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Java Edition guides/Beta 1.2 releases
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"footer": "<span padding:0 .4em;\">[[java Edition guides/Beta 1.1 releases|◄ Beta 1.1 releases]]</span><span padding:0 .4em;\">[[java Edition guides/Beta 1.3 releases |Beta 1.3 releases ►]]</span>"
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This guide is a simplified overview of all the changes in the Java Edition Beta 1.2.x releases, which assumes at least some familiarity with Beta 1.1.x releases.
Mobs
New
Name
Image
Habitat
Drops
Note
Squid
Water
The first aquatic mob.
Changed
Name
Image
Changed
Sheep
Sheep can now be dyed.
Dyed sheep drop wool of the respective color when punched.
Black, gray and light gray sheep can naturally spawn.
Blocks
New
Name
Image
Obtaining
Tool Required
Uses
Dyed Wool
Any
Can be used as building blocks.
Cake
Any
Right-click to eat a slice of cake.
Dispenser
Pickaxe
Launches items from inside when it receives a redstone signal.
Lapis Lazuli Ore
Found underground.
Pickaxe (stone or better)
Drops lapis lazuli when mined, but only drops one at this time. This was changed Beta 1.3.
Block of Lapis Lazuli
Pickaxe (stone or better)
Can be used for compact lapis lazuli storage.
Note Block
Axe
Plays a musical note when it receives a redstone signal.
Right-click to change the note.
Sandstone
Pickaxe
Can be used as a building block.
Birch Log
Found in birch trees.
Axe
Can be crafted into wood planks.
Birch Leaves
Found in birch trees.
Any
Can drop saplings, but drop oak ones, so these trees are not renewable until Beta 1.4 This is because birch and spruce saplings simply do not exist yet.
Spruce Log
Found in spruce trees.
Axe
Can be crafted into wood planks.
Spruce Leaves
Found in spruce trees.
Any
Can drop saplings, same problem as with birch.
Changed
Name
Image
Changed
Crafting Table
Renamed from "Workbench" to "Crafting Table".
Furnace
Top texture changed (was the same as stone).
Sugar Cane
Renamed from "Reeds" to "Sugar Cane".
Items
New
Name
Image
Obtaining
Uses
Bone
Drops from skeletons.
Can be used to make bone meal.
Bone Meal
Can be used to instantly grow wheat and saplings to maturity.
Functions as white dye.
Lapis Lazuli
Drops from lapis lazuli ore.
Can be used to make lapis lazuli blocks.
Functions as blue dye.
Cocoa Beans
Not legitimately obtainable.
Functions as brown dye.
Ink Sac
Drops from squid.
Functions as black dye.
Charcoal
Functions identically to coal .
Dyes
Red dye is made from roses.
Yellow dye is made from flowers.
Green dye is made from cacti.
The remaining dyes are crafted from other dyes.
Can be used to dye sheep and wool.
Sugar
Used to make cake.
Structures
New
Name
Image
Generates
Chests
Mobs
Description
Birch tree
Forests
No
None
A tree with light-colored bark and leaves.
Spruce tree
Taigas
No
None
A tree with dark-colored bark and leaves.
Biomes
Changed
Name
Image
Changed
Taiga
Now generate with spruce trees instead of oak trees.
See also
Sources