Java Edition 1.1

Minecraft 1.1

Edition	Java Edition
Release date	January 12, 2012
Development versions	Snapshots (5) (View all)
Downloads	Client (.json) Server (.exe)
Protocol version	23
Minimum Java version	Java SE 5
◄◄  1.0.0 1.1 1.2.1 ►► ◄  1.0.1

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1.1 is a major update to Java Edition released on January 12, 2012, which adds spawn eggs, support for multiple languages, the Superflat world type, and beaches. It is the first update to begin using snapshots, to add support for other languages, and the first of only two major releases that did not introduce any new blocks, second being Java Edition 1.18.

There were no subsequent minor versions to 1.1. It was the first version to be released under Jens Bergensten as the lead creative developer of Minecraft. This is also the first version released in 2012.

Additions

1.1 block and item additions

Items

Spawn eggs

• Spawns mobs when used.
• 20 types of spawn eggs, each spawning their respective mob:
  • The types were blaze, cave spider, chicken, cow, creeper, enderman, ghast, magma cube, mooshroom, pig, sheep, silverfish, skeleton, slime, spider, squid, villager, wolf, zombie, and zombie pigman.
• Are a creative-exclusive item.

World generation

Superflat

• Completely flat world composed of grass blocks, dirt, and bedrock; also generates villages.

World types

• Re-added world types after being removed in Infdev.
• The "World Type" button now functions.
  • Currently the only types are "Default" and "Superflat".

Biomes

• Beach
  • Re-added beaches after being removed in Beta 1.8.
    • Are now separate biomes instead of features.

• DesertHills
  • Hills variant of desert.

• Extreme hills edge
  • Generates at edges of extreme hills.

• ForestHills
  • Hills variant of forests.

• TaigaHills
  • Hills variant of taigas.

Gameplay

Enchanting

• Added four new enchantments specific to bows.
  • This addition occurred between the last development version for 1.1, 12w01a, and the full release of 1.1.

Name	Summary	Incompatible with	Max Level	Items
Flame	Fired arrows are burning, setting targets on fire.		I
Infinity	Prevents consumption of arrows.		I
Power	Increases arrow damage.		V
Punch	Increases arrow knockback.		II

General

Languages

• Added 56 new translations:
  • Czech
  • Welsh
  • Danish
  • German
  • Canadian English
  • British English
  • Argentinian Spanish
  • European Spanish
  • Estonian
  • Finnish
  • Canadian French
  • European French
  • Hebrew
  • Croatian
  • Hungarian
  • Icelandic
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Lithuanian
  • Dutch
  • Norwegian Nynorsk
  • Polish
  • Brazilian Portuguese
  • European Portuguese
  • Russian
  • Slovanian
  • Swedish
  • Turkish
  • Chinese Simplified (Chinese Mainland; Mandarin)
  • Afrikaans
  • Arabic
  • Catalan
  • Greek
  • Pirate English
  • Venezuelan Spanish
  • Basque
  • Georgian
  • Latvian
  • Malay
  • Romanian
  • Slovak
  • Serbian (Cyrillic)
  • Thai
  • Klingon
  • Ukrainian
  • Chinese Traditional (Taiwan; Mandarin)

Server.properties

• New settings:
  • level-type
  • spawn-npcs
  • generate-structures

Splash

• Added 16 new splash texts.
  • "日本ハロー！"
    • Means "Hello, Japan!"
  • "한국 안녕하세요!"
    • Means "Hello, Korea!"
  • "Helo Cymru!"
    • Means "Hello, Wales!"
  • "Cześć Polska!"
    • Means "Hello, Poland!"
  • "你好中国！"
    • Means "Hello, China!"
  • "Привет Россия!"
    • Means "Hello, Russia!"
  • "Γεια σου Ελλάδα!"
    • Means "Hello, Greece!"
  • "My life for Aiur!"
  • "Lennart lennart = new Lennart();"
  • "I see your vocabulary has improved!"
  • "Who put it there?"
  • "You can't explain that!"
  • "if not ok then return end"
  • "Colormatic‌"
  • "FUNKY LOL"
    • This splash is obfuscated.
  • "SOPA means LOSER in Swedish"
    • This addition occurred between the last development version for 1.1, 12w01a, and the full release of 1.1.

Changes

Blocks

Farmland

• Farmland can now only be trampled if the player jumps/falls on it; walking no longer affects it.
• Mobs can similarly trample farmland by jumping on it, but not by walking.

Fence gates

• The collision box on fence gates now matches that of fences.
• Fence gates can now be opened and closed using redstone.

Ladders

• Removed collision box from ladders.

Melons and pumpkins

• Can now grow onto dirt instead of only farmland.

Items

Apples

• Now have a ¹⁄₂₀₀ (0.5%) chance of dropping from oak leaves.

Armor

• The durability of all types of armor has been increased.
  • This addition occurred between the last development version for 1.1, 12w01a, and the full release of 1.1.

Durability

Item	Before	After
Leather Cap	28	55
Leather Tunic	41	80
Leather Pants	38	75
Leather Boots	33	65
Golden Helmet	39	77
Golden Chestplate	57	112
Golden Leggings	53	105
Golden boots	46	91
Chain Helmet	83	165
Chain Chestplate	121	240
Chain Leggings	113	225
Chain Boots	98	195
Iron Helmet	83	165
Iron Chestplate	121	240
Iron Leggings	113	225
Iron Boots	98	195
Diamond Helmet	182	363
Diamond Chestplate	265	528
Diamond Leggings	248	495
Diamond Boots	215	429

Golden apples

• Golden apples now restore 4 () and provide Regeneration I for 5 seconds.
  • This addition occurred between the last development version for 1.1, 12w01a, and the full release of 1.1.
• The recipe has been reduced to use gold nuggets instead of gold blocks.
  • This addition occurred between the last development version for 1.1, 12w01a, and the full release of 1.1.

Music discs

• All of the music discs, except for "11", can now be obtained when a skeleton kills a creeper.

Wheat

• The distance that wheat attracts mobs has increased from 2–3 blocks to 8–9 blocks.
  • This addition occurred between the last development version for 1.1, 12w01a, and the full release of 1.1.

Mobs

Mob AI

• Added the infrastructure for improved mob AI.
  • Allowed for more complicated behavior than before.
  • These behaviors themselves have not been implemented yet.
  • This addition occurred between the last development version for 1.1, 12w01a, and the full release of 1.1.

Magma cubes

• Can now drop magma cream upon death.
  • This addition occurred between the last development version for 1.1, 12w01a, and the full release of 1.1.

Sheep

• Can now eat grass blocks and short grass to regrow their wool.
• Baby sheep now eat faster than before.
• Sheep now drop 1–3 wool per shearing rather than 2-4.

Non-mob entities

Arrows

• Arrows that are burning now set entities on fire when hit.
  • This addition occurred between the last development version for 1.1, 12w01a, and the full release of 1.1.

World generation

Biomes

• Biomes have more varied elevations of land in previously flatter biomes.
  • These biomes include desert, forest, and taiga.
• Smoothed color transitions between biomes.
  • Swampland grass, foliage, and water smoothly transition into other biomes.

Taiga

• Changed temperature value from 0.3 to 0.05, making taigas generate with snow again.

Villages

• Blacksmith buildings in villages now have a chest that contains loot.

Gameplay

Brewing

• Reduced brewing time from 30 seconds to 20 seconds.

Enchanting

• Narrowed the various possibility of enchantment levels.

Void

• Removed the void fog in creative mode.
• Removed the void fog in the nether and the end.
  • This addition occurred between the last development version for 1.1, 12w01a, and the full release of 1.1.

Chat

• Players can now enter formatting codes in chat to obfuscate the text and change its color.
  • This addition occurred between the last development version for 1.1, 12w01a, and the full release of 1.1.
• Formatting code §k no longer makes obfuscated texts switch color randomly between
   #5555FF and
   #555555.

General

Pause menu

• Renamed the "Save and quit to title" button to "Save and Quit to Title".

Servers

• Non-operator users now get auto-kicked in multiplayer servers if they spam in chat too much.
  • Operators are not notified of the kick; they must check through external tools such as the server console or through server.jar.
  • This addition occurred between the last development version for 1.1, 12w01a, and the full release of 1.1.
• Added disconnect message disconnect.spam.
  • This addition occurred between the last development version for 1.1, 12w01a, and the full release of 1.1.

Fixes

3 bugs fixed

• Fixed "Sniper Duel" achievement not working.
• Fixed powered rails not depowering.
• Fixed powered rails not updating when placed.

Trivia

• The client JAR file erroneously includes uncompiled Java source files for the isometric preview applet under the directory isom. The files are:
  • isom/IsomPreview.java (dated September 23, 2011, at 18:02 UTC)
  • isom/IsomPreviewApplet.java (dated February 22, 2011, at 14:13 UTC)
  • isom/Zone.java (dated February 22, 2011, at 14:13 UTC)
  • isom/ZoneRenderer.java (dated July 20, 2011, at 15:21 UTC)

Videos

An official video documenting some of the 1.1's major features was released on Mojang's official YouTube channel on January 12, 2012. The video was made by Hat Films, who have made update trailers and videos for Mojang in the past.