Minecraft Java Edition 1.3.1 Version History

Blocks and Items

• Added Emerald, Emerald Block, Emerald Ore
• Added Charcoal, Golden Apple
• Added Ender Chest, Tripwire, Book and Quill
• Added Spruce Wood Slab, Birch Wood Slab, Jungle Wood Slab
• Added Sandstone Stairs, Spruce Wood Stairs, Birch Wood Stairs, Jungle Wood Stairs
• Added Snow (Layer)
• Added Water Bottle
• Added Potions and Splash Potions for Regeneration, Swiftness, Fire Resistance, Poison, Healing, Weakness, Strength, Slowness, and Harming
• Added Stone Monster Egg, Cobblestone Monster Egg, Stone Brick Monster Egg
• Added End Portal Frame
• Added Cocoa Beans

New Commands

• Added /debug command
• Added /defaultgamemode command
• Added /gamemode command
• Added /give command
• Added /help command
• Added /publish command
• Added /seed command
• Added /toggledownfall command
• Added /xp command

Changes

• The /tp command can now send players to a specific coordinate

Structures

• Added Jungle Temple
• Added Desert Pyramid (also referred to as Desert Temple)

General Changes

• Added trading with villagers
• Added cocoa beans to Jungle biome
• Added bonus chest option to give players a quicker start in a new world
• Added new Creative mode inventory with search functionality
• Made it possible to gain orbs from mining ore and smelting
• Added "large biomes" world type
• Hill biomes are slightly taller
• Decreased max enchantment level from 50 to 30
• Wooden log blocks can now be placed side-ways
• Wooden half-blocks now act as wood
• Water slowly drips through leaves during rain
• Minecarts and boats will be placed by dispensers, if possible
• Levers can now be placed in the roof
• Mobs can spawn on flat surfaces (such as up-side-down stairs)
• Mobs are much less likely to glitch through blocks
• Creeper explosion damage is now modified by difficulty
• Nearby items in the world will auto-stack
• Gravel texture has been modified
• Stars are smaller and brighter
• Sky color in The End has been changed
• The "pick block" functionality has been improved
• Certain items that previous weren't stackable can now be stacked
• Introduced Adventure mode
• Added chat settings
• Added option to turn off and view snooper data
• Added more information on the debug screen (F3 on PC and fn-F3 on Mac)
• New launcher with "Play Demo" button if not premium user
• Added cheats option in single-player (enables commands)
• Single-player now runs a server internally
• Publish the single-player instance to LAN
• Automatically detect LAN worlds in multi-player screen
• Server list can be reordered
• Added SRV record lookup support
• Updated language files
• Removed Herobrine
• Bug fixes