Java Edition Alpha v1.2.3 05
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Minecraft Alpha v1.2.3_05
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Alpha v1.2.4,[1] labeled as Alpha v1.2.3_05 in game,[2] is a version of Java Edition Alpha released on November 30, 2010,[1] as the third part of a bug-fix update.
Additions
Gameplay
Changes
Blocks
- Animates properly when activated.
- Animates properly when activated.
- Animates properly when activated.
- Animates properly when activated.
Mobs
- Creepers now animate before exploding.
- Explosions animate properly.
- Skeletons now shoot their arrows way above their heads, rather than from inside their heads.
Gameplay
- The multiplayer join server screen now remembers the latest entered IP.
General
- Increased chunk saving frequency on the server.
- The player can now see sneaking players. Names of sneaking players aren't visible through walls, and are visible at a much shorter distance.
Fixes
9 bugs fixed
- Leaving sneak mode no longer rapidly plays all the step sounds that it silenced during the sneak.
- Swords and other weapons now deal damage properly.
- Fixed dead players logging in as invisible ghosts.
- Made arrows visible and deal damage.
- No more infinite free arrows.
- Hoes now produce proper seeds.
- Server logging now appends to server.log rather than overwriting it.
- Fixed minecarts and pigs moving twice as fast as they should when ridden.
- Hostile mobs now correctly look up or down at their target when attacking, depending on their current elevation.
Bugs

- This version had leftover debug code that caused creepers to be the only mob that would spawn. This was later fixed with the release of Alpha v1.2.4_01.
References
- ↑ a b "Bug update #3." (archived) – The Word of Notch, Tumblr, November 30, 2010.
- ↑ "Minecraft 1.2.3_05 out now!" – u/squatly on Reddit, November 30, 2010
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Sources
- Java Edition Alpha v1.2.3 05 — Minecraft Wiki, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0, revision 3720308.