Java Edition Beta 1.2 02

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Minecraft Beta 1.2_02

Beta 1.2_02.png: Infobox image for Minecraft version 'Minecraft Beta 1.2_02'

Beta 1.2_02 menu.png: Infobox image for Minecraft version 'Minecraft Beta 1.2_02'

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            "field": "January 21, 2011",
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            "field": "<span class=\"plainlinks\">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_version_history#Java_SE_5 Java SE 5]</span>",
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Beta 1.2_02 is a version of Java Edition Beta released on January 21, 2011,^[1] that mainly changed where skins are downloaded from.

The version of Beta 1.2_02 in the launcher is missing its META-INF file, but is otherwise identical.

There is a later instance of this version, from May 17, 2011, which features many secret developer features.

Additions

General

A screenshot taken by using ⇧ Shift + F2 in game.

Pressing ⇧ Shift + F2 generates a 36450×17700 TGA format screenshot (which ends up being 1.8 GB, and no UI included). While the file is being generated, the game freezes and experiences major graphical distortions. This is unfinished test code, as confirmed by Notch.^[2]

Changes

Blocks

Lapis lazuli ore

Now drops 4–8 lapis lazuli per block mined (increased from 1) on single player only (servers have not been affected yet).
Can now be found at bedrock level.

Items

Renamed "Ink Sack" to "Ink Sac".

Cocoa beans

Renamed "Coco Beans" to "Cocoa Beans".

General

Now downloaded from Amazon S3, instead of Minecraft.net.

Trivia

Prior to the 2018 skin update, Beta 1.2_02 was the oldest version in the launcher to have working skins.
- However, if the player changed their skin after 1.8, the last skin the player used prior to 1.8 would be displayed. This occurred in all versions after Beta 1.2_02 until 1.3.1. It is currently unknown why this happened and why 1.3.1 was the oldest version to display post-1.8 skins.

Gallery

A blob of lapis lazuli ore with multiple pieces of lapis on the ground
Various ore deposits including lapis lazuli
Brown mushrooms in the Nether
The Minecraft webpage with this version
Creeper statue

References

↑ "Minecraft Beta 1.2_02" (archived) – The Word of Notch, Tumblr.
↑ "I just realized shift+F2 will generate an almost 2 gb large screenshot in 1.2_02. Half-finished huge screenshot test code." – @notch (Markus Persson) on X (formerly Twitter), January 21, 2011

Sources

Java Edition Beta 1.2 02 — Minecraft Wiki, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0, revision 3678636.