12w04a is the second snapshot for Java Edition 1.2.1, released on January 26, 2012,[1] which adds ocelots, jungle saplings, bottles o' enchanting, and fire charges.
Additions[]
Blocks[]
- Can be grown into the new jungle trees.
- Growing a 4×4 square of jungle saplings to create large jungle trees.
Items[]
- Can be thrown similarly to splash potions and spawns experience orbs upon breaking.
- Can be shot out of dispensers to launch fireballs and can be placed to create fire.
- Spawns the ocelot mob.
Mobs[]
- New jungle-specific mob that can be tamed with raw fish.
- Ocelots turn into cats when tamed.
- Cats will scare off creepers, can be told to sit, and will teleport to their owner similarly to wolves.
World generation[]
- Added desert wells, which are newly generated structures which are exclusive to desert biomes.
Changes[]
Blocks[]
- Players are slowed when going through vines due to their nature of being a collisionless ladder.
Items[]
- Eggs set to spawn arbitrary data IDs (such as giants, ender dragons, ender crystals) no longer spawn those entities.
- Now only spawn those mobs also available in the creative inventory.
Mobs[]
- General
- Mobs have a new AI with new and improved behaviors.
- Skeletons and zombies burning from sunlight will flee to darkness or jump in water.
- Mobs no longer attempt to jump over wooden fences.
General[]
- Updated language files.
Trivia[]
- When the language is set to Afrikaans, this snapshot includes a phrase in English calling the user a racial slur in place of the Singleplayer button's text.
References[]
- ↑ "Minecraft Snapshot 12w04a" (archived) by Jens Bergensten – Mojang.com, January 26, 2012.