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This guide is a simplified overview of all the changes in the Java Edition Beta 1.5.x releases, which assumes at least some familiarity with Beta 1.4.x releases.

Mobs

New

Name Image Habitat Drops Note
Charged Creeper Created when a creeper is struck by lightning. Creates a far more powerful explosion than a normal creeper.

Changed

Name Image Changed
Pig Burning pigs now drop cooked porkchops.

Blocks

New

Name Image Obtaining Tool Required Uses
Birch Sapling Drops from birch leaves. Any Can grow into birch trees.
Spruce Sapling Drops from spruce leaves. Any Can grow into spruce trees.
Powered Rail
Ingredients Crafting recipe
Gold Ingot +
Stick +
Redstone
Pickaxe Increases the speed of minecarts that pass over it.
Detector Rail
Ingredients Crafting recipe
Iron Ingot +
Stone Pressure Plate +
Redstone
Pickaxe Creates a redstone signal when a minecart passes over it.
Cobweb Not yet legitimately obtainable. Any Slows down players and entities that touch it.

Changed

Name Image Changed
Grass Block The grass on the side texture is now the same color as the grass on the top texture.
Ladder
  • Now cannot be climbed if there are empty blocks between each ladder.
  • The crafting recipe for ladders now provides twice as many.
Birch Leaves Can now drop birch saplings.
Spruce Leaves Can now drop spruce saplings.
Bed Beds can now be used during thunderstorms.

Gameplay

New

Name Description
Weather Added rain, snow, and thunderstorms.
Controls ⇧ Shift + clicking on something in a chest immediately moves the selected item(s) into the player's inventory and vice-versa.

Achievements

Icon Achievement In-game description Parent Actual requirements (if different) Identifier
Taking InventoryPress 'E' to open your inventory—Open your inventory. The description matches the configured inventory key.openInventory
Getting WoodAttack a tree until a block of wood pops outTaking InventoryPick up wood from the ground.mineWood
BenchmarkingCraft a workbench with four blocks of planksGetting WoodPick up a crafting table from your inventory's crafting field output or a crafting table output.buildWorkBench
Time to Mine!Use planks and sticks to make a pickaxeBenchmarkingPick up any type of pickaxe from a crafting table output.buildPickaxe
Hot TopicConstruct a furnace out of eight cobblestone blocks\Construct a furnace out of eight stone blocksTime to Mine!Pick up a furnace from a crafting table output.buildFurnace\
Acquire HardwareSmelt an iron ingotHot TopicPick up an iron ingot from a furnace output.acquireIron
Time to Farm!Use planks and sticks to make a hoeBenchmarkingPick up any type of hoe from a crafting table output.buildHoe
Bake BreadTurn wheat into breadTime to Farm!Pick up bread from a crafting table output.makeBread
The LieWheat, sugar, milk, and eggs\Bake cake using wheat, sugar, milk, and eggs!Time to Farm!Pick up a cake from a crafting table output.bakeCake\
Getting an UpgradeConstruct a better pickaxeTime to Mine!Pick up a pickaxe from a crafting table output that is not a wooden pickaxe.buildBetterPickaxe
Delicious FishCatch and cook a fish!Hot TopicPick up a cooked fish from a furnace output.cookFish
On A RailTravel by minecart at least 1 km from where you started \Travel by minecart to a point at least 500m in a single direction from where you started.Acquire HardwareTravel by minecart to a point at least 1 km from where you started. Distance is measured in a straight line. \Travel by minecart to a point at least 500 m from where you started. Distance is measured in a straight line.onARail\
Time to Strike!Use planks and sticks to make a swordBenchmarkingPick up any type of sword from a crafting table output.buildSword
Monster HunterAttack and destroy a monsterTime to Strike!Kill a hostile mob or one of the following neutral mobs: enderman, zombie pigman, spider, cave spider.killEnemy\
Cow TipperHarvest some leatherTime to Strike!Pick up leather from the ground.killCow
When Pigs FlyFly a pig off a cliffCow TipperBe riding a pig (e.g. using a saddle) when it hits the ground with a fall distance greater than 5.flyPig

Sources