Minecraft:Horse Update

File:Horse Update Wallpaper.jpg

Horse Update promotional image

The Horse Update is the name for Minecraft:Java Edition 1.6.1, a major update released on July 1, 2013.<ref>Template:Cite</ref> It added new features such as Minecraft:horses, Minecraft:leads, Minecraft:coal blocks, Minecraft:carpets, Minecraft:resource packs, and a new Minecraft:launcher.

Development began the month after 1.5.1 was released. Eighteen development snapshots were released, from Template:Verlink to Template:Verlink. During the development period, 1.5.2 was released. Several iterations of the fourth launcher were released during this time period, from 0.1 to 1.2.2. Nearer the end of the snapshot cycle for the 1.6 update, Mojang focused primarily on fixing bugs, rather than adding new features.

The official name for the update, the Horse Update – was announced a week prior to the 1.6 prerelease on the Minecraft update tumblr (which was viewable in the launcher).

Mojang released the 1.6 pre-release on June 25, 2013. This included an Minecraft:easter egg where mobs named "Dinnerbone" or "Grumm" were flipped upside down. The 1.6.1 pre-release was released on June 28, 2013, three days before the final release.

Notable features

New Minecraft:blocks

• File:Block of Coal JE2 BE1.png Minecraft:Block of Coal
  • Mineral block crafted using nine pieces of Minecraft:coal.
  • Also acts as furnace fuel, able to smelt 80 items per block.
• Template:Animate Minecraft:Carpet
  • Crafted using two wools of matching color.
  • Can be placed on any block and can be walked on.
• File:Terracotta JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Hardened Clay (now Terracotta)
  • Obtained by smelting clay.
• File:Hay Bale (UD) JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Hay Bale
  • Crafted using nine pieces of Minecraft:wheat.
  • Can be oriented like a log.
  • Used to feed Minecraft:horses, but not able to breed them.
• Template:Animate Minecraft:Stained Clay (now Stained Terracotta)
  • Crafted using eight stained clay surrounding a matching dye.

New Minecraft:items

• Template:Animate Minecraft:Horse Armor
  • Comes in iron, gold, and diamond.
  • Found in dungeons, Minecraft:Nether fortresses, desert temples, and jungle temples.
  • Used to give protection to Minecraft:horses.
  • Cannot be used on Minecraft:donkeys or Minecraft:mules.
• File:Lead JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Lead
  • Crafted using four Minecraft:string and a Minecraft:slimeball.
  • Used to leash mobs around.
  • Can be attached to a Minecraft:fence.
• File:Name Tag JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Name Tag
  • Found in dungeons.
  • Used to rename mobs by renaming the item with an Minecraft:anvil and then using it on a mob.
  • Mobs named do not despawn.
• Minecraft:Spawn egg:
  • File:Horse Spawn Egg JE1 BE1.png Horse Spawn Egg

New Minecraft:mobs

• Template:Animate Minecraft:Horses
  • Rideable mobs found in Minecraft:plains in small groups.
  • Has to be tamed by repeatedly riding the horse, subsequently getting thrown off, until the horse shows heart particles.
    • Can be tamed easier by feeding the horse Minecraft:bread, Minecraft:sugar, Minecraft:hay bales, Minecraft:wheat, Minecraft:apples, Minecraft:golden apples, or Minecraft:golden carrots.
  • Upon taming, a Minecraft:saddle is required to ride the horse.
    • Players can also put on Minecraft:horse armor for protection.
  • Stats (health, speed, and jump height) and color vary between horses.
  • Can be bred using Minecraft:golden apples or Minecraft:golden carrots
  • Drops Minecraft:leather when killed.
• File:Donkey JE1.png Minecraft:Donkey
  • Rideable mobs found in Minecraft:plains in small groups.
  • Has similar functionality to the horse, but has the ability to put on a Minecraft:chest for storage access.
  • Can be bred using Minecraft:golden apples or Minecraft:golden carrots
  • Drops Minecraft:leather when killed.
• File:Mule JE1.png Minecraft:Mule
  • Spawns upon the breeding of a horse and a donkey.
  • Has similar functionality to the donkey.
  • Cannot breed with any other horses, donkeys, and mules.
  • Drops Minecraft:leather when killed.
• File:Skeleton Horse Revision 1.png Minecraft:Skeleton Horse & File:Zombie Horse Revision 1.png Minecraft:Zombie Horse
  • Obtainable only through third-party software.
  • Both considered Minecraft:undead mobs.
  • Neither one can be bred to produce baby offsprings.
  • Skeleton horses drop Minecraft:bones when killed.
  • Zombie horses drop Minecraft:rotten flesh when killed.

New Minecraft:gameplay

• Minecraft:Resource pack
  • Completely replaced texture packs.
  • Allows modifying not only texture, but also sounds, music, font, text, and languages.
• New Minecraft:effects:
  • File:Absorption JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Absorption
    • Occurs after eating a Minecraft:golden apple or Minecraft:enchanted golden apple.
    • Grants the player Template:Hp additional health that cannot be replenished.
    • Upon taking damage, absorption health is depleted first before the player's main health.
  • File:Absorption JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Health Boost
    • Can be given only by commands.
    • Grants the player Template:Hp that can be filled up.
    • Extra health disappears once the effect is over.
  • File:Saturation JE1.png Saturation
    • Can be given only by commands.
    • Grants the player Template:Hunger hunger per every tick.

Other additions

• Item and entity Minecraft:attributes.
• 2 new Minecraft:commands and 2 new sub-commands to Template:Cmd

Notable changes

• New and improved Minecraft:launcher.
• Better Minecraft:chat system.
• Riding mobs tweaked.
• Blocks can no longer be broken with a Minecraft:sword in Minecraft:Creative mode.
• Retextured Minecraft:charcoal and Minecraft:lapis lazuli block.
• Minecraft:Zombies now target the player from further away, and can summon other zombies.
• Minecraft:Villagers now make sounds.

Further revisions

• 1.6.2 enabling spawning of baby zombies and baby zombie pigmen.
• 1.6.4 fixed a bug where structures were not being saved to the world file.

Trivia

• This is the last version for the third launcher available.
• Because of the new launcher, this version of the game became the first that could auto-update itself.
• In the update poster, the then-unused nitwit or "generic villager" can be seen next to an Minecraft:iron golem, along with an unknown blue robed villager.

Gallery

• Promotional image (released alongside the update)<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/0/https://www.mojang.com/2013/07/minecraft-the-horse-update/</ref>
  Promotional image (released alongside the update)<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/0/https://www.mojang.com/2013/07/minecraft-the-horse-update/</ref>
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