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This guide is a simplified overview of all the changes in the Horse Update (Java Edition 1.6.x releases), which assumes at least some familiarity with the Redstone Update (Java Edition 1.5.x releases).

Mobs

New

Name Image Habitat Drops Note
Horse Spawns in plains.
  • Creation assisted & inspired by DrZhark's Mo' Creatures mod.
  • To tame, ride them and get thrown off a few times until hearts appear.
  • Can be bred using golden apples & golden carrots.
  • Health can be restored using bread, sugar, hay bales, wheat, apples, golden apples & golden carrots.
  • Baby horses can be grown the same way.
  • Players riding saddled horses are granted full control over the horse's movement.
    • Color, style, maximum health, jump height and speed vary between horses.
  • Open inventory, right click a horse or press the inventory key while holding LSHIFT and looking at a horse to access their inventory to deal with their storage, armor and saddle.
  • Rarely spawn in small groups.
Donkey Spawns in plains.
  • Like horses, but smaller and gray.
  • Can carry chests with 15 slots on their saddle.
Mule Only spawns by breeding a horse with a donkey.
  • Can wear chests on their saddles, just like donkeys.
  • Not breedable with horses, donkeys, or other mules.
Skeleton horse and zombie horse Can be spawned only by using third party programs. 1–3XP (when killed by a player or tamed wolf)
  • Introduced as the code of the normal horse, although require third-party modifications to be used in the game.
  • Aren't used at this time.

Changed

Name Image Changed
All mobs
  • Mobs named "Dinnerbone" or "Grumm" are now flipped upside down.
  • Now spawn in groups again.
Zombies
  • Now have a small chance to spawn additional zombies when damaged or not being looked at.
  • Able to lock onto the player from 40 blocks away (formerly 16 blocks).
  • Zombies that are locking onto a player can now move when further than 32 blocks away.
Withers Armor has been retextured.

Blocks

New

Name Image Obtaining Tool Required Uses
Hardened clay
Ingredients Smelting recipe
Clay +
Any fuel
Invicon Clay.png: Inventory sprite for Clay in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Clay with description: Clay
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 Terracotta.png: Inventory sprite for Terracotta in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Terracotta with description: Terracotta
 Pickaxe Can be crafted into stained clay.
Stained clay
Ingredients Crafting recipe
Terracotta +
Matching Dye
Pickaxe Can be used as a decorative block.
Carpets
Ingredients Crafting recipe
Matching Wool
Any Can be used as a decorative block.
Hay bale
Ingredients Crafting recipe
Wheat
Invicon Wheat.png: Inventory sprite for Wheat in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Wheat with description: WheatInvicon Wheat.png: Inventory sprite for Wheat in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Wheat with description: WheatInvicon Wheat.png: Inventory sprite for Wheat in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Wheat with description: WheatInvicon Wheat.png: Inventory sprite for Wheat in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Wheat with description: WheatInvicon Wheat.png: Inventory sprite for Wheat in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Wheat with description: WheatInvicon Wheat.png: Inventory sprite for Wheat in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Wheat with description: WheatInvicon Wheat.png: Inventory sprite for Wheat in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Wheat with description: WheatInvicon Wheat.png: Inventory sprite for Wheat in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Wheat with description: WheatInvicon Wheat.png: Inventory sprite for Wheat in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Wheat with description: Wheat
Invicon Hay Bale.png: Inventory sprite for Hay Bale in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Hay Bale with description: Hay Bale
 Any
  • Can be used as a building block.
  • Can be used as compact wheat storage.
  • Can be used to accelerate the growth of horses.
Block of coal
Ingredients Crafting recipe
Coal
Invicon Coal.png: Inventory sprite for Coal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Coal with description: CoalInvicon Coal.png: Inventory sprite for Coal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Coal with description: CoalInvicon Coal.png: Inventory sprite for Coal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Coal with description: CoalInvicon Coal.png: Inventory sprite for Coal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Coal with description: CoalInvicon Coal.png: Inventory sprite for Coal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Coal with description: CoalInvicon Coal.png: Inventory sprite for Coal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Coal with description: CoalInvicon Coal.png: Inventory sprite for Coal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Coal with description: CoalInvicon Coal.png: Inventory sprite for Coal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Coal with description: CoalInvicon Coal.png: Inventory sprite for Coal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Coal with description: Coal
Invicon 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
  • Crafted only with coal, not charcoal.
 Pickaxe
  • Can be used as a building block.
  • Can be used as compact coal storage.
  • Can be used as furnace fuel to smelt 80 items, which is more than its individual 9 coal ingredients can (72 smelted items).

Changed

Name Image Changed
Lapis lazuli block Retextured subtly, it now has a border around it
Redstone comparator
  • Now gives a redstone signal for cauldrons and end portal frames depending on their state.
    • Cauldrons give a signal strength of zero (empty) to three (full), depending on the water level.
    • End portal frames give a signal strength of either zero or fifteen, depending on if an eye of ender has been inserted.

Items

New

Name Image Obtaining Uses
Horse armor Cannot be crafted; found in most types of generated chests, including in dungeons, nether fortresses, desert temples, and jungle temples. Armor for horses.
Lead
Ingredients Crafting recipe
String +
Slimeball
  • Can be used to bind mobs to fences or lead them around.
    • Right click mob first, then right-click fence or right-click the mob again to get the leash back.
Name tag Found in dungeon chests. Name it in an anvil, then right click a mob to name it.
Horse spawn egg Can be obtained via Creative inventory.
  • Works like any other spawn egg.
  • Sometimes a donkey is spawned instead.

Changed

Name Image Changed
Charcoal Retextured, with more brown shading to differentiate from coal.
Saddle The player can now put a saddle on a horse.
Golden apples
  • Lower tier now requires gold ingots instead of gold nuggets to craft.
  • Lower tier now gives Regeneration II for 10 seconds, and both tiers give Absorption for 1 min 30 seconds.
Glistering melon Now requires 8 gold nuggets.

Biomes

Changed

Name Image Changed
Deserts No longer contain water lakes.

Effects

New

Name Image Causes Description
Absorption Golden apples Increases damage absorption.
Health Boost Golden apples Increases maximum health.
Saturation Food Decreases hunger loss.

See also

Sources