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This guide is a simplified overview of all the changes in the Java Edition Infdev releases, which assumes at least some familiarity with Indev releases.
Blocks
New
| Name |
Image |
Obtaining |
Tool Required |
Uses
|
| Door
|
|
|
Axe
|
Can be opened and closed.
|
| Ladder
|
|
|
Axe
|
Can be used to climb upwards.
|
| Rail
|
|
|
Pickaxe
|
Can be used to make minecart tracks.
|
| Monster Spawner
|
|
Generates in dungeons.
|
Pickaxe
|
Spawns zombies, skeletons or spiders around it.
|
| Wooden Stairs
|
|
|
Axe
|
Allows you to walk upwards without jumping.
|
| Stone Stairs
|
|
|
Pickaxe
|
Allows you to walk upwards without jumping.
|
Changed
| Name |
Image |
Changed
|
| Sign
|
|
- Is now a block instead of an entity.
- Can now display custom text.
- Now craftable:
|
| Water and Lava
|

|
- Liquids now flow as they do in modern versions of Minecraft.
- Water and lava now form stone, cobblestone or obsidian upon contact.
- Springs of water or lava can now randomly generate on stone surfaces.
|
| Sand and Gravel
|

|
Now fall realistically.
|
Items
New
| Name |
Image |
Obtaining |
Uses
|
| Golden Apple
|
|
|
Can be eaten to fully restore the player's health.
|
| Bucket
|
|
|
Can be used to pick up liquids.
|
| Water Bucket
|
|
Using a bucket on a water source block empties the block and fills the bucket.
|
Can be used to place water source blocks.
|
| Lava Bucket
|
|
Using a bucket on a lava source block empties the block and fills the bucket.
|
Can be used to place lava source blocks.
|
| Saddle
|
|
Found in dungeon chests.
|
Can be used to ride pigs.
|
Changed
| Name |
Image |
Changed
|
| Painting
|
|
Now crafted using sticks instead of planks.
|
Non-mob entities
New
| Name |
Image |
Creation |
Drops |
Note
|
| Minecart
|
|
|
|
Can be moved along rails.
|
Structures
New
| Name |
Image |
Generates |
Chests |
Mobs |
Description
|
| Brick Pyramid
|
|
Surface
|
No
|
No
|
- A large pyramid made of bricks.
- Removed after this version.
|
| Dungeon
|
|
Underground
|
1-2
|
Zombies, skeletons or spiders are created from the spawner.
|
An underground chamber made of cobblestone and moss stone, containing chests and a monster spawner.
|
| Ore blob
|
|
Underground
|
No
|
No
|
A blob of ore that generates within stone.
|
Gameplay
New
| Name |
Description
|
| Far Lands
|
- Found beyond 12,550,824 blocks from the center of the world.
|
| Infinite worlds
|
- Worlds are now functionally infinite in size, instead of limited to a few hundred blocks across at most.
- Worlds are now loaded incrementally using chunks, instead of loading in all at once.
- An entirely new terrain generator has been added, creating more expansive mountains, lakes and caves than before.
- Caves now contain lava lakes and dirt and gravel patches.
|
| Void
|
- Found below bedrock.
- In prior versions, below the bottom of the world was either an infinite lava sea or an infinite blue sky.
|
See also