Minecraft:Java Edition Survival Test

File:Zombie helmet.png

A zombie wearing a Minecraft:helmet in the Survival Test.

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A skeleton wearing a Minecraft:helmet in the Survival Test.

Survival Test was a test for the Minecraft:Survival game mode, initially released to premium members<ref>Template:Cite</ref> during the Classic phase of development, being accessible at Minecraft:minecraft.net, and refers to 12 versions released between September 1 and November 10, 2009, including the Survival mode variant of Classic 0.30.

On October 24, 2009,<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20091027054401/notch.tumblr.com/post/221349730/survival-mode-updated-free-testing-for-everyone</ref> Survival Test was opened to be played regardless of premium membership.

Survival Test was removed from the website on December 16, 2010, when the site received a major overhaul. Survival Test is not available in the Minecraft:launcher, though it can be played if the user is able to provide the .jar file.

Additions

Minecraft:Mobs

Added Minecraft:zombies, Minecraft:skeletons, Minecraft:creepers, Minecraft:pigs, Minecraft:spiders, and Minecraft:sheep.

Minecraft:Creepers in this version had a melee attack where they jumped toward the player and would explode only upon death.

Skeletons fired arrows that were purple, and after killed resulted in an "explosion" of four to nine arrows that the player could pick up, increasing the total amount of arrows the player has. They also shot arrows from their bare hands, as bows did not exist until Indev. Skeletons had a random chance of shooting an arrow on each tick, unlike in future versions where they shoot at a specific fixed rate depending on factors such as distance from the player.

Minecraft:Sheep could eat grass (and did so constantly), a behavior that was removed in Indev and not re-added to the game until 1.1.

Minecraft:Health

The player has a health bar, which has 10 hearts (Template:Hp). When the player has 2 hearts or less, the health bar begins to shake.

Players and mobs can take damage from various sources: falling, drowning, Minecraft:lava, hostile mobs, and the player's Minecraft:arrows.

Minecraft:Brown mushrooms can be eaten by right-clicking while holding it, healing Template:Hp points of health. They are dropped by pigs and sheep. Minecraft:Red mushrooms are poisonous, and deal Template:Hp damage to the Minecraft:player.

When the player dies, the world is no longer playable, like in Minecraft:Hardcore mode before Spectator mode was introduced.

General

The player can fire arrows by pressing "tab". However, the player only spawns with 20 arrows upon generating a new world.

After 0.26 SURVIVAL TEST, the player starts with 10 Minecraft:TNT in their ninth Minecraft:hotbar slot, which can be placed with right-click and detonated with left-click. Exploding TNT deals a maximum of six hearts of damage (depending on how close the player is to it) and has a blast radius of about four blocks.

Points

Some aspects of the point system are listed below:

• Minecraft:Pigs awarded 10 points.
• Minecraft:Sheep awarded 10 points.
• Minecraft:Zombies awarded 80 points (formerly 100).
• Minecraft:Spiders awarded 105 points (formerly 10).
• Minecraft:Skeletons awarded 120 points (formerly 100).
• Minecraft:Creepers awarded 200 points (formerly 250).

Points would not be awarded for indirect kills (e.g. a creeper's explosion killing a zombie did not award points for killing the zombie).

Blocks

A handful of blocks are obtained in different ways than in the modern game:

• Minecraft:Gold blocks were obtained by mining Minecraft:gold ore.
• Minecraft:Iron blocks were obtained by mining Minecraft:iron ore.
• Stone Minecraft:slabs were obtained by mining Minecraft:coal ore.
• Minecraft:Oak wood planks were obtained by chopping up oak Minecraft:logs.

All blocks in the Survival Test could stack up to 99.

All other blocks found naturally in the world could be picked up normally, with the exception of ores and logs, which drop their resources, Minecraft:stone which drops Minecraft:cobblestone as normal, Minecraft:leaves which also drop Minecraft:saplings as normal, Minecraft:grass blocks which drop Minecraft:dirt (which can handle grass again) and Minecraft:fluids and Minecraft:bedrock which are unbreakable.

The following table details what items can be collected in a given Survival Test world:

Items and their obtainability

Block	Dropped	Hotbar	Obtained by
Minecraft:Dirt	File:Dirt (dropped) JE1.gif	Template:Pximg	Found in the world Breaking it Breaking Minecraft:grass blocks
Minecraft:Cobblestone	File:Cobblestone (dropped) JE1.gif	Template:Pximg	Breaking it Breaking Minecraft:stone Breaking Minecraft:obsidianTemplate:Note
Minecraft:Sand	File:Sand (dropped) JE1.gif	Template:Pximg	Found in the world Breaking it
Minecraft:Gravel	File:Gravel (dropped) JE1.gif	Template:Pximg	Found in the world Breaking it
Minecraft:Oak Planks	File:Oak Planks (dropped) JE1.gif	Template:Pximg	Breaking it Breaking Minecraft:oak logs
Minecraft:Smooth Stone Slab	File:Smooth Stone Slab (dropped) JE1.gif	Template:Pximg	Breaking it Breaking Minecraft:coal ore
Minecraft:Block of Iron	File:Block of Iron (dropped) JE1.gif	Template:Pximg	Breaking it Breaking Minecraft:iron ore
Minecraft:Block of Gold	File:Block of Gold (dropped) JE2.gif	Template:Pximg	Breaking it Breaking Minecraft:gold ore
White Cloth	File:White Cloth (dropped) JE1.gif	Template:Pximg	Breaking it Punching Minecraft:sheep
Minecraft:TNT	File:TNT (dropped) JE1.gif	Template:Pximg	Start with in hotbar Defusing existing entities
Minecraft:Oak Sapling	File:Oak Sapling (dropped) JE1.gif	Template:Pximg	Breaking it Breaking Minecraft:oak leaves
Minecraft:Dandelion	File:Dandelion (dropped) JE1.gif	Template:Pximg	Found in the world Breaking it
Minecraft:Rose	File:Rose (dropped) JE1.gif	Template:Pximg	Found in the world Breaking it
Minecraft:Brown Mushroom	File:Brown Mushroom (dropped) JE1.gif	Template:Pximg	Found in the world Breaking it Killing sheep Killing Minecraft:pigs
Minecraft:Red Mushroom	File:Red Mushroom (dropped) JE1.gif	Template:Pximg	Found in the world Breaking it

The following items cannot be obtained in a Survival Test world, but a creative world with existing instances of these blocks will result in the items being obtainable through breaking them:

Items obtainable only through world loading

Block	Dropped	Hotbar
Minecraft:Glass	File:Glass (dropped) JE1.gif	Template:Pximg
Minecraft:Sponge	File:Sponge (dropped) JE1.gif	Template:Pximg
Minecraft:Bricks	File:Bricks (dropped) JE1.gif	Template:Pximg
Minecraft:Mossy Cobblestone	File:Mossy Cobblestone (dropped) JE1.gif	Template:Pximg
Red Cloth	File:Red Cloth (dropped) JE1.gif	Template:Pximg
Orange Cloth	File:Orange Cloth (dropped) JE1.gif	Template:Pximg
Yellow Cloth	File:Yellow Cloth (dropped) JE1.gif	Template:Pximg
Chartreuse Cloth	File:Chartreuse Cloth (dropped) JE1.gif	Template:Pximg
Green Cloth	File:Green Cloth (dropped) JE1.gif	Template:Pximg
Spring Green Cloth	File:Spring Green Cloth (dropped) JE1.gif	Template:Pximg
Cyan Cloth	File:Cyan Cloth (dropped) JE1.gif	Template:Pximg
Capri Cloth	File:Capri Cloth (dropped) JE1.gif	Template:Pximg
Ultramarine Cloth	File:Ultramarine Cloth (dropped) JE1.gif	Template:Pximg
Purple Cloth	File:Purple Cloth (dropped) JE1.gif	Template:Pximg
Violet Cloth	File:Violet Cloth (dropped) JE1.gif	Template:Pximg
Magenta Cloth	File:Magenta Cloth (dropped) JE1.gif	Template:Pximg
Rose Cloth	File:Rose Cloth (dropped) JE1.gif	Template:Pximg
Dark Gray Cloth	File:Dark Gray Cloth (dropped) JE2.gif	Template:Pximg
Light Gray Cloth	File:Light Gray Cloth (dropped) JE2.gif	Template:Pximg

Trivia

• Survival Test was going to be the original "beta" phase of the game, with "release" being when Survival was finalized.<ref>IRC logs on Archive.org; #minecraft.20090711.log. July 11, 2009 (UTC−5). "A9:27:00 <08Notch> beta = when survival mode works "ok"", "A9:27:06 <08Notch> release = when survival mode is done" (14:27 UTC)</ref> This was changed by Indev as Notch realized the game would have a much longer development cycle.
• In Survival Test, Minecraft:zombies and Minecraft:skeletons had a chance of wearing decorative plate armor, but Notch removed it in Indev. This feature was re-added in a similar fashion in Minecraft:Java Edition 1.4.2.
• In Survival Test, the fastest mob was the Minecraft:spider, being able to move as fast as the player.
• In 0.24, Minecraft:creepers were made from the failed Minecraft:pig model.
• In Survival Test, the player's hand is pointed backwards and is rotated slightly. This was changed in Indev and remains the same.
• Minecraft:Stone materials are not damaged by Minecraft:TNT.
• In this version, Minecraft:creepers had melee attacks and only exploded when killed. The only food source was mushrooms, and you could get them by killing pigs and sheep or finding them in caves. The point system was first implemented in this update. The player's fist also took Template:Hp away from the mob the player punched.
• If the player pressed the "Template:Keys" key on their keyboard, it would toggle a rainy weather effect.

Gallery

• Creepers in Survival Test
  Creepers in Survival Test
• Pigs in the early development of Survival Test
  Pigs in the early development of Survival Test
• A simple home in the 0.25_05 SURVIVAL TEST
  A simple home in the 0.25_05 SURVIVAL TEST
• Arrow stuck in a block
  Arrow stuck in a block