Minecraft 1.0

Minecraft 1.0

Starting version	1.0.0 (18th November 2011)
Latest version	1.1 (12th January 2012)
Paid?	Yes
Website	http://www.minecraft.net/

Minecraft 1.0 is the official release of Minecraft for the computer. It was released during MineCon on the 18th November 2011 by Notch at the keynote address ceremony at 21:54:50 GMT. Jeb confirmed the version number 1.0 in a tweet while also stating that the game would be officially out of Beta. 1.0.0 includes bug fixes from the 1.9 Pre-Releases as well as new sounds and other minor changes. This is the version of Minecraft that is charged at full price (€19.95, £16.95, or $26.76) to new players, but alpha and beta players receive this copy through regular updating. After the release, Notch said in an interview that he was nervous about releasing a full game that would be rated and reviewed. Even though, the game was incredibly well received and was given high ratings by many gaming websites and fan reviews.

[edit] Changes

To see complete list of known changes, see Version History

• A proper ending to the game in a realm called "The End".
• New Nether content.
  • Nether Brick
  • Nether Brick Stairs
  • Nether Brick Fence
• New achievements.
• Score is stated on death based on total experience orbs held on the player.^[1]
• A new game mode. (Hardcore)
• New biomes. (Mushroom Biome, Tundra reintroduced)
• New items.
  • Eye of Ender
  • Blaze Powder
  • Blaze Rod
  • Glistering Melon
  • Glass Bottle
• New texture for some blocks.
  • Iron (Block)
  • Gold (Block)
  • Diamond (Block)
  • Dirt
  • Grass Block
  • Stone
  • Wooden Planks
  • Gravel
  • Netherrack
  • Glowstone (Block)
• Slab-Bug fixed.
• New blocks.
  • End Stone
  • Brewing Stand
  • Cauldron
  • Enchantment Table
  • End Portal Frame
• New mobs. (Enderdragon (Boss Mob),^[2][3] Snow Golem,^[4][5] Mooshroom Cows,^[6][7] Villager Mobs,^[8] Magma Cube, Blaze)
• Animal breeding.^[9][10]
• Potions.
• Sword rebalance as well as enchantments.
• Improved Armor system, with slightly more durability.^[11][12]
• Mob health rebalance. (Sheep, Spiders, Zombies)
• New sound effects, including: Chest sound, Door/Gate sound, Bow Sound, Enderman sound, Silverfish sound, Explosion sound, Egg sound, eating sound, sound when XP orbs are collected, sound of bones cracking after fall damage is taken, sound of a broken tool.
• Item Repair.
• New Stronghold content (Portal Rooms with the end portal frames).
• Bow now has durability and infinite arrows in creative.
• Lily Pads that can be placed on water and stood upon.
• Many blocks are mined faster:
  • Axes mine Fences, Wooden Doors, Wooden Pressure Plates and Crafting Tables faster.
  • Pickaxes mine Obsidian and Redstone Ore faster.
• Redstone Dust placed on its own no longer has a "plus" format, instead it has a small clump.
• Added a World Type option. (Not used until Minecraft 1.1 introduced Super Flat)
  • Superflat
  • Default
• Leaves now have a 1/200 chance of dropping Red Apples.

[edit] References

1. ↑ http://twitter.com/notch/status/117176309532213248
2. ↑ http://twitter.com/notch/status/122088904793927680
3. ↑ http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/l3jgm/enderdragons_decrypt_w_rot13_via_notch/
4. ↑ http://twitter.com/notch/status/116449292859883520
5. ↑ http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/kmro7/mojang_potentially_releasing_something_tomorrow/c2li04x
6. ↑ http://twitter.com/notch/status/114646532376113152
7. ↑ http://twitter.com/notch/status/114764122893197312
8. ↑ http://twitter.com/notch/status/116794735749894144
9. ↑ http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/ik8yv/baby_animals_mod_may_be_added_to_vanilla_game/c24fic9?context=3
10. ↑ http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/112166224334553088
11. ↑ New Armor System in 1.9: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/114241903368736768
12. ↑ Slightly better durability of armor: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/114258330121289728