Java Edition Alpha v1.2.0

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Minecraft Alpha v1.2.0
Alpha_v1.2.0.png: Infobox image for Minecraft Alpha v1.2.0 the version in Minecraft
Alpha_v1.2.0_menu.png: Infobox image for Minecraft Alpha v1.2.0 the version in Minecraft
Edition

Java Edition

Official name

Halloween Update

Release date

October 30, 2010

Server version

0.2.2

Development versions
Previews (1)
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Downloads

Original unavailable
Reuploaded client (.json)

Protocol version

3

Minimum Java version

Java SE 5

◄◄  Alpha v1.1.0 Alpha v1.2.0 Beta 1.0 ►►

◄  Alpha v1.1.2_01

Alpha v1.2.0_01 ► 

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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.

Alpha v1.2.0, also known as the Halloween Update, is a major update to Java Edition. It was released with server 0.2.2 on October 30, 2010,[1] at 20:53 UTC.[2] It primarily added the Nether along with new Nether-exclusive mobs and blocks. It also added fishing, a new terrain generator, and other changes and fixes.

Alpha v1.2.0 was re-uploaded immediately after release to prevent the game still saying "do not distribute" in the main menu.[3]

This version is listed in the launcher, but only Alpha v1.2.0_02 is downloaded instead.[4]

Additions

Alpha v1.2.0 block and item additionsInvicon Netherrack.png: Inventory sprite for Netherrack in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Netherrack with description: NetherrackInvicon Soul Sand.png: Inventory sprite for Soul Sand in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Soul Sand with description: Soul SandInvicon Glowstone.png: Inventory sprite for Glowstone in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Glowstone with description: GlowstoneInvicon Glowstone Dust.png: Inventory sprite for Glowstone Dust in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Glowstone Dust with description: Glowstone DustInvicon Carved Pumpkin.png: Inventory sprite for Carved Pumpkin in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Carved Pumpkin with description: Carved PumpkinInvicon Jack o'Lantern.png: Inventory sprite for Jack o'Lantern in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Jack o'Lantern with description: Jack o'LanternInvicon Nether Portal.png: Inventory sprite for Nether Portal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Nether Portal with description: Nether PortalInvicon Clock.png: Inventory sprite for Clock in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Clock with description: ClockInvicon Raw Cod.png: Inventory sprite for Raw Cod in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Raw Cod with description: Raw CodInvicon Cooked Cod.png: Inventory sprite for Cooked Cod in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Cooked Cod with description: Cooked Cod

Blocks

Netherrack

Soul Sand

Mines faster by using swords.

Makes player walk slower.

Glowstone

Emits light level of 15.

Drops 1 per block

Invicon Glowstone Dust.png: Inventory sprite for Glowstone Dust in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Glowstone Dust with description: Glowstone DustInvicon Glowstone Dust.png: Inventory sprite for Glowstone Dust in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Glowstone Dust with description: Glowstone DustInvicon Glowstone Dust.png: Inventory sprite for Glowstone Dust in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Glowstone Dust with description: Glowstone DustInvicon Glowstone Dust.png: Inventory sprite for Glowstone Dust in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Glowstone Dust with description: Glowstone DustInvicon Glowstone Dust.png: Inventory sprite for Glowstone Dust in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Glowstone Dust with description: Glowstone DustInvicon Glowstone Dust.png: Inventory sprite for Glowstone Dust in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Glowstone Dust with description: Glowstone DustInvicon Glowstone Dust.png: Inventory sprite for Glowstone Dust in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Glowstone Dust with description: Glowstone DustInvicon Glowstone Dust.png: Inventory sprite for Glowstone Dust in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Glowstone Dust with description: Glowstone DustInvicon Glowstone Dust.png: Inventory sprite for Glowstone Dust in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Glowstone Dust with description: Glowstone Dust
Invicon Glowstone.png: Inventory sprite for Glowstone in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Glowstone with description: Glowstone

Pumpkin

Jack o'Lantern

Emits light level of 15

Invicon Carved Pumpkin.png: Inventory sprite for Carved Pumpkin in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Carved Pumpkin with description: Carved PumpkinInvicon Torch.png: Inventory sprite for Torch in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Torch with description: Torch
Invicon Jack o'Lantern.png: Inventory sprite for Jack o'Lantern in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Jack o'Lantern with description: Jack o'Lantern

Nether Portal

Emits light level of 11

Items

Clock

  • Craftable item that tells the time.
Invicon Gold Ingot.png: Inventory sprite for Gold Ingot in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Gold Ingot with description: Gold IngotInvicon Gold Ingot.png: Inventory sprite for Gold Ingot in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Gold Ingot with description: Gold IngotInvicon Redstone Dust.png: Inventory sprite for Redstone Dust in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Redstone Dust with description: Redstone DustInvicon Gold Ingot.png: Inventory sprite for Gold Ingot in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Gold Ingot with description: Gold IngotInvicon Gold Ingot.png: Inventory sprite for Gold Ingot in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Gold Ingot with description: Gold Ingot
Invicon Clock.png: Inventory sprite for Clock in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Clock with description: Clock

Glowstone Dust

Drops 1 per block

9 Can be crafted into blocks.

Cooked Fish

Obtained when cooking on the furnace.

Raw Fish

Obtained by fishing.

Mobs

Ghast

  • Large white mobs that float around in the Nether.
  • Shoots fireballs at the player.
    • The fireballs use snowball texture when shot.
    • Can take damage from fire and lava.

Pigman

  • The texture of pigmen has been added to mobs/pigman.png.

Zombie Pigmen

  • When one zombie pigman is attacked, all nearby pigmen retaliate and attack the player.
  • Hold gold swords.[note 1]
  • Can take damage from fire and lava.

World generation

  • New terrain generator, featuring biomes.​

Hell

Desert

  • A biome with sand and cacti. Ice deserts can also be found in the code, but they're unused.

Tundra

  • A cold biome with snow and ice. There's barely any trees as well.

Gameplay

Fishing

General

  • Added new music tracks and sound effects.

Music

  • Added new music by C418: hal1.ogg, hal2.ogg, hal3.ogg, hal4.ogg, nuance1.ogg, nuance2.ogg

Splash

  • Added new splashes:
    • Slow acting portals!
    • Try the Nether!
    • Don't look directly at the bugs!
    • Oh, ok, Pigmen!
    • Finally with ladders!
    • Scary!

Changes

Blocks

Stairs and Furnaces

  • Now face the same direction as the player when placed.

Grass Block

  • Is now darker in shade, and its color is now dependent on temperature/humidity values.

Leaves

  • Are now darker in shade, and their color is now dependent on temperature/humidity values.
  • Decaying no longer occurs. This was a bug that was fixed in Alpha 1.2.3 on November 24, 2010.

Mobs

Mobs

  • Higher lighting values are required the deeper they are to keep mobs from spawning.

Skeletons

Slimes

  • Completely removed from mob spawning code.

World generation

  • Fake chunks spawn at 32,000,000 blocks instead of the void.
    • They cannot be interacted with.
    • They are not solid.
    • Lighting stops working.
    • Trees, flowers, grass, and dungeons stop generating behind this point.

Gameplay

Sunrise

  • Now creates a red glow at the horizon.

Sky

  • Color is now dependent on temperature/humidity values.

Heads-up display

  • Pressing F1 hides the HUD and the view-model from the person's view. In third person mode, pressing F1 creates a view looking back at the player's own face.

Player

  • The "ough" sound no longer plays when the player takes damage. This was a bug that was fixed the next day in a small patch in Alpha 1.2.0_02 on October 31, 2010.

General

Music

  • piano2.ogg now has a slightly different mix.[note 2] piano3.ogg has been extended.[note 3]

Title screen

  • Changed Minecraft logo from to .

Removals

General

Distance effects

  • Due to the removal of winter mode and therefore snow, it no longer becomes visually distorted at great heights.

Fixes

From the current version, hotfixed

  • Game still says "do not distribute" on title screen.[3][note 4]

Gallery

  • A nether portal in this version.
    A nether portal in this version.

Notes

  1. ↑ This change occurred between the Alpha v1.2.0 preview and the full release of Alpha v1.2.0.
  2. ↑ Can be heard in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeP4U-IJHZ4 or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNjoz09vmP8
  3. ↑ Can be heard in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWjXPNB-E7A or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZ2EVZH6wI8
  4. ↑ This change occurs in the reupload of this version.

References

  1. ↑ The Halloween Update is out! – The Word of Notch, October 30, 2010
  2. ↑ #minecraft.20101030.full.log – Minecraft IRC logs. "[10/30/2010 4:53:43 PM] <Notch> I just uploaded the halloween update client". [UTC−4]
  3. ↑ a b #minecraft.20101030.full.log – Minecraft IRC logs. "[10/30/2010 4:55:39 PM] <Notch> Awww, I forgot to fix the title screen", "[10/30/2010 4:55:43 PM] <Notch> it still says do not distribute". [UTC–4]
  4. ↑ MCL-1421

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