Java Edition history of textures/Entities

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Mobs

Java Edition pre-Classic
rd-132328							Added mob texture.
Java Edition Classic
0.0.15a (Multiplayer Test 1)							The model of mob is now used for player.
0.24_SURVIVAL_TEST							Added monster textures.
							Added the pig texture.
							Steve's texture has changed.
0.26 SURVIVAL TEST							Added the spider texture.
							Updated the creeper texture.
0.28							Added the textures for sheep.
							Steve's texture has changed.
Java Edition Indev
0.31			20091223-0040				Added a palette texture used by Rana.
			20100129-1447				Added textures for White Steve and Black Steve.
			20100130				Added texture for Beast Boy.
Minecraft Indev			20100214-1				The eyes on spiders now glow in the dark.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.8							Added a texture for cows.
v1.0.11							Added the texture for slimes.
v1.0.13							The slime texture has been updated.
v1.0.14							Added a texture for chickens.
							Updated the cow texture.
v1.2.0			preview				Added textures for ghasts and zombie pigmen.
			release				The zombie pigman's texture was changed, removing blood and adding "thx xaphobia" in the unused section.
Java Edition Beta
1.2							Added the squid texture.
1.4							Added wolf textures.
1.7							Added the silverfish texture in preparation.
1.8			Pre-release				Added textures for cave spiders and endermen.
							The pig texture has changed to accommodate for its new model.
							Changes appear to have been made to the zombie texture. Its file size is different, however there appear to be no differences visually.
			release				The enderman's eyes have changed.
Java Edition
1.0.0			Beta 1.9 Prerelease				Added textures for blazes, magma cubes, mooshrooms, snow golems, and six villager professions.
			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3				Updated the cow texture.
			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4				Added an ender dragon texture called "ender". This is assumed to be the ender dragon's actual texture.
			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 5				Added a texture for ender dragon eyes, and a texture named "shuffle" almost certaintly used for its death animation.
			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 6				Updated many mob textures, likely due to UV changes on the rear.
1.2.1			12w04a				Added textures for ocelots and cats.
			12w05a				Updated cow, mooshroom and sheep textures, likely to fix hooves.
			12w08a				Added the iron golem texture.
			1.2				The iron golem's texture has been resized as to be a power of two.
1.4.2			12w32a				The zombie texture now includes a zombie villager head.
							The zombie pigman texture is now 64x64.
			12w34a				Added the wither texture.
							The tamed wolf texture no longer has a collar attached.
							Zombie villagers now have a unique texture.
							As a result, the head has been removed from the original zombie texture, although it remains 64x64 and the head texture remains there with alpha 0.
			12w36a				Added a texture for wither skeletons.
							Withers now have a unique invul texture.
			12w38a				Added textures for bats and witches.
			12w38b				The witch texture has changed.
			12w39a				The witch texture has been resized.
1.6.1			13w16a				Six horse colors have been added.
							Marking textures have been added, applied to horses for variation.
							Skeleton and zombie horse textures have been added.
							Donkey and mule textures have been added.
			13w21a				Certain horse textures have changed to solve an alignment issue.[1]
1.8			14w03a				Steve's texture is now 64x64 and includes different opposite limb textures.
			14w25a				Added textures for guardians and elder guardians.
			14w27a				Added rabbit textures.
			14w32a				Added the armor stand texture.
			14w34a				Several rabbit textures changed.
			pre1				Added Alex's texture.
							Updated the killer bunny texture.
1.8.2			pre5				The mooshroom texture changed
1.9			15w31a				Added the texture for shulkers. Their file name was endergolem.png
1.10			16w20a				Added textures for husk, polar bear, and stray.
1.11			16w39a				Added textures for vindicators, evokers, vexes, and llamas textures
							Added different textures for each shulker color.
							Changed file names for shulkers to shulker_[color].png.
							Added particle.png. It was the top texture of a purple shulker.
			16w39b				Removed particle.png.
1.12			17w13a				Added parrot textures.
			17w16a				Added the textures for the illusioners.
1.13			18w07a				Added textures for the phantoms and turtles.
			18w08b				Added textures for the cod, salmon, and pufferfish.
			18w11a				Added textures for the drowned.
			18w15a				Added texture for the dolphins.
1.14			18w43a				Added textures for the pandas, pillagers, and ravagers.
							Changed a large amount of textures.
			19w05a				Added textures for the trader llamas and wandering traders.
			19w07a				Added the texture for the foxes.
1.15			19w34a				Added the texture for the bees.
1.16			20w07a				Added textures for hoglins and piglins.
			20w13a				Added the texture for the striders.
			20w14a				Added the texture for the zoglins.
1.16.2			20w27a				Added the texture for the piglin brutes.
1.17			20w51a				Added axolotl textures.
			21w03a				Added the texture for the glow squids.
			21w13a				Added the texture for the goats.
			21w18a				Removed the unused mouth from all axolotl textures.
1.19			Deep Dark Experimental Snapshot 1				Added the texture for the wardens.
			22w11a				Added textures for the frogs and tadpoles.
							Removed warden textures.
			22w12a				Readded warden textures into a regular snapshot.
			22w13a				Added the texture for the allays.
1.19.3 Experiment Update 1.20			22w42a				Added the texture for the camels.
			23w07a				Added textures for the sniffers.
1.20.3 Experiment Update 1.21			23w45a				Added the texture for the breezes.
			23w51a				Changed the texture for the breezes.
1.20.5			23w51a				Added the texture for the armadillos.
			24w03a				Changed the texture for the armadillos.
1.21.2 Experiment Winter Drop			24w40a				Added the texture for the creaking.
1.21.4			24w44a				Changed the texture for the magma cubes as the texture's UV mapping has been updated.
1.21.5			25w02a				Updated the texture for the temperate pigs.
							Added textures for the warm and cold pigs.
			25w05a				Updated the texture for the temperate cows.
							Added textures for the warm and cold cows.
			25w07a				Updated textures for the red and brown mooshrooms.

Joke version exclusive textures

These textures only existed in specific joke versions, and never appeared in official releases.

Java Edition
2.0			Blue Purple				Added textures for cows and pigs retextured to horses.
							Added textures for the pink wither.
15w14a							The pink wither textures now outright replaces the wither textures.
							Creepers and iron golems have been retextured for thematic purposes.
23w13a_or_b							Added textures for moon cow and ray tracing.
24w14potato							Added textures for batato, mega spud, plaguewhale slab, poisonous potato zombie, toxifin slab and potato mobs.

Non-mob entities

Java Edition Classic
0.24_SURVIVAL_TEST							Added the shot arrow texture.
0.25 SURVIVAL TEST							The arrow texture file has been updated to add purple skeleton arrows.
Java Edition Infdev
Minecraft Infdev			20100618				Added the texture for minecarts.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.6							Added the boat texture.
v1.2.0			preview				Added the fishing bobber texture, confusingly to particles.png.
Java Edition Beta
1.8			Pre-release				Added the texture for experience orbs.
			Pre-release 2 ;)				The experience orb texture now features more orb sizes.
Java Edition
1.0.0			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 6				Added the end crystal texture.
							The minecart texture has been adjusted slightly.
1.4.2			12w34a				The item frame texture has been added (oddly, to terrain.png rather than as its own entity texture).
1.6.1			13w16a				Added the texture for lead knots.
1.9			15w31a				Added the arrow, spectral arrow and tipped arrow (identical to normal arrow) textures to a projectiles directory. The prior arrow texture still exists in the main entities folder, but is unused from this snapshot onwards.
							The texture for shulker bullets is added.
1.14			18w43a				The item frame texture has been updated.

Joke version exclusive textures

These textures only existed in specific joke versions, and never appeared in official releases.

Java Edition
15w14a							Added obsidian boats with a dedicated texture.
							Boats and minecarts have been retextured for thematic purposes.

Textures used, but not for entities

Java Edition
1.0.0			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3				Added the texture for the enchanting table's book.
			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 6				Added the texture for end crystal beams.
1.4.2			12w36a				The texture used for the crystal object/nether star within the beacon has been added.
			12w38a				The beacon's beam texture has been added.
			12w40a				The beacon beam texture has changed.
1.6.1			13w24a				The beacon crystal texture has been removed, having no longer been used since 12w38a onwards.
1.8			14w25a				Added a texture for the guardian's beam.

Armor models

Java Edition Classic
0.24_SURVIVAL_TEST							Added the texture of plate armor, worn by some mobs.
							Added an unused chain armor texture.
0.28							Added a texture for sheep wool.
Java Edition Indev
Minecraft Indev			20100212-1210				Added textures for chainmail, iron, gold, and diamond armor sets.
			20100218				Added the textures for leather armor.
Java Edition Infdev
Minecraft Infdev			20100625-1917				Added a texture for saddles when worn by pigs.
Java Edition Beta
1.5							Added the texure used by charged creepers.
Java Edition
1.4.2			12w34a				Leather armor's base texture is now grayscale to allow for dyeing.
							Wolf collars are now their own texture to allow for dyeing.
			12w34b				Added the wither armor texture.
							Leather and diamond chest armor texture sleeves have changed.
			12w37a				Added textures for regions on leather armor unaffected by dyeing.
							Leather caps now have shading to support these regions and he nose guard has been removed.
1.6.1			13w16a				Added textures for horse armor.
1.14			19w08a				Added leather horse armor.

Joke version exclusive textures

These textures only existed in specific joke versions, and never appeared in official releases.

Java Edition
2.0			Blue Purple				Added the armor texture for the pink wither.
15w14a							The pink wither armor texture now outright replaces the wither armor texture.

Unused textures

References