This guide is a simplified overview of all the changes in the
Java Edition 1.3.x releases, which assumes at least some familiarity with the Java Edition 1.2.x releases.
Mobs[]
Changed[]
Name |
Image |
Changed
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All mobs
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- Mobs can now spawn on top of all upside down slabs and stairs
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Pigs
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- Drop 1–3 porkchops instead of 0–2.
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Silverfish
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- Will now spawn more silverfish from nearby silverfish blocks more often, when suffering from poison potions.
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Creepers
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- Now have increased knockback effect.
- Now do more or less damage depending on difficulty:
- Easy: ~50% less damage
- Normal: same damage as before
- Hard: 33 1⁄3% more damage.
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Endermen
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- Now stop in front of the player.
- Now teleports behind the player when the player swings their sword.
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Villagers
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![Farmer](https://cdn.statically.io/img/static.wikia.nocookie.net/minecraft_gamepedia/images/3/3d/Farmer.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/128?cb=20181029135454) ![Librarian](https://cdn.statically.io/img/static.wikia.nocookie.net/minecraft_gamepedia/images/5/55/Librarian.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/128?cb=20230730233210) ![Priest](https://cdn.statically.io/img/static.wikia.nocookie.net/minecraft_gamepedia/images/1/14/Priest.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/128?cb=20181029135158) ![Blacksmith](https://cdn.statically.io/img/static.wikia.nocookie.net/minecraft_gamepedia/images/b/be/Blacksmith.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/128?cb=20181029135016)
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- Will now get a random profession when spawned from spawn eggs.
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Blocks[]
New[]
Changed[]
Name |
Image |
Changed
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Wooden slabs, and Wooden stairs
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- Added all wood types.
- Wooden slabs crafted after the update act like wood.
- Adjusted hitbox.
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Wooden pressure plates
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- Can be triggered by arrows.
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Log
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- Can now be placed in 3 different directions.
- Placement works similar to piston placement.
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Furnaces
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- Can now be fueled by wooden tools.
- Now return an empty bucket when using lava buckets as fuel.
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Ice
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- Now disappears instead of melting when placed in the Nether, regardless of light.[verify]
- Can now be obtained using Silk Touch-enchanted tools.
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Glass panes
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- Can now be obtained using Silk Touch-enchanted tools.
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Dispenser
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- Minecarts & boats will now be placed if there's rails/water in place respectively.
- Will now suck in or place water or lava in front of them instead of dispensing buckets.
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Gravel
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Levers
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- Can be placed on the underside of blocks.
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Pistons
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- Now take 2 redstone ticks (4 game ticks) to extend.
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TNT
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- Now does different amounts of damage depending on difficulty:
- Peaceful: no damage
- Easy: ½ less damage
- Normal: same damage as before
- Hard: ⅓ more damage.
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Nether wart
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![Nether Wart Age 0 JE1](https://cdn.statically.io/img/static.wikia.nocookie.net/minecraft_gamepedia/images/1/17/Nether_Wart_Age_0_JE6_BE2.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/84?cb=20200109143156) ![Nether Wart Age 1-2 JE1](https://cdn.statically.io/img/static.wikia.nocookie.net/minecraft_gamepedia/images/e/ee/Nether_Wart_Age_1-2_JE6_BE2.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/84?cb=20200109143321)
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- Can now be grown in the Overworld and in the End.
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Signs
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- Now stack up to 16.
- Crafting now gives 3 signs instead of 1.
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Monster spawners
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- Added NBT tags to further customize spawned mobs.
- Only changeable using map editors or mods.
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Doors
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- Now show their damage when being broken by zombies.
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All Slabs & stairs
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- Will now be placed upside-down when placed against the upper half of a block's side.
- When placed upside down, rails, pressure plates, levers, doors, torches, redstone torches, repeaters, redstone dust and beds can be placed on them - Redstone dust behaves like on glowstone - It transmits power horizontally and upwards, but not downwards. Redstone torches don't power redstone placed on slabs/stairs above them.
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Items[]
New[]
Name |
Image |
Obtaining |
Uses
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Emerald
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- Is used to trade with villagers
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Book and quill
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- Right-click to read or write in and edit up to 50 pages.
- Clicking 'Done' saves the text edited into the book
- Clicking 'Sign' chooses a title to finalize the book
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Structures[]
New[]
Name |
Image |
Generates |
Chests |
Mobs |
Description
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Desert village
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Generates in deserts
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Can generate blacksmith buildings with 1 chest.
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Villagers
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- Desert village variant made from sandstone instead of cobblestone and wood.
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Desert pyramid
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Generates in deserts
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4 chests
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None
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- Built out of various kinds of sandstone and wool.
- Includes hidden chest room and TNT trap, with loot including rotten flesh, bones, iron ingots and gold ingots, diamonds and emeralds.
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Jungle pyramid
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Generates in jungles
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2 chests
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None
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- Built out of various kinds of cobblestone.
- Contains multiple tripwire traps triggering dispensers filled with arrows.
- Loot chests include bones, rotten flesh, gold ingots, iron ingots, diamonds and emeralds.
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World types[]
New[]
Name |
Image |
Description |
Structures
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Large Biomes
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- Generate as default worlds, but 16× bigger
- Beaches look closely to what they looked like in Java Edition Beta 1.7.3 and prior.
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Same, as in normal world.
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