Minecraft:Java Edition 13w42a

13w42a is the twelfth Minecraft:snapshot for Minecraft:Java Edition 1.7.2, released on October 17, 2013.<ref>Template:Cite</ref> It allows for more letters to be put on signs, change the texture of Minecraft:stained glass and makes Minecraft:witches a common monster (like creepers and zombies) instead of spawning exclusively in and around Minecraft:witch huts.

Changes

Blocks

Minecraft:Signs

• Different letters can be typed now.

Minecraft:Stained glass

• Have a smoother/transparent texture.

Minecraft:Stained glass panes

• Have a smoother/transparent texture.
• The crafting recipes now yield 16 panes instead of 6, to be consistent with regular glass panes.

Minecraft:Water

• Transparency slightly adjusted.
• If water is directly adjacent to Minecraft:ice, when looking through the ice, the player cannot see the water.
  • However, the player can see the ice when looking through water.
  • If water is not directly adjacent to ice, the player can see the water when looking through the ice.<ref>Template:Tweet</ref>
• The player can no longer see the water surface from underwater

Items

Minecraft:Maps

• Now display the color of colored Minecraft:wool and Minecraft:stained clay, allowing a wider range of colors visible on maps.
• Each different type of Minecraft:block has a different shading on the map.

Mobs

Minecraft:Witches

• Now spawn anywhere where the light level is 7 or less, including any biome and underground.

Minecraft:Zombies

• Can only break doors when having the new CanBreakDoors tag set to 1, an up to 10% chance.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/2qqgcx/til_minecraft_18_changed_how_zombies_break_doors/</ref>

General

Minecraft:Inventory

• The armor boxes get black when empty and away from cursor.
• Putting cursor over the armor inventory displays which armor is to put on there.

Minecraft:Resource packs

• Rewrote the sound system.
  • The player is now able to add new sounds using resource packs.
• Resource packs can now add, remove, supplement, randomize, and group sounds using JSON.
• Sounds and music are now stored together in the new .minecraft/assets/sounds folder.

Trivia

• Minecraft:13w42b and the April Fools' version Minecraft:3D Shareware v1.34 both have the same protocol version as 13w42a.
• 13w42a was previously removed from the Minecraft:launcher for some time, but was added back in September 2018.