Java Edition 12w05a
Minecraft 12w05a

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| Release date |
February 2, 2012 | ||||||
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| Snapshot for | |||||||
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| Protocol version |
24 | ||||||
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12w05a is the third snapshot for Java Edition 1.2.1, released on February 2, 2012,[1] which makes minor changes to mobs.
12w05a was reuploaded later on February 2, 2012, to fix a bug where the game would crash when right-clicking a sitting cat empty-handed, as well as fixing racist translation griefings.[2]
Changes
Blocks
- Can be obtained by breaking them using shears.
Items
- Can be crafted using charcoal.
Mobs
- Have new AI: they now stalk the player.
- Updated hitbox to incorporate their whole body, prior to this ghasts could only be injured by hitting their tentacles and lower body.
- Are now easier to tame, and tamed ocelots can now be told to sit.
- Try to detect village houses and live in them.
- Now have the ability to open and close doors.
World generation
- Now bridge over ravines.
General
- No longer requires experience in Creative mode.
- Updated language files.
- Lava sounds now function.
Fixes
1 bug fixed
- Corrected a duplication bug involving nether portals.
References
- ↑ "Minecraft Snapshot 12w05a" (archived) by Jens Bergensten – Mojang.com, February 2, 2012.
- ↑ "Snapshot is back online! http://mojang.com/2012/02/02/minecraft-snapshot-12w05a/" – @jeb_ (Jens Bergensten) on X (formerly Twitter), February 2, 2012

