Minecraft:Java Edition 13w09a

13w09a is the eleventh Minecraft:snapshot for Minecraft:Java Edition 1.5, released on February 26, 2013.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20200728074157/http://www.mojang.com/2013/02/minecraft-snapshot-13w09a/</ref>

Additions

Mobs

General

• A way for mobs/entities to ride other mobs/entities.
  • They no longer dismount upon reload.
  • Mobs can now be spawned riding other mobs.

Changes

Entities

• Player riding on an entity keeps it when logging off (the entity disappears along with player) and is still riding the entity upon logging back on.

General

Minecraft:Fonts

• Fonts are now changeable.
• Added HD font support.

Minecraft:Language

• Updated language files.

Minecraft:Lighting

• Smooth lighting can now be changed to Minimum, Maximum & Off.
  • Minimum uses the old smooth lighting, and maximum fixes a bug with stairs.

Minecraft:Texture packs

• Animated blocks and items in texture packs now require the animation definition.

Gallery

• The banner for the snapshot.
  The banner for the snapshot.