Java Edition Alpha v1.2.0
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Minecraft Alpha v1.2.0
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Other editions with a version "1.2":
There is a guide for this update!See Java Edition guides/Halloween Update for a guide to all of the new features introduced in Halloween Update.
Alpha v1.2.0, also known as the Halloween Update, is a major update to Java Edition. It was released with server 0.2.2 on October 30, 2010,[1] at 20:53 UTC.[2] It primarily added the Nether along with new Nether-exclusive mobs and blocks. It also added fishing, a new terrain generator, and other changes and fixes.
Alpha v1.2.0 was re-uploaded immediately after release to prevent the game still saying "do not distribute" in the main menu.[3]
This version is listed in the launcher, but instead downloads and launches Alpha v1.2.0_02.[4]
Additions
Alpha v1.2.0 block and item additions
Blocks
- Generates in the Nether.
- Sustains fire indefinitely.
- Generates in the Nether.
- Decreases the player's walking speed.
- Generates in the Nether.
- Emits a light level of 15.
- Drops 1 glowstone dust per block.
- Crafted with 9 glowstone dust.
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- New plant found in patches in the overworld.
- Can be worn by the player.
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- Emits a light level of 15.
- Can also be worn by the player.
- Crafted with 1 pumpkin and 1 torch.
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- New block used to transport players to and from the Nether.
- Generates when a portal is lit.
- Emits a light level of 11.
Items
- New item that tells the time.
- Crafted with 1 redstone dust and 4 gold ingots.
- Obtained by mining glowstone, one piece per block.
Mobs
- Large, white mob that floats around in the Nether.
- Shoots fireballs at the player.
- The fireballs use the snowball texture when shot.
- Has 10HP
. - Drops 0-2 sulphur.
| Sounds | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Sound | Description | Volume | Attenuation distance |
| Ghast cries | Randomly | 5.0 | 16 | |
| Ghast dies | When a ghast dies | 5.0 | 16 | |
| Ghast hurts | When a ghast is damaged | 5.0 | 16 | |
| Ghast shoots | When a ghast signals to shoot a fireball | 10.0 | 16 | |
| Ghast shoots | When a ghast shoots a fireball | 10.0 | 16 | |
- Neutral mob found in the Nether.
- When one zombie pigman is attacked, all nearby pigmen retaliate and attack the player, becoming permanently hostile.
- Holds a golden sword.[note 1]
- Has 10HP.
- Drops 0-2 cooked porkchops.
| Sounds | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Sound | Description | Volume | Attenuation distance |
| Zombie Pigman grunts | Randomly while calm | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Zombie Pigman grunts angrily | When a zombified piglin becomes angry; Randomly while angry | 2.0; 1.0 | 16 | |
| Zombie Pigman dies | When a zombified piglin dies | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Zombie Pigman hurts | When a zombified piglin is damaged | 1.0 | 16 | |
Non-mob entities
- It is a projectile from a ghast.
- It has a straight trajectory unaffected by gravity and a theoretically infinite range.
- It creates an explosion upon impact with an entity or block, setting fire to nearby blocks.
- It uses the same snowball texture.
World generation
- New terrain generator, featuring 12 new biomes:
- A biome with many trees.
- A biome found in the Nether. Consists of netherrack and soul sand.
- To get there, an obsidian portal must be built
. - One block passed in this dimension is equal to eight blocks passed in the Overworld.
- Water cannot be placed here and will dry up.
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- Flat, open biome with only the occasional tree.
- Very wet forested biome, with a 1 in 3 chance of trees being big, rather than 1 in 10 in all other biomes.
- Mostly flat biome with occasional trees. Only difference from the plains biome is the grass color.
- Very similar to the forest, with the only difference being a lower-density canopy.
- Very similar to plains, with the only difference being the grass color.
- Indentical to Shrubland, with only a different grass color and the occasional patch of snow.
- Snowy forested biome.
Gameplay
- Gives function to the fishing rod.
- Each tick when a fishing bobber is in water, it has a 1⁄500 chance of catching a fish.
- Currently the only item that can be obtained through fishing is raw fish.
General
- Added new music by C418:
hal1.ogg,hal2.ogg,hal3.ogg,hal4.ogg,nuance1.ogg,nuance2.ogg
- Added new splashes:
- Slow acting portals!
- Try the Nether!
- Don't look directly at the bugs!
- Oh, ok, Pigmen!
- Finally with ladders!
- Scary!
An unused texture for pigmen has been added to mobs/pigman.png.
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Changes
Blocks
- Texture changed from
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- Texture changed from
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- Texture changed from
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- Now face the same direction as the player when placed.
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Furnace and lit furnace
- Now face the same direction as the player when placed.
- Texture changed from
. - Its color is now dependent on temperature/humidity values.
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- Texture changed from
. - Its color is now dependent on temperature/humidity values.
- Decaying no longer occurs.
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- Texture changed from
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- Now face the same direction as the player when placed.
Mobs
General
- Higher lighting values are required the deeper they are to keep mobs from spawning.
- Now hold bows.
- Completely removed from mob spawning code.
World generation
- Fake chunks spawn at 32,000,000 blocks instead of the void.
- They cannot be interacted with.
- They are not solid.
- Lighting stops working.
- Trees, flowers, grass, and dungeons stop generating beyond this point.
Gameplay
- Now creates a red glow at the horizon.
- Color is now dependent on temperature/humidity values.
- Pressing F1 hides the HUD and the view-model from the person's view. In third person mode, pressing F1 creates a view looking back at the player's own face.
- The "ough" sound no longer plays when the player takes damage.
General
piano2.oggnow has a slightly different mix.[note 2]piano3.ogghas been extended.[note 3]
- Changed Minecraft logo from
to 
.
Removals
General
- Due to the removal of winter mode and therefore snow, it no longer becomes visually distorted at great heights.
Command format
/wood
/iron
Fixes
- Fixed the game still saying "do not distribute" on title screen.[3][note 4]
Gallery
-
A Nether portal in this version.
Notes
- ↑ This change occurred between the Alpha v1.2.0 preview and the full release of Alpha v1.2.0.
- ↑ Can be heard in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeP4U-IJHZ4 or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNjoz09vmP8
- ↑ Can be heard in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWjXPNB-E7A or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZ2EVZH6wI8
- ↑ This change occurs in the reupload of this version.
References
- ↑ "The Halloween Update is out!" (archived) – The Word of Notch, Tumblr, October 30, 2010.
- ↑ #minecraft.20101030.full.log – Minecraft IRC logs. "[10/30/2010 4:53:43 PM] <Notch> I just uploaded the halloween update client". [UTC−4]
- ↑ a b #minecraft.20101030.full.log – Minecraft IRC logs. "[10/30/2010 4:55:39 PM] <Notch> Awww, I forgot to fix the title screen", "[10/30/2010 4:55:43 PM] <Notch> it still says do not distribute". [UTC–4]
- ↑ MCL-1421
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Sources
- Java Edition Alpha v1.2.0 — Minecraft Wiki, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0, revision 3721937.