Minecraft:Java Edition 1.4.6

Template:Dangerous version Template:Infobox version 1.4.6<ref>Template:Cite</ref> is a minor update to Template:JE released on December 20, 2012.<ref>Template:Cite</ref> It introduced Minecraft:fireworks, Minecraft:enchanted books, and the Minecraft:Thorns enchantment. It also added a warning for users playing on soon-to-be unsupported systems (PowerPC and Java 5). While it was not the last update to 1.4, it was the last one before the snapshots of 1.5 started. This is the final version released in 2012.

A pre-release version of 1.4.6 was released on December 17, 2012.<ref>Template:Cite</ref> The release version of 1.4.6 differs from the reupload of the pre-release by fixing a crash issue.<ref name="finalver">Template:Tweet</ref>

Additions

Blocks

File:Nether Brick Slab JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Nether Brick Slabs

• Crafted using nether bricks.

Items

File:Firework Star JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Firework Star

• Used to create firework rockets.
• Combine Minecraft:gunpowder with dyes to get a firework star with those colors used for the sparkles.
• Add File:Glowstone Dust JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Glowstone Dust, a File:Fire Charge JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:fire charge, a File:Diamond JE2 BE2.png Minecraft:diamond, a File:Gold Nugget JE2 BE1.png Minecraft:gold nugget, File:Feather JE2 BE1.png Minecraft:feather, or a Template:Animate Minecraft:mob head to make the firework twinkling, big, trailing, star-shaped, bursting, or creeper-shaped, respectively.
• Craft a firework star with dye to change the color that the sparkles fade to.

File:Firework Rocket JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Firework Rocket

• Non-destructive, rise up in the air, and create colorful patterns when shot by dispensers or placed by players.
• Combine File:Paper JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:paper with File:Gunpowder JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:gunpowder to craft a firework rocket.
• Add a firework star to add effects, or gunpowder to increase the flight duration.

File:Enchanted Book.gif Minecraft:Enchanted Books

• Enchanted books to receive a single enchantment on them.
• Can be applied to items using anvils, consuming the book.
  • Enchants can be applied to any item in Creative mode.
• Sold by villagers and found in dungeon and village chests.
• Can now be found in loot chests and by trading with villagers.
• Minecraft:Unbreaking can be applied to anything with durability.
• Minecraft:Efficiency and Minecraft:Silk Touch can be applied to shears, allowing the harvesting of cobwebs.
• Minecraft:Sharpness, Minecraft:Smite, and Minecraft:Bane of Arthropods can be applied to axes.

Gameplay

File:Enchanted Book.gif Minecraft:Thorns

• A new Minecraft:armor enchantment.
• Deals damage depending on tier to attackers.
• Wears armor out faster.

Changes

Blocks

File:Spawner JE2.png Minecraft:Monster Spawners

• Can now spawn differently configured mobs with different spawn chances.

File:Xmas Chest.gif File:Xmas Large Chest.gif Minecraft:Chests

• Added new textures: xmaschest.png, largexmaschest.png.
  • xmaschest.png changes the chest texture to resemble a red gift.
  • largexmaschest.png changes the large chest texture to resemble a green gift.
  • Chests use these textures on December 25.

Items

File:Bow JE2 BE1.png Minecraft:Bows

• A high pitched sound is now played when a player hits another player from far away with a bow.<ref group=note name="release change">These changes occurred between the last development version for 1.4.6 and the full release of it.</ref>

Mobs

File:Ghast JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Ghasts

• Fireballs' blast radius can now be customized

Template:Animate Minecraft:Skeletons, Minecraft:Zombies, and Zombie Pigmen

• The armor and enchants they spawn with now are even stronger on harder difficulties.

Non-mob entities

width=50x50 Minecraft:Arrows

• Now render from farther away.

Items and File:Item Frame JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:item frame entities

• Now render in 3D when using Minecraft:fancy graphics.

World generation

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• Now have a random chance to have enchanted books in their chests.

Gameplay

Minecraft:Inventory

• Items can now be dragged and dropped.
  • Long pressing halves the stack before dragging.

Minecraft:Hotbar

• Items now show their name when switching in the hotbar.
  • Can be disabled by changing heldItemTooltips to false in Minecraft:options.txt.
• Dropping items while holding Template:Key now drops the whole stack.

File:Enchanting Table JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Enchantments

• Minecraft:Efficiency now has no effect when using tools on the wrong block types.
• Minecraft:Fire Protection now extinguishes Minecraft:fire more quickly.
• Minecraft:Blast Protection now reduces Minecraft:explosion recoil.
• Minecraft:Protection is not as protective as it used to be in order to make specific enchantments more worthwhile.

Template:Animate Sneaking

• Pressing Template:Ctrl while sneaking now uses the held item instead of the currently selected block.

Minecraft:Death messages

• Now appear in server log files.

General

Display

• Added a default resolution setting to Minecraft:options.txt: overrideWidth:0 and overrideHeight:0.

Minecraft:Options

• Added an option to toggle touchscreen mode.<ref group=note name="release change"/>

Removals

General

Distance effects

• Minecraft:Falling block behavior has changed - they are no longer capable of infinitely producing dropped items at high coordinate values.

Fixes

Release fixes

These fixes occurred between the 1.4.6 pre-release and the full release of 1.4.6.

• Template:Bug – Crash when shot by skeleton.<ref name="finalver"/>