Java Edition Beta 1.2
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Entering a Nether portal while riding a boat, minecart, or pig will crash the game and delete the player data.
Minecraft Beta 1.2
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Other editions with a version "1.2":
There is a guide for this update!
See Java Edition guides/Beta 1.2 releases for a guide to all of the new features introduced in Beta 1.2 releases.
Beta 1.2 is a version of Java Edition Beta released on January 13, 2011,[1] that added charcoal, note blocks, dyes, squid, sugar, dispensers, lapis lazuli, bone meal, and sandstone, as well as changing and fixing other features. This is the first version released in 2011.
Additions
Blocks
- It can be crafted into planks.
- Drops contents.
- Crafted with cobblestone, a bow and redstone.
- Crafted with 9 lapis lazuli.
- Drops one lapis lazuli when mined.
- Crafted with planks and redstone dust.
- Emits sounds when attacked, used, or powered.
| Block | Instrument |
|---|---|
| Bass (String bass) | |
| Snare Drum | |
| Hat (Hi-hat click) | |
| Bass Drum | |
| Harp |
- Crafted with 4 sand.
- It can be crafted into planks.
- Re-added dyed wool with a new spectrum.
- Currently, brown wool is obtainable only by using external programs.
Items
- Can be crafted into bone meal.
- Used as a dye.
- 9 lapis lazuli can be crafted into a lapis lazuli block.
- Used as a dye.
- Currently obtainable only by using external programs.
- Used as a dye.
- Shares the same texture as coal.
- Smelted from wood.
- Most dyes can be obtained by crafting.
- Green dye can be obtained by smelting a cactus.
| Ingredients | Smelting recipe |
|---|---|
| Cactus + Any fuel |
- Crafted with sugar canes.
Mobs
- New underwater mob.
- Drops ink sacks.
- Has 10HP.
- Has no sounds.
- Can be milked.
World generation
General
- Added
note.
Changes
Blocks
- Can now be smelted into cactus green.
- Renamed "Workbench" to "Crafting Table".
- Can now be crafted into dandelion yellow.
- Renamed "Reeds" to "Sugar Cane".
- Can now be crafted into rose red.
- Again show a rotating model inside of what they spawn in singleplayer.
- Can now be dyed.
Items
- Increased durability of tools and swords made out of wood, stone, iron ingots, and diamonds.
| Material | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Wood | 33 | 59 |
| Stone | 65 | 131 |
| Iron | 129 | 250 |
| Diamond | 1025 | 1561 |
- Gold tools can mine blocks like stone and wood much quicker than their diamond counterparts, with the same durability and restrictions as before this version.
Mobs
- Can now be dyed.
- Gray, light gray, and black variants can now spawn naturally.
- Drop correspondingly colored wool.
- Now drop bones.
- Can now climb up walls.
World generation
General
- Screenshots can be taken using the F2 key without having to first hold down the F1 key.
- Included the FastRender mod by Scaevolus.[2]
- Removed some splashes due to the game no longer being in alpha.
- Pre-beta!
- Alpha version!
- 9.95 euro!
- Half price!
Fixes
12 bugs fixed
- Paintings now work in multiplayer.
- Disconnecting while riding no longer keeps the player in the world.
- A bunch more state is properly synced in multiplayer.
- Included PowerPC color and audio fixes by Scaevolus.
- Fixed a horrible chunk reload loop in singleplayer.
- Fixed most lighting bugs in newly generated multiplayer maps.
- Falling sand behaves better in multiplayer.
- Game no longer crashes when loading world that was saved in newer versions.
- Fixed a few crashes on load level bugs.
- Jack o'lantern now has correct tooltip.
- Bricks now have the correct tooltip.
- Sheep now visibly lose their wool when hit in multiplayer.
Bugs
3 bugs reported
- Powered redstone does not update properly when a new power source is added.
- Rails always face north even if there are rails next to it.
- Performance reduced, causing random lag spikes to happen in the game.
Gallery
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Showing the redstone update bug, also the first known instance of MC-184
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The Minecraft webpage with this version
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A floating torch in this version
References
- ↑ "Minecraft Beta 1.2" (archived) – The Word of Notch, Tumblr, January 13, 2011.
- ↑ "The FasterRender mod by @Scaevolus is included in beta 1.2, please let us know if it helps!" – @jeb_ (Jens Bergensten) on X (formerly Twitter), January 13, 2011
Navigation
Sources
- Java Edition Beta 1.2 — Minecraft Wiki, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0, revision 3702854.