Minecraft:Java Edition Classic 0.25 SURVIVAL TEST

The first version of 0.25 SURVIVAL TEST' is a version of Minecraft:Java Edition Classic released on September 3, 2009, at around 16:13 UTC.<ref>IRC logs: A11:13:26 * Notch changes topic to 'http://www.minecraft.net/ | Survival Mode test version 0.25 is up!.</ref> It was announced on Minecraft:The Word of Notch at 16:19 UTC.<ref>Template:Twon</ref>

Additions

General

• Worlds can now be saved and loaded again.<ref>IRC logs: "P12:12:44 <08Notch> 0.24 was the last update, I added a lot of stuff for this one, like proper loading/saving" (17:12:44 UTC)</ref>Template:More info

Changes

Mobs

General

• Hostile Minecraft:mobs are now more dangerous.
  • Mobs are now faster.<ref>IRC logs: "A11:19:42 <Real> holy smokes i just had some zombies come at me with incredible speed! intended, Notch?", "A11:19:58 <08Notch> yes. ;)" (16:19 UTC)</ref>
  • Mobs can now see the player from further away.<ref>IRC logs: "A10:47:07 <potato> notch what do you think about monsters being able to see you from farther away" [...] "A10:48:20 <08Notch> already done, potato " (15:47 to 15:48 UTC)</ref>
  • Mobs now anger toward the player if attacked, regardless of the distance between the player and mob (evident when shooting Minecraft:arrows).
• Mobs now respawn over time.
  • Lone mobs lose health over time and eventually die.
• Hostile mobs can now fight each other.<ref>IRC logs: "A10:45:50 <08Notch> aaand I'm adding monster infighting" [...] "A10:46:06 <08Notch> if you make a skeleton hit any monster, that monster will hunt the skeleton" (15:45 to 15:46 UTC)</ref>
  • For example, if a skeleton shoots another hostile mob, that mob fights back that skeleton.
    • Skeletons do not fight other skeletons.

Minecraft:Pigs

• Now drop 0–2 Minecraft:brown mushrooms.

Minecraft:Skeletons

• Now fire File:Purple Arrow.png purple Minecraft:arrows.
• Killing a skeleton now makes 4–9<ref>IRC logs: "A11:38:06 <08Notch> they drop between 4 and 10 arrows" [...] "A11:38:30 <08Notch> oh, wait, no, between 4 and 9" (16:38 UTC)</ref> arrows drop with random velocities around the skeleton's corpse.

Non-mob entities

File:Arrow JE2 BE1.png Minecraft:Arrows

• Texture changed from File:Arrow JE1.png.
• Now it's flying on.

Minecraft:Player

• Now spawns with 20 arrows upon world generation.
• Can now damage themself with arrows.

Gameplay

Score points

• Score is now displayed in the top-right corner.

Fixes

2 bugs fixed

• Arrows now deal damage after flying for more than 1 second.<ref>IRC logs: "A11:15:20 <08Notch> Evil-Ville: Actually, there was a bug. They didn't cause damage at all after one second flight time. :D" (16:15:20 UTC)</ref>
• Fixed being able to hit monsters through walls.

Bugs

1 bug reported

• Minecraft:Creeper explosions are now less powerful.<ref>IRC logs: "A11:18:09 <PuyoDead> creeper 'splosions seem to have been toned down" [...] "A11:18:19 <08Notch> that wasn't intentional", "A11:18:22 <Real> looks like creepers also have a decreased blast radius?" (16:18 UTC)</ref>

Trivia

• 0.25 SURVIVAL TEST was only available for 2 minutes, making it the shortest-lived version across all Minecraft editions.
  • The pre-reupload of Alpha v1.2.3_01 was also out for this amount of time.

References

• Template:AnchorIRC logs on Archive.org; #minecraft.20090903.log. September 3, 2009 (UTC−5).