Java Edition Indev 0.31 20100124-2119

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0.31

A version of Indev 0.31 was released on January 24, 2010, at 21:19 UTC, which added chests.[1]

Additions

0.31 block and item additionsInvicon Chest.png: Inventory sprite for Chest in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Chest with description: Chest

Blocks

Chests

  • Can be used to store items.
  • Placing two chests next to each other creates a large chest with double as much storage.
  • Triple chests can now be generated by placing two chests with air in between, then placing a chest in the open space in between.

World generation

Starting house[2]

  • New generated structure.[note 1]
  • Player would spawn with chests full of every accessible block and tool in the game, except for dirt, water, lava, fire, and double slabs.
  • Made out of moss stone.

Changes

Items

General

  • The player can now drop whole stacks of items instead of one at a time.
  • Stacked blocks limit changed back to 99 items per stack.
  • Now spin when dropped on the ground.[verify for Java Edition]

Arrows

  • Now have a new sound effect.

Axes

  • Changed texture from .
    • The axe has been repositioned to the left instead of the right.

Notes

  1. ↑ Generates only in Survival mode.

References

  1. ↑ "Chests, and generic tile entity support" (Archive) by Markus Persson – The World of Notch, January 24, 2010. "Another indev update!"
  2. ↑ "That was a lot of work, but it should behave better now" (Archive) by Markus Persson – The World of Notch, February 14, 2010. "The starting house will only spawn in nice places now. Mostly. ;)"

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