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"title": "Beta 1.5 releases",
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"field": "<ul class=\"hlist\"><li>\n* (link to Java Edition Beta 1.5 article, displayed as Beta 1.5) \n* (link to Java Edition Beta 1.5_01 article, displayed as Beta 1.5_01) \n* (link to Java Edition Beta 1.5_02 article, displayed as Beta 1.5_02)</li></ul>",
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"footer": "<span style=\"display:inline-block; padding:0 .4em;\">[[java Edition guides/Beta 1.4 releases|◄ Beta 1.4 releases]]</span><span style=\"display:inline-block; padding:0 .4em;\">[[java Edition guides/Beta 1.6 releases |Beta 1.6 releases ►]]</span>"
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This guide is a simplified overview of all the changes in the Java Edition Beta 1.5.x releases, which assumes at least some familiarity with Beta 1.4.x releases.
Mobs
New
| Name |
Image |
Habitat |
Drops |
Note
|
| Charged Creeper
|
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Created when a creeper is struck by lightning.
|
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Creates a far more powerful explosion than a normal creeper.
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Changed
Blocks
New
Changed
| Name |
Image |
Changed
|
| Birch Leaves
|
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Can now drop birch saplings.
|
| Spruce Leaves
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Can now drop spruce saplings.
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| Grass Block
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The grass on the side texture is now the same color as the grass on the top texture.
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| Bed
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Beds can now be used during thunderstorms.
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| Ladder
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- Now cannot be climbed if there are empty blocks between each ladder.
- The crafting recipe for ladders now provides twice as many.
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Gameplay
New
| Name |
Description
|
| Weather
|
Added rain, snow, and thunderstorms.
|
| Controls
|
⇧ Shift + clicking on something in a chest immediately moves the selected item(s) into the player's inventory and vice-versa.
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Achievements
|
Icon |
Achievement |
In-game description |
Parent |
Actual requirements (if different) |
Resource location |
|---|
  | Taking Inventory | Press 'E' to open your inventory | — | Open your inventory. The description matches the configured inventory key. | openInventory
|
 | Getting Wood | Attack a tree until a block of wood pops out | Taking Inventory | Pick up wood from the ground. | mineWood
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 | Benchmarking | Craft a workbench with four blocks of planks | Getting Wood | Pick up a crafting table from your inventory's crafting field output or a crafting table output. | buildWorkBench
|
 | Time to Mine! | Use planks and sticks to make a pickaxe | Benchmarking | Pick up any type of pickaxe from a crafting table output. | buildPickaxe
|
 | Hot Topic | Construct a furnace out of eight cobblestone blocks\Construct a furnace out of eight stone blocks | Time to Mine! | Pick up a furnace from a crafting table output. | buildFurnace\
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 | Acquire Hardware | Smelt an iron ingot | Hot Topic | Pick up an iron ingot from a furnace output. | acquireIron
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 | Time to Farm! | Use planks and sticks to make a hoe | Benchmarking | Pick up any type of hoe from a crafting table output. | buildHoe
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 | Bake Bread | Turn wheat into bread | Time to Farm! | Pick up bread from a crafting table output. | makeBread
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 | The Lie | Wheat, sugar, milk, and eggs\Bake cake using wheat, sugar, milk, and eggs! | Time to Farm! | Pick up a cake from a crafting table output. | bakeCake\
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 | Getting an Upgrade | Construct a better pickaxe | Time to Mine! | Pick up a pickaxe from a crafting table output that is not a wooden pickaxe. | buildBetterPickaxe
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 | Delicious Fish | Catch and cook a fish! | Hot Topic | Pick up a cooked fish from a furnace output. | cookFish
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  | On A Rail | Travel by minecart at least 1 km from where you started
\Travel by minecart to a point at least 500m in a single direction from where you started. | Acquire Hardware | Travel by minecart to a point at least 1 km from where you started. Distance is measured in a straight line.
\Travel by minecart to a point at least 500 m from where you started. Distance is measured in a straight line. | onARail\
|
 | Time to Strike! | Use planks and sticks to make a sword | Benchmarking | Pick up any type of sword from a crafting table output. | buildSword
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 | Monster Hunter | Attack and destroy a monster | Time to Strike! | Kill a hostile mob or one of the following neutral mobs: enderman, zombie pigman, spider, cave spider. | killEnemy\
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 | Cow Tipper | Harvest some leather | Time to Strike! | Pick up leather from the ground. | killCow
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 | When Pigs Fly | Fly a pig off a cliff | Cow Tipper | Be riding a pig (e.g. using a saddle) when it hits the ground with a fall distance greater than 5. | flyPig
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