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1.2.1 is an update which added a new height limit as a result of the anvil file format, zombie sieges This article s name is conjectural. An official name is yet to be given to the subject matter and may change at any time. A siege in progress. Zombie sieges are in-game events that occur when and generated featuresSpecial attraction including jungle biomes, wooden bridges in abandoned mineshafts, and desert wells Every specific group of blocks purposefully formed in Minecraft based on coding is part of a natural structure. Contents 1 The Overworld 1.1 Terrain 1.1.1 Mountain 1.1.2 Floating "island" 1.1.3 Hollows 1.1.4 Hill 1.1.5 Beach . It also added new blocks/items - the bottle o` enchanting Bottle o Enchanting Type Items Durability N/A Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Internal ID PC: 17 PE: 68 Network ID PC: 75 Entity ID xp_bottle Experience Thrown: 3-11 First appearances See history Data value dec: 384 , redstone lamp Redstone Lamp Transparency Partial (when on) Luminance Yes, 15 (when on) Blast resistance 1.5 Tool Any tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Itself Data values See Data values Name See Data values , fire charge Fire Charge Type Tools Durability N/A Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Internal ID PC: 13 PE: 94 Network ID PC: 64 Entity ID PC: small_fireball PE: smallfireball First appearances See history Data value dec: 385 hex: 181 and chiseled stone brick Stone Bricks Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 30 Tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Experience Smelting Stone Bricks: 0.1 Drops Itself Data value dec: 98 hex: 62 bin: 1100010 Name stonebrick Stone bricks are one and new mobs - iron golems Iron Golem Health points 100 ( × 50) Attack strength 7 () to 21 ( × 10.5) To players: Easy: 4 () to 11 () Normal: 7 () to 21 ( × 10.5) Hard: 10 and ocelots Ocelot Health points 10 () Attack strength Chickens Only: 2 () Size Adult: Height: 0.7 Blocks Width: 0.6 Blocks Baby: Height: 0.35 Blocks Width: 0.3 Blocks Spawn Ocelot: In Jungle Biomes, on Grass or leaf .
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General
- New map file format
- Increases the world height limit, from 128; to 256
- World selection screen shows worlds saved in Region file format The Region file format is a storage format for Minecraft chunks introduced in Minecraft Beta 1.3, in which groups of 32×32 chunks are stored in a region file. This file format took the place of , and will convert them.
- No longer shows worlds saved in Alpha level format See Minecraft Alpha 1.2.6. For Minecraft 1.0, see Level Format. Minecraft Infdev introduced a new data storage challenge while under development: Terrain generated in infdev has the potential to be almost 235 .
Gameplay
- New Legends
- lc: Largest section height
- b: Shows what biome you are in
- bl: Block brightness
- sl: Sky brightness
- rl: Raw brightness
- Multiplayer
- Due to biome data saving to chunks, SMP servers no longer send clients their world seed, displaying as "0" to the client
- Now has a slight delay on the speed at which the head moves on the player
- Makes it possible to see the sides of the player`s head
World Generation
- A very dense, but rather uncommon biome featuring large jungle trees that can reach up to 31 blocks tall with 2ℂₗ2 thick trunks. Oak trees are also common. Leaves cover much of the forest floor.
- Generated with wooden bridges in midair portions
Blocks & Items
- Changed texture
- Placing blocks on grass will replace it
- Re-added collision box
- Crafting recipe now yields 3 ladders instead of 2
- Lava now has a faint rumbling sound effect, and large particles that hop out of the lava Lava Transparency Yes Luminance Yes, 15 Blast resistance 500 Tool Renewable No Stackable N/A Flammable No Drops None Data values Flowing Lava dec: 10 hex: A bin: 1010 Still Lava dec: 11 hex: B bin: 1011 Name Flowing Lava flowing_lava Still produce a popping sound
- Changed texture
- Slabs Slab Transparency Double slab: No Single slab: Partial (blocks light) Luminance No Blast resistance Wood: 15 Stone: 30 Tools Renewable Stone: Yes Wood: Yes (except Fake Wood) Cobblestone: Yes Stone Brick: Yes Purpur: Yes Quartz: & Stairs Stairs Transparency Partial (blocks light) Luminance No Blast resistance Wood: 15 Stone: 30 Sandstone, Quartz, Red Sandstone: 4 Tools Renewable Cobblestone, Stone Brick, Wood, Purpur: Yes All others: No Stackable Yes (64) Flammable Wood: Yes
- Can be placed upside-down by placing them below a block
- Crafting recipe for slabs now yields 6 instead of 3
- Can now be climbed like ladders
Mobs
- Swim extremely fast with the water stream towards the player, but seem to be almost not moving against the water stream
- Now stalk the player
- Will breed if there are enough empty houses in a NPC Village
- Tamed wolves are able to breed using bones
- Can break down doors on Hard and Hardcore mode
- Have a rare chance to drop an iron ingot, iron helmet, iron shovel, or iron sword
- Rush to the nearest shadow or body of water for safety if it catches fire in daylight
- Chase and attack villagers and doors (breaking them on Hard and Hardcore difficulties)
- Sometimes zombies attacked villagers in preference to the player, and always chose the shortest way to the target, even if there was a door in the way
- Have a rare chance to drop a bow or an enchanted bow
- Rush to the nearest shadow or body of water for safety if it catches fire in daylight
- Will melt and die in the Nether
- Will form a wall to attack mobs
- Have a rare chance to drop a golden helmet, gold ingot, golden sword, or an enchanted golden sword
- Swim fast in water
Fixes
3 bugs fixed
- Doors have been updated so that double-doors work better with redstone.
- Ambience works in Multiplayer.
- Mob spawners show the correct mob in SMP (instead of a pig).
Further revisions
- 1.2.2 fixed an issue with world generation.
- 1.2.3 fixed some crashes that were present in 1.2.1 and 1.2.2.
- 1.2.4 added new types of wooden planks, sandstone blocks, chat history, and a bunch of bug fixes.
- 1.2.5 added "Pick Block" key, cats more eager to sit, and a handful of bug fixes.
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showSubsequent Updates
There were four other updates that followed 1.2.1, adding features and fixing bugs.
1.2.2
Released on March 1, 2012 as a bug fix update.
1.2.3
Released on March 2, 2012 as a bug fix update.
1.2.4
Released on March 22, 2012 as a feature update. It added new Wood Planks (Oak, Birch, Spruce, and Jungle) and Sandstone blocks, and improved chat editing.
1.2.5
Released on April 4, 2012 as a feature and bugfix update. It improved functionality of the pick block key, and fixed several bugs.