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{{Infobox version
|title=Minecraft Beta 1.3
|image=Beta 1.3.png
|image2=Beta 1.3 menu.png
|edition=java
|date=February 22, 2011
|clientdl=[https://vault.omniarchive.uk/archive/java/client-beta/b1.3/b1.3-1713.jar Original client]
([https://meta.omniarchive.uk/versions/v1/b1.3-1713.json .json])<br>
[https://vault.omniarchive.uk/archive/java/client-beta/b1.3/b1.3-1733.jar 1st reupload client] <br>
{{dl|e19cfb3a2043f185c44237ef05eac80e8ad2d8e7|client|title=2nd reupload client}}
({{dl|4bb25e224116e7e06e08f0edaea49320b5ecf591|json|name=b1.3b}})
| serverdl=[https://vault.omniarchive.uk/archive/java/server-beta/b1.3/b1.3-1647.jar Original server]<br>
[https://vault.omniarchive.uk/archive/java/server-beta/b1.3/b1.3-1731.jar Reupload server]
([https://vault.omniarchive.uk/archive/java/server-beta/b1.3/b1.3-1731.exe .exe])
|prevparent=Beta 1.2
|prev=Beta 1.2_02
|next=Beta 1.3_01
|nextparent=Beta 1.4
|java_manual=6
}}
{{relevant guide|Java Edition guides/Beta 1.3 releases}}

'''Beta 1.3''' is a version of [[Minecraft:Java Edition Beta]] released on February 22, 2011,<ref>{{TWON|3446675806|Minecraft Beta 1.3|February 22, 2011}}</ref> which added [[Minecraft:redstone repeater]]s, [[Minecraft:bed]]s, three types of [[Minecraft:slab]]s, and a new [[Minecraft:splash]] screen, notably among other changes and fixes, the world save format was changed from [[Minecraft:Java Edition Alpha level format|Alpha level format]] to [[Minecraft:Region file format|McRegion]].

Beta 1.3 was uploaded at 17:13 UTC, this version contained debug code that spawns the player with 64 [[Minecraft:torch]]es, a [[Minecraft:diamond pickaxe]], a [[Minecraft:diamond shovel]], a [[Minecraft:diamond axe]], and 64 [[Minecraft:bed]]s upon respawning or creating a world.
Beta 1.3 was reuploaded at 17:33 UTC to remove the debug code that the player spawns with items, listed above in a new world.<ref>{{tweet|notch|40102558051733504|Err, yes... as USUAL, we managed to release it with debug item spawning code in it. Re-download. :D}}</ref> Beta 1.3 was then reuploaded again at 17:50 UTC<ref>[[Minecraft:notchtweet:40106503478181888|"@dw_edwin Try again now. Restart the client so it loads the new update.. Does it work any better?"]] @notch (Markus Persson) on X (formerly Twitter), February 22, 2011</ref> to fix a crash bug when opening the world menu without a saves folder. This last version is listed in the launcher as '''Beta 1.3b''' (''old_beta b1.3b'').

== Additions ==
{{Additions table
|Cobblestone Slab
|Petrified Oak Slab
|Sandstone Slab
|Smooth Stone
|Red Bed
|Redstone Repeater
|Painting Skull On Fire
}}

=== Blocks ===
'''[[File:Red Bed (N) JE1.png|32px]] [[Minecraft:Bed]]s'''
* Crafted from [[Minecraft:planks]] and [[Minecraft:wool]].
** Different colors of wool can be interchanged to make a bed.
{{Crafting table
|A2=White Wool; Light Gray Wool; Gray Wool; Black Wool; Brown Wool; Red Wool; Orange Wool; Yellow Wool; Lime Wool; Green Wool; Cyan Wool; Light Blue Wool; Blue Wool; Purple Wool; Magenta Wool; Pink Wool
|A3=Oak Planks
|B2=White Wool; Light Gray Wool; Gray Wool; Black Wool; Brown Wool; Red Wool; Orange Wool; Yellow Wool; Lime Wool; Green Wool; Cyan Wool; Light Blue Wool; Blue Wool; Purple Wool; Magenta Wool; Pink Wool
|B3=Oak Planks
|C2=White Wool; Light Gray Wool; Gray Wool; Black Wool; Brown Wool; Red Wool; Orange Wool; Yellow Wool; Lime Wool; Green Wool; Cyan Wool; Light Blue Wool; Blue Wool; Purple Wool; Magenta Wool; Pink Wool
|C3=Oak Planks
|Output=Red Bed}}

'''[[File:Redstone Repeater (S) JE1.png|32px]] [[Minecraft:Redstone repeater]]'''
* Allows for redstone to be powered further.
* Crafted from [[Minecraft:stone]], [[Minecraft:redstone torch]] and [[Minecraft:redstone dust]].
{{Crafting table
|A2=Redstone Torch
|A3=Stone
|B2=Redstone Dust
|B3=Stone
|C2=Redstone Torch
|C3=Stone
|Output=Redstone Repeater}}

'''[[File:Cobblestone Slab JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[Minecraft:Cobblestone Slab|Stone slab]]'''
* Takes over the old recipe for the stone slab.
* Breaking a block made of two slabs now drops 2 slabs.
* Crafted from [[Minecraft:cobblestone]].
{{Crafting table
|A3=Cobblestone
|B3=Cobblestone
|C3=Cobblestone
|Output=Cobblestone Slab, 3}}

'''[[File:Petrified Oak Slab JE1.png|32px]] [[Minecraft:Petrified Oak Slab|Wooden slab]]'''
* Breaking a block made of two slabs now drops 2 slabs.
* Crafted from [[Minecraft:planks]].
{{Crafting table
|A3=Oak Planks
|B3=Oak Planks
|C3=Oak Planks
|Output=Oak Slab, 3}}

'''[[File:Sandstone Slab JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[Minecraft:Sandstone slab]]'''
* Breaking a block made of two slabs now drops 2 slabs.
* Crafted from [[Minecraft:sandstone]].
{{Crafting table
|A3=Sandstone
|B3=Sandstone
|C3=Sandstone
|Output=Sandstone Slab, 3}}

'''[[File:Seamless Stone Slab JE1.png|32px]] [[Minecraft:Seamless stone slab]]'''
* Breaking a block made of two slabs now drops 2 slabs.
* Unobtainable.

'''[[File:Crying Obsidian (texture) JE0 BE0.png|32px]] [[Minecraft:Crying obsidian]]'''
* Added a texture for crying obsidian to {{mono|[[Minecraft:terrain.png]]}}.
** Texture went unused and removed in [[Minecraft:Beta 1.5]], but re-added in [[Minecraft:20w10a]] via the [[Minecraft:Programmer Art]] resource pack.

=== Non-mob entities ===
'''New [[Minecraft:painting]]'''
* "Skull On Fire" [[File:Burning Skull Painting JE2 BE1.png|128px]]
** Code to make this painting display was added in [[Minecraft:Beta 1.2_01]], but the texture itself was not added until this version, resulting in [[Minecraft:Java Edition placeholder texture uses|the use]] of the [[Minecraft:Placeholder texture#Texture atlas blank spaces|painting placeholder texture]].

=== Command format ===
'''{{cmd|whitelist}}'''
* Can turn on/off the whitelist.
* Can add/remove players from the whitelist.
* Can give a list of whitelisted players and reload that list.

'''{{cmd|time}}'''
* Changes or queries the world's game time
* There types of time involved in this command:
: <code>time add <<nowiki/>time></code>
:: Adds <code><<nowiki/>time></code> to the in-game daytime.
: <code>time set (day|night|noon|midnight)</code>
: <code>time set <<nowiki/>time></code>
:: Sets the daylight cycle time.

=== General ===
[[File:Loading Screen JE3.png|thumb|right|Loading screen added in this version]]
'''[[Minecraft:Lighting]]'''
* Smooth lighting engine added with the help of MrMessiah.

'''[[Minecraft:Options]]'''
* New graphics setting screen.
** Added "Smooth Lighting" option.

'''[[Minecraft:Splash screen]]'''
* New Mojang logo.

== Changes ==
=== Blocks ===
'''[[Minecraft:Redstone dust]]'''
* Gets darker the farther away it is from a source of power.
* Unpowered redstone is purely black now.
** For these changes, they now use a dedicated tint system and new textures:
*** [[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]]
*** [[File:Active Redstone Wire (NS) JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Active Redstone Wire (EW) JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Active Redstone Wire (NE) JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Active Redstone Wire (ES) JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Active Redstone Wire (SW) JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Active Redstone Wire (NW) JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Active Redstone Wire (NEW) JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Active Redstone Wire (NES) JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Active Redstone Wire (ESW) JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Active Redstone Wire (NSW) JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Active Redstone Wire (NESW) JE2.png|32px]]

'''[[Minecraft:Sandstone]]'''
* Now found at the bottom of naturally generated [[Minecraft:sand]].
* Mine time for sandstone has been decreased.

'''[[Minecraft:Smooth Stone Slab|Stone slabs]]'''
* Are now created by using 3 [[Minecraft:stone]] instead of cobblestone.
{{Crafting table
|A3=Stone
|B3=Stone
|C3=Stone
|Output=Smooth Stone Slab, 3}}
* Breaking a block made of two slabs now drops 2 slabs.

'''[[Minecraft:Stone pressure plate]]'''
* Now require two of its materials, instead of 3.
{{Crafting table
|A3=Stone
|B3=Stone
|Output=Stone Pressure Plate}}

'''[[Minecraft:Wooden pressure plate]]'''
* Now require two of its materials, instead of 3.
{{Crafting table
|A3=Oak Planks
|B3=Oak Planks
|Output=Oak Pressure Plate}}

=== Items ===
'''[[Minecraft:Gunpowder]]'''
* Renamed from "Sulphur".

=== Mobs ===
'''General'''
* Fewer passive mobs spawn when on harder difficulties.

'''[[File:Cow JE3.png|32px]] [[Minecraft:Cow]]s'''
* Texture changed from [[File:Cow JE2.png|32px]].

'''[[Minecraft:Slime]]s'''
* Now spawn again.

'''[[Minecraft:Squid]]'''
* Can no longer be milked.
* Squid now have the ability to move in three dimensions (rather than only along the bottom of the body of [[Minecraft:water]])

=== World generation ===
'''[[Minecraft:Create New World]]'''
* Players can now choose the name of the world before creation.
* Players can now choose the [[Minecraft:world seed]] before creation.
* More than 5 worlds can now be created at once.
* Delete world message now includes "(A long time!)" after "(world name) will be lost forever!".
** Prior to this, it just says "'<world name>' will be lost forever!".

=== Gameplay ===
'''[[Minecraft:Third person mode]]'''
* View bobbing now applies while in third person, if enabled.

=== General ===
'''[[Minecraft:Controls]]'''
* {{key|F1}} and {{key|F3}} are now toggled when pressed.
* When {{key|F3}} is toggled on, mobs display their unique entity ID numbers over their heads.
* {{key|F8}} toggles mouse smoothing.

'''[[Minecraft:Options]]'''
* Scrollbars added in the world selection screen.
* Players can now change the names of existing worlds.
** This doesn't change the world's save id.

'''[[Minecraft:Region file format|McRegion]]'''
* Worlds now use a generic McRegion chunk save format, with a built-in auto conversion.

'''[[Minecraft:Texture pack]]s'''
* Scrollbars added in the texture pack list.

== Fixes ==
'''10 bugs fixed'''
* When breaking double slabs (one slab placed on another) it now drops two slabs instead of one.
* Wood doesn't burn forever anymore.
* Grassland/sand related biome border fixed (boundaries line up, rather than obviously show chunk borders).
* No longer receiving Java Log error .txt file spam in the minecraft.exe folder when closing the ''Minecraft'' client program.
* Players can no longer use the click-release to quickly mine blocks (referred to as "click mining") in multiplayer.
* Players no longer glitch when standing on [[Minecraft:fence]]s in multiplayer.
* Players can no longer milk [[Minecraft:squid]]s.
* When right-clicking on a wooden door while holding a bow or fishing rod, arrows no longer are fired into the door, nor is the fishing hook cast into the door.
* Hostile mobs can now be attacked properly in multiplayer.
* [[Minecraft:Lapis lazuli ore]] now drops 4-8 [[Minecraft:lapis lazuli]] in multiplayer.

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Beta 1.3-1731.png|A screenshot depicting the generation of new sandstone blocks.
b13-1.png|A pre-reupload screenshot, with the debug items.
Beta 1.3 world selection screen.png|The world selection screen in this version.
</gallery>
=== Videos ===
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== References ==
{{Reflist}}

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