Java Edition Beta 1.2
"Beta 1.2" redirects here. For beta versions for Bedrock Edition 1.2.0, see Bedrock Edition 1.2.0/Development versions. For other uses, see 1.2.
Minecraft Beta 1.2


| Edition | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Release date |
January 13, 2011 | |||||
| Downloads | ||||||
| Protocol version |
8 | |||||
| Minimum Java version | ||||||
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Other editions with a version "1.2":
There is a guide for this update!
See Java Edition guides/Beta 1.2 releases for a guide to all of the new features introduced in Beta 1.2 releases.
Beta 1.2 is a version of Java Edition Beta released on January 13, 2011,[1] that added charcoal, note blocks, dyes, squid, sugar, dispensers, lapis lazuli, bone meal, and sandstone, as well as changing and fixing other features. This is the first version released in 2011.
Additions
Blocks
- It can be crafted into planks.
- Drops contents.
- Crafted from cobblestone, a bow and redstone dust.
- Crafted from 9 lapis lazuli.
- Drops one lapis lazuli when mined.
- Crafted from planks and redstone dust.
- Emits sounds when attacked, used, or powered.
| Block | Instrument |
|---|---|
| Bass (String bass) | |
| Snare Drum | |
| Hat (Hi-hat click) | |
| Bass Drum | |
| Harp |
- Crafted from sand.
- It can be crafted into planks.
- Re-added dyed wool with a new spectrum.
- Currently, brown wool is obtainable only by using external programs.
Items
- Can be crafted into bone meal.
- Used as a dye.
- 9 lapis lazuli can be crafted into a lapis lazuli block.
- Used as a dye.
- Currently obtainable only by using external programs.
- Used as a dye.
- Shares the same texture as coal.
- Smelted from wood.
- Most dyes can be obtained by crafting.
- Green dye can be obtained by smelting a cactus.
| Ingredients | Smelting recipe |
|---|---|
| Cactus + Any fuel |
- Crafted from sugar canes.
Mobs
- New underwater mob.
- Drops ink sacks.
- Has 10HP.
| Sounds | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Sound | Description | Volume | Attenuation distance |
| Squid swims | Randomly | 0.4 | 16 | |
| Squid dies | When a squid dies | 0.4 | 16 | |
| Squid hurts | When a squid is damaged | 0.4 | 16 | |
| Squid shoots ink | When a squid shoots ink after being damaged by a player | 0.4 | 16 | |
World generation
Changes
Blocks
- Can now be smelted into green dye.
- Renamed from "Workbench".
- Can now be crafted into yellow dye.
- Texture changed from
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.
- Renamed from "Reeds".
- Can now be crafted into red dye.
- Again show a rotating model inside of what they spawn in singleplayer.
- Can now be dyed.
Items
- Increased durability of tools made out of wood, stone, iron ingots, and diamond. Durability of wood, stone, iron tools have been doubled, while durability of diamond tools have been increased by 50%.
- Gold tools can mine blocks like stone and wood much more quickly than their diamond counterparts, with the same durability and restrictions as before this version.
Mobs
- Can now be dyed.
- Added
gray,
light gray, and
black variants in natural spawn. - Drop correspondingly colored wool.
- Now drop bones.
- Can now climb up walls.
World generation
- Birches generate alongside oaks.
General
- Screenshots can be taken using the F2 key without having to first hold down the F1 key.
- Included the FastRender mod by Scaevolus.[2]
Fixes
10 bugs fixed
- Paintings now work in multiplayer.
- Disconnecting while riding no longer keeps the player in the world.
- A bunch more state is properly synced in multiplayer.
- Included PowerPC color and audio fixes by Scaevolus.
- Fixed a horrible chunk reload loop in singleplayer.
- Fixed most lighting bugs in newly generated multiplayer maps.
- Falling sand behaves better in multiplayer.
- Game no longer crashes when loading world that was saved in newer versions.
- Fixed a few crashes on load level bugs.
- Jack o'lantern now has correct tooltip.
- Bricks now have the correct tooltip.
- Sheep now visibly lose their wool when hit in multiplayer.
Bugs
3 bugs reported
- Powered redstone does not update properly when a new power source is added.
- Rails always face north even if there are rails next to it.
- Performance reduced, causing random lag spikes to happen in the game.
Gallery
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Showing the redstone update bug, also the first known instance of MC-184. -
The Minecraft webpage with this version. -

References
- ↑ "Minecraft Beta 1.2" – The Word of Notch, Tumblr, January 13, 2011.
- ↑ "The FasterRender mod by @Scaevolus is included in beta 1.2, please let us know if it helps!" – @jeb_ (Jens Bergensten) on X (formerly Twitter), January 13, 2011