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{{Infobox version
|title=Minecraft Beta 1.5
|image=Beta 1.5.png
|image2=Beta 1.5 menu.png
|edition=java
|vernum=1.5
|date=April 19, 2011
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|prevparent=Beta 1.4
|prev=Beta 1.4_01
|next=Beta 1.5_01
|nextparent=Beta 1.6
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'''Beta 1.5''' is a version of [[Minecraft:Java Edition Beta]] released on April 19, 2011,<ref>{{twon|4746701552|Minecraft Beta 1.5, and some thoughts on this blog|April 19, 2011}}</ref> which added [[Minecraft:statistics]] and [[Minecraft:Achievement/Java Edition|achievements]], new types of [[Minecraft:rail]]s and [[Minecraft:sapling]]s, and [[Minecraft:cobweb]]s among other changes and fixes.

== Additions ==
{{Additions table
|Spruce Sapling
|Birch Sapling
|Detector Rail
|Powered Rail
|Cobweb
}}

=== Blocks ===
'''[[File:Birch Sapling JE6 BE1.png|32px]] [[Minecraft:Birch sapling]]'''
* Grows into [[Minecraft:birch tree]]s.
* Can serve as fuel in [[Minecraft:furnace]]s.
** Smelted 0.5 items per sapling.

'''[[File:Cobweb JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[Minecraft:Cobweb]]'''
* Unobtainable in the game without inventory editing.
* Slows down the player and mobs.
* Cobwebs drop [[Minecraft:string]] when broken using a [[Minecraft:sword]].

'''[[File:Detector Rail (NS) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[Minecraft:Detector rail]]'''
* Used to detect minecarts on top of it.
* When activated, it produces redstone power.
* Crafted with [[Minecraft:stone pressure plate]], [[Minecraft:iron ingot]]s and [[Minecraft:redstone dust]].
{{Crafting table
|A1=Iron Ingot
|A2=Iron Ingot
|A3=Iron Ingot
|B2=Stone Pressure Plate
|B3=Redstone Dust
|C1=Iron Ingot
|C2=Iron Ingot
|C3=Iron Ingot
|Output=Detector Rail,6}}

'''[[File:Powered Rail (NS) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[Minecraft:Powered rail]]'''
* Needs to be powered by redstone.
* Transmits redstone signal to 8 powered rails far.
* Increases the speed of minecarts.
* Crafted with [[Minecraft:stick]], [[Minecraft:gold ingot]]s and [[Minecraft:redstone dust]].
{{Crafting table
|A1=Gold Ingot
|A2=Gold Ingot
|A3=Gold Ingot
|B2=Stick
|B3=Redstone Dust
|C1=Gold Ingot
|C2=Gold Ingot
|C3=Gold Ingot
|Output=Powered Rail,6}}

'''[[File:Spruce Sapling JE6 BE1.png|32px]] [[Minecraft:Spruce sapling]]'''
* Grows into [[Minecraft:spruce tree]]s.
* Can serve as fuel in [[Minecraft:furnace]]s.
** Smelted 0.5 items per sapling.

=== Mobs ===
'''[[File:Charged Creeper.webp|32px]] [[Minecraft:Charged creeper]]s'''
* When struck by a lightning bolt, creepers now become charged.
* Have a much more powerful explosion.

=== Non-mob entities ===
'''[[File:Lightning.png|32px]] [[Minecraft:Lightning bolt]]'''
* May strike during thunderstorms, creating fire and dealing damage around it.

=== Gameplay ===
'''[[Minecraft:Achievement/Java Edition|Achievements]]'''
* There are currently 16 achievements.
{{Achievements/JE
 |id=1
 |head=1
 |title=Taking Inventory
 |Book
 |Press <span title{{=}}"Default key to open inventory">'E'</span> to open your inventory
 |
 |Open your inventory. The description matches the configured inventory key.
 |openInventory
}}
{{Achievements/JE
 |title=Getting Wood
 |Oak Log
 |Attack a tree until a block of wood pops out
 |Taking Inventory
 |Pick up [[Minecraft:Log|wood]] from the ground.
 |mineWood
}}
{{Achievements/JE
 |title=Benchmarking
 |Crafting Table
 |Craft a workbench with four blocks of planks
 |Getting Wood
 |Pick up a [[Minecraft:crafting table]] from inventory's crafting field output or a crafting table output.
 |buildWorkBench
}}
{{Achievements/JE
 |title=Time to Mine!
 |Wooden Pickaxe
 |Use planks and sticks to make a pickaxe
 |Benchmarking
 |Pick up a [[Minecraft:wooden pickaxe]] from a [[Minecraft:crafting table]] output.
 |buildPickaxe
}}
{{Achievements/JE
 |title=Hot Topic
 |Furnace
 |Construct a furnace out of eight stone blocks.
 |Time to Mine!
 |Pick up a [[Minecraft:furnace]] from a [[Minecraft:crafting table]] output.
 |buildFurnace
}}
{{Achievements/JE
 |title=Acquire Hardware
 |Iron Ingot
 |Smelt an iron ingot
 |Hot Topic
 |Pick up an [[Minecraft:iron ingot]] from a [[Minecraft:furnace]] output.
 |acquireIron
}}
{{Achievements/JE
 |title=Time to Farm!
 |Wooden Hoe
 |Use planks and sticks to make a hoe
 |Benchmarking
 |Pick up a [[Minecraft:wooden hoe]] from a [[Minecraft:crafting table]] output.
 |buildHoe
}}
{{Achievements/JE
 |title=Bake Bread
 |Bread
 |Turn wheat into bread
 |Time to Farm!
 |Pick up [[Minecraft:bread]] from a [[Minecraft:crafting table]] output.
 |makeBread
}}
{{Achievements/JE
 |title=The Lie
 |Cake
 |Wheat, sugar, milk, and eggs!
 |Time to Farm!
 |Pick up a [[Minecraft:cake]] from a [[Minecraft:crafting table]] output.
 |bakeCake
}}
{{Achievements/JE
 |title=Getting an Upgrade
 |Stone Pickaxe
 |Construct a better pickaxe
 |Time to Mine!
 |Pick up a [[Minecraft:stone pickaxe]] from a [[Minecraft:crafting table]] output.
 |buildBetterPickaxe
}}
{{Achievements/JE
 |title=Delicious Fish
 |Cooked Fish
 |Catch and cook fish!
 |Hot Topic
 |Pick up a [[Minecraft:cooked fish]] from a [[Minecraft:furnace]] output.
 |cookFish
}}
{{Achievements/JE
 |title=On A Rail
 |fancy=1
 |Rail
 |Travel by minecart at least 1&nbsp;km from where you started
 |Acquire Hardware
 |Travel by minecart to a point at least 1000 blocks from where you started. Distance is measured in a straight line.
 |onARail
}}
{{Achievements/JE
 |title=Time to Strike!
 |Wooden Sword
 |Use planks and sticks to make a sword
 |Benchmarking
 |Pick up a [[Minecraft:wooden sword]] from a [[Minecraft:crafting table]] output.
 |buildSword
}}
{{Achievements/JE
 |title=Monster Hunter
 |Bone
 |Attack and destroy a monster
 |Time to Strike!
 |Kill a hostile [[Minecraft:mob]] or one of the following neutral mobs: zombie pigman, spider.
 |killEnemy
}}
{{Achievements/JE
 |title=Cow Tipper
 |Leather
 |Harvest some leather
 |Time to Strike!
 |Pick up [[Minecraft:leather]] from the ground.
 |killCow
}}
{{Achievements/JE
 |title=When Pigs Fly
 |fancy=1
 |Saddle
 |Fly a pig off a cliff
 |Cow Tipper
 |Be riding a [[Minecraft:pig]] (i.e. using a [[Minecraft:saddle]]) when it hits the ground with a fall distance greater than 5.
 |flyPig
 |foot=1
}}

'''[[Minecraft:Weather]]'''
* Added natural occurring [[Minecraft:rain]], [[Minecraft:snowfall]]s, and [[Minecraft:thunderstorm]]s.

=== General ===
'''[[Minecraft:Options]]'''
* Ability to change GUI size ("Small", "Normal", "Large", "Auto").
* Advanced OpenGL (occlusion culling: doesn't render blocks that the player can't "see", helps performance in cards that support it).

'''[[Minecraft:Particles (Java Edition)|Particles]]'''
* Added {{code|footstep}}.

'''[[Minecraft:Statistics]]'''

* Added on the game menu.

== Changes ==
=== Blocks ===
'''[[File:Red Bed (N) JE1.png|32px]] [[Minecraft:Bed]]'''
* Sleeping in thunderstorms is now possible, even in daytime.

'''[[File:Birch Leaves JE1 BE2.png|32px]] [[Minecraft:Birch leaves]]'''
* Now drop [[Minecraft:birch sapling]]s.

'''[[File:Crying Obsidian (texture) JE0 BE0.png|32px]] [[Minecraft:Crying obsidian]]'''
* Texture has now been removed from {{mono|[[Minecraft:terrain.png]]}}.

'''[[File:Grass Block JE4.png|32px]] [[Minecraft:Grass block]]s'''
* Texture changed from [[File:Grass Block (graphics fast) JE3.png|32px]].
** Old grass block can still be enabled if the graphics are set to "Fast".

'''[[File:Ladder (S) JE2 BE1.png|32px]] [[Minecraft:Ladder]]s'''
* Its [[Minecraft:crafting]] recipe now produces 2 ladders to offset the fix of the staggered-ladder exploit.
{{Crafting table
|A1=Stick
|C1=Stick
|A2=Stick
|B2=Stick
|C2=Stick
|A3=Stick
|C3=Stick
|Output=Ladder,2}}

'''[[File:Oak Sapling JE4 BE1.png|32px]] [[Minecraft:Sapling]] '''
* Can now serve as fuel in [[Minecraft:furnace]]s.
** Smelted 0.5 items per sapling.

'''[[File:Spruce Leaves JE1 BE2.png|32px]] [[Minecraft:Spruce leaves]]'''
* Now drop [[Minecraft:spruce sapling]]s.

'''[[File:Redstone Dust JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[Minecraft:Redstone dust|Redstone]]'''
* Can now be placed on [[Minecraft:snow]].
* Several changes in redstone wire rendering.
** Due this change, it no longer appears stretched when traveling vertically up a block. However, it still appears offset.
* Fully off redstone wire is no longer black which used to look like:
** After: [[File:Inactive Redstone Wire (NS) JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Inactive Redstone Wire (EW) JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Inactive Redstone Wire (NE) JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Inactive Redstone Wire (ES) JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Inactive Redstone Wire (SW) JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Inactive Redstone Wire (NW) JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Inactive Redstone Wire (NEW) JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Inactive Redstone Wire (NES) JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Inactive Redstone Wire (ESW) JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Inactive Redstone Wire (NSW) JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Inactive Redstone Wire (NESW) JE3.png|32px]]
** Before: [[File:Inactive Redstone Wire (NS) JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Inactive Redstone Wire (EW) JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Inactive Redstone Wire (NE) JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Inactive Redstone Wire (ES) JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Inactive Redstone Wire (SW) JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Inactive Redstone Wire (NW) JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Inactive Redstone Wire (NEW) JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Inactive Redstone Wire (NES) JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Inactive Redstone Wire (ESW) JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Inactive Redstone Wire (NSW) JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Inactive Redstone Wire (NESW) JE2.png|32px]]

=== Items ===
'''General'''
* Dropped items in flowing [[Minecraft:water]] move faster than before.

=== Mobs ===
'''[[File:Pig JE1.png|32px]] [[Minecraft:Pig]]s'''
* When killed by burning, now drop [[Minecraft:cooked porkchop]]s upon death.
* When struck by a lighting bolt, they now become [[Minecraft:zombie pigmen]].

'''[[File:Wolf JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[Minecraft:Wolves]]'''
* Now more common, even in non-[[Minecraft:taiga]]/[[Minecraft:forest]] biomes.

=== Non-mob entities ===
'''[[File:Steve JE3 BE1.png|32px]] [[Minecraft:Player]]s'''
* Unarmed damage was increased from {{hp|1}} to {{hp|2}}.

=== Gameplay ===
'''[[Minecraft:Controls]]'''
* Pressing {{key|Tab}} switches between input boxes.
* {{key|Shift}} + {{key|F2}} no longer creates a 36450×17700 pixel screenshot.
* {{key|Shift}} + clicking on something in a [[Minecraft:chest]] immediately moves the selected item(s) into the player's inventory and vice-versa.

'''[[File:Beta_1.5_Stars.png|32px]] [[Minecraft:Sky]]'''
*  [[Minecraft:Star]]s are now slightly dimmer.

== Technical ==
=== General ===
'''Performance'''
* Huge performance improvements for old and slow computers.

== Fixes ==
'''14 bugs fixed'''
* Players are only 'on' a ladder (can climb it/fall slowly) if the lower half is in the ladder block, rather than any part of the player.
** It is no longer possible to climb with a one-block gap in a ladder, or a ladder that starts at eye level.
* On fancy graphics, the sides of grass blocks are now biome-specific and match the shade on the top.
* Player movement through water has been fixed to previous speed.
* Wolves' pathfinding now has a better understanding of doors. They go through doors most of the time, but sometimes get stuck on the 3-pixel thickness of the door.
* The lighting on portals and ice has been fixed when using smooth lighting.
* [[Minecraft:Stairs]] are no longer transparent to light.
* On multiplayer, the health of wolves are now synchronized between server and client, causing wolves to only whimper when low on health, as opposed to all of the time.
* Redstone in off state is red again.
* Crops hit with water now drop seeds and wheat, as opposed to just wheat.
* Moving minecarts continue to move if the world is closed.
* The Mojang logo is the correct size when the client is maximized.
* The exploit to make chests three or more side by side by placing a water source and placing a chest in that source has been fixed.
* Sugar cane can now only be placed on dirt.

== Trivia ==
* At 13:29 UTC (8 minutes before the compilation of the client.jar file for this version) there were reports on IRC about a new update,<ref>Scaevolus' #risucraft IRC logs{{tag|nocat=1|link pending}}: 13:30:45 <crow> Minecraft last updated on Tue, 19 Apr 2011 13:29:14 GMT</ref><ref>[https://kealper.com/irclogs/2011-04-19 Kealper IRC logs]: [09:32] <_303> 1.5 is out</ref> but it has not been confirmed whether that version was a reupload of the [[Minecraft:Java Edition Beta 1.4_01|previous version]] or a pre-reupload of this version.

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Beta 1.5 Achievements.png|The achievement UI with the first achievement completed.
Notch Weather.jpg|Screenshot of the new weather.
Beta 1.5 build.png|Ditto.
</gallery>
===Videos===
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