Minecraft:Java Edition Early Classic

Early Classic refers to 15 versions of Minecraft:Java Edition Classic released from May 17 to May 28, 2009, that succeeded the private alpha of Classic. It immediately preceded Minecraft:Multiplayer Test (hosted on a different Minecraft:applet page to Early Classic) and contiguously preceded Minecraft:Middle Classic (hosted on the same applet page). The game was now publicly published by Notch for public consumption on Minecraft:Minecraft.net. Creative singleplayer remained the only mode available at this time and there were only a limited amount of blocks available in-game.

Additions

Minecraft:Bedrock: Unobtainable to the Minecraft:player.
Minecraft:Sand and Minecraft:gravel: Only appear naturally in one block-thick beach (usually by water or in the middle of a landscape). These beaches were always at and below ocean level.; Rather than falling by turning into a falling block entity, sand instantly appears at the lowest point it could go when placed above an air block, without any sort of falling animation.
Minecraft:Gold ore: Found in higher elevations, gold ore was often found in exposed surface-level blobs.
Minecraft:Iron ore: Spawns in huge blobs, sometimes big enough to protrude into 3 caverns, and can have as many as 167 ores.
Minecraft:Coal ore
Minecraft:Logs and Minecraft:leaves: Spawn as trees found around the map.
Minecraft:Water and Minecraft:lava: In the early water test, water rendered as an opaque block. With the addition of lava, both liquids rendered as transparent. Lava was later changed to opaque.
Minecraft:World generation: An infinite ocean surrounds the map.; "Huge" level size.

Once during development of 0.0.14a, Notch tested vertex offsets of blocks, but was not satisfied, likely in part due to a graphic bug which showed block previews and highlights as cubes.<ref>Template:Ytl</ref>