Minecraft:Java Edition Beta

Beta was the sixth and the final development phase that succeeded Alpha and preceded the full release of Minecraft (Java Edition), and was the fifth and final development stage to have some of its versions released to the public. It was announced on Minecraft:Notch's blog on December 11, 2010, and released nine days later on December 20, 2010.<ref>Template:Citation</ref> As well as some minor updates, the transition from Alpha saw a 50% price increase (therefore making the cost 25% of the full price), a change in the disclaimer (Notch removed the line that said "all future updates will be provided free of charge", though the statement still applies to users who bought Minecraft before Beta was released. Both Alpha and Beta buyers got the full game free of charge) and minor updates to the main website.

Features

• New Minecraft Minecraft:logo and launcher.
• New animated background for main menu.
• Minecraft:Achievements and Minecraft:statistics.
• Minecraft:Server-side Minecraft:inventory.
• Reintroduction of Minecraft:Creative game mode.
• Minecraft:Weather effects: Minecraft:rain and Minecraft:snow.
• Rewritten Minecraft:biome codes.
• More variety in Minecraft:trees.
• New Minecraft:lighting mechanics.
• New graphical effects, including improved sunrise/sunset, water bubbles, Minecraft:explosions, and Minecraft:void particles.
• Naturally generated structures such as Minecraft:strongholds, Minecraft:mineshafts and Minecraft:villages.
• New mobs including Minecraft:squid, Minecraft:endermen, Minecraft:silverfish, Minecraft:cave spiders and tameable Minecraft:wolves.
• New Minecraft:health mechanic using Minecraft:hunger and stackable Minecraft:food items.
• New combat mechanics such as Minecraft:critical hits, charged Minecraft:bows, Minecraft:experience orbs, Minecraft:sprinting and Minecraft:blocking.
• New mechanisms (Minecraft:redstone repeaters, Minecraft:note blocks, Minecraft:dispensers, Minecraft:powered rails, Minecraft:detector rails, Minecraft:trapdoors, improved Minecraft:redstone look, Minecraft:pistons, Minecraft:sticky pistons).
• New Minecraft:blocks and Minecraft:recipes, such as Minecraft:sandstone and the Minecraft:lapis lazuli block.
• New items, such as Minecraft:maps and Minecraft:dyes.
• New farming elements: Minecraft:melons and Minecraft:pumpkins.
• Minecraft:Beds for skipping through the night and resetting Minecraft:spawn point.

Major updates

• Minecraft:Beta 1.0: The first version of Beta, which added server-side inventories and inventory item tooltips.
  • Beta 1.0_01
  • Beta 1.0.2
• Minecraft:Beta 1.1: Added support for special events on specific dates during the holiday period.
  • Beta 1.1_01
  • Beta 1.1_02
• Minecraft:Beta 1.2: Added many new blocks, Minecraft:squid, sheep variants, and new trees.
  • Beta 1.2_01
  • Beta 1.2_02
• Minecraft:Beta 1.3: Added beds, repeaters, and new slabs.
  • Beta 1.3_01
• Minecraft:Beta 1.4: Added cookies, wolves, and a new Minecraft logo. Featured the Minecraft:locked chest as part of an April Fools' joke.
  • Beta 1.4_01
• Minecraft:Beta 1.5: Added cobwebs, new saplings, new rails, charged creepers, and Minecraft:weather.
  • Beta 1.5_01
  • Beta 1.5_02 (Server Only)
• Minecraft:Beta 1.6: Added variants of tall grass, trapdoors, and maps.
  • Beta 1.6.1
  • Beta 1.6.2
  • Beta 1.6.3
  • Beta 1.6.4
  • Beta 1.6.5
  • Beta 1.6.6
• Minecraft:Beta 1.7: Added pistons and Minecraft:shears.
  • Beta 1.7_01
  • Beta 1.7.2
  • Beta 1.7.3
• Minecraft:Beta 1.8 (Minecraft:Adventure Update): Added many features related to adventuring and changed the terrain generation.
  • Beta 1.8.1

Trivia

• Some sound effects in Beta no longer play the old sound effect, instead they play the newer sounds because sounds are not stored in the Minecraft:minecraft.jar file.
• The first version of Minecraft:Xbox 360 Edition and Minecraft:MinecraftEdu was based off of Template:Vl.

Gallery

• Beta in minecraft.net/game
  Beta in minecraft.net/game
• File:Minecraft Webpage Beta 1.8.1.png
• A server in Beta
  A server in Beta
• A large overhang, a common occurrence in Beta's terrain generation before Beta 1.8
  A large overhang, a common occurrence in Beta's terrain generation before Beta 1.8
• A castle in mid-Beta
  A castle in mid-Beta
• A town in early Beta
  A town in early Beta
• A Minecraft:mob grinder for spiders taken from sometime in Beta
  A Minecraft:mob grinder for spiders taken from sometime in Beta
• A mountain in Beta
  A mountain in Beta
• A sky rendering glitch in Beta 1.8 Pre-release
  A sky rendering glitch in Beta 1.8 Pre-release

See also

• Classic
• Indev
• Infdev
• Alpha
• Minecraft 1.0
• Minecraft:Locked Chest
• Minecraft:Biomes