Changes: Java Edition 1.13

1.13, also known as Update Aquatic^[1], is an upcoming major update to Minecraft: Java Edition set to be released in Q2 2018. It will focus mainly on ocean content, bug fixes, technical features, and optimization.^[3][4] This update was originally going to be released as two separate updates with 1.13, originally named Technically Updated, having the technical changes and 1.14, originally named Update Aquatic, having all the ocean features.^[1]

Additions

General

Data packs

• Like resource packs, but for loot tables, advancements, functions, structures, recipes and tags.
  • Used by placing them into the datapacks folder of a world.
• Data packs are .zip files or folders, with a pack.mcmeta in the root. See: Tutorials/Creating a resource pack#pack.mcmeta. The packs are located in (world)/datapacks/.
• Structures will load from (world)/generated/structures/(namespace)/(file).nbt before checking data packs.
  • However, this directory should not be used to distribute structures. Instead, move these files into data packs.
• Reloadable using /reload.
• Structure: pack.mcmeta, data folder containing a namespace folder determining the namespace of its contents
  • A namespace should only contain the following symbols: 01​​234​5​6​78​9abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz-_
  • Inside the namespace folder, there can be folders for functions, loot_tables, advancements, structures, recipes and tags.

Tags

• Items, blocks and functions can be "tagged" with an ID.
  • Block tags can be used when testing for blocks in the world.
  • Items tags can be used when testing for items in inventories.
  • Function tags can be used when calling functions using commands or advancements.
    • Functions tagged in minecraft:tick will run every tick at the beginning of the tick.
    • Functions tagged in minecraft:load will run once after a (re)load.
• Tags are created using data packs in data/(namespace)/tags/blocks, data/(namespace)/tags/items, and data/(namespace)/tags/functions.
  • When overriding a tag from a different data pack, you can choose to replace or append.
    • By default all tags append if another data pack created the tag.
    • Adding "replace": true to your tag definition will make the tag overwrite instead.
  • For example: data/(namespace)/tags/blocks/foo.json
  • This will create a block tag called (namespace):foo.
  • The json file contains a list of all blocks that should be "tagged".
    • This list can also contain other tags of the same type.
      • You can add for example #foo:bar in a tag value list to reference another tag called foo:bar.
      • Self referencing is not possible.
• There are 10 default tags for both items and blocks: minecraft:buttons, minecraft:carpets, minecraft:doors, minecraft:logs, minecraft:planks, minecraft:saplings, minecraft:stone_bricks, minecraft:wooden_buttons, minecraft:wooden_doors and minecraft:wool
• There are 3 extra default tags for blocks that don't have an equivalent for items: minecraft:anvil, minecraft:flower_pots, and minecraft:enderman_holdable.
• Advancement item predicates now support item tags.

Loot tables

• Added the set_name function to loot tables.

Death Messages

• Added a death message for when the player is blown up by a bed in the nether or end.
  • "Player was killed by [Intentional Game Design]"
    • Clicking on "[Intentional Game Design]" opens a link to MCPE-28723.
• Added a death message for when a mob or player causes another player to die in the void.
  • "Player didn't want to live in the same world as Player/Mob"

Options

• FS (Fullscreen) Resolution
  • Is used to change the resolution.
• An option in chat settings to toggle automatic command suggestions (defaults on, otherwise hit tab to bring them up).
• Options when editing a world to make a backup and open the backups folder.

Commands

General

• A command UI when typing commands in the chat.
  • Different components of commands will be displayed in different colors.
  • Errors will be displayed in red without having to run the command.
• An nbt argument in target selectors.
• A new command parsing library known as brigadier.

Coordinates

• Added a new local coordinate type in commands using ^.
  • When specifying coordinates in a command, you can now use ^ to specify local coordinates instead of world coordinates.
  • The axes used for local coordinates are relative to the execution rotation, defaulting to 0,0 (south).
  • Like world coordinates, they are by default measured from the base of an entity.
  • The syntax is: ^left ^up ^forwards
  • left/up/forwards is the amount of blocks in the specified direction.

Specific commands

/data

• A command that allows the player to get, merge, and remove entity and block nbt data
• /data get block <pos> [<path>] [<scale>]
  • Will return the NBT data from the block at pos. A path can be specified to only retrieve that nbt data. Numeric values will be set as the result of the command, strings will set set the length of the string as the result, lists will set the number of elements in the list as the result, and compounds will set the number of tags that are directly in that compound as the result. An optional scale can be provided to scale the number retrieved.
• /data get entity <target> [<path>] [<scale>]
  • Will return the NBT data from one target entity. A path can be specified to only retrieve that nbt data. Numeric values will be set as the result of the command, strings will set set the length of the string as the result, lists will set the number of elements in the list as the result, and compounds will set the number of tags that are directly in that compound as the result. An optional scale can be provided to scale the number retrieved.
• /data merge block <pos> <nbt>
  • Will merge the block nbt data at pos with the specified nbt data.
• /data merge entity <target> <nbt>
  • Will merge the entity nbt data from target with the specified nbt data. Merging player nbt data is not allowed.
• /data remove block <pos> <path>
  • Will remove nbt data at path from the block at pos.
• /data remove entity <target> <path>
  • Will remove nbt data at path from one target entity. Removing player nbt data is not allowed.
• Data paths look like this: foo.bar[0]."A [crazy name]".baz.
  • foo.bar means foo's child called bar.
  • foo[0] means element 0 of foo.
  • "quoted strings" may be used if a name of a key needs to be escaped.
• Examples of old commands:
  • /entitydata <target> {} is now /data get entity <target>
  • /blockdata <pos> <nbt> is now /data merge block <pos> <nbt>
• Examples of new functionalities:
  • /data get entity @e[type=pig,limit=1] Saddle 2
  • /data remove block 17 45 34 Items

/datapack

• A command to control loaded data packs.
• Has the following subcommands:
  • enable <name> - will enable the specific pack.
  • disable <name> - will disable the specific pack.
  • list [available|enabled] - will list all data packs, or only the available/enabled ones.
• Data packs are enabled by default, but if you disable it you can re-enable it with these commands:
  • enable <name> - will enable the specific pack, putting it in its default position.
  • enable <name> first - will enable the specific pack, putting it before any other pack (lowest priority)
  • enable <name> last - will enable the specific pack, putting it after any other pack (highest priority)
  • enable <name> before <existing> - will enable the specific pack, putting it before (lower priority) <existing> pack
  • enable <name> after <existing> - will enable the specific pack, putting it after (higher priority) <existing> pack

/teleport

• Added facing.
  • /teleport [<targets>] (<location>|<destination>) facing (<facingEntity>|<facingLocation>)
  • Will rotate an entity to face either an entity or a location.

/time

• Added noon and midnight to /time set.

Blocks

• Trapdoors, buttons and pressure plates made from all six types of wood.
• A pumpkin block, without the face. The previous pumpkin block has been renamed "Carved Pumpkin".
  • Right-clicking a pumpkin block with shears will turn it into a carved pumpkin and make it spit out 4 pumpkin seeds.

Items

• An item form for bark blocks for all six types of wood.
• An item form for smooth quartz, smooth red sandstone, smooth sandstone, and smooth stone.
• An item form for red and brown mushroom blocks and mushroom stems.
• A debug stick to cycle between different block states.
  • Left clicking cycles through states; right clicking cycles through values. Shift clicking will cycle through the states or values in reverse order.
• A model for petrified oak slab - the old wood slab that acts like a stone slab.

Changes

General

The "flattening"

• Numeric block metadata completely phased out in favor of block states.
• Split, merged, created, deleted, and renamed a lot of blocks, blockstates and items.
  • Blocks and items previously differing because of damage value have gotten their own id, for example white_wool instead of wool:0
  • Damage has been moved to the tag tag and is only used by tools and armor; maps use a map tag.
  • Files and commands no longer use data or set_data.
• Structures do not run an upgrade path for this.
  • To update your structures, load them all in 1.12, then update to 1.13 and save all structures again.

Recipes

• Custom recipes can now be loaded from data packs in data/(namespace)/recipes/(name).json

Creative Inventory

• Because of The "flattening", certain blocks and items have been moved around in their respective groups, for example the Purpur block is now after Obsidian.
• Mushroom Blocks, farmland and grass path are added to the inventory, under the Decoration Blocks group. Additionally, blank firework rockets are added to the Miscellaneous group.

Controls

• The name of keybindings now describes the actual key (e.g. 'LBUTTON' -> 'Left Button', 'BACKSLASH' -> '\')

Options

• Removed 3D Anaglyph completely

Resource packs

• Updated format number
• The default resource pack can now be moved up and down on the resource pack selection screen.

Statistics

• Statistics are being updated.
  • stat.(stat) is now minecraft.custom:minecraft.(stat).
  • stat.(stat).minecraft.(block/item/entity ID) is now minecraft.(stat):minecraft.(block/item/entity ID).

Other

• Game library updates
  • Upgraded to LWJGL 3
• Loading or creating a world shows the percentages of the loading stages.
  • Preparing spawn area now shows as a loading stage.
• Crash reports now list what data packs are enabled.
• Data generators are now exposed, you can get a dump of all blocks/items/commands/etc from the game without opening it up.
• Changed translation files from .lang (key=value) to .json ("key": "value").
  • Now supports newlines.

Commands

General

• Commands and functions are much faster and more efficient.
• Most commands are now more case-sensitive. Lowercase is preferable wherever possible.
  • For example, this is no longer allowed: /scoreboard ObJeCtIvEs ...
• The output signal of a command block used to be its "success count", but now is its "result".
• Changed all custom names (blocks, items, entities, block entities) to translatable text components.
• Server commands (functions, console, rcon) now run from world spawn in the overworld, instead of at 0,0,0.
• Errors during a command are now a nicer error message (with a tool tip for more info).
• Added commands to the profiler (/debug).

NBT

• Thrower and Owner nbt keys of item entities are no longer strings but are instead compounds with two longs named L and M.
• owner nbt keys of snowballs, eggs and ender pearls are no longer strings but are instead compounds with two longs named L and M.

Command UI

• A new prototype for the command UI.

Functions

• Functions are now completely parsed and cached on load.
  • This means if a command is incorrect for any reason, the player will know about it on load.

Specific Commands

/advancement

• Removed /advancement test in favor of entity selectors.

/blockdata

• Removed in favor of /data.

/clear

• The syntax of /clear has changed.
  • /clear [<target>] [<item>] [<data>] [<count>] [<nbt>] will become /clear [<target>] [<item>] [<count>]
  • See the item argument type for more details.

/clone

• The syntax of /clone has been changed.
  • /clone <begin> <end> <destination> filtered [force|move|normal] [<block>] [<data>] will become /clone <begin> <end> <destination> filtered [<block>] [force|move|normal]
  • /clone <begin> <end> <destination> [replace|masked] [force|move|normal] [<block>] [<data>] will become /clone <begin> <end> <destination> [replace|masked] [force|move|normal]

/defaultgamemode and /gamemode

• Now only accepts string IDs, not shorthand or numeric.
  • /gamemode 2 will become /gamemode adventure
  • /defaultgamemode sp is now /defaultgamemode spectator

/difficulty

• /difficulty [<value>] now only accepts string IDs, not shorthand or numeric.
  • /difficulty 2 is now /difficulty normal
  • /difficulty p is now /difficulty peaceful
• You can now query for the current difficulty by using /difficulty without any arguments.

/effect

• The syntax of /effect has been split off, to avoid ambiguity.
  • /effect <entity> <effect> is now /effect give <entity> <effect>
  • /effect <entity> clear is now /effect clear <entity> [<effect>]
• Giving an effect will now fail if it didn't actually do anything.
  • Some mobs are immune (for example an ender dragon).
  • Stronger existing effects prevent new weaker ones.

/enchant

• Removed in favor of /modifyitem.

/entitydata

• Removed in favor of /data.

/execute

• The syntax of /execute has been split off.
  • Modifier sub-commands can change how the command is run:
    • /execute as <entity> <chained command> executes a command using the entity <entity> (but doesn't change position).
    • /execute at <entity> <chained command> executes a command using the position, rotation, and dimension of the <entity> (but doesn't change entity).
    • /execute positioned <pos> <chained command> executes a command using the position of <pos>.
    • /execute positioned as <entity> <chained command> executes a command using the position (x y z) of the entity but nothing else.
    • /execute align <axes> <chained command> executes a command after aligning the current position to the block grid (rounding down), <axes> is any combination of x y and z (for example: x,xz,zyx and yz).
      • Examples:
        • x=-1.8,y=2.3,z=5.9 using x will become x=-2,y=2.3,z=5.9
        • x=2.4,y=-1.1,z=3.8 using yxz will become x=2,y=-2,z=3
    • /execute facing <x y z> <chained command> executes a command as though the executor is facing x y z.
    • /execute facing entity <entity> (eyes|feet) <chained command> executes a command as though the executor is facing the entity's eyes or feet.
    • /execute rotated as <entity> <chained command> executes a command as though the executor is rotated in the direction of the entity.
    • /execute rotated <y x> <chained command> will run the command as though the executor is rotated in the specified direction.
    • /execute in (overworld|the_end|the_nether) <chained command> executes a command as though the executor is in the specified dimension.
    • /execute anchored (feet|eyes) <chained command> will make the rest of this command use feet or eyes for ^ ^ ^ coordinates or facing commands.
  • Conditional sub-commands can let you prevent the command from running at all:
    • /execute (if|unless) block <pos> <block> <chained command> executes a command if (or unless) <pos> matches <block>.
    • /execute (if|unless) blocks <begin> <end> <destination> (all|masked) <chained command> executes a command if (or unless) the region between <start> and <end> matches <destination>.
    • /execute (if|unless) entity <entity> <chained command> executes a command if (or unless) <entity> exists (returns 1 or more entities).
    • /execute (if|unless) score <target> <targetObjective> (<|<=|=|>=|>) <source> <sourceObjective> <chained command> executes a command if (or unless) <target>'s score relates to <source>'s score based on the chosen criterium.
    • /execute (if|unless) score <target> <objective> matches <range> <chained command> executes a command if (or unless) <target>'s score is in the range (ie 1, 1..5).
  • As replacement for /stats, a new sub-command store lets you store the result or success of a command somewhere:
    • result is the result of a command, which replaces these old stats: AffectedBlocks, AffectedEntities, AffectedItems, QueryResult.
    • success is how many times the command was successful. This is usually 0 or 1, but if the command split up (for example as @a) then it may be more than 1. This replaces SuccessCount.
    • The value will be stored when the full command has finished executing.
    • If a command isn't successful (success is 0), result will always be set to 0.
    • It will be made clear what the expected result of each command is.
    • /execute store (result|success) score <name> <objective> <chained command>
      • The value is stored into the scoreboard under <name> and <objective>.
      • The objective must exist, but unlike with /stats you don't need to set an initial value for <name>.
    • /execute store (result|success) block <pos> <path> (byte|double|float|int|long|short) <scale> <chained command>
      • The value is stored in the nbt data at path of the block at pos as a byte, double, float, int, long, or short.
    • /execute store (result|success) entity <target> <path> (byte|double|float|int|long|short) <scale> <chained command>
      • The value is stored in the nbt data at path of one target entity as a byte, double, float, int, long, or short.
      • Like /data, /execute store can't modify player nbt. Nbt inside the tag key of items in the player's Inventory or EnderItems is an exception and can be modified by /execute store^[5].
    • Data paths look like this: foo.bar[0]."A [crazy name]".baz.
      • foo.bar means foo's child called bar.
      • foo[0] means element 0 of foo.
      • "quoted strings" may be used if a name of a key needs to be escaped.
    • Examples:
      • /execute store success score @a foo run say hi
      • /execute as @e[type=pig] at @s store success entity @s Saddle byte 1 if entity @p[distance=..5]
  • You can chain all sub-commands together.
    • After every sub-command you need to write another sub-command.
    • When you're done with chaining sub-commands, run lets you write the actual command to be executed.
      • / is no longer allowed before the command.
    • /execute as somebody at somebody run say hi
  • Example of old commands:
    • /execute @e ~ ~ ~ detect ~ ~ ~ stone 0 say Stone! is now /execute as @e at @s if block ~ ~ ~ stone run say Stone!
    • /execute @e ~ ~ ~ detect ~ ~ ~ grass 0 summon pig is now /execute at @e if block ~ ~ ~ grass_block run summon pig
    • /execute @e ~ ~ ~ say Hello! is now /execute as @e run say Hello!

/experience

• /xp is now an alias for /experience.
• Split up into 3 different subcommands:
  • /experience add <players> <amount> [points|levels]
    • Adds <amount> of either points or levels to the target <players> (defaults to points).
    • Adding points can cause players to level up, as usual.
    • Negative numbers are supported, to subtract points instead.
    • Subtracting points can cause players to level down.
  • /experience set <players> <amount> [points|levels]
    • Sets <amount> of either points or levels on the target <players> (defaults to points).
    • You cannot set more points than their current level allows.
    • When changing levels, the points will stay at the same percentage as the previous level.
  • /experience query <player> (points|levels)
    • Returns either the number of points or levels on the given <player>.

/fill

• The syntax of /fill has been changed.
  • /fill <begin> <end> <block> <data> replace [<replaceBlock>] [<replaceData>] is now /fill <begin> <end> <block> replace [<filter>]
  • /fill <begin> <end> <block> [<data>] [destroy|hollow|keep|outline|replace] [<nbt>] is now /fill <begin> <end> <block> [destroy|hollow|keep|outline|replace]

/function

• /function no longer accepts [if|unless] <entity> arguments.
  • This has been moved into /execute.
  • /function foo if @e is now /execute if entity @e run function foo

/gamerule

• /gamerule no longer accepts unknown rules ("custom gamerules").
  • You can use functions or scoreboards as replacements, with no loss of functionality.
  • Existing custom gamerules will just not be accessible. Only built-in rules will be available.
• Values to /gamerule are now type checked (giving a string if it wants an int is a very obvious error).
• Removed the gameLoopFunction gamerule in favor of functions tagged in minecraft:tick.

/give

• The syntax of /give has changed.
  • /give <players> <item> [<count>] [<data>] [<nbt>] is now /give <players> <item> [<count>]
  • See the item argument type for more details.

/kill

• A target is now mandatory

/locate

• The y-coordinate is now returned as 64 instead of ?.
• The result of the command, used by /execute store, will be the absolute distance to the structure.

/particle

• The <params> argument has been removed, instead the parameters for particles like block can be specified right after the <name> argument using the new block argument.
  • /particle block polished_granite ~ ~ ~ 0 0 0 0 1
  • /particle dust 1 1 1 1 ~ ~ ~ 0 0 0 0 1
    • 1 1 1 1 are, in order, the three RGB color values (0-1) and the size of the particle.

/playsound

• Will Tab ↹ auto-complete custom sound events.

/replaceitem

• The syntax of /replaceitem has changed.
  • /replaceitem block <pos> <slot> <item> [<count>] [<data>] [<nbt>] is now /replaceitem block <pos> <slot> <item> [<count>]
  • /replaceitem entity <target> <slot> <item> [<count>] [<data>] [<nbt>] is now /replaceitem entity <target> <slot> <item> [<count>]
  • See the item argument type for more details.
• The slot argument no longer requires slot..
  • For example, slot.hotbar.1 now is hotbar.1

/scoreboard

• /scoreboard had [<dataTag>] removed from its commands in favor of the nbt argument in entity selectors.
• /scoreboard players tag and /scoreboard teams removed. Replaced by /tag and /team respectively.
• /scoreboard players test removed in favor of /execute (if|unless) score, entity selectors and /scoreboard players get <target> <objective>.

/setblock

• The syntax of /setblock has changed.
  • /setblock <pos> <block> [<data>] [<mode>] [<nbt>] is now /setblock <pos> <block> [<mode>]
  • See the block argument type for more details.

/stats

• Removed. Now part of /execute.
• The new /execute one isn't a direct replacement, the behavior has changed:
  • It's now per-command, instead of per-entity or per-block.
  • There's only result and success, which covers all the old stat types.

/stopsound

• * can now be used instead of source to stop all sounds with a certain name, across all sources.

/tag

• Replaces /scoreboard players tag.
• Keeps the same syntax.
  • /tag <players> add <tag> to add <tag> to <players>.
  • /tag <players> remove <tag> to remove <tag> from <players>.
  • /tag <players> list to list all tags on players.

/team

• Replaces /scoreboard teams.
• Keeps the same syntax.
  • /team add <team> [<displayname>]
  • /team empty <team>
  • /team join <team> [<members>]
  • /team leave [<members>]
  • /team list [<team>]
  • /team option <team> <option> <value>

/testfor, /testforblock and /testforblocks

• Removed. Now part of /execute.

/toggledownfall

• Removed. It was always used to stop the rain, but rain usually quickly returned.
• Use /weather.

/tp and /teleport

• /tp is now an alias of /teleport (much like /w, /msg and /tell).
• /teleport has been simplified a bit, to avoid ambiguity.
  • /teleport <entity> doesn't allow rotation or facing, will teleport you to the entity.
  • /teleport <x y z> doesn't allow rotation or facing, will teleport you to the position.
  • /teleport <victim> <entity> doesn't allow rotation or facing, will teleport victim to entity.
  • /teleport <victim> <x y z> [yRot xRot] will teleport you to that position with optional rotation.
  • /teleport <victim> <x y z> facing [xFacing yFacing zFacing] will teleport you to that position facing another position.
  • /teleport <victim> <x y z> facing entity <entityFacing> [feet|eyes] will teleport you to that position facing an entity's feet or eyes (default feet).
  • Teleporting to an entity in another dimension is now allowed.

/trigger

• /trigger <objective> is a new syntax as a shortcut for /trigger <objective> add 1.

/weather

• If you don't specify a time, it now defaults to 5 minutes (previously random).

Argument Types

Target selectors

• More error handling has been introduced.
• Arguments may now be quoted.
  • Things like limit=0, level=-10, gamemode=purple are not allowed.
• There's no longer a "min" and "max" separate values, we instead support ranges.
  • level=10 is level 10
  • level=10..12 is level 10, 11 or 12
  • level=5.. is anything level 5 or above
  • level=..15 is anything level 15 or below
• The arcane shorthand names have been renamed.
  • m -> gamemode
  • l or lm -> level
  • r or rm -> distance
  • rx or rxm -> x_rotation
  • ry or rym -> y_rotation
  • c -> limit
• x, y, z, distance, x_rotation, y_rotation are now doubles and allow values like 12.34
  • x and z are no longer center-corrected.
    • This means x=0 no longer equates to x=0.5.
• gamemode (previously m) no longer allows numerical or shorthand IDs.
• limit (was c) No longer allows negative values.
  • Use sort=furthest instead.
• The name argument now supports spaces (as long as it's quoted).
• Multiple of the same argument in target selectors is now possible.
  • tag=foo,tag=bar,tag=!baz matches someone with foo, bar and not baz.
  • type=!cow,type=!chicken matches something that isn't a cow and isn't a chicken.
  • type=cow,type=chicken isn't allowed, because something cannot both be a cow and chicken.
• You can specify the sorting.
  • sort=nearest is the old default, sorting by distance (default for @p)
  • sort=furthest is the reverse of that (previously you'd use c=-5 for this)
  • sort=random for random sorting (default for @r)
  • sort=arbitrary is a new option to not sort the result (default for @e, @a)
• Specifying scores now looks like scores={foo=1,bar=1..5}
• You can test for advancements with advancements={foo=true,bar=false,custom:something={criterion=true}}
  • true for "they completed the advancement", false for "they have not completed the advancement"
  • Alternatively, pass a block of specific criteria to test for (again, true/false)

Blocks

• Wherever a <block>, optionally [<data>] and optionally [<nbt>] was required, it's now a single <block> argument that looks like this:
  • stone
  • minecraft:redstone_wire[power=15,north=up,south=side]
  • minecraft:jukebox{RecordItem:{...}}
  • minecraft:furnace[facing=north]{BurnTime:200}
• ID is required (though just as before, if namespace isn't set it defaults to minecraft:).
• States are inside [], comma-separated and must be properties/values supported by the blocks. They are optional.
  • minecraft:stone[doesntexist=purpleberry] is a syntax error, because stone doesn't have doesntexist.
  • minecraft:redstone_wire[power=tuesday] is a syntax error, because redstone_wire's power is a number between 0 and 15.
• NBT tag is inside {}, and works just like you'd expect. It's optional.
• In the context of "conditions"/testing for blocks, only the states you provided will be tested.
  • If you test redstone_wire[power=15], it only checks power but ignores other states such as north.
• In the context of setting blocks, any states you provided will be set but anything missed out will default depending on the block.
  • If you set redstone_wire[power=15], it will set power to 15 but north will be a default value (in this case, set to none).
• There is no such thing as block data value in 1.13. It's either a different blocks, or a state.

Items

• Wherever an <item>, optionally [<data>] and optionally [<nbt>] was required, it's now a single <item> argument that looks like this:
  • stone
  • minecraft:stick{display:{Name:"Stick of Untruths"}}
• ID is required (though just as before, if namespace isn't set it defaults to minecraft:).
• NBT tag is inside {}, and works just like you'd expect. It's optional.
• There is no such thing as item data value or item damage value in 1.13.
  • Damage, where applicable, is being moved into nbt.
  • Any other information is either a separate item or a property in nbt.

World generation

Witch Huts

• Now generates with a mushroom in the flower pot.
  • Previously, it was completely empty.

Blocks

• The upper limit of the block ID has dissappeared.
• Blocks which used to have no bottom texture (like repeaters, comparators, torches, etc.) now have a bottom texture, not including redstone wire.
• Flicking a lever on now displays redstone particles.
• Blocks with a collision box now have matching bounding boxes.
  • Affected: anvils, cauldrons, hoppers, fences, iron bars, glass panes, filled ender portal frames, vines, lily pads, stairs, brewing stands, and pistons
  • Updated the collision box of anvils and hoppers.
  • Does not affect blocks with a collision box smaller than their model, such as soul sand and snow layers.
• Beds now require a block below it as a support. Previously this was only required when placing the bed and the block could be destroyed afterwards without the bed being destroyed.
• Chests and trapped chests can be put directly next to their double variants instead of requiring one block between them.
  • Shift right-clicking a chest or trapped chest next to a chest or trapped chest respectively will not make the two chests or 2 trapped chests combine into a double chest or double trapped chest.
• Placing pumpkins and fence gates no longer requires a block below them.
• Monster eggs will now break instantly, no matter the tool.
  • When broken with Silk Touch, the non-infested counterpart of the block will drop.
• Bark can now be crafted. 4 logs in a square yield 3 bark.
• Multiple vines facing different directions, including on the bottom of blocks, can now be placed in the same block space.

Mobs

Horse

• The model has been changed to be more consistent with other mobs.^[6]
• Some animations like opening its mouth when grazing have been removed from the model as well.

Non-mob entities

Item frames

• Item frames can now be put on floors and ceilings.

Paintings

• Paintings now use a namespaced ID for their motive.

Fishing bobbers

• Bobbers created by fishing rods got an entity ID, fishing_bobber.
  • This ID can only be used for testing, summoning is not possible.

Planned additions

Gameplay

Enchantments

• Loyalty^[7]
  • Can be applied to tridents causing them to come back after thrown^[7]
• Impaler^[7]
• Slipstream Dash^[7]
  • Will make the player leap forward
    • Only works in water or in rain

Commands

/modifyitem

• Replaces /enchant.
• Syntax not set in stone yet.^[8]

World generation

Shipwrecks^[2]

• Will contain chests with loot in them^[9]
• Were shown primarily composed of dark oak wood planks and dark oak fences^[2]
• Will come in multiple variants.^[10]

Icebergs^[2][11]

• Consist of packed ice, snow layers, and snow blocks. ^[11]
• Generate on the surface of frozen ocean biomes. ^[2][11]
• Can generate with tall columns and tunnels.^[11]

Ocean biomes^[2]

• Addition of more ocean variants, including warm and cold versions.^[2][11]
• Will not generate retroactively in existing chunks from older versions.^[10]

Blocks

Coral^[2][12]

• Available as block, slab, stair and plant^[2][12]
• 5 colors have been shown
• Textures will be replaced

Kelp^[7][12]

• Grows up from the bottom of the water in tall pillars^[12]
• Generates in a type of ocean biome that is separate from the one coral generates in^[2]

Turtle eggs ^[13]

• Generate in turtle nests
• Baby turtles will hatch from these eggs
• The eggs will be obtainable with a tool enchanted with Silk Touch.^[14]

Items

Tridents^[2]

• Can be thrown at enemies or used as melee weapon^[7]
• Can be enchanted with new enchantments Loyalty, Impaler, and Slipstream Dash^[7]

Mobs

Phantoms (Mob B)^[7][15][16]

• Was voted in by viewers of MineCon Earth^[2]
• Spawns at high altitudes, and swoops down in groups of around 3 or 4 to attack players that have not slept in a long time.^[2]
  • The player must be above sea level

Dolphins^[2][17]

• Will often jump out of the water and land back in
• Will lead players to sunken treasures^[2]
• Will not drop anything upon death^[18]

Fish^[2][12]

• Come in several different colors and/or types
• Can be picked up in a bucket and placed back down. When this is performed on the fish, it will no longer be able to despawn.

Turtles^[19][13]

• Water mobs which will make nests comprised of eggs on shorelines throughout various biomes.
• They will have a baby variant, which will hatch from the eggs, and move into the water when born.

Planned changes

General

• World generation will become data-driven, using json files, allowing for custom structures.^[16]
• Water will be able to be placed in the same space as semi-transparent blocks such as fences and slabs.^[16]
  • If a water source block is placed near a semi-transparent block, however, the flowing water it creates will not be able to flow through the block.^{[10] [16]}
  • Items placed in flowing water will move through semi-transparent blocks the water flows through, instead of colliding with them as expected as if the water was not there.^[2]
• Items in water will float upwards.^[2]

Blocks

• Magma blocks placed under water will produce bubble columns that reduce the water's buoyancy.^[2]
  • Magma blocks will spawn in ocean ravines.^[9]
  • The bubble columns will make the player's boat shake when the player sails near them, until the player sinks with the boat.^[2]
  • Bubble columns will also cause items that are in the water near them sink too.^[2]
  • The player will be able to breathe while in the bubble columns.^[9]

Unconfirmed features

• The ability to change biome dependent colors (such as foliage, water, and the sky) without needing mods.^[20]
• Ability for the recipe book to show smelting recipes.^[21]
  • Customizable furnace recipe files. ^[22]
• Recipe book design might be changed.^[23][24]
• /save-all, /save-on and /save-off will be replaced by /save, /save enable and /save disable.^[25]
• /ban, /ban-ip, /pardon and /pardon-ip will be replaced by other commands.^[26]

Fixes

149 issues fixed

LWJGL 2-related issues

• MC-1519 – Key gets stuck when toggling fullscreen
• MC-3643 – CTRL / CMD key get stuck on OS X / Text Box Backspace deletes whole word or whole line on Mac and Linux
• MC-5520 – Crash when toggling fullscreen mode: Keyboard must be created before you can read events
• MC-6436 – Incomplete support of dead keys on non U.S. QWERTY Keyboard on OS X
• MC-9974 – Initialization of OpenAL fails sometimes
• MC-29501 – Unable to rebind to F# Keys on devices that require pressing FN
• MC-32327 – Half-resolution on MBP Retina
• MC-40227 – Mouse Button 4 in combination with a modifier key is detected as Mouse Button 5
• MC-49755 – OS X: Pressing arrow or Fn keys in sign/command block/book and quill inserts invisible characters
• MC-53549 – Minecraft can't be put in fullscreen mode in Linux
• MC-55506 – Minecraft unloads monitor calibrations when closed
• MC-68754 – Exiting fullscreen disables window resize
• MC-71279 – Accentued character act like sticky keys for moving
• MC-72856 – Control settings uses partwise US keyboard layout (on German keyboard layout)
• MC-77279 – Game sets monitor to half resolution on exit on Linux
• MC-78394 – "Use Item" not working while sneaking and "Use Item" bound to NUMPAD0
• MC-80282 – On Linux in fullscreen, character sometimes cannot fully turn around
• MC-81818 – When resizing the window, you may end up spinning around
• MC-89288 – Can't sneak and jump if the jump key is on the numpad
• MC-100556 – "Alt Gr" on keyboard becomes "LCONTROL" in controls menu (interfering with "Ctrl")
• MC-106650 – Minecraft does not release mouse focus
• MC-109376 – Unsupported keys in inventory with foreign keyboard on Linux
• MC-120989 – Screen goes blank on exit

From released versions before Java Edition 1.13

• MC-1511 – Anvil can be placed in certain blocks
• MC-1685 – Unable to write in a new blank Book and Quill after renaming it in an anvil
• MC-1875 – Snow layers don't drop themselves when harvested with a silk touch tool
• MC-1947 – Pumpkins and Jack 'o' Lanterns can only be placed on solid blocks
• MC-2208 – Blocks with special placement can be placed inside player / entity
• MC-2340 – Redstone torches schedule updates when they should not, causing unreliable timings.
• MC-2666 – Corner Cobblestone Wall Has Incorrect Collision Box
• MC-3794 – Chest direction placing glitch
• MC-4438 – Items dropped on unburnable blocks turn invisible when trying to ignite the block
• MC-4504 – the hitbox of brewing stands is missing the blaze rod
• MC-4581 – Fishing rod bobbers can go through Nether/End Portals, but disappear
• MC-5024 – Reticle/Crosshair not centered on the screen
• MC-5037 – Riding a pig / horse with a cape causes it to not behave as expected
• MC-5305 – Burning arrows in ground are not extinguished by rain
• MC-5694 – High efficiency tools / fast mining destroys some blocks client-side only
• MC-9194 – A Comparator can lock a Repeater, but the Repeater doesn't look like it is locked
• MC-10880 – Comma or other symbol after @ selector does not work with command blocks
• MC-11138 – Creative inventory GUI border are considered as exterior to the inventory
• MC-12000 – The hit-box of corner fences isn't the same as the collision-box!
• MC-19966 – Fully grown pumpkin stems attach to pumpkin, even if another stem is already attached
• MC-26739 – Doors won't update with redstone
• MC-31100 – /setblock does not update blocks needing support and certain powered states
• MC-31222 – Crash on pressing the inventory close key and an item manipulation key at the same time in large chests
• MC-31346 – When you light a cobblestone wall, it turns into a corner piece for a second
• MC-32539 – You can write on both the server name and the server address input field at the same time
• MC-32972 – /summon accepts arguments that it will ignore
• MC-33710 – Snow & Iron Golem, Ender Dragon, Illusioner, Giant, and Wither not in Mob statistics
• MC-34365 – Triple Chest - Triple Bug
• MC-36191 – Missing stat.mineBlock for various blocks (mob spawners, cauldrons, beds, etc.)
• MC-39948 – Blocks / Items only different by data value are not listed separately in statistics
• MC-48522 – Ctrl + Pickblock on Flowerpot gives you the flower (+NBT) instead of the flower pot
• MC-53439 – The top block of a two-block plant temporarily becomes a peony/sunflower upon placing a block in the bottom
• MC-55751 – Gamemode descriptions are off center
• MC-59610 – Cactus has full block hitbox
• MC-61821 – Digging Snow Layer yields one snow ball too much
• MC-63820 – Empty Flower Pot in Witch Hut
• MC-64455 – Translation missing for some blocks
• MC-64836 – Mobs "control" the minecart they are riding
• MC-65983 – Mouse cursor moves off-window when accessing inventory (or item contents)
• MC-68446 – Some entities have missing translations string in the lang files
• MC-69880 – /effect returns "cannot be found" for invalid entities
• MC-70188 – Some blocks cannot be placed facing a wall with /setblock or /fill + datavalues or block states
• MC-71401 – Tab list ignores initial display name of players
• MC-73207 – Minecraft server list displays "Can't connect to server" on startup
• MC-73495 – Commands saying item names use incorrect / wrong item names
• MC-74231 – Flower pot's blockdata won't visually update
• MC-74703 – Redstone Ore does not produce particles on bottom side if not at height 0
• MC-75279 – Cape physics while sprint-flying
• MC-75430 – Enderman held block not fully updated from old block id system
• MC-75940 – block log2 and leaves2 crash the game when set to certain data values
• MC-76044 – randomTickSpeed, spawnRadius, maxEntityCramming and maxCommandChainLength accept non-integer value
• MC-77570 – "and" doesn't get translated when listing entities
• MC-79255 – Using /trigger first time on player gives score of 0 but not displayed on scoreboard
• MC-80400 – Sizelimited entity selectors (@e with c=1,@r with type=!entity) in commands prefer players
• MC-81746 – Falling block entities don't check for data values: converting sand to red sand
• MC-84173 – Trapdoors get a redstone update when being pushed/pulled next to a power source, but not when being pushed/pulled away from it
• MC-86980 – Placing some blocks at position and side of any replaceable block isn't possible
• MC-88230 – When feeding a tamed horse or llama with a golden apple/carrot or hay bale, the cursor moves to the right
• MC-88330 – Textures and Effects are off when far away from the center of the map (2)
• MC-88481 – '/worldborder set' allows small decimal numbers but does not display them correctly in chat
• MC-90174 – Carpet ghostblocks
• MC-90265 – UI Accounts For Significant FPS Reduction
• MC-92901 – End Crystals and Primed TNT placed at high coordinates are placed with offset
• MC-93129 – Falling sand behaves incorrectly in lazy chunks
• MC-93468 – Water and lava flow affected by random ticks
• MC-94027 – "carried" tag of Enderman reads value as string and short
• MC-94186 – BlockDragonEgg does not extend BlockFalling
• MC-98244 – Same UUID infinite times possible + changing UUID possible via entitydata
• MC-98823 – tipped arrows do not have a stat.craftItem statistic
• MC-99321 – Hoppers cannot pull items from double chests if second chest is blocked
• MC-99342 – Private bytes (RAM usage) rising drastically when game window is minimized
• MC-99434 – /worldborder damage command not giving any feedback with invalid argument
• MC-101113 – /playsound command is not validating arguments correctly
• MC-101332 – Can use the FallingSand to go through the cobblestone wall(mossy)
• MC-102545 – There are 352 different flowerpots in the debug world.
• MC-103035 – Dragon Egg doesn't create fallingdust particles
• MC-105820 – Relative decimal coordinates with block related commands are inconsistent
• MC-106024 – Fence Gate Does Not Update in_wall Block state When Placed By Command
• MC-106127 – Some blocks cannot be given certain block states
• MC-106681 – Scoreboard teams leave doesn't work if first player fails
• MC-107145 – Entity kill stat objectives using old/incorrect entity names
• MC-107359 – You can replace loot tables and advancements, but not structure files
• MC-108756 – Dungeons generating triple chests
• MC-109591 – Detecting the block states not saved in meta data does not work
• MC-109659 – The observer only detected upgrade top of the door if opened/closed with energy (button, lever, etc.), but not with your hand.
• MC-109799 – Observer don't power when update and push by piston at the same time
• MC-110566 – Failed /scoreboard players operation can still give a score of 0
• MC-111288 – Opening a singleplayer world shows 0% for a short moment
• MC-111472 – Game doesn't save anywhere that a chest is a double chest
• MC-111704 – You can input any value in [old block handling] of setblock and fill
• MC-112394 – Numeral ids can still be used in some commands
• MC-112693 – Scoreboard team colors use raw § formatting instead of text components
• MC-112742 – Name of unnamed villager is rendered with TeamColor instead of prefix and suffix of scoreboard team
• MC-112743 – Glowing outline and spectator GUI use prefix color instead of TeamColor
• MC-112891 – Falling block entity drops block with metadata of item dropped when block would be mined causing malformed drops
• MC-112992 – Right clicking a command block minecart opens GUI and uses held item
• MC-113347 – Rails rotate when moved
• MC-114721 – title command treats invalid second argument as "title"
• MC-114722 – Projectiles collide with hitbox of block instead of with collision box
• MC-114965 – Placed tripwire hook updates blocks around opposite facing tripwire hook on same axis
• MC-115059 – Narrator reads scoreboard team color codes in player names
• MC-115123 – Parrots keep moving their legs even if they are on shoulders
• MC-115799 – Colored bed flickers red when placing/destroying
• MC-116254 – Players in Adventure mode can use some items even without CanPlaceOn tag
• MC-116580 – Iron trapdoors stay on after breaking power source, until updated
• MC-117032 – "Done" button in statistics screen is offset
• MC-117166 – Corner stairs with torch/lever/button etc. doesn't cause block update when near destroyed support stair
• MC-117191 – Tab-completion list doesn't change when moving cursor with mouse
• MC-117705 – Cannot click in Creative search bar to change cursor position
• MC-117837 – Player placed leaves update when log block breaks
• MC-117932 – Bed particles cause Z-fighting
• MC-117933 – /clone command treats invalid optional arguments as if they were default
• MC-118153 – Lava can only turn concrete powder into concrete when it falls into source block
• MC-118194 – Ladders can be placed on any block when used with stairs
• MC-118202 – iron bars,glass pane etc have incorrect selection hit box on corners
• MC-118221 – Vines cannot be placed below non-solid blocks
• MC-118308 – Narrator is toggled when typing in some text fields
• MC-118408 – Torches and redstone torches cannot be placed on top of a Jack o'Lantern but can be placed on pumpkin
• MC-120709 – Lava and water updates do not resolve completely when random ticking is disabled
• MC-120790 – Redstone lamps and wire update whether they are lit or not when setblocked, but no other blocks do
• MC-121271 – Activator rails not updating
• MC-121742 – block states can't be used in /give, /clear and /replaceitem, but can be used in /setblock, /fill, /execute detect and /testforblock
• MC-122085 – Generating server icon leaks encoded data buffer
• MC-123708 – clearCustomName() and hasDisplayName() inconsistent

Private issues

• MC-100579 – Private issue involving pistons
• MC-111317 – Private security issue

Gallery

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  Example "data pack" file structure. Image tweeted by Dinnerbone.

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  Showcasing the improved error highlighting. Image tweeted by Dinnerbone.

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  NBT in selectors. Posted by Dinnerbone in a cryptic tweet^[27] that led to this image.^[28]

• CommandUIFirst.jpeg

  Example tweet by Dinnerbone showcasing the command UI and the new command syntax for /effect.

• CommandUISecond.jpeg

  Example tweet by Dinnerbone showcasing the command UI using /scoreboard

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  Teased screenshot of smelting recipes in the recipe book.^[21]

• NewRecipeBookDesign.jpeg

  First image of possible new design of recipe book.^[23]

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  Tweet by Dinnerbone showcasing colored chat output for commands, in this case for /entitydata.^[29]

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  Tweet by Dinnerbone showcasing the command UI and the new command syntax for /particle.

• Update Aquatic teaser.jpeg

  A teaser screenshot of the Update Aquatic, showing the new planned mob: dolphin.^[7]

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  The first image posted by Mojang of the turtle mob.

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  First image of the Turtle Eggs.^[30]

References

Minecraft: Java Edition versions
Particular versions	Demo Locations PC Gamer demo (Beta 1.3) Classic remake (0.0.23a_01) Developer versions Missing versions (Launcher)
Development cycle	Pre-Classic (2009) Classic (2009) Indev (2009–10) Infdev (2010) Alpha (2010) Beta (2010–11) Full Release (2011–present)
Other updates	Launcher updates Beta Sound Update (2011) Music Update (2013) Texture Update (2019)
Joke updates	2.0 (2013) 15w14a (2015) 1.RV-Pre1 (2016) 3D Shareware v1.34 (2019) 20w14∞ (2020) 22w13oneBlockAtATime (2022) 23w13a_or_b* (2023) 24w14potato (2024)
Combat Tests	1.14.3 - Combat Test Combat Test 2 Combat Test 3 Combat Test 4 Combat Test 5 Combat Test 6 Combat Test 7c Combat Test 7 Combat Test 7b Combat Test 8b Combat Test 8 Combat Test 8c
Pre-Classic Version history Cave Game rd-131648 rd-131655 rd-132211 rd-132328 Minecraft: Order of the Stone rd-20090515 Minecraft rd-160052 rd-161348 Minecraft Alpha mc-161607 mc-161616 mc-161625 mc-161648
Classic Version history Early Classic Private Test Builds 0.0.2a 0.0.3a 0.0.9a 0.0.10a 0.0.11a 0.0.12a Multiplayer Test Water Test Lava Test 0.0.12a_01 02 03* 0.0.13a World size test 1 2 Huge levels 0.0.13a_03 0.0.14a New blocks Water test Offset test 0.0.14a_01 03 04* 05* 06 07 08 Multiplayer Test 0.0.15a Multiplayer Test 1 Trees 0.0.15a Multiplayer Test 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 _01 _02 _03 0.0.16a _01 _02*** 0.0.17a 0.0.18a _01 _02 0.0.19a New blocks showcase 0.0.19a_01 02 03 04 05 06* 0.0.20a _01 _02 0.0.21a* _01 0.0.22a* _01 _02 _03 _04 _05 0.0.23a _01 Survival Test 0.24_SURVIVAL_TEST Development (View all) 0.24_SURVIVAL_TEST_01 02* 03 0.25 SURVIVAL TEST _01 _02 _03 _05 0.26 SURVIVAL TEST Development (View all) 0.27 SURVIVAL TEST Late Classic 0.28 Sheep Bleached Sheep 0.28_01 0.29 _01 _02 0.30 Server 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4* 1.4.1 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.8.1 1.8.2 1.8.3 1.9 1.9.1 1.10 1.10.1
Indev Version history 0.31 December 2009 23-1 Development (View all) 23-2 31 1 2 January 2010 04 06 07 09 10 11 12 13 c 14 22 24 1 2 25 28 29 30 31 February 2010 01 1 2 02 04 1 2 05 Minecraft Indev February 2010 06* 07 1 2 11 12 1 2 13 14 18 19 23
Infdev Version history Minecraft Infdev (Guide) February 2010 27-1 Development (View all) 27-2 March 2010 13 16 20 21 25 27 30 1 2 April 2010 13 14 15 20 June 2010 07 08 11 15 16 1 2 17 1 2 18 (SF1) 24 25 1 2 (SF2) 27 29 30
Alpha Version history v1.0 (Guide) v1.0.0 v1.0.1 (SF3) _01 v1.0.2 _01 02 v1.0.3 v1.0.4 (SF4) v1.0.5* _01 v1.0.6 (SF5) _01 02 03 v1.0.7 v1.0.8 _01 v1.0.9 v1.0.10 v1.0.11 (SF6) v1.0.12 v1.0.13 _01* v1.0.14* (SF7) v1.0.15 v1.0.16 _01 02 v1.0.17 (SF8) _01 02 03 04 v1.1 (Guide) v1.1.0* (SF9) v1.1.1 (SS1) v1.1.2 _01 v1.2 Halloween Update (Guide) v1.2.0 preview v1.2.0_01 _02 v1.2.1 _01 v1.2.2 v1.2.3 _01 02 04 05 v1.2.4_01 v1.2.5 v1.2.6 Server 0.1.0 0.1.1 0.1.2* _01 0.1.3 0.1.4 0.2.0 _01 0.2.1 0.2.2 _01 0.2.3 0.2.4 0.2.5* _01 02 0.2.6 _01 02 0.2.7 0.2.8
Beta 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 1.3 (Guide) 1.3 1.3_01 1.4 (Guide) 1.4* 1.4_01 1.5 (Guide) 1.5 1.5_01 1.5_02 1.6 (Guide) 1.6 Test Build 3 preview 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 1.8 Adventure Update (Part 1) (Guide) 1.8 preview pre* pre2 1.8.1
Full Release (1.0 – 1.9) Version history Development versions 1.0 Adventure Update (Part 2) (Guide) 1.0.0 pre pre2 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 1.4 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* 1.4.6** 12w49a 12w50a 12w50b 1.4.7 1.5 Redstone Update (Guide) 1.5* 13w01a 13w01b 13w02a 13w02b 13w03a** 13w04a 13w05a* 13w05b 13w06a* 13w07a 13w09a 13w09b 13w09c 13w10a 13w10b 1.5.1* 13w11a 13w12~* 1.5.2* 1.6 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** 1.6.4 1.6.3* 1.7 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 1.7.5 1.7.6 pre1 pre2 1.7.7* 1.7.8 1.7.9 1.7.10 pre1 pre2 pre3 pre4 1.8 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 1.9 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) Version history Development versions 1.10 Frostburn Update (Guide) 1.10 16w20a 16w21a 16w21b pre1 pre2 1.10.1 1.10.2 1.11 Exploration Update (Guide) 1.11 16w32a 16w32b 16w33a 16w35a 16w36a 16w38a 16w39a 16w39b 16w39c 16w40a 16w41a 16w42a 16w43a 16w44a pre1 1.11.1 16w50a* 1.11.2 1.12 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 1.13 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 1.14 Village & Pillage (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 1.15 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 1.16 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 rc1* 1.17 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 1.18 Caves & Cliffs: Part II (Guide) 1.18 Experimental 1 2 3 4 5 6 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 1.19 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+) Version history Development versions 1.20 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 1.20.3 23w40a 23w41a 23w42a 23w43a 23w43b 23w44a 23w45a 23w46a pre1 pre2 pre3 pre4 rc1 1.20.4 rc1 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 1.21 1.21