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This guide is a simplified overview of all the changes in the Halloween Update (Java Edition Alpha v1.2.x releases), which assumes at least some familiarity with the Alpha v1.1.x releases.

Mobs

New

Name Image Habitat Drops Note
Ghast The Nether The first flying mob.
Zombie Pigman The Nether The first neutral mob.

Changed

Name Image Changed
Creeper Have new hurt sounds.
Skeleton Now hold bows.

Blocks

New

Name Image Obtaining Tool Required Uses
Netherrack Found throughout the Nether. Any pickaxe Burns indefinitely when lit on fire.
Soul Sand Found in patches on the floor of the Nether. Any shovel Slows down entities that pass over it.
Glowstone
Ingredients Crafting recipe
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 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 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
  • Found in growths on the ceiling of the Nether.
 Any Produces light.
Pumpkin Found in patches in the Overworld. Any axe Can be worn as a hat or crafted into a jack o'lantern.
Jack o'Lantern
Ingredients Crafting recipe
Carved Pumpkin +
Torch
Invicon Carved Pumpkin.png: Inventory sprite for Carved Pumpkin in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Carved Pumpkin with description: Carved PumpkinInvicon Torch.png: Inventory sprite for Torch in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Torch with description: Torch
Invicon Jack o'Lantern.png: Inventory sprite for Jack o'Lantern in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Jack o'Lantern with description: Jack o'Lantern
 Any axe Produces light.
Nether Portal Block Created when the interior of an empty 4×5 frame of obsidian is lit on fire. Any Touching this block teleports players between the Overworld and Nether dimensions.

Changed

Name Image Changed
Grass and Leaves Are now darker in color, and change shade based on the biome.

Items

New

Name Image Obtaining Uses
Clock
Ingredients Crafting recipe
Gold Ingot +
Redstone Dust
Invicon Gold Ingot.png: Inventory sprite for Gold Ingot in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Gold Ingot with description: Gold IngotInvicon Gold Ingot.png: Inventory sprite for Gold Ingot in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Gold Ingot with description: Gold IngotInvicon Redstone Dust.png: Inventory sprite for Redstone Dust in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Redstone Dust with description: Redstone DustInvicon Gold Ingot.png: Inventory sprite for Gold Ingot in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Gold Ingot with description: Gold IngotInvicon Gold Ingot.png: Inventory sprite for Gold Ingot in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Gold Ingot with description: Gold Ingot
Invicon Clock.png: Inventory sprite for Clock in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Clock with description: Clock
 Can be used to tell the time.
Glowstone Dust Obtained from glowstone blocks. Each block drops one. Can be used to craft glowstone blocks, requires nine at the time.
Raw Fish Obtained by fishing. Can be cooked into cooked fish, which restores two and a half hearts, the same as bread. Restores one heart when not cooked, making this the worst food in the game at the time.
Cooked Fish
Ingredients Smelting recipe
Raw Fish +
Any fuel
Invicon Raw Fish.png: Inventory sprite for Raw Fish in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Raw Fish with description: Raw Fish
Invicon Coal.png: Inventory sprite for Coal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Coal with description: CoalInvicon Charcoal.png: Inventory sprite for Charcoal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Charcoal with description: CharcoalInvicon Oak Log.png: Inventory sprite for Oak Log in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Oak Log with description: LogInvicon Oak Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Oak Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Oak Planks with description: Overworld PlanksInvicon Lava Bucket.png: Inventory sprite for Lava Bucket in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Lava Bucket with description: Lava BucketInvicon Block of Coal.png: Inventory sprite for Block of Coal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Block of Coal with description: Block of Coal
Invicon Cooked Fish.png: Inventory sprite for Cooked Fish in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Cooked Fish with description: Cooked Fish0.35
 Can be eaten to restore 5 hp.

Changed

Name Image Changed
Fishing Rod Can now be used to catch fish.

Structures

New

Name Image Generates Chests Mobs Description
Nether portal Created when a player enters another dimension through another portal, if there are no portals already nearby. Always is 4×5 when generated in the Nether regardless of the size of the portal used to make it. No No A portal made of obsidian and portal blocks used for inter-dimensional travel.
Glowstone blob The ceiling of the Nether No No A cluster of glowstone blocks hanging from the Nether ceiling.

Biomes

New

Name Image Description Structures
The Nether A cavernous alternate dimension made up of netherrack, soul sand, gravel and lava.
  • Nether portals
  • Glowstone clusters
Desert A sandy biome, with cacti. Cacti
Savanna A flat grassy biome, many roses, also somewhat high amount of passive mobs.
Plains A flat grassy biome, a haven for passive mobs.
Shrubland A grassy biome with a low amount of trees, always the small variant. Oak trees, many flowers, moderate amount of passive mobs.
Swampland A grassy biome with some trees, along with many small water pools. Oak trees, and mushrooms occasionally. Not many mobs in general.
Seasonal forest A grassy biome covered with slightly less trees than the regular forest. Oak trees, and flowers. Roses here seem to be lacking. Leaves have a orangish tint. Lacks many mobs in general.
Forest A grassy biome covered with trees, some occasional mushrooms. Oak trees, fewer flowers, and some sugar cane. Very rarely hostile mobs spawn in the shade. Low amount of passive mobs.
Rainforest A grassy biome covered with many trees, often with many mushrooms in the shade. Oak trees, reeds, flowers, and roses. The amount of large trees here mean hostile mobs are prolific at night and even spawn in the day under trees, though this is somewhat uncommon.
Tundra A flat snowy biome. Vegetation here is lacking, other than the very rare tree and possibly flowers. Chickens spawn here often for some reason.
Taiga A snowy biome covered with trees, low amount of hostile mobs and moderate passive mobs. Oak trees, flowers (later Dandelion) and roses. (later Poppy)

Gameplay

New

Name Description
Sunrise and sunset The sky now changes color during sunrise and sunset.
Controls F1 now enables players to hide their HUD.

Music tracks

New

Filename Gameplay Soundtrack Title Track Preview
hal1.ogg Survival "Subwoofer Lullaby"
hal2.ogg Survival "Living Mice"
hal3.ogg Survival "Haggstrom"
hal4.ogg Survival "Danny"
nuance1.ogg Survival "Key"
nuance2.ogg Survival "Oxygène"
piano1.ogg Survival "Dry Hands"
piano2.ogg Survival "Wet Hands"
piano3.ogg Survival "Mice on Venus"

Sources