slightly smaller than they were before.
• Now change the direction they face based on the viewpoint of the player.
• Can now be found in mineshafts and strongholds.
• Use door sounds when opening and closing.

Lava

• Texture changed from .
• When lava is touched by rain, it emits smoke particles.

Leaves

• Player-placed leaves no longer decay.

Moss stone

• Texture changed from .

Obsidian

• Can now be mined by an iron pickaxe or moved by an enderman.

Stone pressure plate

• Can now be placed on fences.

Torch

• Their model is no longer always rendered in full brightness.

Water

• Changed texture from .

Wooden pressure plate

• Can now be placed on fences.

Apples

• Now restore 4 (), instead of 4HP.
• Can now be stacked up to 64.
• Now takes 1.6 seconds to consume, accompanied with an animation.

Bow

• Behavior has been overhauled; they now need to be charged in order to fire.
  • Arrows from bows now damage in accordance with the charging time.
  • Added new textures visible in hand, in order to indicate their charge .

Bread

• Now restore 5 (), instead of 5HP.
• Can now be stacked up to 64.
• Now takes 1.6 seconds to consume, accompanied with an animation.

Cooked fish

• Now restore 5 (), instead of 5HP.
• Can now be stacked up to 64.
• Now takes 1.6 seconds to consume, accompanied with an animation.

Cooked porkchop

• Changed the texture from .
• Now restore 8 (), instead of 8HP.
• Can now be stacked up to 64.
• Now takes 1.6 seconds to consume, accompanied with an animation.

Cookie

• Now restore 1 (), instead of 1HP.
• Can now be stacked up to 64.
• Now takes 1.6 seconds to consume, accompanied with an animation.

Golden apples

• Now restore 10 (), instead of 20HP × 10 health points.
• Also give Regeneration for 30 seconds.
• Can now be stacked up to 64.
• Now takes 1.6 seconds to consume, accompanied with an animation.

Mushroom stew

• Now restore 8 (), instead of 10HP.
• Now takes 1.6 seconds to consume, accompanied with an animation.

Raw fish

• Now restore 2 (), instead of 2HP.
• Can now be stacked up to 64.
• Now takes 1.6 seconds to consume, accompanied with an animation.

Raw porkchop

• Now restore 3 (), instead of 3HP.
• Can now be stacked up to 64.
• Now takes 1.6 seconds to consume, accompanied with an animation.

Shears

• Can now collect fern, grass and vines.

Swords

• Added blocking.
  • Negates 50% of the incoming damage.

Passive mobs

• No longer despawn.
• Randomly flee if attacked by the player or other mobs.

Hostile mobs

• Perform attack animations.

Mob

• Removed the mob as an entity, however, their AI is still in the code.

Monster

• Removed the monster as an entity, however, their AI is still in the code.

Pigs

• Their snouts now extrude from their model, rather than being flat.

Skeletons

• The bows of skeletons are now larger and held realistically (full-sized bows, two-handed, but don't yet show the arrow pulling back).
• Skeletons now fire arrows slower, but further.
• Skeletons no longer bounce around the player, making them much easier to hit.

Zombies

• Now drop rotten flesh instead of feathers.

Arrows

• Arrows which hit a mob visually "stick" into the mob rather than just disappear.

Players

• Unarmed damage was decreased from 2HP to 1HP.
• The player can now jump four blocks horizontally by sprinting.

General

• Biomes are now much bigger and more flat.
• Hills and mountains tend not to generate as much and now mostly only generate within the new extreme hills biome.
• Biomes are no longer aligned based on temperature and humidity. Instead, their distribution is purely random.
• The sea level has been decreased by one block.
• Biomes in worlds before Beta 1.8 were not saved. Therefore, every biome is regenerated within existing chunks upon entering an old world.

Desert

• Larger than before.

Forest

• Wolves now spawn more often.
• Fancy oak trees generate less frequently.

Plains

• Larger than before.

Swamp

• Features vibrant green vegetation.
• Added swamp oak trees which are similar to regular oak trees but are slightly bigger and have vines hanging from their leaves. They can also generate in shallow water pools.
• Has the flattest terrain out of any biome.

Taiga

• No longer generate with snow or ice.

Clouds

• Height raised to the top of the map.
• Can no longer phase through blocks.
• Movement now syncs with the game's time.

Controls

• Fog key mapped to F.
• ⇧ Shift+ clicking while crafting makes as much as possible and moves it straight to player's inventory.
• Holding the left mouse button with a weapon now only swings once.
• Holding the right mouse button to place blocks is slightly slower than before.
• Player list in multiplayer, defaults to ↹ Tab.

Daylight cycle

• No longer require chunk updates and is a smooth transition.
• A few tweaks to sunrise and sunset:
  • Clouds change color during sunrise and sunset to match the sky color.
  • Horizon, specifically haze changes color more vividly during sunset and sunrise.

HUD

• Armor bar moved to above hearts, due to hunger bar.
• The version tag appears outside of the debug screen again.

Void

• Entities are now lit in the void.
• Color of the void now changes from blue to black while descending.

Spawn

• The player's spawn point is now bound to a specific biome rather than to any sand block. The player can spawn in forest, swamp and taiga biomes.

Weather

• Rain and snow now render faster.

Light

• Implemented a new lighting engine. The lighting on a block is given a tint based on the most prominent source of light.
• Artificial light now gives a very subtle "flicker".

Splash

• Removed duplicate "Check it out!"

Debug screen

• The ability to see the level's seed has now been added to the debug screen.
• Entity numbers being shown above a mob's head have now been removed from the debug screen.

Far Lands

Seasonal forest

Rainforest

Shrubland

Savanna

Tundra

Ice desert

• This biome did not generate in previous versions, so their removal was not noticeable.

Sand and gravel beach

Controls

• Removed the ability to change the fog level under F

Distance effects

• The famous high-distance world rendering offset bug has been fixed (except for moving pistons).
• Redstone repeater top faces are no longer weirdly broken.
• Rails, powered rails and detector rails are no longer stretched.
• Ladders are no longer offset nor stretched.
• Upwards travelling redstone wire no longer appears offset from the block it's on.
• The side faces of flowing water and lava are no longer broken.

World boundary

• Has now been reduced from 32,000,000 to 30,000,000.

Options

• "Toggle Fog" can no longer be remapped.

• The 'Sniper Duel' achievement does not work.
• Inventory block lighting is rendered incorrectly.

9 bugs fixed

• The ⇧ Shift + click crash bug from Beta 1.8 Pre-release 2 is fixed.
• Fixed redstone circuits not working after /time set x glitch is now fixed in multiplayer.
• Destroying boats and minecarts now creates particles.
• Ghast attack sounds have been fixed in multiplayer.
• The Far Lands have been removed; there is now only void.
• Fixed stairs, cactus, farmland, pressure plate, fence, cake, snow layer, button, and trapdoor items being too big.
• Fixed the "smart farms" glitch where the hitbox of a fence would extend past the hitbox of tilled soil and prevent it from reverting to dirt when walked on.
• Fixed several crash bugs relating to pistons.
• Increased the z-buffer from 8-bit to 24-bit, fixing graphical issues with AMD graphics cards.

• The world rendering no longer loses precision at high coordinates.
• Vertically traveling redstone dust no longer "snaps" to the side planes of blocks at high coordinates.
• Ladders, rails, and the side textures of vertically flowing water and lava no longer becomes stretched at high coordinates.

The official trailer for Beta 1.8, made by Hat Films. The footage shown is from an earlier, non-public preview build given to Hat Films for advertising purposes, and thus has a few differences from public versions. Made before Java Edition's final release (and way before 1.8 existed), the trailer omits "Beta" from the version title.

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  A swamp biome. Note the saturated grass color.
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  A ravine, with a lava lake in the background.
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  A small village. It's empty, since villagers are yet to be added.
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  A mountain. In the new terrain generator, such mountains became confined to extreme hills biomes.

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  A sunset in Beta 1.7.3 and Beta 1.8. The light level changes became smooth in Beta 1.8.
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  Torch lighting in Beta 1.7.3 and Beta 1.8, showcasing the new lighting.
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  Oversized dropped items in Beta 1.7.3 and Beta 1.8, with a stone block for reference.
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  Inventory block lighting in Beta 1.7.3, Beta 1.8 and Release 1.0.0, highlighting the lighting bug in Beta 1.8.
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  Sea levels in Beta 1.7.3 terrain (left) and Beta 1.8 terrain (right). The sea level in Beta 1.8 is a block lower.

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Beta (2010–2011) Version history Development versions 1.0 (Guide) 1.0 1.0_01 1.0.2* 1.1 (Guide) 1.1* 1.1_01 1.1_02 1.2 (Guide) 1.2 1.2_01 1.2_02 20110517 1.3 (Guide) 1.3** 1.3_01 Demo 1.4 (Guide) 1.4* (dev) 1.4_01 1.5 (Guide) 1.5 (dev) 1.5_01 1.5_02 1.6 (Guide) 1.6 preview Test Build 3 1.6.1 1.6.2 1.6.3 1.6.4 1.6.5 1.6.6 1.7 (Guide) 1.7 preview 1.7_01 1.7.2 1.7.3 Adventure Update: Part I (Guide) 1.8 PAX Prime preview pre* pre2* 1.8.1
Full Release (1.0–1.9) (2011–2016) Version history Development versions Adventure Update: Part II (Guide) 1.0.0‡ pre pre2 Beta 2 pre3* pre4** pre5 pre6 RC1 RC2** 1.0.1 1.1 (Guide) 1.1 11w47a 11w48a 11w49a 11w50a 12w01a 1.2 (Guide) 1.2.1 12w03a 12w04a 12w05a* 12w05b 12w06a 12w07a 12w07b 12w08a 1.2 1.2.2 1.2.3 1.2.4 1.2.5 1.3 (Guide) 1.3.1 12w15a 12w16a 12w17a 12w18a 12w19a 12w21a 12w21b 12w22a 12w23a 12w23b 12w24a 12w25a 12w26a 12w27a 12w30a 12w30b 12w30c 12w30d 12w30e 1.3 1.3.2 Pretty Scary Update (Guide) 1.4.2 12w32a 12w34a 12w34b 12w36a 12w37a 12w38a 12w38b 12w39a 12w39b 12w40a 12w40b 12w41a 12w41b 12w42a 12w42b 1.4 1.4.1* 1.4.4 1.4.3 1.4.5 pre 1.4.6 12w49a 12w50a 12w50b pre* 1.4.7 Redstone Update (Guide) 1.5 13w01a 13w01b 13w02a* 13w02b 13w03a** 13w04a* 13w05a* 13w05b 13w06a* 13w07a 13w09a 13w09b 13w09c 13w10a 13w10b pre 1.5.1 13w11a 13w12~* pre 1.5.2 pre Horse Update (Guide) 1.6.1 13w16a*** 13w16b** 13w17a 13w18a 13w18b 13w18c 13w19a 13w21a 13w21b 13w22a* 13w23a 13w23b* 13w24a 13w24b 13w25a 13w25b 13w25c 13w26a 1.6* 1.6.2* pre** 1.6.4 1.6.3* The Update that Changed the World (Guide) 1.7.2 13w36a* 13w36b** 13w37a 13w37b 13w38a 13w38b 13w38c* 13w39a 13w39b 13w41a 13w41b* 13w42a 13w42b 13w43a 1.7* 1.7.1 1.7.4 13w47a 13w47b 13w47c 13w47d 13w47e 13w48a 13w48b 13w49a 1.7.3 pre 1.7.5 -wip 1.7.6 pre1 pre2 1.7.7* 1.7.8 1.7.9 1.7.10 pre1 pre2* pre3 pre4 Bountiful Update (Guide) 1.8 14w02a 14w02b 14w02c 14w03a 14w03b 14w04a* 14w04b* 14w05a 14w05b 14w06a 14w06b 14w07a 14w08a 14w10a 14w10b 14w10c* 14w11a 14w11b* 14w17a 14w18a 14w18b 14w19a 14w20a 14w20b 14w21a 14w21b 14w25a 14w25b 14w26a 14w26b 14w26c 14w27a 14w27b* 14w28a 14w28b 14w29a 14w29b 14w30a 14w30b 14w30c 14w31a 14w32a 14w32b 14w32c 14w32d 14w33a 14w33b 14w33c 14w34a 14w34b 14w34c* 14w34d pre1 pre2 pre3 1.8.1 pre1 pre2 pre3 pre4 pre5 1.8.2 pre1 pre2 pre3 pre4 pre5 pre6 pre7 1.8.3 1.8.4 1.8.5 1.8.6 1.8.7 1.8.8 1.8.9 Combat Update (Guide) 1.9 15w31a 15w31b 15w31c 15w32a 15w32b 15w32c 15w33a 15w33b 15w33c 15w34a 15w34b 15w34c 15w34d 15w35a 15w35b 15w35c 15w35d 15w35e 15w36a 15w36b 15w36c 15w36d 15w37a 15w38a 15w38b 15w39a 15w39b 15w39c 15w40a 15w40b 15w41a 15w41b 15w42a 15w43a 15w43b 15w43c 15w44a 15w44b 15w45a 15w46a 15w47a 15w47b 15w47c 15w49a 15w49b 15w50a 15w51a 15w51b 16w02a 16w03a 16w04a 16w05a 16w05b 16w06a 16w07a 16w07b pre1 pre2 pre3 pre4 1.9.1 pre1 pre2 pre3 1.9.2 1.9.3 16w14a 16w15a 16w15b pre1 pre2 pre3 1.9.4
Full Release (1.10–1.19) (2016–2023) Version history Development versions Frostburn Update (Guide) 1.10 16w20a 16w21a 16w21b pre1 pre2 1.10.1 1.10.2 Exploration Update (Guide) 1.11 16w32a 16w32b 16w33a 16w35a 16w36a 16w38a 16w39a 16w39b 16w39c 16w40a 16w41a 16w42a 16w43a 16w44a pre1 1.11.1 pre 16w50a 1.11.2 World of Color Update (Guide) 1.12 17w06a 17w13a* 17w13b 17w14a 17w15a 17w16a 17w16b 17w17a 17w17b 17w18a* 17w18b pre1 pre2 pre3* pre4 pre5 pre6 pre7 1.12.1 17w31a pre1 1.12.2 pre1 pre2 Update Aquatic (Guide) 1.13 17w43a 17w43b 17w45a 17w45b 17w46a 17w47a 17w47b 17w48a 17w49a 17w49b 17w50a 18w01a 18w02a 18w03a 18w03b 18w05a 18w06a 18w07a 18w07b 18w07c 18w08a 18w08b 18w09a 18w10a 18w10b 18w10c 18w10d 18w11a 18w14a 18w14b 18w15a 18w16a 18w19a 18w19b 18w20a 18w20b 18w20c 18w21a 18w21b 18w22a 18w22b 18w22c pre1 pre2 pre3 pre4 pre5 pre6 pre7 pre8 pre9 pre10 1.13.1 18w30a 18w30b 18w31a 18w32a 18w33a pre1 pre2 1.13.2 pre1 pre2 Village & Pillage & Texture Update (Guide) 1.14 18w43a 18w43b 18w43c 18w44a 18w45a 18w46a 18w47a 18w47b 18w48a 18w48b 18w49a 18w50a 19w02a 19w03a 19w03b 19w03c 19w04a 19w04b 19w05a 19w06a 19w07a 19w08a 19w08b 19w09a 19w11a 19w11b 19w12a 19w12b 19w13a 19w13b* 19w14a 19w14b pre1 pre2 pre3 pre4 pre5 1.14.1 pre1 pre2 1.14.2 pre1 pre2 pre3 pre4* 1.14.3 pre1 pre2 pre3 pre4 1.14.4 pre1 pre2 pre3 pre4 pre5 pre6 pre7 Buzzy Bees (Guide) 1.15 19w34a 19w35a 19w36a 19w37a 19w38a 19w38b 19w39a 19w40a 19w41a 19w42a 19w44a 19w45a 19w45b 19w46a 19w46b pre1 pre2 pre3 pre4 pre5 pre6 pre7 1.15.1 pre1 1.15.2 pre1 pre2 Nether Update (Guide) 1.16* 20w06a 20w07a 20w08a 20w09a 20w10a 20w11a 20w12a 20w13a 20w13b 20w14a 20w15a 20w16a 20w17a 20w18a 20w19a 20w20a 20w20b 20w21a 20w22a pre1 pre2 pre3 pre4 pre5 pre6 pre7 pre8 rc1 1.16.1 1.16.2 20w27a 20w28a 20w29a 20w30a pre1 pre2 pre3 rc1 rc2 1.16.3 rc1 1.16.4 pre1 pre2 rc1 1.16.5 pre1 rc1 Caves & Cliffs: Part I (Guide) 1.17 20w45a 20w46a 20w48a 20w49a 20w51a 21w03a 21w05a 21w05b 21w06a 21w07a 21w08a 21w08b 21w10a 21w11a 21w13a 21w14a 21w15a 21w16a 21w17a 21w18a 21w19a 21w20a pre1 pre2 pre3 pre4 pre5 rc1 rc2 1.17.1 pre1 pre2 pre3 rc1 rc2 Caves & Cliffs: Part II (Guide) 1.18 Experimental 1 2 3 4 5 6 gameplay-tweaks 7 21w37a 21w38a 21w39a 21w40a 21w41a 21w42a 21w43a 21w44a pre1 pre2 pre3 pre4 pre5 pre6 pre7 pre8 rc1 rc2 rc3 rc4 1.18.1 pre1 rc1 rc2 rc3 1.18.2 22w03a 22w05a 22w06a 22w07a pre1 pre2 pre3 rc1 The Wild Update (Guide) 1.19 Experimental 1 22w11a 22w12a 22w13a 22w14a 22w15a 22w16a 22w16b 22w17a 22w18a 22w19a pre1 pre2 pre3 pre4 pre5 rc1 rc2 1.19.1 22w24a pre1 rc1 pre2 pre3 pre4 pre5 pre6 rc2 rc3 1.19.2 rc1 rc2 1.19.3 22w42a 22w43a 22w44a 22w45a 22w46a pre1 pre2 pre3 rc1 rc2 rc3 1.19.4 23w03a 23w04a 23w05a 23w06a 23w07a pre1 pre2 pre3 pre4 rc1 rc2 rc3
Full Release (1.20–1.21) (2023–2025) Version history Development versions Trails & Tales (Guide) 1.20 23w12a 23w13a 23w14a 23w16a 23w17a 23w18a pre1 pre2 pre3 pre4 pre5 pre6 pre7 rc1 1.20.1 rc1 1.20.2 23w31a 23w32a 23w33a 23w35a pre1 pre2 pre3 pre4 rc1 rc2 Bats and Pots (Guide) 1.20.3 23w40a 23w41a 23w42a 23w43a 23w43b 23w44a 23w45a 23w46a pre1 pre2 pre3 pre4 rc1 1.20.4 rc1 Armored Paws (Guide) 1.20.5 23w51a 23w51b 24w03a 24w03b 24w04a 24w05a 24w05b 24w06a 24w07a 24w09a 24w10a 24w11a 24w12a 24w13a 24w14a pre1 pre2 pre3 pre4 rc1 rc2 rc3 1.20.6 rc1 Tricky Trials (Guide) 1.21 24w18a 24w19a 24w19b 24w20a 24w21a 24w21b pre1 pre2 pre3 pre4 rc1 1.21.1 rc1 Bundles of Bravery (Guide) 1.21.2 24w33a 24w34a 24w35a 24w36a 24w37a 24w38a 24w39a 24w40a pre1 pre2 pre3 pre4 pre5 rc1 rc2 1.21.3 The Garden Awakens (Guide) 1.21.4 24w44a 24w45a 24w46a pre1 pre2 pre3 rc1 rc2 rc3 Spring to Life (Guide) 1.21.5 25w02a 25w03a 25w04a 25w05a 25w06a 25w07a 25w08a 25w09a 25w09b 25w10a pre1 pre2 pre3 rc1 rc2 Chase the Skies (Guide) 1.21.6 25w15a 25w16a 25w17a 25w18a 25w19a 25w20a 25w21a pre1 pre2 pre3 pre4 rc1 1.21.7 rc1 rc2 1.21.8 rc1 The Copper Age (Guide) 1.21.9 25w31a 25w32a 25w33a 25w34a 25w34b 25w35a 25w36a 25w36b 25w37a pre1 pre2 pre3 pre4 rc1 1.21.10 rc1 Mounts of Mayhem (Guide) 1.21.11‡ 25w41a 25w42a 25w43a 25w44a 25w45a‡ 25w46a‡ pre1‡ pre2‡ pre3‡ pre4‡ pre5‡ rc1‡ rc2‡ rc3‡ Full Release (2026–present) Version history Development versions 26.1 (Guide) 26.1 snap1 snap2 snap3 snap4 snap5 snap6 snap7 snap8 snap9 snap10 * indicates a reupload | † indicates a lost version | ‡ indicates a version with a variant