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This guide is a simplified overview of all the changes in the Java Edition Beta 1.5.x releases, which assumes at least some familiarity with Beta 1.4.x releases
Mobs[]
New[]
Name |
Image |
Habitat |
Drops |
Note
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Charged Creeper
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- Created when a creeper is struck by lightning.
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- Creates a far more powerful explosion than a normal creeper.
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Changed[]
Name |
Image |
Changed
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Pig
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Blocks[]
New[]
Name |
Image |
Obtaining |
Tool Required |
Uses
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Birch Sapling
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Spruce Sapling
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Detector Rail
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![Detector Rail (NS) JE1 BE1](https://cdn.statically.io/img/static.wikia.nocookie.net/minecraft_gamepedia/images/5/5f/Detector_Rail_%28NS%29_JE1_BE1.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/84?cb=20190406114232)
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- Creates a redstone signal when a minecart passes over it.
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Powered Rail
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![Powered Rail (NS) JE1 BE1](https://cdn.statically.io/img/static.wikia.nocookie.net/minecraft_gamepedia/images/1/1c/Powered_Rail_%28NS%29_JE1_BE1.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/84?cb=20190923030751)
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- Increases the speed of minecarts that pass over it.
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Cobweb
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- Not yet legitimately obtainable.
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- Slows down players and entities that touch it.
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Changed[]
Name |
Image |
Changed
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Birch Leaves
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- Can now drop birch saplings.
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Spruce Leaves
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- Can now drop spruce saplings.
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Grass Block
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- The grass on the side texture is now the same color as the grass on the top texture.
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Bed
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- Beds can now be used during thunderstorms.
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Ladder
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- Ladders now cannot be climbed if there are empty blocks between each ladder.
- The crafting recipe for ladders now provides twice as many.
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Gameplay[]
New[]
Name |
Description
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Weather
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Added Rain, Snow, and Thunderstorms.
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Controls
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β§ Shift + clicking on something in a chest will immediately move the selected item(s) into the player's inventory and vice-versa.
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Achievements[]
New[]
Icon |
Achievement |
In-game description |
Parent |
Actual requirements (if different) |
Resource location |
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![Advancement-plain-mini-raw](https://cdn.statically.io/img/static.wikia.nocookie.net/minecraft_gamepedia/images/4/4a/Advancement-plain-mini-raw.png/revision/latest?cb=20200501171734) | Taking Inventory | Press 'E' to open your inventory | β | Open your inventory. The description matches the configured inventory key. | openInventory
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![Advancement-plain-mini-raw](https://cdn.statically.io/img/static.wikia.nocookie.net/minecraft_gamepedia/images/4/4a/Advancement-plain-mini-raw.png/revision/latest?cb=20200501171734) | Getting Wood | Attack a tree until a block of wood pops out | Taking Inventory | Pick up wood from the ground. | mineWood
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![Advancement-plain-mini-raw](https://cdn.statically.io/img/static.wikia.nocookie.net/minecraft_gamepedia/images/4/4a/Advancement-plain-mini-raw.png/revision/latest?cb=20200501171734) | Benchmarking | Craft a workbench with four blocks of planks | Getting Wood | Pick up a crafting table from your inventory's crafting field output or a crafting table output. | buildWorkBench
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![Advancement-plain-mini-raw](https://cdn.statically.io/img/static.wikia.nocookie.net/minecraft_gamepedia/images/4/4a/Advancement-plain-mini-raw.png/revision/latest?cb=20200501171734) | Time to Mine! | Use planks and sticks to make a pickaxe | Benchmarking | Pick up any type of pickaxe from a crafting table output. | buildPickaxe
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![Advancement-plain-mini-raw](https://cdn.statically.io/img/static.wikia.nocookie.net/minecraft_gamepedia/images/4/4a/Advancement-plain-mini-raw.png/revision/latest?cb=20200501171734) | Hot Topic | Construct a furnace out of eight cobblestone blocks\Construct a furnace out of eight stone blocks | Time to Mine! | Pick up a furnace from a crafting table output. | buildFurnace\
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![Advancement-plain-mini-raw](https://cdn.statically.io/img/static.wikia.nocookie.net/minecraft_gamepedia/images/4/4a/Advancement-plain-mini-raw.png/revision/latest?cb=20200501171734) | Acquire Hardware | Smelt an iron ingot | Hot Topic | Pick up an iron ingot from a furnace output. | acquireIron
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![Advancement-plain-mini-raw](https://cdn.statically.io/img/static.wikia.nocookie.net/minecraft_gamepedia/images/4/4a/Advancement-plain-mini-raw.png/revision/latest?cb=20200501171734) | Time to Farm! | Use planks and sticks to make a hoe | Benchmarking | Pick up any type of hoe from a crafting table output. | buildHoe
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![Advancement-plain-mini-raw](https://cdn.statically.io/img/static.wikia.nocookie.net/minecraft_gamepedia/images/4/4a/Advancement-plain-mini-raw.png/revision/latest?cb=20200501171734) | Bake Bread | Turn wheat into bread | Time to Farm! | Pick up bread from a crafting table output. | makeBread
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![Advancement-plain-mini-raw](https://cdn.statically.io/img/static.wikia.nocookie.net/minecraft_gamepedia/images/4/4a/Advancement-plain-mini-raw.png/revision/latest?cb=20200501171734) | The Lie | Wheat, sugar, milk, and eggs\Bake cake using wheat, sugar, milk, and eggs! | Time to Farm! | Pick up a cake from a crafting table output. | bakeCake\
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![Advancement-plain-mini-raw](https://cdn.statically.io/img/static.wikia.nocookie.net/minecraft_gamepedia/images/4/4a/Advancement-plain-mini-raw.png/revision/latest?cb=20200501171734) | Getting an Upgrade | Construct a better pickaxe | Time to Mine! | Pick up a pickaxe from a crafting table output that is not a wooden pickaxe. | buildBetterPickaxe
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![Advancement-plain-mini-raw](https://cdn.statically.io/img/static.wikia.nocookie.net/minecraft_gamepedia/images/4/4a/Advancement-plain-mini-raw.png/revision/latest?cb=20200501171734) | Delicious Fish | Catch and cook a fish! | Hot Topic | Pick up a cooked fish from a furnace output. | cookFish
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![Advancement-fancy-raw](https://cdn.statically.io/img/static.wikia.nocookie.net/minecraft_gamepedia/images/9/96/Advancement-fancy-raw.png/revision/latest?cb=20240729065908) | On A Rail | Travel by minecart at least 1 km from where you started
\Travel by minecart to a point at least 500m in a single direction from where you started. | Acquire Hardware | Travel by minecart to a point at least 1 km from where you started. Distance is measured in a straight line.
\Travel by minecart to a point at least 500 m from where you started. Distance is measured in a straight line. | onARail\
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![Advancement-plain-mini-raw](https://cdn.statically.io/img/static.wikia.nocookie.net/minecraft_gamepedia/images/4/4a/Advancement-plain-mini-raw.png/revision/latest?cb=20200501171734) | Time to Strike! | Use planks and sticks to make a sword | Benchmarking | Pick up any type of sword from a crafting table output. | buildSword
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![Advancement-plain-mini-raw](https://cdn.statically.io/img/static.wikia.nocookie.net/minecraft_gamepedia/images/4/4a/Advancement-plain-mini-raw.png/revision/latest?cb=20200501171734) | Monster Hunter | Attack and destroy a monster | Time to Strike! | Kill a hostile mob or one of the following neutral mobs: enderman, zombie pigman, spider, cave spider. | killEnemy\
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![Advancement-plain-mini-raw](https://cdn.statically.io/img/static.wikia.nocookie.net/minecraft_gamepedia/images/4/4a/Advancement-plain-mini-raw.png/revision/latest?cb=20200501171734) | Cow Tipper | Harvest some leather | Time to Strike! | Pick up leather from the ground. | killCow
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![Advancement-fancy-raw](https://cdn.statically.io/img/static.wikia.nocookie.net/minecraft_gamepedia/images/9/96/Advancement-fancy-raw.png/revision/latest?cb=20240729065908) | When Pigs Fly | Fly a pig off a cliff | Cow Tipper | Be riding a pig (e.g. using a saddle) when it hits the ground with a fall distance greater than 5. | flyPig
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