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Java Edition Beta 1.6.6

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Beta 1.6.6 is a version of Java Edition Beta released on May 31, 2011,[1] which contains minor changes and fixes some of the bugs and crashes in Beta 1.6.5.

Additions

General

Options

  • Added a "Performance" section in video settings.
    • Can be set to "Max FPS", "Balanced", or "Power saver".

Changes

Blocks

Glowstone

  • Changed the material from "glass" to "stone".
    • This means the player needs a pickaxe to get resources from it.
    • This also means the player can now place redstone, torches, levers, etc. on the block.
  • Now drops 2–4 glowstone dust when broken.
  • Can now be crafted with 4 glowstone dust.
Invicon Glowstone Dust.png: Inventory sprite for Glowstone Dust in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Glowstone Dust with description: Glowstone DustInvicon Glowstone Dust.png: Inventory sprite for Glowstone Dust in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Glowstone Dust with description: Glowstone DustInvicon Glowstone Dust.png: Inventory sprite for Glowstone Dust in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Glowstone Dust with description: Glowstone DustInvicon Glowstone Dust.png: Inventory sprite for Glowstone Dust in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Glowstone Dust with description: Glowstone Dust
Invicon Glowstone.png: Inventory sprite for Glowstone in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Glowstone with description: Glowstone

White wool

  • Is now crafted using 4 string.
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Invicon White Wool.png: Inventory sprite for White Wool in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to White Wool with description: White Wool

Items

Bone meal

  • Can grow grass and flowers on grass blocks.

Non-mob entities

Boats

  • Float up to the surface quicker.
  • When falling down into water, they lose vertical momentum much faster.
  • Crashing into soul sand while riding in a boat now keeps the boat intact.

Fixes

3 bugs fixed

  • Fixed beds not working very well in multiplayer.
  • Destroying a boat no longer spawns the player too low, causing them to sometimes fall through the ground.
  • ⇧ Shift+ clicking a tool into a chest no longer restores it to new.

Trivia

  • The Minecraft webpage with this version
    The Minecraft webpage with this version
  • Unlicensed copy watermark
    Unlicensed copy watermark

References

  1. ↑ "Minecraft Beta 1.6.6" (archived) – The Word of Notch, Tumblr, May 31, 2011.

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