Java Edition 1.3

Minecraft 1.3
Pre-release for 1.3.1

Edition	Java Edition
Release date	July 26, 2012
Type	Pre-release
Pre-release for	1.3.1
Downloads	Client (.json) Server (.exe)
Protocol version	39
Minimum Java version	Java SE 5
◄◄  1.2.5 1.3.1 1.3.2 ►► ◄  12w30e 1.3 1.3.1 ►

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1.3 is the first and only pre-release for Java Edition 1.3.1, released on July 26, 2012.

Unlike most versions, which have such content automatically stripped out, this version contains unused (but obfuscated) code for many unimplemented features, such as a biome previewer, prototype villages, and content relating to unimplemented entities and some aspects of world generation.

Changes

Items

Realigned textures of these items:

Blaze Powder

• Changed texture from

Boat

• Changed texture from

Bone Meal

• Changed texture from

Cactus Green

• Changed texture from

Coal & Charcoal

• Changed texture from

Cocoa Beans

• Changed texture from

Magma Cream

• Changed texture from

Diamond

• Changed texture from

Flint

• Changed texture from

Gold Nugget

• Changed texture from

Nether Wart

• Changed texture from

Raw Beef

• Changed texture from

Redstone Repeater

• Changed texture from

Rose Red

• Changed texture from

Rotten Flesh

• Changed texture from

Steak

• Changed texture from

Gameplay

Heads-up display

• The block-breaking animation is now shown in F1 mode.

Superflat

• Respawning in superflat is no longer random.

Fixes

5 bugs fixed

• Fixed melon stem block misalignment.
• Fixed a crash bug.
• Fixed the chest armor slot being inaccessible in Creative mode's survival inventory tab.
• Fixed rotated wooden logs mined using Silk Touch enchanted tools dropping as rotated wooden logs.
• Fixed being unable to place slabs in the small gaps between another slab and the side of another block.

Trivia

• This is the earliest pre-release available in the Minecraft launcher. Although earlier pre-releases are not available in the launcher, they are archived.