Minecraft:Java Edition guides/Beta 1.2 releases

This guide is a simplified overview of all the changes in the Template:JE Beta 1.2.x releases, which assumes at least some familiarity with Beta 1.1.x releases.

Mobs

New

Minecraft:Squid

File:Squid JE1 BE1.png

Water

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The first aquatic mob.

Changed

Minecraft:Sheep

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Sheep can now be dyed. Dyed sheep drop wool of the respective color when punched. Black, gray and light gray sheep can naturally spawn.

Blocks

New

Dyed Minecraft:Wool	Template:Animate		Any	Can be used as building blocks.
Minecraft:Cake	File:Cake JE1.png		Any	Right-click to eat a slice of cake.
Minecraft:Dispenser	File:Dispenser (S) JE1.png		Pickaxe	Launches items from inside when it receives a redstone signal.
Minecraft:Lapis Lazuli Ore	File:Lapis Lazuli Ore JE1 BE1.png	Found underground.	Pickaxe (stone or better)	Drops lapis lazuli when mined, but only drops one at this time. This was changed Beta 1.3.
Minecraft:Block of Lapis Lazuli	File:Block of Lapis Lazuli JE1 BE1.png		Pickaxe	Can be used for compact lapis lazuli storage. Pickaxe (stone or better)
Minecraft:Note Block	File:Note Block JE1 BE1.png		Axe	Plays a musical note when it receives a redstone signal. Right-click to change the note.
Minecraft:Sandstone	File:Sandstone JE1 BE1.png		Pickaxe	Can be used as a building block.
Minecraft:Birch Log	File:Birch Log (UD) JE1.png	Found in birch trees.	Axe	Can be crafted into wood planks.
Minecraft:Birch Leaves	File:Birch Leaves JE1 BE2.png	Found in birch trees.	Any	Can drop saplings, but drop oak ones, so these trees are not renewable until Minecraft:Beta 1.4 This is because birch and spruce saplings simply do not exist yet.
Minecraft:Spruce Log	File:Spruce Log (UD) JE1.png	Found in spruce trees.	Axe	Can be crafted into wood planks.
Minecraft:Spruce Leaves	File:Spruce Leaves JE1 BE2.png	Found in spruce trees.	Any	Can drop saplings, same problem as with birch.

Changed

Minecraft:Crafting Table	File:Crafting Table JE2.png	Renamed from "Workbench" to "Crafting Table".
Minecraft:Furnace	File:Furnace (S) JE2 BE1.png	Top texture changed (was the same as stone).
Minecraft:Sugar Cane	File:Sugar Cane JE1 BE1.png	Renamed from "Reeds" to "Sugar Cane".

Items

New

Minecraft:Bone	File:Bone JE1 BE1.png	Drops from skeletons.	Can be used to make bone meal.
Minecraft:Bone Meal	File:Bone Meal JE1 BE1.png		Can be used to instantly grow wheat and saplings to maturity. Functions as white dye.
Minecraft:Lapis Lazuli	File:Lapis Lazuli JE1 BE1.png	Drops from lapis lazuli ore.	Can be used to make lapis lazuli blocks. Functions as blue dye.
Minecraft:Cocoa Beans	File:Cocoa Beans JE1 BE1.png	Not legitimately obtainable.	Functions as brown dye.
Minecraft:Ink Sac	File:Ink Sac JE1 BE1.png	Drops from squid.	Functions as black dye.
Minecraft:Charcoal	File:Coal JE2 BE1.png		Functions identically to Minecraft:coal.
Minecraft:Dyes	Template:Animate	Red dye is made from roses. Yellow dye is made from flowers. Green dye is made from cacti. The remaining dyes are crafted from other dyes.	Can be used to dye sheep and wool.
Minecraft:Sugar	File:Sugar JE1 BE1.png		Used to make cake.

Structures

New

Birch tree	File:Birch Tree JE1 BE1.png	Forests	No	None	A tree with light-colored bark and leaves.
Spruce tree	File:Spruce Tree JE1 BE1.png	Taigas	No	None	A tree with dark-colored bark and leaves.

Biomes

Changed

Minecraft:Taiga

File:Taiga.jpg

Now generate with spruce trees instead of oak trees.