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This guide is a simplified overview of all the changes in the Halloween Update (Java Edition Alpha v1.2.x releases), which assumes at least some familiarity with the Alpha v1.1.x releases.
Mobs
New
Changed
Blocks
New
| Name |
Image |
Obtaining |
Tool Required |
Uses
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| Netherrack
|
|
Found throughout the Nether.
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Any pickaxe
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Burns indefinitely when lit on fire.
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| Soul Sand
|
|
Found in patches on the floor of the Nether.
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Any shovel
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Slows down entities that pass over it.
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| Glowstone
|
|
- Found in growths on the ceiling of the Nether.
|
Any
|
Produces light.
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| Pumpkin
|
|
Found in patches in the Overworld.
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Any axe
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Can be worn as a hat or crafted into a jack o'lantern.
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| Jack o'Lantern
|
|
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Any axe
|
Produces light.
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| Nether Portal Block
|
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Created when the interior of an empty 4×5 frame of obsidian is lit on fire.
|
Any
|
Touching this block teleports players between the Overworld and Nether dimensions.
|
Changed
| Name |
Image |
Changed
|
| Grass and leaves
|
 
|
Are now darker in color, and change shade based on the biome.
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Items
New
| Name |
Image |
Obtaining |
Uses
|
| Clock
|
|
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Can be used to tell the time.
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| Glowstone Dust
|
|
Obtained from glowstone blocks. Each block drops one.
|
Can be used to craft glowstone blocks, requires nine at the time.
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| Raw Fish
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|
Obtained by fishing.
|
Can be cooked into cooked fish, which restores two and a half hearts, the same as bread. Restores one heart when not cooked, making this the worst food in the game at the time.
|
| Cooked Fish
|
|
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Can be eaten to restore 5 hp.
|
Changed
| Name |
Image |
Changed
|
| Fishing Rod
|
|
Can now be used to catch fish.
|
Structures
New
| Name |
Image |
Generates |
Chests |
Mobs |
Description
|
| Nether portal
|
|
Created when a player enters another dimension through another portal, if there are no portals already nearby. Always is 4x5 when generated in the Nether regardless of the size of the portal used to make it.
|
No
|
No
|
A portal made of obsidian and portal blocks used for inter-dimensional travel.
|
| Glowstone blob
|
|
The Nether
|
No
|
No
|
A cluster of glowstone blocks hanging from the Nether ceiling.
|
Biomes
New
|
|
| The Nether
|
|
A cavernous alternate dimension made up of netherrack, soul sand, gravel and lava.
|
- Nether portals
- Glowstone clusters
|
| Desert
|
|
A sandy biome, with cacti.
|
Cacti
|
| Savanna
|
|
A flat grassy biome, many roses, also somewhat high amount of passive mobs.
|
|
| Plains
|
|
A flat grassy biome, a haven for passive mobs.
|
|
| Shrubland
|
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A grassy biome with a low amount of trees, always the small variant.
|
Oak trees, many flowers, moderate amount of passive mobs.
|
| Swampland
|
|
A grassy biome with some trees, along with many small water pools.
|
Oak trees, and mushrooms occasionally. Not many mobs in general.
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| Seasonal forest
|
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A grassy biome covered with slightly less trees than the regular forest.
|
Oak trees, and flowers. Roses here seem to be lacking. Leaves have a orangish tint. Lacks many mobs in general.
|
| Forest
|
|
A grassy biome covered with trees, some occasional mushrooms.
|
Oak trees, fewer flowers, and some sugar cane. Very rarely hostile mobs spawn in the shade. Low amount of passive mobs.
|
| Rainforest
|
|
A grassy biome covered with many trees, often with many mushrooms in the shade.
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Oak trees, reeds, flowers, and roses. The amount of large trees here mean hostile mobs are prolific at night and even spawn in the day under trees, though this is somewhat uncommon.
|
| Tundra
|
|
A flat snowy biome.
|
Vegetation here is lacking, other than the very rare tree and possibly flowers. Chickens spawn here often for some reason.
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| Taiga
|
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A snowy biome covered with trees, low amount of hostile mobs and moderate passive mobs.
|
Oak trees, flowers (later Dandelion) and roses. (later Poppy)
|
Gameplay
New
| Name |
Description
|
| Sunrise and sunset
|
The sky now changes color during sunrise and sunset.
|
| Controls
|
F1 now enables players to hide their HUD.
|
Music tracks
New
See also
