Minecraft:Java Edition guides/Classic releases

This guide is a simplified overview of all the changes in the Minecraft:Java Edition Classic releases, which assumes at least some familiarity with pre-Classic releases.

Mobs

New

Minecraft:Creeper	File:Creeper JE2.png	Everywhere	None	Melee attacks players and explodes when killed. Will take damage and eventually die (and thus explode) when touching the player.
Minecraft:Pig	File:Pig JE1.png	Everywhere	Template:Drop	The first passive mob.
Minecraft:Skeleton	File:Skeleton JE1.png	Everywhere	None, but will spawn 4-6 arrows upon death that CAN be picked up and used.	Attacks by shooting purple arrows. These cannot be picked up. Will not retaliate against other skeleton's shots unlike other mobs.
Minecraft:Zombie	File:Zombie JE1.png	Everywhere	None	Melee attacks players.
Minecraft:Spider	File:Spider JE2 BE1.png	Everywhere	None	Melee attacks players.
Minecraft:Sheep	File:White Sheep JE1.png	Everywhere	Template:Drop	Drops white cloth when punched. Glitches exist in these versions in which magenta or red cloth may be dropped.

Blocks

New

Minecraft:Bedrock	File:Bedrock JE1 BE1.png	Generates at the bottom of the world.	Cannot be broken.	Unbreakable.
Minecraft:Water	File:Water JE4.png	Generates in the ocean surrounding levels, and in lakes. One heart of damage is taken every half-second when the player starts drowning.	Sponge	Infinitely spreads downwards and outwards.
Minecraft:Lava	File:Lava JE6.png	Generates in lava lakes	Any	Infinitely spreads downwards and outwards. Will deal five hearts of damage every 0.5 second to a player in it. Thus, it is extremely difficult to survive falling in it.
Minecraft:Sand	File:Sand JE2 BE1.png	Generates near water	Any	Building material. Teleports to lowest area under itself.
Minecraft:Gravel	File:Gravel JE2 BE1.png	Generates near water	Any	Building material, same behavior as sand.
Minecraft:Coal Ore	File:Coal Ore JE1 BE1.png	Generates underground. In later versions of Classic, must be obtained from the Creative inventory due to it dropping 1-3 Minecraft:Smooth Stone Slabs.	Any	Building material
Minecraft:Iron Ore	File:Iron Ore JE1 BE1.png	Generates underground, in later versions, must be obtained by the Creative inventory as it drops 1-3 Minecraft:Iron Blocks.	Any, takes slightly longer than average to break.	Building material
Minecraft:Gold Ore	File:Gold Ore JE2 BE1.png	Generates underground, in later versions, must be obtained from Creative inventory due to it dropping 1-3 Minecraft:Gold Blocks.	Any, takes very slightly longer than average to break.	Building material
Wood	File:Oak Log (UD) JE2.png	Generates on trees. Must be obtained from Creative inventory due to it dropping 3-5 Minecraft:Oak Planks.	Any	Building material. Often would drop nothing before Minecraft:0.30 due to a bug.
Minecraft:Leaves	File:Oak Leaves JE2.png	Generate on trees, must be obtained from the Creative inventory if wanted in item form.	Any	Transparent building material, can drop saplings (10% chance)
Minecraft:Sponge	File:Sponge JE1 BE1.png	Creative inventory	Any	Creates a 5×5 cube around it in which water cannot exist.
Minecraft:Glass	File:Glass JE3 BE1.png	Minecraft:Creative inventory	Any, weak and easy to break.	Transparent building material. Will actually drop itself when broken unlike in Minecraft:Indev and after.
Minecraft:Cloth	Template:Animate	Creative inventory, except white. (Red and magenta are obtainable through glitches.)	Any	Building material
Minecraft:Block of Gold	File:Block of Gold JE2.png	Creative inventory, or from Minecraft:Gold Ore	Any, takes a little longer to break than average.	Building material
Flower	File:Dandelion JE1.png	Generates on grass	Any	Decorative object
Minecraft:Rose	File:Rose JE1.png	Generates on grass	Any	Decorative object
Minecraft:Red Mushroom	File:Red Mushroom JE1.png	Generates in caves	Any	Deals 3 damage when consumed.
Minecraft:Brown Mushroom	File:Brown Mushroom JE1.png	Generates in caves, renewable as Minecraft:Sheep and Minecraft:Pigs drop 0-2 of them.	Any	Restores 5 health when consumed.
Stone Slab	File:Smooth Stone Slab JE1 BE1.png	Creative inventory, or from Minecraft:Coal Ore.	Any	The first slab in the game, and will remain the only slab until Minecraft:Beta 1.3.
Minecraft:Block of Iron	File:Block of Iron JE1.png	Creative inventory, or from Minecraft:Iron Ore	Any, takes a while to break compared to other blocks.	Building material. Strong and resilient.
Minecraft:TNT	File:TNT JE2 BE1.png	Creative inventory	Any	Explodes when punched. In the final versions of Classic, punching it again cancels the detonation.
Minecraft:Moss Stone	File:Mossy Cobblestone JE1.png	Creative inventory	Any	Building material. Somewhat resilient to explosions.
Minecraft:Bricks	File:Bricks JE1.png	Creative inventory	Any	Building material. Semi-resilient.
Minecraft:Bookshelf	File:Bookshelf JE1.png	Creative inventory. Drops nothing when broken.	Any	Building material
Minecraft:Obsidian	File:Obsidian JE1 BE1.png	Creative inventory, degrades into 1 Minecraft:Cobblestone when broken.	Any, takes about 5 whole seconds to break, much more than any other block.	Building material, extremely strong and resilient. Takes a very long time to break compared to most blocks.

Changed

Minecraft:Wooden Planks	File:Oak Planks JE4.png	Texture changed.
Minecraft:Cobblestone	File:Cobblestone JE2 BE1.png	Texture changed.
Minecraft:Sapling	File:Oak Sapling JE2.png	Texture changed. Can now grow into trees. Technically the first Minecraft:Crop.

Non-mob entities

New

Minecraft:Sign	File:Sign Entity.png	Spawned by pressing Template:Key	None	Always displays the text "This is a test of the signs. Each line can be 15 chars!"
Minecraft:Arrow	File:Arrow JE2 BE1.png	Fired by pressing Template:Key	None	Does not require a bow to shoot
Minecraft:Purple Arrow	File:Purple Arrow JE1.png	Fired by skeletons	None	Cannot be picked up

Structures

New

Tree

File:Oak JE3.png

Surface

No

No

A small tree made out of wood and leaf blocks.

Gameplay

New

Minecraft:Multiplayer	Multiple players can now join the same world together and interact with each other.
Minecraft:Health	It is now possible to take damage, heal yourself, and die. You cannot respawn yet.

Music tracks

New

calm1.ogg	Minecraft:Survival and Minecraft:Creative	"Minecraft"	File:Minecraft.ogg
calm2.ogg	Minecraft:Survival and Minecraft:Creative	"Clark"	File:Clark.ogg
calm3.ogg	Minecraft:Survival and Minecraft:Creative	"Sweden"	File:Sweden.ogg