Java Edition guides/pre-Classic releases
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pre-Classic releases
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This guide is a simplified overview of all the changes in the Java Edition pre-Classic releases.
Mobs
New
| Name | Image | Habitat | Drops | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mob | 
|
Everywhere | None | The first mob. |
| Player | N/A | Anywhere | None | The only playable entity. |
Blocks
New
| Name | Image | Obtaining | Tool Required | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air | 
|
Unobtainable | N/A | Used to signify that nothing is in the block space. |
| Cobblestone | 
|
Creative inventory | Any | Building material. |
| Dirt | 
|
Generates beneath grass blocks. | Any | Turns into grass when exposed to the sky, thus, it is the first crop. |
| Grass Block | 
|
Generates on the surface. | Any | Building material. The grass dies when a block that is not a sapling or air is on the top side. |
| Sapling | 
|
Creative inventory | Any | The first non-cubic block. Notch attempted to hide this block by assigning it to key 6 instead of 5 as he disliked the texture. Cannot grow into a tree since trees do not exist yet. |
| Stone | 
|
Generates beneath dirt. Had a harsh and high contrast cobblestone-like texture in very early versions of pre-classic. | Any | Building material. |
| Wooden Planks | 
|
Creative inventory | Any | Building material. Strangely colored compared to modern versions. |
Gameplay
New
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Terrain generation | The game creates randomly generated 256x256 worlds out of blocks for you to interact with. |
Navigation
Sources
- Java Edition guides/pre-Classic releases — Minecraft Wiki, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0, revision 3685645.