Halloween Update
This article is about the 2010 Halloween Update. For the 2012 Halloween update, see Pretty Scary Update.
Halloween Update
| Release date |
October 30, 2010 |
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There is a guide for this update!See Java Edition guides/Halloween Update for a guide to all of the new features introduced in Halloween Update.
The Halloween Update is the name for Java Edition Alpha v1.2.0, a major update released on October 30, 2010. The Nether was the most prominent feature of the update.
Notable features
Main article: Java Edition Alpha v1.2.0
- New dimension
- The Nether
- A new hell-like dimension that can be accessed through a Nether portal.
- Can be used to traverse large distances on the Overworld, as 1 block in the Nether is 8 blocks in the overworld.
- New blocks
Glowstone
- Obtained by crafting four glowstone dust.
- Can be used as a light source.
Jack o'Lantern
Nether Portal Block
Netherrack
- Found abundantly in the Nether.
Pumpkin (now Carved Pumpkin)
- Found in patches across the Overworld.
- Can be worn by the player.
Soul Sand
- Found in the Nether.
- Has high friction, slows down the player's speed when walked over.
- New items
Clock
- Used to tell the time in the Overworld.
- Cannot function in the Nether.
Glowstone Dust
- Obtained from mining glowstone blocks.
- Can be used to craft glowstone.
Raw Fish (now Raw Cod) and its 
cooked variant
- Obtained from using a fishing rod on an area of water.
- New mobs
Ghast
Zombie Pigman (now Zombified Piglin)
- Neutral mobs in the Nether.
- Are passive at first, but become hostile forever if the player hits one.
- Drops cooked porkchops when killed.
- New world generation
- Proper biomes were added:
- New structures
Glowstone blob
- Found on the Nether ceiling.
Nether portal
- New gameplay
- New soundtrack
- Six new ambient music tracks from C418 were added:
- "hal1.ogg" - "Subwoofer Lullaby"
- "hal2.ogg" - "Living Mice"
- "hal3.ogg" - "Haggstrom"
- "hal4.ogg" - "Danny"
- "nuance1.ogg" - "Key"
- "nuance2.ogg" - "Oxygène"
- "piano2.ogg" ("Wet Hands") received a slightly different mix.
- "piano3.ogg" ("Mice on Venus") received an extension.
- Notable changes
- Added the ability to hide the player's HUD and viewmodel with
F1 - Darker grass block and leaves
- Sunrise creates a red glow
- New creeper sounds
History
The update was announced on October 4, 2010 on Notch's blog.[1] A new type of block was announced on October 8, and on October 11 Notch posted a statement on his Twitter saying: "I just made the most unfair mob ever even more unfair. You will hate the Ghast."[2] On October 10, 2010, Notch posted the first image of the Nether on his blog.
On October 19, it was announced that there were six new block types (of which five had unique abilities), one new monster, a new dimension, and a couple of bug fixes.[3]
On October 22, PC Gamer posted an article giving more details about the new update. The article states that Ghasts "are flying cuboid jellyfish that could shoot fireballs at you, blowing chunks out of the world around you and setting it on fire." It also states that the Nether portals to go to and from the Hell dimension is made from obsidian.
On October 25, Notch tweeted that he was working on a second, more harmless mob.[4] This was later revealed to be the zombie pigman.
Torches were planned to become temporary light sources with the new permanent light source being lanterns, but the update didn't make it in time. Lanterns, however, were added in the Java snapshot 18w46a and Bedrock 1.9.0 versions.
Trivia
- The "poster" was located at minecraft.net/boo, which no longer exists. An archive of it is available at archive.org
- The poster said that pumpkins were "useless", while now, they provide a shield against provoking endermen.
- The poster said "Portal in, move 10 meters, portal out, and you're hundreds of meters away." Since portals move the player by a factor of 8, 10 meters away in the Nether is 80 meters away in the Overworld, not hundreds.
Gallery
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The Halloween Update logo. -
A complete list of what Notch hoped to finish for the update. -
A complete list of what Notch finished for the update. -
A Nether landscape. -
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An example of the new biomes added in this update. -
First image of the nether. -
First image of biomes. -
First image of soul sand.
Videos
References
See also
 Development
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