Java Edition 12w21a

Minecraft 12w21a
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Edition

Java Edition

Release date

May 24, 2012

Type

Snapshot

Snapshot for

1.3.1

Downloads

Client (.json)
Server (.exe)

Protocol version

33

Minimum Java version

Java SE 5

12w21a is the sixth snapshot for Java Edition 1.3.1, released on May 24, 2012.[1]

Additions

12w21a block and item additionsInvicon Emerald.png: Inventory sprite for Emerald in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Emerald with description: EmeraldInvicon Emerald Ore.png: Inventory sprite for Emerald Ore in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Emerald Ore with description: Emerald OreInvicon Ender Chest.png: Inventory sprite for Ender Chest in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Ender Chest with description: Ender ChestInvicon Sandstone Stairs.png: Inventory sprite for Sandstone Stairs in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Sandstone Stairs with description: Sandstone StairsInvicon Enchanted Golden Apple.png: Inventory sprite for Enchanted Golden Apple in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Enchanted Golden Apple with description:

Blocks

Emerald ore

  • Drops 1 emerald when mined.
  • Generates in blobs of up to 10 blocks.

Ender chest

  • Crafted with 8 obsidian and 1 eye of ender.
  • All ender chests in a world have the same contents, if those contents change it affects the contents of all other ender chests.
  • On multiplayer, the ender chest's contents are the same for all players on a server.
  • Emits light level of 7

Sandstone stairs

Items

Emerald

Enchanted golden apple

  • A second type of golden apple made with blocks of gold.
  • After being consumed, the player receives 30 seconds of Regeneration IV, plus Resistance and Fire Resistance for 5 minutes.

World generation

Desert temples

  • New generated structure in desert biomes that resemble pyramids.
  • Have a TNT trap and loot chests inside.

Desert villages

  • Villages that generate in desert biomes now are made of sandstone rather than wood and cobblestone.

Gameplay

Trading

  • Villagers buy or sell the player emeralds in exchange for certain items.
  • Trade with villagers by right-clicking on them, opening up a GUI with one buying slot and one selling slot.

Command format

Commands

  • /seed
    • Displays the current world seed.

Changes

Blocks

Dispensers

  • Eject water and lava source blocks from buckets.
  • Also take water and lava source blocks if there is an empty bucket inside.

Gravel

  • Changed texture.

Locked chest

  • Removed old chest texture, causing locked chests to appear as the purple default block.

Items

Buckets

  • Now stackable to 16.

Mobs

Passive mobs

  • Can be easily pushed around by simply walking, most likely intended to help the player navigate through animal farms more easily.

Non-mob entities

Boats

  • Now pass through lily pads without breaking the boat; the lily pad drops as an item instead.

Minecarts

  • While sitting inside of a minecart, pushing the directional keys makes it move the direction player is pressing. This only works while the minecart is sitting on rails.

Gameplay

Creative

  • Added snow to the Creative inventory.

Singleplayer

Sky

  • Stars are more realistic.
    • They are now slightly smaller and slightly brighter.

General

Options

  • Improved options menu.

Debug screen

  • The F3 menu no longer has the frame time graph.

Trivia

  • In this version, when loading a singleplayer world, one needs to put minecraft.zip/server/minecraft_server.jar into .minecraft/server manually to continue loading.

References

  1. "Minecraft Snapshot Week 21" (archived) – mojang.com.

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