Java Edition 1.4.7
This page covers a release version that has a critical issue under certain conditions.
Mining an empty jukebox creates an invisible "Air" item. Interacting with the item will crash the game and likely delete the chunk the jukebox was in.[1]
Minecraft 1.4.7

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| Release date |
Pre-release: December 28, 2012 | ||||
| Development versions |
Pre-releases (1)
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| Downloads | |||||
| Protocol version |
51 | ||||
| Minimum Java version | |||||
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Other editions with a version "1.4.7":
1.4.7[2] is a minor update to Java Edition that was released on January 9, 2013, to fix some of the bugs and crashes in 1.4.6.
A pre-release of 1.4.7 was released on December 28, 2012,[3] though the full release of 1.4.7 is identical to this pre-release, including compilation date. This is the first version released in 2013, and the pre-release is the final version released in 2012.
Fixes
From 1.4.2
- MC-60 – Joining a server, and leaving it, then trying to connect to any server crashes the game.
- MC-467 – When killing the spider first in a spider jockey, the skeleton turns invisible.
- MC-1433 – UDP Query Protocol does not properly unpack/pack integers, session IDs are not returned correctly.
- MC-2776 – Sneak fails when placing slab on slab.
- MC-2799 – Torches don't light the block that they are attached to when there is a block on top and at the sides of them.
From 1.4.4
- MC-2902 – Signs remaining blank after edit in single player.
From 1.4.6
- MC-4715 – Crash when using spawned in firework / Server kicks you with an End of Stream error.
- MC-4913 – Bold text takes up lots of space sometimes.
- MC-5246 – Crash on thorn enchant from arrow in dispenser.
- MC-6232 – Minecraft client crashing frequently since Christmas.
- MC-6947 – Anvil eats items when using the number keys to move stacks into it.
Other fixes
- Fixed joining a server, and leaving it, then trying to connect to any server crashing the game under certain conditions.
- Fixed bold text taking up lots of space sometimes.
- Fixed the server crashing when an arrow shot from a dispenser hits a mob/player with Thorns enchant on their armor.
- Fixed a multiplayer crash when using fireworks without a fireworks star.
- Fixed long timeout when checking SRV records, and fireworks bug in creative.
- Fixed lighting glitch with redstone torches.
Trivia
- The pre-release of 1.4.7 was released on the latest day of the year out of all pre-releases, on December 28.
- 1.4.7 was released on the earliest day of the year out of all release versions in the full Java Edition release, on January 9.
- This is one of the only five Minecraft versions to end with 1.x.7, the other ones being 1.0.7 (2010), 1.7.7 (2014), 1.8.7 (2015), and 1.21.7 (2025).
Gallery
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The Minecraft Webpage with the demo mode of this version. (Title Screen) -
In game
References
- ↑ MC-2711
- ↑ https://mcupdate.tumblr.com/post/40091043515/minecraft-147
- ↑ "Minecraft 1.4.7 Pre-release" (Archive) by Jens Bergensten – Mojang.com, December 28, 2012.