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1.4.6 introduced fireworks Firework Rocket Type Manufactured items Durability 0 (one use) Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Internal ID 22 Network ID 76 Entity ID fireworks_rocket First appearances See History Data value dec: 401 hex: 191 bin: 110010001 Name fireworks Firework , enchanted books Enchanted Book Type Manufactured items Durability N/A Renewable Yes Stackable No First appearances See History Data value dec: 403 hex: 193 bin: 110010011 Name enchanted_book An enchanted book is an item which allows players to add enchantments to
and the Thorns "Flame" redirects here. For the non-solid damage-dealing block, see Fire. “ How does enchanting work in Minecraft? Well, you open a magical book and pick a random spell, not quite sure knowing what it will
enchantment. It also added a warning for users playing on soon unsupported systems (PowerPC and Java 5). While it was not the last update to 1.4, it was the last one before the snapshots of 1.5 started.
Videos
Gameplay
- You can drag and drop items ⃢₀ₓ Press long to halve the stack before dragging
- Enchantments
- Fire Protection now extinguishes fire Fire Transparency Yes Luminance Yes, 15 Blast resistance 0 Tool Any tool Renewable No Stackable N/A Flammable No Drops None Data value dec: 51 hex: 33 bin: 110011 Name fire Fire is a harmful non-solid block. Contents 1
more quickly
- Blast Protection now reduces explosion A TNT explosion. An explosion is a physical event, generally destructive, that can be caused by several different circumstances. It can destroy nearby blocks, propel and damage nearby players, entities, and their armor, and cause
recoil
- Protection is not as protective as it used to be in order to make specific enchantments more worthwhile
- Minor improvements
- Made item drops Item Health points 5 () 1] First appearances See History Internal ID PC: 1 PE: 64 Network ID PC: 2 Entity ID PC: item PE: itementity Items are "dropped" blocks or items (non-block resources) which
and framed items Item Frame Type Decorations Durability N/A Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Internal ID 18 Network ID 71 Entity ID item_frame Drops Item Frame (1) The item it contains. First appearances See History Data values Computer
render in 3D when using fancy graphics The main options menu The video settings menu The music and sound options menu Minecraft’s user environment can be configured through the Options setting. A few additional options can only be changed by editing the
- Items now show their name when switching in the hotbar
- Can be disabled by changing
heldItemTooltips
to false in options.txt
- Can be disabled by changing
- Right-clicking while sneaking Notch sneaking Sneaking is a gameplay featureSpecial attraction that prevents players from falling off of blocks, helps players hide from enemies, among other useful features. Contents 1 Controls 2 Effects 3 Video 4 History 5 Issues
now uses the held item instead of the selected block See the various blocks found in Minecraft. For the blocking with shields that reduces damage when performed, see Blocking. All blocks Blocks are the basic units of structure in Minecraft. Contents 1
- Dropping items while holding ctrl now drops the whole stack
- Death messages now appear in server log files
Blocks & Items
- Can now spawn differently configured mobs with different spawn chances
- A sound indicates when you hit a player with an arrow
- Arrows Arrow Type Combat Durability N/A Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Internal ID Normal / Tipped: PC: 10, PE: 80 Spectral: PC: 24 Network ID Normal / Tipped: PC: 60 Spectral: PC: 91 Entity ID Normal
now render from farther away
General
- Display
- Added a default resolution setting ⃢₀ₓ
options.txt: overrideWidth:0
andoverrideHeight:0
World Generation
- Dungeons Dungeon Biome Any Consists of Cobblestone Moss Stone Monster Spawner Chest Can generate post-generation No First appearances See history Dungeons are naturally generated structures that appear in the Overworld. Contents 1 Generation 2 Structure 2.1
and villages Village Biome Plains, desert, savanna, taiga Consists of See Structure Can generate post-generation No First appearances See History See villages. For how to build the natural village style, see Village Blueprints. “
- Now have a random chance to have enchanted books in their chests.
Mobs
- Fireballs` blast radius can now be customized
- Skeletons Skeleton Health points 20 () Attack strength Bow: Easy: 1 () - 4 () Normal: 1 () - 4 () Hard: 1 () - 5 () Sword: Easy: 2 () Normal: 2 () Hard: 3
, zombies Zombie Health points 20 () Armor points 2 () Attack strength Easy: 2 () Normal: 3 () Hard: 4 () Size Adult: Height: 1.95 Blocks Width: 0.6 Blocks Baby: Height: 0.975 Blocks Width: 0.3 Blocks Spawn
, and zombie pigmen Zombie Pigman Health points 20 () Armor points 2 () Attack strength Easy: 5 () Normal: 9 () Hard: 13 () Size Height: 1.95 Blocks Width: 0.6 Blocks Spawn Any 2 block high space in any
- The armor and enchants they spawn with now are even harder on harder difficulties
Fixes
64 bugs fixed
- MC-96 – 1-9-clicking an item out of a furnace does not give XP
- MC-133 – Mobs walking slow when you hit them
- MC-255 – Graphical issue with trading
- MC-256 – Mobs can still revert farmlands Farmland Transparency PC: Partial (Blocks light) PE: Yes Luminance No Blast resistance 3 Tool Renewable No Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Dirt (1) Data value dec: 60 hex: 3C bin: 111100 Name farmland “ Want to live
to dirt Dirt Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 2.5 Tool Renewable No Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Itself Data value dec: 03 hex: 3 bin: 11 Name dirt See Dirt. For the similar block, see
even if mobGriefing gamerule is set on false
- MC-312 – Item textures of spawn eggs and firework stars not aligned properly when stacked
- MC-429 – Bats get stuck when flying through water
- MC-498 – Setting an enderman Enderman Health points 40 ( × 20) Attack strength Easy: 4 () Normal: 7 () Hard: 10 () Size Height: 2.9 Blocks Width: 0.6 Blocks Spawn In the Overworld, the Nether or the End in
on fire Fire Transparency Yes Luminance Yes, 15 Blast resistance 0 Tool Any tool Renewable No Stackable N/A Flammable No Drops None Data value dec: 51 hex: 33 bin: 110011 Name fire Fire is a harmful non-solid block. Contents 1
with flint and steel Flint and Steel Type Tools Durability 65 Renewable No Stackable No Data value dec: 259 hex: 103 bin: 100000011 Name flint_and_steel The flint and steel is a tool used to light fires. Contents 1 Obtaining 1.1 Crafting 1.2
or lava will not make it teleport away
- MC-674 – Items that are different only in damage cannot be swapped
- MC-679 – Water splash sound gets overridden by other sounds
- MC-721 – Animals on fire Fire Transparency Yes Luminance Yes, 15 Blast resistance 0 Tool Any tool Renewable No Stackable N/A Flammable No Drops None Data value dec: 51 hex: 33 bin: 110011 Name fire Fire is a harmful non-solid block. Contents 1
do not flee
- MC-756 – Player not shown in actual location after breaking boat
- MC-833 – Inventory items are lost
- MC-971 – Mis-identified server version
- MC-1005 – Fresh install of 1.4.2 on fresh install of OSX 10.6.8 hangs
- MC-1140 – Boats always get placed in the same direction and not based on how they get placed
- MC-1240 – Endermen Enderman Health points 40 ( × 20) Attack strength Easy: 4 () Normal: 7 () Hard: 10 () Size Height: 2.9 Blocks Width: 0.6 Blocks Spawn In the Overworld, the Nether or the End in
are set on fire when trying to dodge arrows on fire
- MC-1311 – When you enter the Nether A view of the Nether. The Nether is a hell-like dimension, filled with fire, lava, and dangerous mobs. Contents 1 Accessing 2 Environment 2.1 Mobs 3 Generation 3.1 Naturally generated 3.2 Naturally created 3.3 Structures
, the game auto-selects the first item on the toolbar
- MC-1347 – Items do not "update looks" when stacked on ground
- MC-1348 – Dropped items only auto-stack when moving, not when going through portals
- MC-1599 – File Handle leak in RegionFileCache (MCP)
- MC-1626 – Z-fighting in beacon block`s bottom.
- MC-1734 – Duplicating falling blocks (sand, gravel, dragon eggs...) still works with tweaks to an existing design
- MC-1847 – Leaves Leaves Transparency Partial (diffuses sky light) Luminance No Blast resistance 1 Tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable Yes Drops Sapling (0–1) @@@#@@@Apple(apple.com)###@### (0–1) (from oak and dark oak leaves) Data values Oak/Spruce/Birch/Jungle dec: 18 hex: 12
have an incorrect tooltip
- MC-1883 – Destroying a Jukebox NPE&Kick
- MC-1957 – Minecraft graphics messed up
- MC-1959 – Placing double slabs ignore damage values
- MC-1969 – Minecarts cannot travel through nether portals
- MC-2145 – "Drowning" in creative Pixel art and other creations made in Creative mode. "Sandbox" redirects here. For a place to test edits to this wiki, see Minecraft Wiki:Sandbox. Creative mode is one of the main game modes in Minecraft.
- MC-2442 – Bug with redstone`s direction
- MC-2504 – Enchant cannot enchant with ID 0 (Protection)
- MC-2568 – Ghost block bug
- MC-2610 – Game freezes at the start of a previously saved game
- MC-2622 – Cannot modify the render distance setting - stays at "Far" regardless of changes.
- MC-2673 – Shift-clicking smelted ores out of furnace cause minor visual bug
- MC-2712 – Cannot look around while walking/sprinting unless jumping at first (happens on all gamemodes)
- MC-2747 – Minecraft client crashes when connection times out
- MC-2873 – Minecarts disappearing
- MC-2879 – Error 50% of the time when trying to join a server.
Failed to login: Error
- MC-2904 – Zombie pigman`s knockback stunlocks iron golem`s defeating their intended purpose
- MC-3122 – Cannot change texture packs
- MC-3255 – Crash due to blaze fireballs
- MC-3280 – Some textures appear as dark terrain.png images
- MC-3332 – The XP sound doesn`t play after getting each 5th level
- MC-3346 – Minecraft crashing every time I get on for a little while
- MC-3490 – Minecarts Minecart Type Vehicles Durability N/A Renewable Yes Stackable No Internal ID PC: 42 PE: 84 Network ID PC: 10 Entity ID minecart Drops Minecart (1) Health points 6 () First appearances See History Data value
and falling entities flickering / jittering (updated 1.4.5)
- MC-3501 – Passsive mob spawn eggs don`t consume
- MC-3565 – Endermen Enderman Health points 40 ( × 20) Attack strength Easy: 4 () Normal: 7 () Hard: 10 () Size Height: 2.9 Blocks Width: 0.6 Blocks Spawn In the Overworld, the Nether or the End in
don`t open their mouth when attacked by other mobs
- MC-3593 – Lightning doesn`t flash
- MC-3632 – Game only loads the chunk I`m currently standing on when I log in, and then freezes and crashes.
- MC-3860 – Client crashes when underground near a piston-and-redstone machine
- MC-3899 – Skeletons will come close to attacker
- MC-3934 – Particle overload when returning from AFK
- MC-3988 – Slime audio bug
- MC-4024 – Chest glitch - Server/Client desynchronization
- MC-4069 – Pressing F3+B displays hitboxes.. rendering invisibility potions useless
- MC-4117 – Wither can sometimes destroy its own star due to the posthumous detonation of wither skulls
- MC-4432 – Minecart goes off track and into walls
- MC-4499 – Beacon tiers don`t work at y=0
- MC-4510 – Enchantments not showing in item frames
- MC-4528 – Flaming arrows take a moment to burn
- MC-4634 – Cannot remove XP bars from the
/xp -1
command when between level 0 and 1 - MC-4784 – Skeletons not retaliating to iron golems or wolves
- MC-4792 – Minecraft crashed, exception world
- MC-4829 – Game client gets stuck on `building terrain` screen