Minecraft:Java Edition Beta 1.8 Pre-release

Beta 1.8 Pre-release is the first pre-release for Minecraft:Java Edition Beta 1.8, that was initially privately released and then leaked, on September 8, 2011. This is the first pre-release available from 2011.

Beta 1.8 Pre-release was reuploaded/recompiled 23 hours after its initial compilation to fix bugs and remove some debug features. See Template:Slink.

Additions

Blocks

File:Stone Bricks JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Stone bricks

• Occur naturally in strongholds.
• Crafted using Minecraft:stone.

File:Cracked Stone Bricks JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Cracked stone bricks

• Occur naturally in strongholds.

File:Mossy Stone Bricks JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Mossy stone bricks

• Occur naturally in strongholds.

File:Cobblestone JE3 BE2.png File:Stone JE2 BE1.png File:Stone Bricks JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Infested blocks

• Spawn Minecraft:silverfish when broken.
• Infested stone bricks are occasionally found in Minecraft:strongholds.
• Infested Minecraft:stone can generate in the Minecraft:extreme hills biome.
• Doesn't drop when broken.
• They currently lack an in-game name.

File:Brick Slab JE1.png Minecraft:Bricks slab

• Crafted using Minecraft:bricks.

File:Stone Brick Slab JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Stone bricks slab

• Occur naturally in strongholds.
• Crafted using Minecraft:stone bricks.

File:Brick Stairs (N) JE1.png Minecraft:Brick stairs

• Drop Minecraft:brick blocks.
• Crafted using Minecraft:bricks.

File:Stone Brick Stairs (N) JE1.png Minecraft:Stone brick stairs

• Occur naturally in strongholds.
• Drop Minecraft:stone bricks.
• Crafted using Minecraft:stone bricks.

File:Glass Pane (EW) JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Glass pane

• Crafted using Minecraft:glass.

File:Iron Bars (EW) JE3.png Minecraft:Iron bars

• Appear only in Minecraft:strongholds and blacksmith houses.
• Crafted using Minecraft:iron ingots.

File:Oak Fence Gate JE1.png Minecraft:Fence gate

• Open when used.
• Connect to Minecraft:fences.
• Crafted using Minecraft:stick and Minecraft:planks.

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Placed overgrown vines.

File:Vines (N) JE1.png Minecraft:Vines

• Can grow to nearby blocks.
• Are naturally generated in Minecraft:swamps.

File:Brown Mushroom Block (ESU) JE1 BE1.png File:Red Mushroom Block (ESU) JE1 BE1.png File:Mushroom Block JE1 BE1.png File:Mushroom Stem (ESU) JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Mushroom blocks

• Drop their corresponding Minecraft:mushroom.
• Generate when the player uses bone meal on a mushroom.

File:Stem Age 7 JE1.png Minecraft:Pumpkin stems

• Are plants grown on Minecraft:farmland that, over time, grow pumpkins on farmland blocks adjacent to them.

File:Stem Age 7 JE1.png Minecraft:Melon stems

• Are plants grown on Minecraft:farmland that, over time, grow Minecraft:melons on farmland blocks adjacent to them.

File:Melon JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Melon

• Currently only obtainable by crafting using 9 melon slices.

Items

File:Raw Chicken JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Raw chicken

• New food item.
• Dropped by Minecraft:chickens.
• Restores Template:Hunger Minecraft:hunger.
• Can give the player hunger effect.

File:Cooked Chicken JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Cooked chicken

• New food item.
• Restores Template:Hunger Minecraft:hunger.

File:Raw Beef JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Raw beef

• New food item.
• Dropped by Minecraft:cows.
• Restores Template:Hunger Minecraft:hunger.

File:Steak JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Steak

• New food item.
• Restores Template:Hunger Minecraft:hunger.

File:Ender Pearl JE1.png Minecraft:Ender pearl

• Dropped by Minecraft:endermen.
• Has no function.

File:Melon Seeds JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Melon seeds

• Can be planted in farmland to grow Minecraft:melons.
• Crafted from melons.

File:Melon Slice JE1 BE1.png Melon

• New food item.
• Drops from Minecraft:melon blocks.
• Restores Template:Hunger Minecraft:hunger.

File:Pumpkin Seeds JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Pumpkin seeds

• Cannot be obtained.
• Can be planted in farmland to grow pumpkins.

File:Rotten Flesh JE1.png Minecraft:Rotten flesh

• New food item.
• Dropped by Minecraft:zombies and Minecraft:zombie pigmen.
• Restores Template:Hunger Minecraft:hunger.
• Can give the player the hunger effect.

Mobs

File:Cave Spider JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Cave spider

• New variant of the spider.
• Inflicts Minecraft:Poison on the player.
• Has Template:Hp.
• Spawns from spawners in mineshafts.

File:Enderman JE1.png Minecraft:Enderman

• Becomes hostile to Minecraft:players that damage it or look directly at its face, using its arms to attack.
• Has the ability to teleport.
• Is able to carry every block.
• Makes zombie sounds.
• Emits smoke particles.
• Has Template:Hp.

File:Silverfish JE1 BE1.gif Minecraft:Silverfish

• Appears when the player breaks Minecraft:infested blocks.
• Has Template:Hp.

Non-mob entities

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• Adds to the player's total Minecraft:experience when collected.
• Entity ID is XPOrb.
• Plays low-pitched item pickup sound upon collecting.
• Dropped by monsters and animals when they are killed.

World generation

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• Are deep and long cracks breaching the underground layers of the Minecraft:Overworld.

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• Does not generate naturally.
• Can be artificially created by applying bone meal to a brown or Minecraft:red mushroom.

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• New Minecraft:biome.

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• New Minecraft:biome.
• Oceans existed in previous versions, however, now they exist as an actual biome, spanning thousands of blocks.

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• New Minecraft:biome.
• Flows through/in between biomes.

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• Are underground Minecraft:structures primarily found underground in the Minecraft:Overworld.
• They consist of interlinked 3×3 tunnels with incomplete Minecraft:rail lines running through them, with Minecraft:planks platforms bridging gaps.
• Mineshafts are the only structures where Minecraft:cave spider Minecraft:monster spawners can be found.

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• Is an underground Minecraft:structure in the Minecraft:Overworld.
• Only 1 generates per world.

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• Is a group or complex of buildings and other above ground Minecraft:structures that generate naturally in the Minecraft:Overworld.

Gameplay

Achievements

• Added Sniper Duel: "Kill a Minecraft:skeleton with an arrow at 50 meters".

Minecraft:Controls Debug keys

• Template:Key and Template:Key move time forwards and backwards, respectively.
• Template:Key disables gravity for the player, it can be canceled by pressing it again.
• Template:Key and Template:Key increase and decrease the player's FOV, respectively
• Template:Key and Template:Key make the player's camera turn right and left, respectively
• Template:Key and Template:Key make the player's camera turn up or down, respectively
• Template:Key and Template:Key rotate the player's camera 180° around the Z-axis, respectively.

Minecraft:Sprinting

• Activated by double-tapping Template:Key.

File:Hunger.svg File:Hunger.svg File:Hunger.svg File:Hunger.svg File:Hunger.svg File:Hunger.svg File:Hunger.svg File:Hunger.svg File:Hunger.svg Minecraft:Hunger

• Is a feature exclusive to the Minecraft:player, which is required for natural Minecraft:health regeneration and Minecraft:sprinting.
• Decreases when the player does certain actions, like when being Minecraft:hurt, Minecraft:jumping and mining.
• Food no longer heals directly, but indirectly: if the food meter is above 90%, heals Template:Healthbar every 4 seconds.
• If the food meter is at 0%, the player starves and loses Template:Healthbar hearts every 4 seconds.
• It can be restored by eating Minecraft:food.

File:Experience Orb (sprite) Revision 3.png Minecraft:Experience

• Currently has no use.

Minecraft:Critical hits

• Do more damage depending how close the player was to the ground while falling.

Minecraft:Creative gamemode

• Infinite access to almost every item.
• No health, except when falling into the void.
• Food is not edible.
• Flying by double tapping Template:Key.
• Increased reach.

Minecraft:Effects

• Added obtainable status effects:
  • Minecraft:Regeneration, which increases health slowly.
    • Obtained after eating a Minecraft:golden apple.
  • Hunger, which decreases the hunger bar.
    • Obtained after eating Minecraft:rotten flesh or Minecraft:raw chicken.
  • Minecraft:Poison, which hurts the player.
    • Obtained when being hurt by a Minecraft:cave spider.
• Added unobtainable status effects:
  • Minecraft:Speed, Minecraft:Slowness, Minecraft:Haste, Minecraft:Mining Fatigue, Minecraft:Instant Health, Minecraft:Instant Damage, Minecraft:Water Breathing, Minecraft:Nausea, Minecraft:Strength, Minecraft:Weakness, Minecraft:Jump Boost, Minecraft:Resistance, Minecraft:Fire Resistance, Minecraft:Invisibility, Minecraft:Blindness and Minecraft:Night Vision.

Minecraft:Fog

• Now changes color during sunrise and sunset when looking toward the Minecraft:sun.

Minecraft:Void fog

• Increases darkness at extreme depths.
• Decreases field of vision.

Commands

Template:Cmd

• Changes the gamemode.

General

Minecraft:Main menu

• Revamped the main menu by adding an animated menu panorama.<ref>Template:Reddit</ref>

Minecraft:Options

• The player can now set their field of view in the options via the FOV slider. It can be set from 70 (default) to 110 (Quake Pro).
• "Attack", "Use Item", and "List Players" can now be remapped.
• Added the brightness option.

Particles

• Added Template:Code, Template:Code, Template:Code, and Template:Code.
  • Performing a critical hit on any mob causes 'sparks' to fly.
  • Explosion particles are now shockwaves instead of smoke.
  • Tiny stationary bubble particles can be seen when underwater.
  • Minecraft:Fog is now thicker and darker deep underground, and gives off particles. Due to this, the Minecraft:void appears black.

Minecraft:Server list

• The ability to save and view multiple servers has now been added.

Minecraft:Splash

• Added the following splash text:
  • Jeb has amazing hair!
  • Casual gaming!
  • Undefeated!
  • Kinda like Lemmings!
  • Follow the train, CJ!
  • Leveraging synergy!
  • This message will never appear on the splash screen, isn't that weird? (Unused)
  • DungeonQuest is unfair!
  • 110813!
  • 90210!
  • Check out the far lands!
  • Tyrian would love it!
  • Also try VVVVVV!
  • Also try Super Meat Boy!
  • Also try Terraria!
  • Also try Mount And Blade!
  • Also try Project Zomboid!
  • Also try World of Goo!
  • Also try Limbo!
  • Also try Pixeljunk Shooter!
  • Also try Braid!
  • That's super!
  • Bread is pain!
  • Read more books!
  • Khaaaaaaaaan!
  • Less addictive than TV Tropes!
  • More addictive than lemonade!
  • Bigger than a bread box!
  • Millions of peaches!
  • Fnord!
  • This is my true form!
  • Totally forgot about Dre!
  • Don't bother with the clones!
  • Pumpkinhead!
  • Hobo humping slobo babe!

Changes

Blocks

File:Cake JE1.png Minecraft:Cake

• Now a slice of cake restore Template:Hunger, instead of Template:Hp.

File:Fern JE1.png Minecraft:Ferns

• Ferns no longer generate naturally.

File:Chest (S) JE2.png File:Large Chest (S) JE2.png Minecraft:Chests

• Texture changed from File:Chest (S) JE1.pngFile:Large Chest JE1.png.
• Added an opening and closing animation File:Chest.gif File:Large Chest.gif.
• The chest's texture is no longer in the terrain.png file. Instead, it is in the folder "item" under "chest.png" and "chestlarge.png", with the former being a chest on its own and the latter being the large chest.
• Are now tile entities, which means they no longer show the Minecraft:breaking animation and are also now slightly smaller than they were before.
• Now change the direction they face based on the viewpoint of the Minecraft:player.
• Can now be found in Minecraft:mineshafts and Minecraft:strongholds.
• Use door sounds when opening and closing.

File:Lava JE13.png Minecraft:Lava

• Texture changed from File:Lava JE12.png.
• Now when lava is touched by Minecraft:rain, it emits smoke particles.

Template:Animate Minecraft:Leaves

• Player-placed leaves no longer decay.

File:Mossy Cobblestone JE2 BE1.png Minecraft:Moss stone

• Texture changed from File:Mossy Cobblestone JE1.png.

File:Obsidian JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Obsidian

• Can now be mined by an Minecraft:iron pickaxe or moved by an Minecraft:enderman.

File:Stone Pressure Plate JE2.png Minecraft:Stone pressure plate

• Can now be placed on Minecraft:fences.

File:Cobblestone Slab JE2 BE2.png Minecraft:Cobblestone slab

• Renamed from "Stone Slab" to "Cobblestone Slab".

File:Torch JE3.png Minecraft:Torch

• Their model is no longer always rendered in full brightness.

File:Water JE11.png Minecraft:Water

• Changed texture from File:Water JE10.png.

File:Oak Pressure Plate JE2.png Minecraft:Wooden pressure plate

• Can now be placed on Minecraft:fences.

Items

File:Apple JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Apples

• Now restore Template:Hunger, instead of Template:Hp.
• Can now be stacked up to 64.
• Now takes 1.6 seconds to consume, accompanied with an animation.

File:Bow JE2 BE1.png Minecraft:Bow

• Behavior has been overhauled; they now need to be charged in order to fire.
  • Arrows from bows now damage in accordance with the charging time.
  • Added new textures visible in hand, in order to indicate their charge File:Bow (Pull 0) JE1 BE1.png File:Bow (Pull 1) JE1 BE1.png File:Bow (Pull 2) JE1 BE1.png.

File:Bread JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Bread

• Now restore Template:Hunger, instead of Template:Hp.
• Can now be stacked up to 64.
• Now takes 1.6 seconds to consume, accompanied with an animation.

File:Cooked Cod JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Cooked fish

• Now restore Template:Hunger, instead of Template:Hp.
• Can now be stacked up to 64.
• Now takes 1.6 seconds to consume, accompanied with an animation.

File:Cooked Porkchop JE2 BE1.png Minecraft:Cooked porkchop

• Changed the texture from File:Cooked Porkchop JE1.png.
• Now restore Template:Hunger, instead of Template:Hp.
• Can now be stacked up to 64.
• Now takes 1.6 seconds to consume, accompanied with an animation.

File:Cookie JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Cookie

• Now restore Template:Hunger, instead of Template:Hp.
• Can now be stacked up to 64.
• Now takes 1.6 seconds to consume, accompanied with an animation.

File:Golden Apple JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Golden apples

• Now restore Template:Hunger, instead of Template:Hp Minecraft:health points.
• Also give Minecraft:Regeneration for 30 seconds.
• Can now be stacked up to 64.
• Now takes 1.6 seconds to consume, accompanied with an animation.

File:Mushroom Stew JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Mushroom stew

• Now restore Template:Hunger, instead of Template:Hp.
• Now takes 1.6 seconds to consume, accompanied with an animation.

File:Raw Cod JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Raw fish

• Now restore Template:Hunger, instead of Template:Hp.
• Can now be stacked up to 64.
• Now takes 1.6 seconds to consume, accompanied with an animation.

File:Raw Porkchop JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Raw porkchop

• Now restore Template:Hunger, instead of Template:Hp.
• Can now be stacked up to 64.
• Now takes 1.6 seconds to consume, accompanied with an animation.

File:Shears JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Shears

• Can now collect Minecraft:fern, grass and Minecraft:vines.

Template:Animate Minecraft:Swords

• Added Minecraft:blocking.
  • Negates 50% of the incoming damage.

Mobs

Minecraft:Passive mobs

• No longer despawn.
• Randomly flee if attacked by the player or other mobs.

Minecraft:Hostile mobs

• Perform attack animations.

File:Steve JE3 BE1.png Mob

• Removed the mob as an entity, however, their AI is still in the code.

File:Steve JE3 BE1.png Monster

• Removed the monster as an entity, however, their AI is still in the code.

File:Pig JE2 BE1.png Minecraft:Pigs

• Their snouts now extrude from their model, rather than being flat.

File:Skeleton JE3 BE1.png Minecraft:Skeletons

• The Minecraft:bows of skeletons are now larger and held realistically (full-sized bows, two-handed, but don't yet show the arrow pulling back).
• Skeletons now fire Minecraft:arrows slower, but further.
• Skeletons no longer bounce around the player, making them much easier to hit.

File:Zombie JE1.png Minecraft:Zombies

• Now drop Minecraft:rotten flesh instead of Minecraft:feathers.

Non-mob entities

File:Arrow JE2 BE1.png Minecraft:Arrows

• Hit a Minecraft:mob visually "stick" into the mob rather than just disappear.

File:Steve JE3 BE1.png Minecraft:Players

• Unarmed damage was decreased from Template:Hp to Template:Hp.
• The player can now jump four blocks horizontally by sprinting.

World generation

General

• Are now much bigger and more flat.
• Hills and mountains tend not to generate as much, except in the new extreme hills biome.
• They are no longer aligned based on temperature and humidity, instead their distribution is random.
• Now sea level one block lower.

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• Larger than before.

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• Minecraft:Wolves now spawn more often.

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• Larger than before.

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• They are a much more vibrant green color.
• They have a new Minecraft:tree type, Minecraft:swamp oaks, which are slightly bigger and have Minecraft:vines hanging from their Minecraft:leaves. They can also generate in shallow water pools.
• They are much more flat.

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• No longer generate with Minecraft:snow or Minecraft:ice.

Gameplay

Minecraft:Clouds

• Height raised to the top of the map.
• Can no longer phase through blocks.
• Movement now syncs with the game's time.

Minecraft:Controls

• Holding the left mouse button with a weapon now only swings once.
• Holding the right mouse button to place blocks is slightly slower than before.
• Player list in multiplayer, defaults to Template:Key.

Minecraft:Daylight cycle

• No longer require chunk updates and is a smooth transition.
• A few tweaks to sunrise and sunset:
  • Clouds change color during sunrise and sunset to match the sky color.
  • Horizon, specifically haze changes color more vividly during sunset and sunrise.

Minecraft:HUD

• Armor bar moved to above hearts, due to hunger bar.
• The version tag appears outside of the debug screen again.

Minecraft:Void

• Entities are now lit in the void.
• Color of the void now changes from blue to black while descending.

Spawn

• The player's spawn point is now bound to a specific biome rather than to any sand block. The player can spawn in forest, swamp and taiga biomes.

Minecraft:Weather

• Minecraft:Rain and Minecraft:snow now render faster.

General

Minecraft:Light

• Implemented a new lighting engine. The lighting on a block is given a tint based on the most prominent source of light.
• Artificial light now gives a very subtle "flicker".

Minecraft:Splash

• Removed duplicate "Check it out!"

Technical

General

Minecraft:Debug screen

• The ability to see the level's seed has now been added to the debug screen.
• Entity numbers being shown above a Minecraft:mob's head have now been removed from the debug screen.

Removals

World generation

File:Eyc0bj7pr4w51.jpg Minecraft:Far Lands

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• This biome did not generate in previous versions, so its removal has no effect on regular gameplay.

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• All removed biomes convert to a new biome (if generated).

Gameplay

Minecraft:Controls

• Removed the ability to change the fog level under F

General

Distance effects

• The famous high-distance world rendering offset bug has been fixed (except for moving pistons).
• Minecraft:Redstone repeater top faces are no longer weirdly broken.
• Minecraft:Rails, Minecraft:powered rails and Minecraft:detector rails are no longer stretched.
• Minecraft:Ladders are no longer offset nor stretched.
• Upwards travelling Minecraft:redstone wire no longer appears offset from the block it's on.
• The side faces of flowing Minecraft:water and Minecraft:lava are no longer broken.

Minecraft:World boundary

• Has now been reduced from 32,000,000 to 30,000,000.

Minecraft:Options

• "Toggle Fog" can no longer be remapped.

Fixes

1 bug fixed

• Fixed Minecraft:stairs, Minecraft:cactus, Minecraft:farmland, Minecraft:pressure plate, Minecraft:fence, Minecraft:cake, Minecraft:snow layer, Minecraft:button, and Minecraft:trapdoor items being too big.

Reupload

Beta 1.8 Pre-release was reuploaded/recompiled 23 hours after its initial compilation to fix bugs and remove some debug features that were accidentally left in the game. Features and bugs present in the initial version include:

• Minecraft:Villages do not generate correctly. Only the wells, gravel paths, and lampposts generate; houses do not generate.
• The Minecraft:stronghold does not generate correctly. Only the central staircase generates.
• Various models often become corrupted.
• Screenshots can sometimes fail to save, printing an error into the chat: Failed to save: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Number of remaining buffer elements is x, must be at least y. Because at most y elements is required, regardless of actual returned element count, where x and y are two numbers, with y being less than x. This bug seems to occur after changing the resolution of the game window, and can be solved by making the window smaller.
• The world can sometimes fail to save, resulting in lost progress when quitting.
• Various debug keys exist.
  • Template:Key freezes the camera in its current position.
  • Template:Key, while also turning back time, enables a strange "bouncy" movement. It locks the player's Y coordinate (meaning they cannot jump or fall). It makes the player accelerate relatively slowly when moving. The speed can be changed using mouse scroll, negative speeds revert the controls. Additionally, blocks lose their collision, however the player is still affected by solid blocks trying to push them out (as observed in normal gameplay), though if the player is moving quickly enough they can push all the way through a block. Strangely enough, negative speeds "suck" the player into blocks on collision.
  • Template:Key and Template:Key change the view's rotation clockwise and counterclockwise, respectively. Holding both keys simultaneously resets the rotation.
  • Template:Key and Template:Key decrease and increase the field of view, respectively. These keys seem to affect the field of view differently to how the FOV option does - the player's hand (or anything the player is holding) also becomes stretched as the field of view increases or decreases, which does not happen if the player changes the FOV option in the menu. Holding both keys simultaneously resets the field of view.
  • Template:Key makes the player look up, Template:Key looks left, Template:Key looks down, and Template:Key looks right. These movements are normally done by moving the mouse. This setting cannot be reset by holding any keys simultaneously.
  • Template:Key and Template:Key moves the third-person camera forwards and backwards, respectively. This setting cannot be reset by holding both keys simultaneously.

• Screenshot with the error message in multiplayer
  Screenshot with the error message in multiplayer

Trivia

• This version suffered from many glitches before reupload (see images below).
• This is currently the oldest server version to support Mojang authentication servers. This means any prior version requires setting online-mode in Minecraft:server.properties to false in order to join them.

Gallery

• A glitched Minecraft:village.
  A glitched Minecraft:village.
• A glitched Minecraft:pig model.
  A glitched Minecraft:pig model.
• A glitched Minecraft:cow model.
  A glitched Minecraft:cow model.
• A glitched Minecraft:chicken model.
  A glitched Minecraft:chicken model.
• A glitched Minecraft:creeper model.
  A glitched Minecraft:creeper model.
• A glitched Minecraft:player model.
  A glitched Minecraft:player model.
• Ditto in multiplayer.
  Ditto in multiplayer.
• A glitched Minecraft:ghast model.
  A glitched Minecraft:ghast model.
• A glitched sky.
  A glitched sky.
• Lava render glitch (near the crosshair).
  Lava render glitch (near the crosshair).
• Many glitched Minecraft:squid models.
  Many glitched Minecraft:squid models.