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Many major updates for Java Edition are released in multiple minor updates, and each minor update potentially contains a lot of added and changed content. To make it easier to get up to speed with this, these guides have been made to reduce the complexity of the technical information as described by individual update pages.

The tables below list all guides, one for each major update, with on the right a list of the minor releases that are related to that update. Minor releases for which a guide isn't updated yet, are crossed out.

Full Release update guides

These guides describe major versions of Java Edition that have been released or are currently in development.

Guide Related releases
Third Drop 2026 26.3​[upcoming]
Chaos Cubed 26.2
Tiny Takeover 26.1 • 26.1.1 • 26.1.2
Mounts of Mayhem 1.21.11
The Copper Age 1.21.9 • 1.21.10
Chase the Skies 1.21.6 • 1.21.7 • 1.21.8
Spring to Life 1.21.5
The Garden Awakens 1.21.4
Bundles of Bravery 1.21.2 • 1.21.3
Tricky Trials 1.21 • 1.21.1
Armored Paws 1.20.5 • 1.20.6
Bats and Pots 1.20.3 • 1.20.4
Trails & Tales 1.20 • 1.20.1 • 1.20.2
The Wild Update 1.19 • 1.19.1 • 1.19.2 • 1.19.3 • 1.19.4
Caves & Cliffs: Part II 1.18 • 1.18.1 • 1.18.2
Caves & Cliffs: Part I 1.17 • 1.17.1
Nether Update 1.16 • 1.16.1 • 1.16.2 • 1.16.3 • 1.16.4 • 1.16.5
Buzzy Bees 1.15 • 1.15.1 • 1.15.2
Village & Pillage 1.14 • 1.14.1 • 1.14.2 • 1.14.3 • 1.14.4
Update Aquatic 1.13 • 1.13.1 • 1.13.2
World of Color Update 1.12 • 1.12.1 • 1.12.2
Exploration Update 1.11 • 1.11.1 • 1.11.2
Frostburn Update 1.10 • 1.10.1 • 1.10.2
Combat Update 1.9 • 1.9.1 • 1.9.2 • 1.9.3 • 1.9.4
Bountiful Update 1.8 • 1.8.1 • 1.8.2 • 1.8.3 • 1.8.4 • 1.8.5 • 1.8.6 • 1.8.7 • 1.8.8 • 1.8.9
The Update that Changed the World 1.7.2 • 1.7.4 • 1.7.5 • 1.7.6 • 1.7.7 • 1.7.8 • 1.7.9 • 1.7.10
Horse Update 1.6.1 • 1.6.2 • 1.6.4
Redstone Update 1.5 • 1.5.1 • 1.5.2
Pretty Scary Update 1.4.2 • 1.4.4 • 1.4.5 • 1.4.6 • 1.4.7
1.3 releases 1.3.1 • 1.3.2
1.2 releases 1.2.1 • 1.2.2 • 1.2.3 • 1.2.4 • 1.2.5
1.1 1.1
Adventure Update: Part II 1.0.0 • 1.0.1

Pre-Classic–Beta update guides

These guides describe versions of Java Edition made prior to the full release of the game.

Guide Related releases
Adventure Update: Part I 1.8 • 1.8.1
Beta 1.7 releases 1.7 • 1.7_01 • 1.7.2 • 1.7.3
Beta 1.6 releases 1.6 • 1.6 Test Build 3 • 1.6.1 • 1.6.2 • 1.6.3 • 1.6.4 • 1.6.5 • 1.6.6
Beta 1.5 releases 1.5 • 1.5_01 • 1.5_02
Beta 1.4 releases 1.4 • 1.4_01
Beta 1.3 releases 1.3 • 1.3_01
Beta 1.2 releases 1.2 • 1.2_01 • 1.2_02
Beta 1.1 releases 1.1 • 1.1_01 • 1.1_02
Beta 1.0 releases 1.0 • 1.0_01 • 1.0.2
Halloween Update 1.2.0 • 1.2.0_01 • 1.2.0_02 • 1.2.1 • 1.2.1_01 • 1.2.2 • 1.2.3 • 1.2.3_01 • 1.2.3_02 • 1.2.3_04 • v1.2.4 • 1.2.4_01 • 1.2.5 • 1.2.6
Alpha 1.1 releases 1.1.0 • 1.1.1 • 1.1.2 • 1.1.2_01
Alpha 1.0 releases 1.0.0 • 1.0.1 • 1.0.1_01 • 1.0.2 • 1.0.2_01 • 1.0.2_02 • 1.0.3 • 1.0.4 • 1.0.5 • 1.0.5_01 • 1.0.6 • 1.0.6_01 • 1.0.6_02 • 1.0.6_03 • 1.0.7 • 1.0.8 • 1.0.8_01 • 1.0.9 • 1.0.10 • 1.0.11 • 1.0.12 • 1.0.13 • 1.0.13_01 • 1.0.14 • 1.0.15 • 1.0.16 • 1.0.16_01 • 1.0.16_02 • 1.0.17 • 1.0.17_01 • 1.0.17_02 • 1.0.17_03 • 1.0.17_04
Infdev releases 20100227-1414 • 20100227-1433 • 20100313 • 20100316 • 20100320 • 20100321 • 20100325-1545 • 20100325-1640

20100327 • 20100330-1203 • 20100330-1511 • 20100413-1951 • 20100413-1953 • 20100414 • 20100415 • 20100420

20100607 • 20100608 • 20100611 • 20100615 • 20100616-1808 • 20100616-2210 • 20100617-1205 • 20100617-1531 • 20100618 • 20100624 • 20100625-0922 • 20100625-1917 • 20100627 • 20100629 • 20100630

Minecraft Indev releases 20100206-2034 • 20100206-2103 • 20100207-1057 • 20100207-1101 • 20100207-1647 • 20100207-1703 • 20100211-2327 • 20100211-2333 • 20100211-2340 • 20100212-1210 • 20100212-1622 • 20100213 • 20100214 • 20100218-0011 • 20100218-0016 • 20100219 • 20100223
Indev 0.31 releases 20091223-0040 • 20091223-1457 • 20091231-1856 • 20091231-2004 • 20091231-2013 • 20091231-2033 • 20091231-2147 • 20091231-2255

20100104-2154 • 20100104-2258 • 20100106 • 20100107-1851 • 20100107-1947 • 20100107-2010 • 20100109-1939 • 20100109-2000 • 20100110 • 20100111-2207 • 20100111-2210 • 20100112-0826 • 20100112- • 20100113-2015 • 20100113-2243 • 20100114 • 20100122-1708 • 20100122-2251 • 20100124-2119 • 20100124-2134 • 20100124-2310 • 20100125 • 20100128-2200 • 20100128-2304 • 20100129-1447 • 20100129-1452 • 20100129-2129 • 20100129-2134 • 20100129-2138 • 20100129-2158 • 20100129-2209 • 20100129-2332 • 20100130 • 20100131

20100201-0025 • 20100201-2227 • 20100202 • 20100204-1541 • 20100204-2027 • 20100205-1558 • 20100205-2241

Classic releases mc-161607 • mc-161616 • mc-161625 • mc-161648 • 0.0.2a • 0.0.3a • 0.0.9a • 0.0.10a

0.0.11a • 0.0.12a • 0.0.12a_01 • 0.0.12a_02 • 0.0.12a_03 • 0.0.13a • 0.0.13a_03 • 0.0.14a • 0.0.14a_01 • 0.0.14a_03 • 0.0.14a_04 • 0.0.14a_05 • 0.0.14a_06 • 0.0.14a_07 • 0.0.14a_08

0.0.15a (Multiplayer Test 1) • 0.0.15a (Multiplayer Test 2) • 0.0.15a (Multiplayer Test 3) • 0.0.15a (Multiplayer Test 4) • 0.0.15a (Multiplayer Test 5) • 0.0.15a (Multiplayer Test 6) • 0.0.15a (Multiplayer Test 7) • 0.0.15a (Multiplayer Test 8) • 0.0.15a_01 • 0.0.15a_02 • 0.0.15a_03 • 0.0.16a • 0.0.16a_01 • 0.0.16a_02

0.0.17a • 0.0.18a • 0.0.18a_01 • 0.0.18a_02 • 0.0.19a • 0.0.19a_01 • 0.0.19a_02 • 0.0.19a_03 • 0.0.19a_04 • 0.0.19a_05 • 0.0.19a_06 • 0.0.20a • 0.0.20a_01 • 0.0.20a_02 • 0.0.21a • 0.0.21a_01 • 0.0.22a • 0.0.22a_01 • 0.0.22a_02 • 0.0.22a_03 • 0.0.22a_04 • 0.0.22a_05 • 0.0.23a • 0.0.23_01

0.24 SURVIVAL_TEST • 0.24 SURVIVAL_TEST_01 • 0.24 SURVIVAL_TEST_02 • 0.24 SURVIVAL_TEST_03 • 0.25 SURVIVAL TEST • 0.25_01 SURVIVAL TEST • 0.25_02 SURVIVAL TEST • 0.25_03 SURVIVAL TEST • 0.25_05 SURVIVAL TEST • 0.26 SURVIVAL TEST • 0.27 SURVIVAL TEST

0.28 • 0.28_01 • 0.29 • 0.29_01 • 0.29_02 • 0.30

pre-Classic releases Cave game tech test • rd-132211 • rd-132328 • rd-20090515 • rd-160052 • rd-161348

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