Java Edition Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2
Minecraft Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2


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September 29, 2011 | ||||||
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Other editions with a version "1.9-pre2":
Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2[1][2] is the second pre-release for Java Edition 1.0.0, released on September 29, 2011,[3] which adds cauldrons, potions, animal breeding mechanics, 9 more music discs, Hardcore mode, and the ability to clear potion effects by drinking milk.
Additions
Blocks
- Are present in the code, but are not assigned to a block ID (and thus are unobtainable without mods).
Items
- Crafted from blaze rods.
- Ingredient to brewing potions.
- Ingredient to brewing potions.
- First iteration of potions, not yet properly obtainable.
- Ingredient to brewing potions.
- Drop from spiders.
- Ingredient to brewing potions.
Mobs
- New system to breed animals.
- Remains incomplete, as baby mobs aren't introduced yet.

A bug existed where players could breed snow golems. This was patched by the next prerelease.
General
Hardcore mode
- Locks the difficulty to Hard and forces users to delete the world's save data upon death.
- The health bar changes appearance to indicate the game is in Hardcore mode.
Changes
Items
- Is now drinkable.
- Drinking milk resets all potion effects currently afflicted upon the player.
- Now has a tooltip.
Blocks
- No longer drops as an item when destroyed.
Mobs
- No longer have a "TESTIFICATE" label above their head.
- Additional armor points were added, making them tougher.[4]
General
Item tooltips
- Now have a purple border.
- Removed debug code causing jumping to increase experience.
- Continuous jumping by holding down the jump key is now possible again.
Third person view
- Now renders the front of the player.
Fixes
1 bug fixed
- Client-side double mooshroom bug in multiplayer fixed.
Gallery
References
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z03Cqn8MoDE
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EE75zglpD4A
- ↑ "So @notch did the last commit for the 1.9 prerelease 2, get it here: http://assets.minecraft.net/1_9-pre2/minecraft.jar" – @jeb_ (Jens Bergensten) on X (formerly Twitter), September 29, 2011
- ↑ https://twitter.com/jeb_/status/119377281796935680








